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National Gallery of Art

323 works

Etching of a moored rowboat with oars on a grassy canal bank, with tall trees and reflections in still water.

Canal Seen by Morning Light (Le canal: Effet du matin)

Alphonse Legros

Lithograph of a curving city street rising toward a church tower, with tall buildings on the right and trees on the left.

Street in Königsberg (Strasse in Königsberg)

Lovis Corinth, 1918

Etching of a stone bridge with arches over a river gorge, with a Gothic cathedral tower and hilltop city behind.

Bridge of San Juan D'Los Reyos, Toledo

Joseph Pennell, 1904

Pen drawing of a river curving past a village with a church steeple, a wooden bridge, pollarded willows and hills.

River Landscape with Wooden Bridge

Augustin Hirschvogel, 1546

Brown ink drawing of Rome with Saint Peter's dome, a stone arched bridge over the Tiber, and the round Castel Sant' Angelo.

View of Rome with the Dome of Saint Peter's and the Castel Sant' Angelo

Giuseppe Zocchi, 1744

Etching of a tall stone arch bridge over a gorge, with a medieval gate tower on the left and a walled town beyond.

Arch of Bridge of Alcantara

Joseph Pennell, 1904

Etching of a city street with townhouses, a horse and cart, and pedestrians drawn in fine hatched lines.

Alderney Street

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1880/1881

Grey wash drawing of skaters and figures on ice beside a stone city gate, with bare trees and a tower.

Skaters Outside a City Wall

Hendrik van der Straeten

Etching of St. Paul's Cathedral's west front and dome, with columns and towers, flanked by city buildings and a street.

St. Paul's, Fleet Street, London

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Bird's-eye woodcut view of Venice with canals, rooftops, lagoon, distant mountains and wind heads in clouds.

View of Venice [upper left block]

Jacopo de' Barbari, 1500

Engraving of an armed three-masted ship anchored in calm water near a walled city, with rowboats and sailboats nearby.

Armed Three-Master Anchored near a City

Frans Huys, 1565

Etching of Waterloo Bridge and Somerset House with moored wooden boats and barges on the river in the foreground.

Waterloo Bridge and Somerset House

Joseph Pennell, 1905

Bird's-eye woodcut view of Venice and its lagoon with islands and boats, framed by Mercury and a wind figure in clouds.

View of Venice [upper center block]

Jacopo de' Barbari, 1500

Etching of a fantastical townscape with ruined classical columns, an obelisk, broken sarcophagus, and a lone walking figure.

Fantastic Townscape with Ruins

Giuseppe Antonio Landi, 1753

Etching of a cobbled street lined with brick townhouses, chimneys, a lamp post and iron railings.

Cowley Street, Westminster

Joseph Pennell, 1906

Woodcut panorama of Venice and its lagoon, with small sailing boats and a cloud-borne wind head blowing across the water.

View of Venice [upper right block]

Jacopo de' Barbari, 1500

Etching of an architectural fantasy with a fountain, Corinthian columns, ruins, and an arched bridge over a river.

Architectural Fantasy with a Fountain, Classical Ruins, and a Bridge

Giuseppe Antonio Landi, 1753

Etching of a Chicago river scene framed by a steel arch, with a steamboat, bridges, factory chimneys and smoke.

Under the Bridges, Chicago

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Bird's-eye print of Venice and its lagoon with ships, canals, gardens and cloud-puffing wind heads.

View of Venice [lower left block]

Jacopo de' Barbari, 1500

Etching of an imaginary canal scene with tall Corinthian columns, arches, a Gothic tower, and rowboats moored below.

Architectural Fantasy with Buildings, Stairways, and Portals beside a Canal

Giuseppe Antonio Landi, 1753

Etching of a canal with tall trees on the left, moored barges, and a factory with smokestacks and rising smoke on the right.

The Brussels Canal, A Modern Hobbema

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Bird's-eye woodcut view of Venice with crowded harbor ships, a trident-bearing sea figure, and a wind head in clouds.

View of Venice [lower center block]

Jacopo de' Barbari, 1500

Pen and wash drawing of Rome's skyline with a large dome, cypress trees, a classical doorway and stone steps at right.

A View of Rome from Santa Maria del Priorato

Gaspar van Wittel, 1710

Etching of a river with ships and a suspension bridge before a dense city skyline under a cloudy sky.

Sunset, from Williamsburg Bridge

Joseph Pennell, 1915

Bird's-eye woodcut view of Venice's harbor with sailing ships, galleys, rowing boats and a cloud-filled sky.

View of Venice [lower right block]

Jacopo de' Barbari, 1500

Engraving of a grand triumphal bridge with arches, columns, statues and flags, with carriages and boats on the water below.

A Triumphal Bridge Adorned with Relics of the City of Ercolano

Giuseppe Vasi, 1755

Etching of stone arches of a ferry terminal framing a view of the river and steamboats with smokestacks in the distance.

Within the Ferry, Cortlandt Street, New York

Joseph Pennell, 1919

Etching of a river landscape with three towns burning under plumes of smoke, labeled Sodoma, Gomorra and Tiro.

Landscape with Three Burning Cities: Sodom, Gomorrah and Tyrus

Augustin Hirschvogel

Brown ink drawing of a priest's procession passing robed figures through an arched medieval street with stone walls.

A Priest Processing through a Medieval Street in Viterbo

François Marius Granet

Etching of a steel truss bridge over a river, with a smoky city skyline and smokestacks on the far bank.

The City Bridge, St. Louis

Joseph Pennell, 1919