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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Pencil sketches on tan paper of domed churches over a hillside, a tree, and stone arches with steps.

Studies of the Colosseum and Monte Pincio (verso)

Julius Jacob the Elder, 1851

Engraved oval portrait of a bewigged man in a dark coat with a white collar, inscribed William Petyt, within an ornate frame.

William Petyt, Keeper of the Records in the Tower

Robert White, published 1698

Pencil drawing of a young woman's head turned left, eyes lowered, hair in a high bun, shoulders bare.

Head of a Young Woman

Moritz Daniel Oppenheim

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curly wool wig, cravat and coat, with coat of arms and name plaque below.

Henry Purcell, Musical Composer

Robert White after Johann Baptist Closterman, published 1698

Grey-toned drawing of Niagara Falls with white cascades, rising mist, wooded banks and a broad river in the foreground.

Niagara Falls

Régis François Gignoux

Engraved portrait of an elderly archbishop in a black cap and robe, framed in an oval cartouche with a Latin inscription belo

William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury

Robert White, late 17th century

Brown wash drawing of a large tree beside a pond and rocks, with a distant cottage and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

The Trees, Bedford, New York

Régis François Gignoux, 1849

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long hair and a dark cloak, labelled Johannes Seldenus Armig below.

John Selden, Jurist and Antiquary

Robert White, published 1683

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hilltop town with a bell tower, city walls, an arched gateway and distant mountains.

Viterbo

Wilhelm Heinrich Ludwig Gruner, 1837

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long wavy hair and dark coat, inscribed Johannes Selden, Armig.

John Selden

Robert White, published 1683

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curled hair and white cravat, with handwritten name below.

John Souter, Merchant at Exeter

Engraved portrait of Archbishop John Whitgift in a dark hat and ruff, within an ornate oval frame with a cherub.

John Whitgift, D.D., Archbishop of Canterbury

Robert White, published 1699

Engraved portrait of a man in a dark gown and white collar, within an ornate oval frame above a heraldic coat of arms.

Benjamin Woodroffe, R.R.S., Canon of Christ Church, Oxford

Engraved allegorical title page with a central Latin cartouche and three figures: a scholar, a soldier, and a farmer.

Title Page to The Life of Faith by Richard Baxter

Engraved title page with two standing figures, a king and a churchman, flanking an allegorical scene of demolition and rebuil

Title Page to Gilbert Burnet, Historie of theReformation of the Church of England

Engraved oval portrait of Queen Elizabeth in ruff collar and crown, framed by laurel wreath and royal coat of arms.

Queen Elizabeth

Pieter van der Banck after Edward Lutterell, 1706

Engraved interior with a standing woman and man with a scroll, flanked by oval medallion portraits and two classical busts.

Roger Assham and Mary Surrounded by MedallianPortraits

Michael Burghers

Engraved portrait of a standing man in a cloak with a sword, framed by Latin inscriptions and four small portraits of other m

Sir Thomas Bodley, Founder of the Bodleian Library

Michael Burghers

Engraved print of Thomas Bodley standing in a cloak with a sword, surrounded by portrait medallions, coats of arms and Latin

Thomas Bodley

Michael Burghers

Engraved oval portrait of a man in academic cap and cloak, with heraldic shield and Latin inscription below.

Robert Eglesfield, Founder of Queen's College, Oxford

Michael Burghers

Engraved portrait of a long-haired man in an oval cartouche with a Latin inscription and coat of arms below.

William Somner, Anglo-Saxon Scholar and Antiquary

Michael Burghers, published 1693

Engraved title page with scholars around a globe, instruments, ships at sea, and allegorical figures in an ornate cartouche.

Title Page to A New System of Mathematicks, Composed by Sir Jonas Moore, Knight

Nicholas Yeates

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a cap holding an open book, framed by carved acanthus scrolls and a coat of arms.

Edmund Grindal, Archbishop of Canterbury

Michael Vandergucht, published 1710

Sir Christopher Wren, Architect

S. Coignard, published 1750

Queen Mary I of England

Niccolò Nelli, 1568

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in a lace ruff and embroidered doublet, with Latin inscription around the frame.

James I, as James VI of Scotland

Thomas Chambers, published 1817

Engraved oval portrait of James VI of Scotland in a tall plumed hat and embroidered doublet, with Latin inscriptions.

James I, as James VI of Scotland

Dominicus Custos, 1600

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a tall plumed hat, ruff and fur-trimmed cloak, hands on a tasselled cushion.

James I as James VI of Scotland

Heinrich Ullrich

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded man in armor and ruff collar, with Latin inscriptions, by Heinrich Ullrich, 1603.

James I

Heinrich Ullrich, 1603

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a tall feathered hat and fur-trimmed robe, with a crowned coat of arms beside him.

James VI, King of Scotland

Pieter de Jode I after Adrian Vanson, 1603