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National Gallery of Art

323 works

Etching of a river scene framed by buildings, with small boats and a distant bridge on the water beneath a pale sky.

Under Old Battersea Bridge

James McNeill Whistler, 1879

Etching of a seated draughtsman on a rock beside a waterfall, with a wooden bridge over a gorge and dense pine forest.

Draughtsman on a Stone before a Bridge

Aegidius Sadeler, 1609

Painting of a green gas street lamp with glass lantern showing Fifth Avenue lettering, on a beige background.

Gas Street Lamp

Mina Lowry, 1936

Etching of a canal with a curved bridge, hanging laundry, boats, figures and old buildings along the banks.

The Bridge

James McNeill Whistler, 1879/1880

Engraved forest landscape with gnarled trees, two men and a woman resting near a wooden bridge and rocky outcrop.

Forest Landscape with Two Men and a Woman Resting near a Bridge

Aegidius Sadeler

Hand-colored engraving of a river landscape with framing trees, a sailing boat, distant town and hills, titled Georgetown and

Georgetown and Federal City or City of Washington

J. Cartwright after George Beck, 1801

Etching of a London street with shopfronts, a shop sign reading GEISHER, house numbers 73 and 74, and small figures on the pa

York Street, Westminster

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1886/1888

Engraved nocturnal landscape of fishermen in boats beneath an arched stone bridge, with a town and ruins beyond.

Nocturnal Landscape with River Fishermen outside City Walls

Aegidius Sadeler

Etching of a shaded covered street in Cairo with robed figures, turbans, seated vendors and hanging fabric canopies.

A Covered Street in Cairo (Eene overdekte straat in Cairo)

Etching of a street shopfront with an awning, a produce stall, and small figures in the foreground.

Exeter Street

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1886/1888

Pen and brown wash drawing of a village street with a cart, walking figures, moored boats, and a church spire behind.

The Village Street

Esaias van de Velde

Loose ink sketch of a busy city street with shopfronts, awnings, a lamppost, and pedestrians walking on the sidewalk.

Lafayette Street

Childe Hassam, 1918

Etching of a crowded city street with shopfronts, awnings, pedestrians, and a sign reading Babrahams.

Cutler Street, Hounsditch

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Etching of a stone arch bridge over rapids, framed by dense trees under a cloudy sky, with figures crossing the bridge.

A Bridge in Auvergne (Un pont en Auvergne)

Paul Huet, 1834

Etching of a two-story house with a porch behind a fence, shaded by large trees, with a figure standing at the gate.

House on the Main Street, Easthampton

Childe Hassam, 1922

Etched landscape of a flat canal with reeds, small figures, and a row of houses and a spire under clouds.

Canal, Ostend

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Watercolor panorama of a river bend and city below a terrace where men sit, one painting under a pink parasol.

View of Paris from the Terrace of the Pavillon de Brimborion

Carle Vernet, 1810

Etching of a village road with carts, horses, peasants and livestock beside a canal lined with houses and trees.

The Canal

Wenceslaus Hollar after Pieter Brueghel the Younger, 1650

Etching of a curved footbridge with figures over a canal, reflecting buildings on the far bank, by James McNeill Whistler.

Bridge, Amsterdam

James McNeill Whistler, 1889

Grey wash drawing of the Grand Canal in Venice with palazzi, gondolas, a sailboat and a domed church under cloudy sky.

The Grand Canal Looking Toward the Salute and the Dogana

Francesco Tironi, 1770

Etching of a busy city street with pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages and an omnibus between tall shop buildings.

New Oxford Street, London

Joseph Pennell, 1893

Etching of a river with tugboats and sailboats, a distant city skyline with spires, and docks along the right bank.

Williamsburg from the Bridge (Sketch)

Charles A. Platt, 1889

Brown ink and wash drawing of a stone bridge over a river with trees, a standing figure on the bridge and a seated figure.

Landscape with a Bridge

Claude Lorrain, 1630

Etching of Tower Bridge at evening with a steamship and masted boats on the Thames, smoke rising into a hazy sky.

Tower Bridge, Evening

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Etching of a horseman and flock crossing a wooden bridge over a river, with trees and a cottage behind.

Rider and Flock on a Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo

Etching of a woman with an infant and small child talking to a stooped old man with a walking stick in open fields.

The Distant City (La ville lointaine)

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1914

Etching of a stone arch bridge over a river with a clock tower, church spires, and a figure standing by the water's edge.

London Bridge Stairs

Joseph Pennell, 1903

Lithograph of a curving city street rising toward a Gothic church tower, with a rounded corner building on the right.

Strasse in Königsberg (Street in Königsberg)

Lovis Corinth, 1918

Pen and brown wash drawing of mountain torrents flooding a hilltop town with towers, spires and small figures.

Mountain Torrents Flooding a City

Antonio Basoli, 1839

Etching of brick townhouses with ivy and iron railings on a tree-lined Westminster street, with pedestrians and a street lamp

Great College Street, Westminster

Joseph Pennell, 1904