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American

12,327 works

White line drawing of leaves, berries and seed pods on a rust-brown wash background, signed Zella Janko.

Autumn Foliage

Zella Janko, 1900-1948

Ink drawing of a coach and horses wading through a flooded road under a dark stormy sky, with a fallen log in the water.

Tail Piece for Chapter LIII from "Lorna Doone"

William Henry Drake, c. 1889

Pencil sketch of a man with a pipe seated by a rowboat on a rocky shore, with a lake and distant hills behind.

Adirondacks

Homer Dodge Martin, 1868

Pen-and-ink drawing: large letter H over a burning farmhouse, with a rifle-carrying man, woman and child fleeing in the foreg

Inital H for Chapter LXXI from "Lorna Doone"

William Henry Drake, c. 1899

Pencil sketch of men gathered on a porch, one reading a newspaper, with a woman, child, horse and soldier nearby.

Sketch - News from the Army

Archibald Willard, 1800s

Drawing of a dark cross on a stepped pedestal with gray rays radiating outward behind it against a pale background.

The Cross

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Pen drawing of a framed letter N above sheep huddled in windblown snow, with hatched shadows and drifts.

Inital N for Chapter L from "Lorna Doone"

William Henry Drake, c. 1889

Watercolor of a red, blue and yellow macaw perched on a branch, looking back over its shoulder, with tropical leaves behind.

Old Grumpy

Henry Keller, 1926

Watercolor drawing of a seated young boy in a knit cap and blue jacket, hands clasped on his knee, on a wooden chair.

Boy on a Chair

William Sommer, 1927

Pen and ink drawing of dark boulders and breaking waves on a rocky shore beneath a stormy sky.

Tail Piece for Chapter XII from "Lorna Doone"

William Henry Drake, c. 1889

Watercolor landscape of scrubby dunes, a pale rocky outcrop and distant water under a cloudy blue sky.

Landscape

Homer Dodge Martin, 1896

Pencil sketch of two men beside a grindstone in a rustic interior, one in a wide-brimmed hat gesturing, with a hat on the flo

Who'll Turn the Grindstone?

William Sidney Mount, c. 1850

Graphite sketch of a tall pine tree with spreading branches, beside a second sheet with a small tree study and handwritten no

Pine Tree, Conway, New Hampshire (recto); Landscape and Tree Studies (verso)

David Johnson, c. 1851

Pencil sketch of a tall pine tree with layered branches on cream paper, with handwritten notes in the lower left corner.

Pine Tree, Conway, New Hampshire (recto)

David Johnson, c. 1851

Black chalk and white highlight study of a man in a crouched pose, one arm raised, on blue-gray paper.

Study for The Siege of Gibraltar

John Singleton Copley, c. 1785-86

Pencil sketch of a wooden footbridge over a stream, with reeds on the left and trees in the background.

The Bridge, Schleissheim

Otto H. Bacher, c. 1870-1909

Pencil sketch of a lecture room with a standing speaker, a plaster head on a table, and a seated audience.

The Phrenologist

William Sidney Mount, c. 1827-68

Pencil sketch of two men bending over a grinding wheel, one sharpening a tool while the other leans in to help.

Grinding the Axe

William Sidney Mount, c. 1827-68

Pencil sketch of thatched buildings, a figure at a doorway, ducks on water, and a handwritten note along the bottom.

Lustheim

Otto H. Bacher, c. 1870-1909

Stippled black-and-white drawing of a sunrise over the sea, with clouds, radiating light rays and shrubby hills in the foregr

Sunrise

Ernest Haskell, c. 1900-1925

Pencil sketch of two men spearing eels from a punt in shallow water, with reeds and a sailboat in the distance.

Eel Spearing at Setauket, Long Island, New York

William Sidney Mount, c. 1845

Pencil sketch of a steep rocky hillside with scattered shrubs and a small figure, inscribed 'Jehosephat' at lower left.

Jehosephat

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Charcoal drawing of a dark landscape with trees on the left, a wooded treeline, and a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Auguste-Emmanuel Pointelin, 1930

Book cover design with swirling light ribbons, starbursts, ivy and the title Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, drawn by Elihu Vedder.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Cover

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Colored pencil drawing of a row of brick storefronts with awning and sign shops on a city street.

Atlantic Ave No 257-263

Miklos Suba, 1930

Brown paper sketchbook cover with large black script title 'Croquis' and a flourish, plus pencil marks and smudges.

sketchbook

Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1920

Grey watercolor of a pale canyon cliff above a river with dark trees, by Thomas Moran, 1890.

The Cañon of the Belle Fourche, Wyoming

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of ancient temple columns and a doorway beneath a stone lintel, with the inscription Temple Carnac, Egypt.

Temple Carnac, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Drawing of a standing nude man beside a serpent, with a sleeping winged figure on a pile of skulls and a verse above.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Last Man

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Grey wash landscape of a tall rock tower rising above a valley at dusk, with cliffs, trees and small buildings below.

The Devil's Tower from Johnstons

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of two female figures, one reclining with raised arms and one seated, on aged tinted paper.

Two Female Figure Studies

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a dirt path winding up a grassy slope past trees, with a small red-roofed house at right.

Landscape Sketch

Walter Shirlaw, 1830