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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Watercolor landscape of snowy mountain peaks above a dark valley and lake, with an inscription reading The Rainy Day.

Illustration for Longfellow's "The Rainy Day"

Myles Birket Foster, 1850s

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing nude figure with sea figures and waves around a shell-shaped saltcellar design.

A Design for a Saltcellar

Unknown artist

Watercolor of a woman in a red bonnet and a bearded man swimming in the sea near a cliffed shoreline.

Male and Female Bathers

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate architectural frame with a putto, scrolls, and an urn with foliage.

An Elaborately Sculpted Frame

Unknown artist

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man pointing and a woman with a flower basket, both kneeling in draped robes.

Two Kneeling Figures with Offerings

Unknown artist

Pen and wash drawing of a muscular man in a cap holding tongs across his torso, grimacing, on aged paper.

A Tormentor With Tongs

Follower of Taddeo Zuccaro

Pen and ink study of a costumed man with a feathered hat and staff, with smaller sketches at right.

Studies for a Scene from Dante's "Inferno"

Watercolor drawing of crumbling brick ruins with arched windows on a grassy hillside under a partly cloudy sky.

The Great Villa of the Quintilii on the Appian Way

Carlo Labruzzi, 1789

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Madonna and Child with saints in several overlapping groups on a pale sheet.

The Madonna and Child with Saints

Unknown artist, 17th century

Red chalk drawing of a bare-chested risen figure above draped women looking upward, with white highlights.

The Women at the Sepulchre with Christ of the Noli me Tangere

Ercole Procaccini il Giovane, 1650s

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a man's head in three-quarter view with tousled hair and a mustache.

Head of a Man

Italian or French 16th/17th Century, 1580/1610 (?)

A Letter from Iris Court with Sketches of Henry Irving

Mortimer Menpes

Handwritten letter on Iris Court letterhead beside a pencil and wash portrait sketch of a man labeled John L. Toole.

A Letter From Iris Court with a Portrait of John L. Toole

Mortimer Menpes

Pen and wash drawing of a landscape with classical tombs, a triumphal arch, large trees, and a reclining figure.

Landscape with Ancient Tombs

Agostino Mitelli

Black chalk drawing of a standing saint in a long robe holding a book and a palm frond on tan paper.

A Standing Saint Holding a Book and a Palm Frond

Unknown artist

Pen and wash drawing of the Colosseum in Rome with tiered arches and small figures in the foreground.

The Colosseum

Victor-Jean Nicolle

Pen and ink drawing of a standing male nude leaning forward with one arm outstretched, on a pale sheet.

A Standing Male Nude

Circle of Raphael

Pen and wash landscape with large trees on the left, three small figures and a dog in the foreground, and rolling hills.

A Landscape with Three Figures and a Dog

Théodore Rousseau

Watercolor and pen portrait of an older figure in a hat with a clay pipe, red garment and yellow neckerchief.

A Soldier's Widow

Thomas Rowlandson, 1815/1820

Watercolor drawing of two drovers in hats wrestling a pair of rearing grey horses, one man raising a whip overhead.

Drovers with a Pair of Rearing Horses

Thomas Rowlandson

Pen and wash drawing of a nude figure falling from a chariot as rearing horses rise through clouds.

The Fall of Phaeton

Thomas Rowlandson

Red chalk drawing of a bearded standing man in a draped robe, gazing upward beside a diagonal cross form.

Saint Andrew

Unknown artist, 1625/1650

Pencil sketch of a nude man with raised arms twisting across a tan sheet, with hatched shading suggesting rock behind him.

A Nude Man Chained to a Rock

Francesco Solimena

Gossiping Women

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen

A Wounded Soldier and His Comrade

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1916

Charcoal sketch of women in headscarves seated in a tram car, one figure at right holding an accordion.

Riders on the Metro

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, c. 1890

Pen and blue crayon drawing of five street sweepers in long coats carrying brooms, walking past a wall with chimneys.

Sweepers

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1888

Ink drawing of a man in a bowler hat on a rainy night street with lamps and blurred pedestrians behind him.

In Love (Amoureux)

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1888

Watercolor of a seated woman in a dark bodice and pink skirt in an ornate stone interior, with flowers and a standing man beh

The Blind Milton

Thomas Uwins, c. 1817?

Sepia wash drawing of an elderly bearded man on a bed surrounded by sons and a standing man with a staff.

Jacob Allowing Benjamin to Go to Egypt with His Brothers

James Thornhill, 1722

Ink drawing of a steep rocky hillside with dead and dying trees and broken branches, with distant mountains on the left.

A Rocky Hillside with Dead and Dying Trees

Adolphe Etienne Viollet-Le-Duc II

Red and black chalk drawing of a bearded man in a gown resting his hand on a book beside a writing desk.

A Scholar Writing

Unknown artist

Sepia wash drawing of a dim interior with two small figures seen through a bright doorway, by James McNeill Whistler.

A Doorway in Ajaccio

James McNeill Whistler, 1901

Pen and brown ink sketch of a crowd of figures, a horseback rider and a carriage in a rocky mountain landscape.

