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National Gallery of Art

5,752 works

Snails [recto and verso]

Pencil sketch of a standing male figure draped in a lion skin and cloak, with a small head study in the lower right.

Hercules

Pencil sketch on grey paper with three studies of bending and stooping figures.

Three Groups of Figures

Pencil figure study on pale paper with light brown wash, showing a seated figure with bent arm and rounded torso.

Figure Study

Pencil sketch of two draped standing figures and a seated figure reaching toward them, a study by John Flaxman.

Beggars at a Door (Study for the Yarborough Monument)

John Flaxman, c. 1803/1806

Pencil sketch of a cluster of figures gathered around a seated figure on pale paper.

Group of Figures Surrounding Seated Figure

Pencil sketch of three seated female figures in draped garments, grouped closely together on pale paper.

Three Seated Female Figures

Pencil sketch of a muscular bearded giant with curly hair leaning on a column, drawn on tan paper.

The Giants

John Flaxman, c. 1793

Pencil sketch of studies of a kneeling boy in several poses, with head and seated figure studies on pale paper.

Studies of a Kneeling Boy

Pencil sketch of a seated figure bent forward with head lowered and arms folded, on pale paper.

Seated Figure Bending Forward

John Flaxman, in or after 1806

Pencil sketch of a lion's head and forepaw resting on the lower right of a pale sheet of paper.

Lion

Pencil sketch of a tall monument with sculptural figures on top, a stepped pedestal, and small figures at its base.

Design for Monument or Metalwork

Pencil sketch of three head studies on pale paper: an upturned youthful face and two profiles with curled, bound hair.

Head of Mary Magdalen and Two Saints (?)

Striding Female with Palm

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family with the Virgin and infant Christ, a bearded man, and an angel above.

Holy Family

Unknown artist, 17th century

Pencil sketch of the riverside town of Boppart with church spires, a fortified wall, a tall tower, and hills behind.

Boppart

John William Casilear, 1842

Pencil drawing of Seville's waterfront with sailing boats, a rowing boat, a distant tower and birds in a pale sky.

Seville

Samuel Colman, 1850

Charcoal drawing of two large trees with spreading branches and a small standing figure in an open landscape.

Woman Standing beneath Two Trees

William Morris Hunt, c. 1877

Pencil sketch of tall trees in an open field with wooded hills on the right, under a pale sky.

Stowe, Vermont

Aaron Draper Shattuck, 1858

Grey wash title vignette with bust, easel, telescope and drafting tools, above a scroll reading Sketch-Book of J.E. Shadek.

J.E. Shadek Sketchbook

J.E. Shadek, 1861/1862

Pastel portrait of a seated young girl with blue eyes in a blue dress, holding a small book on a red stool.

Portrait of a Girl with Blue Eyes and Blue Dress

B. Doyle, c. 1820

Pastel portrait of a young man in a blue coat and white cravat, holding a wooden folding rule against a brown background.

Young Man with Folding Rule

Unknown artist, c. 1815

Pastel portrait of a young man with dark hair in a black coat and white cravat, holding a music sheet.

George Edward Blake

Unknown artist, c. 1808

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a pink dress holding a baby in a white bonnet, with an older child looking up beside her

Anna Margaret Blake and Her Two Children

Unknown artist, c. 1808

Bust-length portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat holding a red book against a grey-green background.

Portrait of a Man Holding a Book

Micah Williams, c. 1823

Portrait of a seated woman in a black dress and white lace bonnet holding a small red book, against a green background.

Portrait of a Woman with a Lace Cap

Micah Williams, c. 1823

Pastel portrait of a young girl in a white dress and bonnet holding a white dog on her lap, seated in a chair.

Child with Pet Dog

Micah Williams, c. 1825

Two Grotesque Heads

Francesco Melzi after Leonardo da Vinci, 1510s?

Crayon portrait of an elderly woman in a white bonnet and lace collar, drawn on tan paper with a dark vignette background.

Portrait of an Old Woman

Eastman Johnson, early 1840s

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a rocky wooded cliff above a calm river with distant mountains and sailboats.

Hudson Highlands

John William Casilear, 1860s