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National Gallery of Art

25,755 works

Engraved collage of Civil War-era soldiers marching, singing, and saluting, with song captions and musical notation.

The Songs of War

after Winslow Homer, published 1861

Engraving of crowds skating on an icy pond in Central Park, with women in long dresses and men in top hats.

Skating on the Ladies' Skating-Pond in the Central Park, New York

after Winslow Homer, published 1860

Wood engraving contrasting a wealthy family's parlor with a poor family's attic room, with panels on dinners and appetite.

Thanksgiving Day, 1860 - The Two Great Classes of Society

after Winslow Homer, published 1860

Engraving of turkeys, a loaded farm wagon, men and boys, and a dog in a snowy yard beside a haystack.

Thanksgiving Day - Ways and Means [upper left]

after Winslow Homer, published 1858

Engraving of soldiers in a close bayonet charge across a field, with rifles raised and smoke from gunfire behind them.

The War for the Union, 1862 - A Bayonet Charge

after Winslow Homer, published 1862

Engraving of a crowded ballroom with dancers in ruffled gowns and military coats, spectators in tiered galleries above.

The Great Russian Ball at the Academy of Music, November 5, 1863

after Winslow Homer, published 1863

Engraving of a donkey at a desk among crowded scholars in a schoolroom, with a figure in a tall hat at center.

The Ass at School

Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1557

Etching of twisted trees along a path, with cattle, a farmhouse in the distance, and a hatched sky by Auguste Lepère.

La Ferme aux peupliers de Hollande

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Brown ink and wash drawing of a triumphal procession with chariots, horses, winged figures and putti in a decorative frame.

The Triumph of Empire, with the Four Continents

Francesco de Mura, 1730

Brown wash drawing of a shoreline landscape with a helmeted seated soldier, figures, a tree and a carved stone pedestal.

A Landscape with Seated Soldiers and Fishermen

Antonio Visentini

Pastel portrait of a smiling young woman in a yellow gown with blue ribbons and a pink rose in her hair.

A Young Lady in a Yellow Gown with Blue Ribbons

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, 1767

Caricature lithograph of a standing bearded man in round spectacles with clasped hands, dark coat and white collar.

Ath. L. Charles Coquerel

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Pastel portrait of a man with a powdered wig, gray coat and lace jabot, against a soft brownish background.

Portrait of a Man

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, 1757

Brown wash drawing of travelers resting on a grassy slope beside large trees, a dog, and a distant river landscape.

Landscape with Travelers

Johann Albrecht Dietzsch, 1776

Etching of a feathered warrior with a spear beside a treasure chest of gold coins, with a tree and landscape behind.

Frontispiece: Allegorical Composition (Composition allegorique)

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin and Charles Francois Le Tellier, 1767

Brown ink and wash drawing of a palace interior with Corinthian columns, statues in niches, and an arched ceiling.

Interior of a Palace

Juste Nathan François Boucher

Etching of a nude man tending a fallen figure beneath a large tree, with soldiers and children around, and French verse below

Heroic Act of a Father Who Sacrifices for His Son (Trait heroique d'un pere qui se sacrifie pour son fils)

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin and Charles Francois Le Tellier, 1767

Etching of a running man in a cloak holding a letter aloft, with a leaping animal and sketched landscape behind him.

Envoy to M. de Saint-Denis by M. de Belle-Isle, Prisoner [left]

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1767

1767 etching of two men in a wooded clearing beside a white horse, a large tree and a hut, with mounted figures behind.

Flight of M. de Belle-Isle, Prisoner with theAttakapas [right]

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1767

Daumier lithograph of a man entering a room in a top hat, startling a woman and a seated man at a table.

Un quiproquo - Vous vous trompez... allez... au diable...

Honoré Daumier, 1838

Lithograph caricature of a standing man with oversized head, wild hair, folded arms and long coat.

Lagrange

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Lithograph caricature of a seated man with an oversized head, crossed arms, and checked trousers, sitting on a crate.

Auguste Avond

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Caricature lithograph of a man with a large head, curly hair and dark coat, gazing upward, with faint audience figures behind

Alex. Thomas Marie

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Lithograph caricature of a large-headed bearded man with long hair in a dark coat, standing before a crowd in a street.

Jos. Ant. Ronjac

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Caricature lithograph of a man with a large head, thick mustache and crossed arms, with a crowd sketched behind him.

Gustave Sautayra

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Lithograph of a crying boy wiping his face with a handkerchief, surrounded by toys, with a carriage leaving in the background

Le Jeune Estancelin est obligé de rentrer en classe!

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Lithograph of three women in 19th-century dress, one reading a newspaper aloud with a shocked companion beside her.

Les Délégués du club central socialiste ont repoussé...

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Caricature lithograph of a shouting orator above an audience, and a bored presiding figure beside a bell with sleeping listen

Quand un orateur ennuyeux monte a la tribune

Honoré Daumier, 1850

Lithograph of an older woman in a bonnet embracing a younger woman in a striped dress before a draped curtain.

Oui, ma chère, mon mari a ravalé ma dignité...

Honoré Daumier, 1849

Daumier lithograph of two robed men beside a cage labeled Canards Sacrés, with the National Assembly building behind them.

Les Augures de l'Empire...

Honoré Daumier, 1850