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25,760 works

Lithograph of a man in a top hat and long coat walking in heavy rain with a bundle, across a bleak wet landscape.

Un homme sans asile ...

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Daumier lithograph: a monocled man lifts a small gift as a woman in a patterned gown leans toward it, captioned about small p

Les petits présens ...

Honoré Daumier, 1840

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

Colored print of a brick gatehouse with twin domed towers, with costumed riders and a dog at the entrance steps.

Brereton, Cheshire

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

Lithograph of a man in a top hat reaching into a carriage beside a large wheel, with horses behind and French caption below.

Le groom public

Honoré Daumier, 1841

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

Engraved full-length portrait of a man in a powdered wig and fur-trimmed robes beside a draped desk with a quill and books.

Lord Camden

Simon François Ravenet, 1766

Brown wash drawing of a cloaked man and seated woman in a gown among ruins beneath a large tree.

The Bride of Lammermoor

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1836

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

Etched portrait of an elderly bald man with a full white beard, gazing sideways, rendered in dense crosshatched lines.

Head of an Old Man (Tête de vieillard)

Alphonse Legros, late 19th century

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

Drawing of a man standing in a log cabin while a frightened woman sits on the floor beside overturned household items.

A Conjugal Difference

Arthur Burdett Frost, 1884

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

Watercolor of a waterfall cascading into a pool beneath green trees, with a man holding a long pole on rocks at left.

The Waterfall

John William Hill, 1860s-1870s

Pencil study of a young girl's head tilted upward with wavy hair, with a partial hand and small sketches below.

Study of a Girl

Philip Leslie Hale, 1887-1920

Pastel drawing of an ornate church portal with carved stonework, a dark doorway, small figures and a tree, on tan paper.

Toledo

Childe Hassam, 1910

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

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long dress with arms outstretched, gazing upward, on a pale sheet.

Woman with Outstretched Arms

Thomas Hovenden, c. 1880s

Charcoal drawing of a seated man looking upward beside a bowed figure in a dim interior with a chair.

The Prayer

William Morris Hunt, c. 1860s

Daumier lithograph of a tall man in a top hat and long coat, with two figures at a street table behind him.

L'allumeur de chalands

Honoré Daumier, 1841

Fisherman

Eastman Johnson, 1860s

Craibe Angus

Alphonse Legros, 1877/1880

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

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of a crowned kneeling woman beside a helmeted warrior with a raised arm.

Political Cartoon of the American Civil War

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1860s

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long coat and peaked cap, turned to the side, with a handwritten date at lower right.

Man in Cap and Coat

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1852

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

Probité chinoise

Honoré Daumier, 1846

Female Torso

John La Farge, c. 1890-1891

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

Profile of a Man

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, after 1865

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

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a headscarf holding a basket of fruit, with bare feet and leafy plants below.

Reclining Woman

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1850s

Seated woman in a laurel wreath and patterned red robe holding a staff, drawn in watercolor and pencil beside a column.

Female Deity

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

Hand-coloured print of a gabled stone manor house with a carved coat of arms, figures in period dress and flowering roses.

Bingham-Melcomb, Dorsetshire

Joseph Nash, 1849

Caricature lithograph of a man with a bun hairstyle at a dining table, grimacing over a plate of soup with a raised hand.

Hola, hé! Madame l'hotesse

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Caricature of an elderly man in a cap reading a newspaper at a café table, with a cup and saucer beside him.

Le lecture du journal

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Hand-colored print of the timber-framed gatehouse of Speke Hall, with an arched passage and two figures in the courtyard.

Speke Hall, Lancashire

Joseph Nash, 1849

Lithograph of an elderly man in a nightcap smoking a pipe in bed, smoke rising against dark shading.

La pipe matinale

Honoré Daumier, 1841

Angular drawing of two heads in muted pink, gray and green washes within a blue painted border.

Two Heads

Alfred H. Maurer, c. 1929

A Neopolitan Beggar

Marietta Minnigerode Andrews, c. 1892

Watercolor sketch of a bouquet of red poppies, pink mallows and yellow daisies with a small American flag in the corner.

Terme di Caracalla, Roma

Marietta Minnigerode Andrews, 1892

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

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

Caricature of a heavyset balding man eating a pastry beside a tiered stand of buns, with French caption below.

L'habitué de la boutique de Félix

Honoré Daumier, 1841

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 sheet with multiple vignettes of figures, standing men, a woman in a long skirt, and seated women, with handwri

Studies of Figural Groups

William Sidney Mount, 1866

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