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National Gallery of Art

25,760 works

Carved wooden printing block of a tropical landscape with a large tree, river, and several figures.

Mahana Atua (Day of the Gods) [recto]

Paul Gauguin, 1894

Etching of a busy London street with carriages, pedestrians, awninged buildings, and a distant clock tower.

St James's Street

James McNeill Whistler, 1878

Etching of sailing ships and small boats moored in a calm harbor with waterfront sheds and smokestacks in the distance.

Sailing Ships in the Bassin Neuf at La Rochelle (Les Voiliers du Bassin Neuf, a La Rochelle)

Gustave Leheutre

Etching of a pale beach with small figures near the shore, a sailboat on calm water, and a distant town skyline.

Coast (La cote)

Gustave Leheutre

Playing card with black outlined flowers on a branching stem, printed in dark ink with brown flower centers.

Playing Card

Unknown artist, second half 15th century

Engraving of a bearded God enthroned in light, with angels and a figure before him, and a biblical scene below.

Satan Before the Throne of God

William Blake, 1825

Engraving of a crowded London street on May Day with dancing revelers, a fiddler, shop signs and onlookers at windows.

May-Day in London

William Blake after Samuel Collings, 1784

Engraving of men in 18th-century dress confronting each other with swords in a tavern room, with onlookers and a fireplace.

The Discomfited Duellists

William Blake after Samuel Collings, 1784

Engraving of a nude man with raised arms standing over a river, with pyramids, a crocodile, and a sun in the sky.

Fertilization of Egypt

William Blake after Henry Fuseli, 1791

Engraved full-length portrait of an armed man with a musket and pipe, with palm trees and figures in the background.

A Coromantyn Free Negro, or Ranger, armed

William Blake after John Gabriel Stedman, 1793

Engraving of a naked man hanging upside down by a chain from a gallows, with skulls and bones on the ground below.

A Negro hung alive by the Ribs to a Gallows

William Blake after John Gabriel Stedman, 1792

Engraved print of a standing marine private holding a musket with bayonet, with a fort and ship in the background.

A private Marine of Col. Fourgeoud's Corps

William Blake after John Gabriel Stedman, 1793

Engraving of monkeys climbing and leaping among tree branches and vines beside a river with a mountain in the distance.

The Mecoo & Kisbee Kishee Monkeys

William Blake after John Gabriel Stedman, 1793

Engraving of a group of enslaved people dancing on a shore while a European man with a stick directs them, ship masts behind.

Group of Negros, as imported to be sold for Slaves

William Blake after John Gabriel Stedman, 1793

Etching of impaled skulls on poles in a field with soldiers, one kneeling and one leaning on a musket at right.

The Sculls of Lieut Leppar, & Six of his Men

William Blake after John Gabriel Stedman, 1793

Engraving of a bound female figure hanging from a tree while men with a whip stand on grassy ground below.

Flagellation of a Female Samboe Slave

William Blake after John Gabriel Stedman, 1793

Engraving of a planter in a wide-brimmed hat smoking a pipe while a servant woman pours a drink beside him.

A Surinam Planter in his Morning Dress

William Blake after John Gabriel Stedman, 1793

Engraving of armed men wading through a swamp past palms and vines, with a half-submerged figure at left.

March thro' a swamp or Marsh in Terra-firma

William Blake after John Gabriel Stedman, 1793

John Caspar Lavater

William Blake, 1787/1801

Engraving of a woman holding a basket of fruit beside a seated man reading a book under a tree, with a lily at left.

Canto I, Verse 29

William Blake after Mary Ann Flaxman, 1803

Engraving of a kneeling woman in a long gown leaning on a table beside a mirror and oil lamp, with drapery behind her.

Canto II, Verse 471

William Blake after Mary Ann Flaxman, 1803

Engraving of a woman in a white gown praying before a cave with winged and serpentine figures, by William Blake after Maria F

Canto III, Verse 201

William Blake after Mary Ann Flaxman, 1803

Engraving of a woman in a bonnet asleep on a bed under dark draped curtains, with a canopy above her.

Canto V, Verse 43

William Blake after Mary Ann Flaxman, 1803

Engraving of a bearded man with a staff and a woman in a flowing gown in an arched hall with masked onlookers.

Canto VI, Verse 294

William Blake after Mary Ann Flaxman, 1803

Engraving of a shipwreck in stormy seas, with survivors clinging to wreckage and a woman holding a child on the broken hull.

Sketch of a Shipwreck

William Blake after George Romney, 1809

Engraved portrait of Reverend Robert Hawker in dark robes and white clerical collar, seated beside a table with a book.

Reverend Robert Hawker, D.D.

William Blake after John Ponsford, 1820

Engraved portrait of Wilson Lowry, a man with curly hair and a ruffled collar, turned toward the viewer.

Wilson Lowry

William Blake after John Linnell, 1825

Bookplate with a divided gold and black heraldic shield bearing antler forms, flanked by initials D and F and leafy foliage.

Bookplate of Dominicus Frauenfelder

Unknown artist, c. 1500

Engraved interior scene of women and children at a table in a paneled room, one child reading, with a mirror and wall sconces

The Morning Amusements of her Royal Highness

William Blake after Thomas Stothard, 1782

Wood engraving of two shepherds with sheep under a rising sun over hills, by William Blake, 1821.

