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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Caricature lithograph of a bearded man with cane watching a man bent over a billiard table with a cue.

Une journée de pluie

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Daumier caricature of a man with an accordion facing a tall man beside a piano, with seated listeners behind them.

L'accordéon, dit soufflet à musique

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Engraving of men in top hats watching a player lean over a billiard table in a room with framed prints on the walls.

Plus qu'un point! ... Pas de chance!!

Honoré Daumier, 1865

Watercolor of a whitewashed fortress with red roofs on a rocky coast below wooded cliffs and a calm sea.

Fort St. lago, Madeira

William Brenton Boggs, c. 1850

Pencil sketch of two boys near a boat and leaning tree, with shrubs and a distant landscape behind them.

Boys with a Boat

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1830-1835

Hand-colored print of a formal topiary garden with figures in period dress before a gabled manor house.

Garden Turns, Westmorland

Joseph Nash, 1849

Colored print of a paneled great hall with ornate ceiling, antler trophies, and four figures in period dress on a red carpet.

The Hall, Levens, Westmorland

Joseph Nash, 1849

Hand-colored print of a paneled dining room with ornate ceiling, three figures at a round table, and dogs on a red carpet.

The Dining Room, Levens, Westmorland

Joseph Nash, 1849

Pencil sketch sheet with standing men in top hats, a seated nude figure, a head study, and a small pulley drawing.

Studies of Men and Boys

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1840-1850

Hand-colored print of a wood-paneled drawing room with a patterned ceiling, fireplace, and women and children in period dress

The Drawing Room, Levens, Westmorland

Joseph Nash, 1849

Pencil sketch of two women in half-length view on tan paper, wearing period dresses with broad collars.

Two Women

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1835-1840

Hand-colored print of a paneled drawing room with carved fireplace, a woman reading in a green armchair, and a lute on a tabl

Small Drawing Room, Levens, Westmorland

Joseph Nash, 1849

Hand-colored print of a medieval-style banqueting hall with a timber roof, stained glass, antlers, and costumed figures.

Banqueting Room, Bramhall, Cheshire

Joseph Nash, 1849

Grey wash drawing of a domed classical gallery facade with columns, statues in niches, and pedestrians on the street.

The Old Corcoran Gallery of Art

John H. Cocks, c. 1880

Pencil sketch of a valley with trees and a distant mountain peak under a pale sky.

Study for "View of Mt. Washington"

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1852

Ink sketch on blue paper of two figures, one with arms raised high and the other embracing closely beside them.

Study for "Jephthah's Daughter"

Benjamin West, 1780-1810

Pen and wash drawing of a blacksmith striking hot metal on an anvil beside a seated man and a mounted rider with picks.

Blacksmith in the Goldfields

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1848-1855

Hand-colored print of an ornate wood-paneled bedchamber with a red canopy bed and a woman kneeling at a prie-dieu.

Inlaid Chamber, Sizerch, Westmorland

Joseph Nash, 1849

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with wooden buildings, trees, rolling hills, and a distant village under cloudy skies.

Study for "View of Springfield on the Connecticut River"

Alvan Fisher, c. 1819

Pencil study of a kneeling figure reaching toward a standing robed figure, on tan paper, by John La Farge.

Study for "Christ Appearing to Mary"

John La Farge, 1877-1878

Foggy London scene of Big Ben and Parliament with pedestrians and a carriage on a lamplit bridge, in grey and orange tones.

Big Ben

Childe Hassam, 1897 and 1907

Watercolor of a stone arched bridge over a river with green trees and a pink and gray sky, by Childe Hassam, 1904.

The Bridge at Grez [recto]

Childe Hassam, 1904

Hand-coloured print of a grand hall with ornate ceiling, carved screen, and costumed diners at a long table with attendants.

Hall, Crewe Hall, Cheshire

Joseph Nash, 1849

Hand-colored interior print of a carved wooden fireplace with a fire, a woman, a child with a sword, and a seated man.

Fireplace in the Gatehouse, Kennelworth, Warwickshire

Joseph Nash, 1849

Daumier lithograph of a gesturing man in a patterned robe confronting seated officials in tall hats at a table.

Probité chinoise

Honoré Daumier, 1846

Daumier lithograph of a thin man on the shore urging a worried woman wading into the sea, with French caption below.

Entrez donc dans la mer sans crainte ...

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Pencil and white-highlight sketch of soldiers in Zouave uniforms gathered among trees and tents at a camp.

Camp Ellsworth, Near Alexandria - Five Zouaves

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1860s

Pencil sketch of two cavaliers in period dress standing side by side, with loose background figure studies.

Two Cavaliers [recto]

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1850s

Hand-colored print of an ornate Tudor-style interior with carved paneling, a fireplace, stained glass windows, and three figu

Caved Parlor, Crewe Hall, Cheshire

Joseph Nash, 1849

Night seascape drawing with moonlit clouds, a sailboat and a masted boat on calm water, and a rocky shore at right.

Seacoast by Moonlight [recto]

attributed to Edward Moran, c. 1865-1875