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National Gallery of Art

25,761 works

Head of a Woman

Seth Wells Cheney, 1840-1854

Pencil portrait of a young woman with hair in a low bun, head turned right, on tan paper.

Head of a Young Woman

Seth Wells Cheney, 1840-1854

Pencil sketch of two boys near a boat and leaning tree, with shrubs and a distant landscape behind them.

Boys with a Boat

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1830-1835

Daumier lithograph of a stout man in a top hat carrying cabbages up stairs, with a woman and a face in a doorway.

Bien venu qui apporte

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Hand-colored print of a formal topiary garden with figures in period dress before a gabled manor house.

Garden Turns, Westmorland

Joseph Nash, 1849

Lithograph of a man in a top hat and long coat walking in heavy rain with a bundle, across a bleak wet landscape.

Un homme sans asile ...

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Daumier lithograph: a monocled man lifts a small gift as a woman in a patterned gown leans toward it, captioned about small p

Les petits présens ...

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Colored print of a paneled great hall with ornate ceiling, antler trophies, and four figures in period dress on a red carpet.

The Hall, Levens, Westmorland

Joseph Nash, 1849

Hand-colored print of a paneled dining room with ornate ceiling, three figures at a round table, and dogs on a red carpet.

The Dining Room, Levens, Westmorland

Joseph Nash, 1849

Pencil sketch sheet with standing men in top hats, a seated nude figure, a head study, and a small pulley drawing.

Studies of Men and Boys

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1840-1850

Hand-colored print of a wood-paneled drawing room with a patterned ceiling, fireplace, and women and children in period dress

The Drawing Room, Levens, Westmorland

Joseph Nash, 1849

Colored print of a brick gatehouse with twin domed towers, with costumed riders and a dog at the entrance steps.

Brereton, Cheshire

Joseph Nash, 1849

Pencil sketch of two women in half-length view on tan paper, wearing period dresses with broad collars.

Two Women

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1835-1840

Hand-colored print of a paneled drawing room with carved fireplace, a woman reading in a green armchair, and a lute on a tabl

Small Drawing Room, Levens, Westmorland

Joseph Nash, 1849

Hand-colored print of a medieval-style banqueting hall with a timber roof, stained glass, antlers, and costumed figures.

Banqueting Room, Bramhall, Cheshire

Joseph Nash, 1849

Grey wash drawing of a domed classical gallery facade with columns, statues in niches, and pedestrians on the street.

The Old Corcoran Gallery of Art

John H. Cocks, c. 1880

Lithograph of a man in a top hat reaching into a carriage beside a large wheel, with horses behind and French caption below.

Le groom public

Honoré Daumier, 1841

Pencil sketch of a valley with trees and a distant mountain peak under a pale sky.

Study for "View of Mt. Washington"

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1852

Ink sketch on blue paper of two figures, one with arms raised high and the other embracing closely beside them.

Study for "Jephthah's Daughter"

Benjamin West, 1780-1810

Pen and wash drawing of a blacksmith striking hot metal on an anvil beside a seated man and a mounted rider with picks.

Blacksmith in the Goldfields

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1848-1855

Engraved full-length portrait of a man in a powdered wig and fur-trimmed robes beside a draped desk with a quill and books.

Lord Camden

Simon François Ravenet, 1766

Brown wash drawing of a cloaked man and seated woman in a gown among ruins beneath a large tree.

The Bride of Lammermoor

James Goodwyn Clonney, c. 1836

Hand-colored print of an ornate wood-paneled bedchamber with a red canopy bed and a woman kneeling at a prie-dieu.

Inlaid Chamber, Sizerch, Westmorland

Joseph Nash, 1849

Etched portrait of an elderly bald man with a full white beard, gazing sideways, rendered in dense crosshatched lines.

Head of an Old Man (Tête de vieillard)

Alphonse Legros, late 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with wooden buildings, trees, rolling hills, and a distant village under cloudy skies.

Study for "View of Springfield on the Connecticut River"

Alvan Fisher, c. 1819

Drawing of a man standing in a log cabin while a frightened woman sits on the floor beside overturned household items.

A Conjugal Difference

Arthur Burdett Frost, 1884

Pencil study of a kneeling figure reaching toward a standing robed figure, on tan paper, by John La Farge.

Study for "Christ Appearing to Mary"

John La Farge, 1877-1878

Watercolor of a waterfall cascading into a pool beneath green trees, with a man holding a long pole on rocks at left.

The Waterfall

John William Hill, 1860s-1870s

Pencil study of a young girl's head tilted upward with wavy hair, with a partial hand and small sketches below.

Study of a Girl

Philip Leslie Hale, 1887-1920

Pastel drawing of an ornate church portal with carved stonework, a dark doorway, small figures and a tree, on tan paper.

Toledo

Childe Hassam, 1910