Thenot and Colinet

William Blake, 1821

Black-and-white engraving of two figures in a moonlit pastoral landscape, one seated under a fruit tree, one reclining.

Thenot under Fruit Tree

William Blake, 1821

Small black-and-white print of a shepherd with a crook, a hooded figure, sheep and a lamb beneath a tree.

Colinet Departs in Sorrow

William Blake, 1821

Small black-and-white engraving of a gnarled blasted tree, a crescent moon, and flattened crops under a dark sky.

Blasted Tree and Flattened Crops

William Blake, 1821

Small black and white engraving of a shepherd raising his arms beside a wooden gate, a wolf at his feet, under rolling hills.

Shepherd Chases away Wolf

William Blake, 1821

Small engraving of a cloaked traveler with a staff walking past a milestone reading London, with hills behind.

Colinet's Journey

William Blake, 1821

Wood engraving of a man straining to push a barrel down a street past a row of buildings and a tree.

'A rolling stone is ever bare of moss'

William Blake, 1821

Small engraving of a shepherd resting with sheep under a crescent moon beside a river at night.

Colinet Resting by Night

William Blake, 1821

Wood engraving of two shepherds meeting by a wooden gate with sheep, a cottage and trees in the background.

Thenot and Colinet Lead their Flocks Together

William Blake, 1821

Wood engraving of two seated figures sharing an evening meal at a table before a hearth, with moon and stars visible outside.

Thenot and Colinet Eat their Evening Meal

William Blake, 1821

Small engraving of two robed figures walking with oxen under a rayed sky and crescent moon.

Boy Returning Joyfully with Plough and Oxen

William Blake, 1821

Small engraving of a herder with a staff leading two oxen past a rising sun over a hill.

Return of the Shepherd

William Blake, 1821

Four stacked panels of a pastoral landscape engraving: a tree and moon, a figure by a gate, sheep by a river, and a traveler

The Pastorals of Virgil

William Blake, 1821

The Old Cock

Félix Bracquemond, 1882

Black-line ornament print with scrolls, small figures, a skeleton, an hourglass and a central heraldic shield.

Ornament

Lithograph of a ruined stone church wall with arched windows, two standing men in tricorn hats, and a seated figure.

Eglise de Saint-Taurin, Evreux

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1824

Etching of a busy Bologna street with a tall tower rising above rooftops and figures walking on cobblestones.

Bologna

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1826/1827

Lithograph of the Gros-Horloge clock tower in Evreux with timber houses, market women and a horse in the street.

Tour du gros-horloge, Evreux

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1824

Lithograph of a crowded Rouen street with timber-framed houses, a domed church tower, and townspeople with a handcart.

Rue du gros-horloge, Rouen

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1824

Engraved domestic scene of a man in a wide hat dining with a woman and children at a table, with a small dog and a canopy bed

Manhood

Abraham Bosse, 1636

Engraved interior with two seated men by a fireplace, a woman standing beside them, and a skeleton in a niche above the heart

Death

Abraham Bosse, 1636

Engraving of a young couple with a cupid beside a fountain and classical arch, with a formal garden and French verse below.

Adolescence

Abraham Bosse, 1636

Engraving of children playing in a grand interior with arched windows, a canopy bed, and marbles on the floor.

Childhood

Abraham Bosse, 1636

Monochrome print of an ornate Gothic house with turrets behind a fence, with cattle and sheep in the foreground under a dark

The Haunted House

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1871

Etching of a gnarled tree with tangled bare branches, roots and small birds, rendered in dense black hatching on cream paper.

Branches

Rodolphe Bresdin

Oval engraved portrait of a man with curly hair and mustache, cloak over shirt, inscribed Hanns Brosamer Sculptor.

Hans Brosamer

Thomas Hirschmann

Engraving of an aged king kneeling before an idol as a crowned woman and courtiers look on in a columned hall.

Solomon Worshipping Idols

Hans Brosamer, 1545

Engraving of Delilah cutting Samson's hair as he sleeps, with armed soldiers at left and a furnished room behind.

Samson and Delilah

Hans Brosamer, 1545

Engraving of a busy village scene with workers, stacked firewood, barrels, a sailboat and a church, with Latin text below.

Prudence

Philip Galle after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, published 1559

Engraving of an allegorical winged figure Fortitude amid a battle of soldiers, cavalry, and monstrous beasts before a fortres

Fortitude

Philip Galle after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, published 1559

Engraving of an allegorical Justice figure with scales and sword among a crowd, with executions and a courtroom in the backgr

Justice

Philip Galle after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, published 1559

Engraving of an allegorical figure labeled Spes standing in a stormy flood beside a sinking boat and a castle tower.

Hope

Philip Galle after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, published 1559

Engraving of a crowded town square where figures distribute bread and wine to beggars, with a sick person in bed at right.

Charity

Philip Galle after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, published 1559

Engraved landscape with river, town, mountains, and a penitent Magdalene in a cave at lower right.

Magdalena Poenitens (The Penitent Magdalene)

Johannes and Lucas van Doetechum after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1555/1557

Etching of soldiers resting under a large tree beside a river valley with a castle, church and distant mountains.

Milites Requiescentes (Soldiers at Rest)

Johannes and Lucas van Doetechum after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1555/1557