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National Gallery of Art

10,104 works

Colored print of a historic great hall with carved paneling, checkered floor, stained glass windows, and costumed figures.

The Hall, Speke, Lancashire

Joseph Nash, 1849

Pencil sketch of a river harbor with a wooden crane, masted sailing vessels, and wooded hills behind the water.

Norwich, Connecticut

Peter Moran, 1882

Pencil sketch of a river bend with wooded banks, a sailboat, beached rowboats beside a wooden pier, and a distant bridge.

York River

Peter Moran, 1882

Pencil sketch of a village waterfront with houses, a chimney with smoke, trees, and marsh grasses in the foreground.

Newburyport

Peter Moran, 1882

Pencil sketch of St. Paul's Cathedral dome across the Thames at low tide, with barges and pilings in the foreground.

St. Paul's from Under Waterloo Bridge, Low Tide

Thomas Moran, 1862

Pencil sketch of a stone bridge, tiled-roof house, trees and a rowboat on a river, by Samuel F. B. Morse.

The Pescatory

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1834

Pencil sketch of a farmhouse among trees beside an open field with small figures, fence posts, and distant tree lines.

Long Island, New York

William Sidney Mount, c. 1850s

Pencil sketch of a valley with a river, sailboats, distant mountains, trees and farm buildings, with handwritten color notes.

Valley with River and Mountains

William Sidney Mount, 1843

Colored print of a paneled hall with a bay window, red curtains, a carved fireplace, a seated woman, a reading child and a do

Bay window on the Hall, Speke, Lancashire

Joseph Nash, 1849

Pencil sketch of workers harvesting with scythes in an open field, with a large tree and distant treeline behind them.

Harvesting, New England

Aaron Draper Shattuck, c. 1866

Caricature of two hunters bowing politely in a field while a hare escapes behind them, with hunting dogs nearby.

Trop de politesse

Honoré Daumier, 1857

Pencil drawing of a lake shore with pine trees, a rowboat with one figure, and distant mountains under a streaked sky.

Cherry Lake, White Mountains

Aaron Draper Shattuck, 1859

Hand-colored print of a carved fireplace and ornate ceiling in a drawing room, with figures in period dress.

Fireplace in the Drawing Room, Speke, Lancashire

Joseph Nash, 1849

Watercolor of sea cliffs with breaking waves and a small castle on a cliff edge under a hazy sky.

Baldart Castle, Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland

William Trost Richards, 1892

Watercolor of jagged dark rocks with white surf breaking around them under a grey cloudy sky over the sea.

Seascape with Rocks

William Trost Richards, c. 1890s

Seascape drawing of grey-green waves breaking over dark rocks at lower left, with gulls flying under an overcast sky.

Rocks and Breaking Waves

William Trost Richards, c. 1870s

Graphite and white chalk drawing of dense leafy branches on tan paper, signed W.T. Richards at lower left.

Foliage

William Trost Richards, late 19th century

Misty charcoal drawing of San Giorgio Maggiore's bell tower and dome across Venetian water at dusk, with small figures.

Evening, San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

Eugène Vail, c. 1900-1920

Pencil sketch of broken bare trees, a horse-drawn cart with soldiers, and a ruined village in a flat landscape.

Soldiers in a Devastated Landscape [recto]

John Singer Sargent, 1918

Lithograph of a bearded man in a fur hat smoking a pipe and holding a whip over four kneeling figures crawling in a row.

Les facconnant les Moldo-Valaques ...

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Etching of low grassy dunes and shrubs receding to a pale horizon, with hatched lines and an empty sky.

Banks of the Yanne (Les Bord de la Yanne)

Alphonse Legros, late 19th century

Daumier lithograph of three seated men holding feathered fans, with a uniformed officer in a tall hat at center, in an interi

Ayant enfin trouvé le moyen d'utiliser leurs loisirs!

Honoré Daumier, 1854

Daumier caricature: a grinning jester figure faces a ruffed man offering a crown, captioned Qui veut de la couronne de Bysanc

Qui veut de la couronne de Bysance?

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Satirical lithograph of a crowned man carrying a woman in a long gown, with armed figures watching on both sides.

Le séduira-t-il? Les Paris sont ouverts

Honoré Daumier, 1856

Lithograph of a woman's skirt billowing in a gust of wind as a man grips his hat, with a second hat flying through the air.

Un léger zéphir annoncant l'arrivée du printemps

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Daumier lithograph of three men in top hats talking in a crowded gallery, with a woman in a bonnet beside them.

Ce Monsieur Courbet, fait des figures ... vulgaires ...

Honoré Daumier, 1855

Lithograph of a standing man drinking from a bottle in a rowboat with two reclining companions on a river.

Descendant joyeusement le fleuve de la vie

Honoré Daumier, 1856

Lithograph of a crowded public bath with caricatured swimmers in the water and spectators seated in tiers above.

Vue prise aux bains a quatre sous

Honoré Daumier, 1858

Daumier lithograph: a top-hatted hunter aims his rifle at a hare hiding in a forest thicket beside a tree.

Je crois que je tiens un lièvre ...

Honoré Daumier, 1856

Lithograph of two men playing cards at a table while a third man speaks from a doorway, with the caption below.

Je viens prévenir le roi Agamemnon ...

Honoré Daumier, 1856