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National Gallery of Art

433 works

Grid of twenty-five panels showing lions, tigers, elephants, camels, deer and other animals in silver on mauve paper.

Endpaper with Animals

Green block-printed sheet with rows of animals including an elephant, lions, deer, horses and dogs around a standing hunter.

Endpaper with Animals

Unknown artist, c. 1790/1850

Hand-colored 1743 engraving of a white tropicbird in flight, a brown seabird on a wave, and a long detached tail feather.

The Tropic Bird (Phaeton aethereus)

Johann Michael Seligmann, 1743

Rust-red decorative paper with rows of gold birds including a peacock, turkey, owl and stork, plus a Nuremberg inscription.

Endpaper with Birds

Johann Georg Eckart

Printed sheet in olive-green ink on pink paper showing many birds in rows, including roosters, peacocks, herons and owls, wit

Endpaper with Birds

Unknown artist, c. 1780

Hand-colored print of a cat caught in a net beside a waterfall, with a rat and an owl perched in a fir tree.

Le chat et le rat (The Cat and the Rat)

Pierre Quentin Chedel, 1756

Tan paper endpaper with rows of gilt-printed animals including lions, elephants, camels, zebras, and deer.

Endpaper with Animals

Georg M. Maisch, c. 1790

Lithograph of a rider on a galloping horse beside a second horse in a brick-walled stable yard.

Horses Exercising

Théodore Géricault, 1821

Etching of a ruined stone wall with a water trough, ivy, and many birds perched in trees and flying overhead.

Abreuvoir d'oiseaux (The Birds' Watering Place)

Pierre Quentin Chedel, 1754

Engraving of Hercules strangling a lion beside a tree, with a shield and club and a walled city in the background.

Hercules Killing the Nemean Lion

Sebald Beham, 1548

Hand-colored caricature lithograph: a man in a top hat gestures toward a seated ape in a hat beside a bald seated man.

Voyez, Mr. Mayeux, cet animal...

Honoré Daumier, 1836

Black chalk sketch of a wooded landscape with a man walking a path and a dog on a hillside.

Landscape with a Man and a Dog

Leandro Bassano, 1580

Watercolor study of a weathered stone cat-head gargoyle with spiral eyes, broad nose, and textured cheek ruffs.

Cat Head Gargoyle

John Davis, 1932/1945

Watercolor drawing of a grey seated cat figurine with amber eyes, a bow at its neck, and a raised paw holding a tube.

Cat Saving Bank

Mina Lowry, c. 1940

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

Two grey covered dishes with cat-shaped lid finials and pierced openwork borders, rendered as a watercolor design study.

Covered Dish (Cat)

James Vail, c. 1936

Painted study of a wooden horse and rider figure with a tan horse, yellow coat, red neckerchief and blue base.

Horse and Rider

Mina Lowry, c. 1939

Ornamental design with two dark blue birds among pink apples and green leaves, above a repeating Art Nouveau pattern band.

Ornamental design with two birds pecking at fruit

Vítězslav Karel Mašek, 1890

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a rusted iron horse head hitching post on a pale background, signed Alexander Anderson 1938.

Horse Head Hitching Post

Alexander Anderson, 1938

Watercolor study of a wooden horseshoe-shaped bog shoe with leather straps and buckles, plus separate strap details below.

Bog Shoe for Horse

James Vail, c. 1936

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

Toy Horse

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Watercolor of a green wooden shelf topped with two facing stylized birds and carved geometric decoration.

"Bird" Shelf

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1940

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

Painted study of a leaping white horse weather vane on a dark metal rod against a blue-gray background.

Horse Weather Vane

Henry Murphy, 1935/1942

Etching of a blank oval cartouche surrounded by reeds and ducks on water, with rocks at the base.

Cartouche with Ducks and Dogs

Stefano Della Bella, 1647

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

Hand-colored 1809 caricature of livestock facing men in top hats outside a cottage with a cattle life insurance sign.

Insurable Cattle

Thomas Rowlandson, published 1809

Two Ornamental Bands with Head of a Lion and Woman

Stefano Della Bella, probably 1648

Brown ink sketch on blue paper of a woman in flowing dress struggling with a lion, by Francesco Guardi.

An Elegantly Dressed Woman Struggling with a Lion

Francesco Guardi, 1780