The Murder of Archbishop Sharpe

William Allan, 1820/1821

Pen and ink wash drawing of a standing man in a long coat and boots, head turned slightly, on a sheet with cut corners.

A Standing Man Wearing a Great Coat and Boots

Style of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Grey wash drawing of a hilltop church with cypress trees above a valley, with snowy mountains in the distance.

A Town on a Hilltop (Sanctuary of Lampedusa)

Edward Lear, 1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of a river gorge with a hilltop town of arched buildings and goats resting on the right foreground.

Goats Resting above a River Gorge (Narni, Italy)

Edward Lear, 1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of tall palms beside domed buildings and small figures, with rocky hills behind under a pale sky.

Mahatta

Edward Lear, 1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of Thebes ruins with pylon gateways, palm trees, and cattle resting in shallow water in the foreground.

Thebes

Edward Lear, 1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of palm trees beside a river with distant mountains and two figures at right, by Edward Lear.

Avisavella, Ceylon

Edward Lear, 1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of a bay with a fortified headland in the distance and trees on the right, by Edward Lear.

View across a Bay (Monaco)

Edward Lear, 1884/1885

Grey wash drawing of an arched stone bridge over a river, with a hilltop town and distant mountains beyond.

Bridge with Mountains in the Distance (Ventimiglia)

Edward Lear, 1884/1885

Pen drawing of two laughing street musicians, one playing a guitar and one raising a tambourine, against a hatched stone wall

Dwarf Musicians of Granada

Gustave Doré, 1861/1862

Sepia title page with a rural church, trees, and figures on a path, framed by ornamental lettering for Ellen Seymour.

Title Page for "Ellen Seymour"

Myles Birket Foster

Red chalk sketch of a dancing woman raising a tambourine overhead, with flowing drapery and an arched frame.

Dancing Woman with a Tambourine

William Edward Frost

Pen and brown ink drawing of a hilltop Italian town with a bell tower, dome, and rooftops above a winding road.

View of an Italian Town (after Titian or Domenico Campagnola)

Unknown artist

Pen and watercolor drawing of two cavalry soldiers clashing on rearing horses, with a fallen rider in the lower right.

Cavalry Skirmish

Thomas Rowlandson

Sepia drawing of two cows and a goat beside a cliff, with a reclining shepherd in the foreground and mountains in the distanc

Landscape with Cattle, a Goat, and a Resting Shepherd

Pietro Giacomo Palmieri, 1774

Pencil sketch of tree trunks and dense foliage with curved hatched ground lines in the foreground.

The Forest at Courdemanche

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1895

Charcoal drawing of a river landscape with a tall tree, a wooden bridge, village houses, a church spire and small figures.

A Landscape with a River

Unknown artist

Pencil sketch of two studies of a furnished interior with chairs, a carved cabinet, a chandelier and a vase.

Two Studies of an Interior with Furniture

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Pen and ink sketch sheet with apostle studies, a flying angel, and an Adoration of the Shepherds composition.

Studies of an Apostle Guided by an Angel and the Adoration of the Shepherds

Agostino Masucci, 1720/1750

Pen and ink sheet with an ascension scene in an oval, surrounded by studies of winged and nude figures and a pilaster.

An Ascension and Other Studies

Pencil portrait of a balding man with a mustache, head turned slightly, wearing a collared shirt and tie.

Portrait of a Man (Souvenir d'un Passage à Paris)

Albert Besnard, 1898

Days with Celebrities: Mr. Millais, R.A.

Studio of Alfred Bryan, 1881

Pastel watercolor lake scene with fairies, swans, water lilies, and dancing figures beneath willow trees at sunset.

Lake Scene with Fairies and Swans

Grey wash drawing of a winged serpentine dragon flying over a dark landscape with smoke and small bats.

Flying Monster

Pen and watercolor drawing of domed pavilions and arcades inside a grotto, with a staircase, fountains and small figures.

Fantastic Pavilions in a Grotto

Watercolor drawing of a torch-lit underworld cavern with an enthroned couple and a skeleton standing guard.

Underworld Scene with a Man and Woman Enthroned and Death Standing Guard

Watercolor stage set design with painted panels, textured fabrics, hand fans, a screen with figures, and a blue and white vas

Stage Set Consisting Of Painted Panels, Fabrics, And Fans

Robert Caney, 1870/1890

Watercolor drawing of an underwater scene with pale rock forms, green washes, swaying seaweed lines and a small orange glow.

Underwater Scene

Watercolor of jagged glowing mountains under a starry blue sky, with rocky cliffs framing the foreground.

Fantastic Mountainous Landscape with a Starry Sky

Watercolor and ink set design of a Gothic cathedral interior with an altar, draped purple banners and stone columns.

"Harold Scene 3 Cathedral (The relics covered with cloth at centre)"

Pen and ink stage design sketch of rocky ledges and trees labeled Incantation Scene from Der Freischutz.

Incantation Scene from "Der Freischutz"