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National Gallery of Art

258 works

Hand-colored print of a crowded arena where two dogs fight as spectators in top hats shout and crowd the ring and rafters.

A Dog Fight

Thomas Rowlandson, 1811

Engraved alpine valley with jagged peaks, a walled town by a river, and a bird-catcher with a cage in the foreground.

Insidiosus Auceps (The Crafty Bird-Catcher)

Johannes van Doetecum I, 1555

Etched ornamental frieze with acanthus scrolls, putti with garlands, a lion head, and small satyr figures below.

Ornamental Frieze with Eagle and Lion Engarlanded by Children

Stefano Della Bella, probably 1648

Hand-colored print of two dapple-gray horses galloping, one ridden by a man in a red coat and striped cap.

Two Dapple-Gray Horses Exercising (Deux chevaux gris pommele que l'on promene)

Théodore Gericault and Léon Cogniet, 1822

Ink drawing of a putto beside dark birds among lilies and foliage, framed by decorative borders.

Ornamental Design with Birds and Lily

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1900

Sketch of a bull surrounded by dogs, one dog tossed in the air, with a man in a hat watching at right.

Bull Attacked by Dogs

Francisco Goya, c. 1825

Etching of two horned cattle resting near a wooden fence and leafy trees, drawn in brown ink on tan paper.

Cattle Resting

Robert Hills, 1807

Engraving of Trojans hauling a wooden horse into a city gate, with soldiers and horsemen in the foreground.

The Trojans Hauling the Wooden Horse into Troy

after Francesco Primaticcio Giulio Bonasone, 1545

Drawing of two horses in a wooded landscape, one grazing and one trotting, with trees behind them.

Wild Horses

Henry Bernard Chalon, 1804

Print of a man leading saddled horses past a thatched cottage doorway, with a dog and a pig in the foreground.

Horses at Cottage Door

Conrad Gessner, 1804

Sheet of sketches with a barking dog, militia men with rifles, women and children, a horse and wagon, and boys.

Barking Dog and Studies for "Militia Training"

James Goodwyn Clonney, 1841

Pen and ink print of a shepherd resting under a tree beside a dog, sheep, and a wooden barrel, with a fence behind.

Shepherd with Dog and Sheep

John Boyne, 1806

Pen and ink print of a horse and cart beside a quarry, with a man, a dog and a thatched hut at right.

Horse and Cart in Quarry

Franz Joseph Manskirch, 1806

Watercolor of cattle drinking at a wooded pond at dusk, with tall trees and rolling hills under a pale evening sky.

Evening Light on a Wooded Lakeside with Cattle Drinking

Henri Harpignies, 1882

Etching of a large gnarled tree with two resting men and two dogs beneath it, with a distant landscape behind.

Resting, Men and Dogs under a Big Tree

William Alfred Delamotte, 1802

Lithograph of a cavalry carabinier in a plumed helmet mounting a horse, with other horses and a stone tower behind.

Carabinier Mounting a Horse

Grey paper sheet with chalk studies of feet, hands, heads, a woman with a basket, and a bearded nude man in a turban.

Study for Miraculous Draught of Fishes (?)

Designs for Two Spoons and a Dog Whistle

Heinrich Aldegrever, 1539

Hand-colored print of galloping race horses with feathered headpieces, a yellow balloon, and flags along a racecourse.

French Race Horses

Engraving of a lion hunt with mounted riders, a lion attacking a man, rearing horses and a fallen figure in the foreground.

Lion Hunt

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert

Woodcut print of women, animals and leafy branches with fruit, framed by a dark border, by Paul Gauguin.

Women, Animals and Foliage (Femmes, animaux et feuillages)

Paul Gauguin, in or after 1895

Etching of a long-tailed bird flying over hills with a walled town and trees at right, under wispy clouds.

Bird of Paradise

Jacques Callot, 1628

Pen and brown wash drawing of a man with a sword fighting a lion that leaps from a tree, with a fallen figure below.

Orlando Rescuing Oliver from the Lion

Raphael Lamar West, 1789

Lithograph of a turbaned man with his arm on an Arabian horse, with palm trees and a tent in the desert behind them.

An Arabian Horse

Théodore Géricault, 1821

Etching of a horse grazing in a meadow with rolling hills, a village, and boats on a river beyond.

Horses in the Meadow (Chevaux dans la prairie)

Edgar Degas, 1891/1892

Engraving of a lion hunt with horsemen, camels, a wagon, and dead lions beneath palm trees, with a Latin inscription below.

Semiramis on the Lion Hunt

Gérard de Lairesse

Engraved print of a groom in a top hat riding a dark horse with raised legs on a cobbled street beside a stone wall.

Groom Mounted on a Carriage-Horse (Cheval de carrosse monte par un palfrenier)

Théodore Géricault, 1820

Pencil sketch of a small building, fence, and a cart with horses in a rural foreground.

Sketch of Buildings with Cart and Horses in Foreground

John Sell Cotman

Brown wash drawing of a chaotic lion hunt with hunters on horseback, spears raised, and lions attacking.

Lion Hunt

Pieter Soutman, 1615

Etching of three cats: a dark cat seated at left, a cat under a wooden chair at upper right, and a curled cat below.

The Cats (Les chats)

Édouard Manet, 1869