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National Gallery of Art

323 works

Etching of a village along a canal with windmills and a flat landscape stretching to the horizon.

Village beside a Canal

Johannes Ruisscher, second half 17th century

Etching of a wooded landscape with tall trees, two walking figures, a small bridge over a stream, and a wooden fence.

Wooded Landscape with a Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo

Red chalk drawing in an oval of a farmer with a staff and a sheep crossing a wooden bridge beneath tall trees.

A Farmer and a Sheep Crossing a Rustic Bridge

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince

Etching of ghostly robed figures drifting above a dark city skyline and river beneath a stormy, light-streaked sky.

Les Esprits des Villes-Mortes (Spirits from the Cities of the Dead)

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1885

Pencil sketch on tan paper of standing men in top hats and long coats outdoors, with trees and ground, by Winslow Homer.

Grant and Lincoln at City Point, Virginia [recto]

Winslow Homer, 1865

Loose sketch of a woman in a long dress on a step, with open umbrellas below and an ODEON sign behind her.

untitled (Woman descending onto a street of umbrellas)

Paul Edouard Crébassa, 1895

Pencil sketch of a shopfront on Ebury Street with a hanging lantern, handwritten signs, and figures in the street.

Ebury Street

Félix-Hilaire Buhot, 1876 or 1879

Pen drawing of an imagined city with a classical stone bridge, columned palaces, a loggia, and a ship's masts behind.

A Capriccio of Palaces and a Loggia Facing a Classical Bridge

Bernardo Bellotto, c. 1765

Sketch of two women in lace shawls and ruffled skirts walking past a crowd of men in top hats on a city street.

Street Scene

Gustave Doré, 1854?

Watercolor of a sunlit French street with two Gothic cathedral spires rising behind tiled rooftops and pedestrians.

A Street in Chartres

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1836

Watercolor of the Rialto Bridge in Venice with gondolas on the canal and palazzi lining the banks under a cloudy sky.

View of the Rialto Bridge, Venice

Attributed to Francesco Guardi

Pen and wash drawing of a tall man in a feathered hat and striped costume pointing toward a Roman column and city street.

Giovanni Grosso of the Swiss Guards Standing before a View of Rome

after Francesco Villamena Anonymous

Etching of a ramshackle thatched cottage beside a stream, with a man and dog crossing a small wooden footbridge at right.

The Little Bridge

Jacob van Ruisdael, c. 1652

Watercolor of a man in a dark suit descending stone steps beside a carved balustrade and arched colonnade.

Sir Neville Wilkinson on the Steps of the Palladian Bridge at Wilton House

John Singer Sargent, 1904/1905

Sketch of a street in rain with a horse-drawn carriage, umbrella-carrying figures, and a dog, in dark ink.

A Sketch: Street in Driving Rain

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Pen and blue wash drawing of a mounted rider and armored soldiers fighting on a wooden bridge.

A Battle on a Bridge

Giovanni Balducci, c.1600

Watercolor of a crumbling Gothic portal with a Madonna relief, opening onto a garden above a canal, 1844.

The Portal of the Madonna della Misericordia from the Canal

Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner, 1844

Muted watercolor of a night street with glowing windows and a lone figure in a dark coat walking across the foreground.

Street at Night, Meudon

Gwen John, 1910s

Watercolor of a town with church towers beyond green hills, with two figures in traditional dress and sheep in the foreground

The City of Arnberg in the Oberpfalz

Carl Heinzmann, 1823

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a city gate elevation and section with a coat of arms and ground plan, 1746.

Design for a City Gate in Trier

Balthasar Neumann, 1746

Pastel drawing of Waterloo Bridge by Claude Monet, arches softened in blue and yellow mist over the river.

Waterloo Bridge

Claude Monet, 1901

Ink drawing of a man in a bowler hat on a rainy night street with lamps and blurred pedestrians behind him.

In Love (Amoureux)

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1888

Grey wash drawing of an arched stone bridge over a river, with a hilltop town and distant mountains beyond.

Bridge with Mountains in the Distance (Ventimiglia)

Edward Lear, 1884/1885

Loose watercolor of gondolas and a sailboat on a Venetian canal before a sunlit palace with pale ochre walls.

Gondolas Before a Palace on the Grand Canal in Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Engraved 1729 map of Venice with canals, sailing ships, allegorical figures and a border of small city views.

Iconografica Rappresentatione della Inclita Città di Venezia (Iconongraphic Representation of the Illustrious City of…

Sebastiano Ricci, Lodovico Ughi, Giovanni Antonio Faldoni for the map, with Francesco Zucchi for the views, 1729

Black ink lithograph of a street with a crippled figure on crutches, a man in a cap, and gaunt figures behind a fence.

Street Scene with a Cripple and a Praying Man

René Beeh, 1921

Loose watercolor sketch of two Venetian palace facades beside a canal, in warm ochre, blue and red tones.

Palaces on the Grand Canal in Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Watercolor of the Rialto Bridge over a Venetian canal, with gondolas, sailing boats and palazzo facades under a blue sky.

The Rialto Bridge, Venice

William James Müller, 1835

Red and black woodcut book cover with angular figures of men and bold title lettering for Jakob Bosshart's stories.

Jakob Bosshart: Neben der Heerstrasse (Jakob Bosshart: Near Main Street)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, 1922

Watercolor of a gondola passing under an arched bridge in Venice, with hazy buildings and blue water beyond.

A Gondola Passing Under a Bridge in Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon