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National Gallery of Art

25,670 works

Lithograph of a Berlin canal curving beneath an elevated railway viaduct, with trees, boats, and a church tower.

Landwehr Canal, Berlin

Joseph Pennell, 1921

Pencil sketch of a railway yard with a steel bridge, steam locomotive, freight cars and smokestacks in the background.

Gleisdreieck

Joseph Pennell, 1921

Dark lithograph of the Grand Canyon with deep shadowed cliffs, a bright cloud bank, and distant mesas fading into haze.

The Great Gulf

Joseph Pennell, 1912

Lithograph of a steel gas works beside a canal with rowboats, trees and distant domed buildings.

Gas Works from the Canal, Berlin

Joseph Pennell, 1921

Lithograph of a ship's keel and hull under construction, surrounded by scaffolding, cranes and workers in a shipyard.

The Keel

Joseph Pennell, 1917

Sketch of a Berlin power plant with tall smokestacks, cranes, barges and workers along a busy industrial waterfront.

Power-House, Berlin

Joseph Pennell, 1914

Charcoal drawing of large naval gun barrels being fitted into a turret, with workers in a dim industrial hall.

Fitting Guns in Turrets

Joseph Pennell, 1916

Night view of industrial shops with tall cranes and a glowing glass-roofed shed beside a rail yard, drawn in dark lithographi

The Shops at Night, Changing Shifts

Joseph Pennell, 1916

Lithograph of a grand hall with a central staircase, arched doorway, carved fireplace and framed portrait on paneled walls.

The Hall, Stenton

Joseph Pennell, 1912

Charcoal-style lithograph of a grand hall with columns, a staircase, framed portraits and a patterned rug.

The Hall at Cliveden

Joseph Pennell, 1912

Black and white lithograph of railway tracks cutting through steep rocky hills, with steam rising and a distant peak.

The Cut, Looking toward Ancon Hill

Joseph Pennell, 1912

Lithograph of massive lock gates and cranes at a canal, with workers on scaffolding and railway tracks in the foreground.

The Guard Gate, Gatun Lock

Joseph Pennell, 1912

Lithograph of a munition works with tall smokestacks, smoke, railway tracks, a winding river and a wooded hillside.

Munition Works

Joseph Pennell, 1916

Lithograph of a Doric temple on a cliff above a deep rocky ravine, drawn in soft grey tones by Joseph Pennell, 1913.

Temple over the Canon, Segesta

Joseph Pennell, 1913

Monochrome print of tall industrial towers and stacks rising among dark trees beneath a heavy, cloudy sky.

Oil Refining, Whiting, Indiana

Joseph Pennell, 1915

Lithograph of the Temple of Nike in Athens, showing columns, stone steps, ruins and a rocky hill under a pale sky.

The Temple of Nike, Athens

Joseph Pennell, 1913

Black and white drawing of a steel works interior with large cauldrons, steam, overhead crane and railway tracks receding to

The Cauldrons

Joseph Pennell, 1916

Lithograph of a large industrial hall with overhead cranes, workers, stacked pig iron, and a truck on the factory floor.

The Great Tower: Pig-Iron

Joseph Pennell, 1916

Lithograph of a coal mine with a headframe, smokestacks, smoke clouds, railway tracks and rows of houses in the foreground.

The Coal Mine

Joseph Pennell, 1916

Lithograph of workers and heavy machinery in a dark steel rolling mill lit by glowing light from the furnaces.

In the Jaws of Death, Rolling Bars for Shells

Joseph Pennell, 1916

Lithograph of a dark factory interior with glowing furnaces, railway tracks, steam, cranes and small workers.

Within the Furnaces

Joseph Pennell, 1916

Pencil-toned lithograph of factory chimneys and sheds beside a river, with a church tower on a hill behind trees and a small

Peace and War

Joseph Pennell, 1916

Soft grey lithograph of a smoky industrial city with many factory chimneys and an arched viaduct in the foreground.

Munitions City, No.I

Joseph Pennell, 1916

Drawing of a huge artillery gun under an overhead crane in an industrial yard, with workers and railway tracks nearby.

Gun-Testing

Joseph Pennell, 1916

Lithograph of a dark industrial forge interior with heavy machinery, columns, and arched windows letting in light.

The Gun Forge

Joseph Pennell, 1916

Sketch of a steel gantry and scaffolding framing a ship under construction in a shipyard.

The Gantry

Joseph Pennell, 1916

Lithograph of a large industrial gun-pit interior with steel gantries, a crane, a gun barrel on rails, and workers.

The New Gun-Pit

Joseph Pennell, 1916

Lithograph of a dark industrial factory interior with steel girders, machinery and workers moving among crates.

The Presses

Joseph Pennell, 1916

Lithograph of a factory yard with a locomotive hauling large ladles past workers under towering crane structures.

The Urns, Casting Big Shells

Joseph Pennell, 1916

Lithograph of a tall steel lattice crane with a load hanging from its jib over an industrial yard with stone arches and worke

Made in Germany, the Great Crane

Joseph Pennell, 1916