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24,101 works

Pencil perspective study of St. Luke's Hospital with arched windows, a central doorway, small figures, and handwritten notes.

Study for St. Luke's Hospital, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil drawing of a Gothic church interior with vaulted ceiling, pointed arches, tracery window and altar screen.

Study for St. Margaret's Church, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil perspective drawing of a vaulted church interior with Corinthian columns, arched galleries and rows of pews.

Study for St. Martin's in the Fields, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil drawing of a domed cathedral interior with towering columns, coffered ceilings, sculptures and small standing figures

Study for St. Paul's Cathedral, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil study of a circular lecture hall with columns, a gallery balcony, rows of seated audience and a raised platform.

Study for Surrey Institution, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil sketch of a colonnaded hall with classical columns, a domed structure, and a crowd of people and horses.

Study for Tattersall's Repository, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil drawing of a Gothic church interior with clustered columns, ribbed vaults, a gallery, and iron railings.

Study for Temple Church, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil drawing of the Tower of London with domed turrets, seen over a railing and a crowd of small figures.

Study for The Tower Taken from the New Mint, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil sketch of armored horsemen riding in procession past an arcaded stone wall with ornate trim.

Study for Horse Armory Tower, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil sketch of an ornate interior with seated figures at a long table, a fireplace, bookshelves and a decorated ceiling.

Study for Board of Trade, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil drawing of a formal meeting room with long tables, seated men, a large wall painting, and ornate drapery.

Study for Trinity House, from Microcosm of London (recto); Architectural Sketch of Row House Facades (verso)

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil drawing of a church interior with a coffered dome, Corinthian columns, pews, and a pulpit.

Study for St. Stephen's Walbrook, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil sketch of a crowded watch house interior with arched windows, a hanging lamp, and figures in coats and hats.

Study for Watch House, St. Mary Le Bone, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil sketch of ships moored before tall warehouses at West India Docks, with rowboats in the water in the foreground.

Study for West India Docks, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pen and wash drawing of the north aisle of Westminster Abbey with Gothic arches, columns, and wall monuments.

Study for Westminster Abbey, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil drawing of a Gothic church interior with pointed arches, tall columns, monuments, and small standing figures on the fl

North Aisle, Westminster Abbey

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil study of a Gothic hall with arched timber hammerbeam roof, tracery windows and a central doorway.

Study for Westminster Hall, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Pencil perspective study of a workhouse hall with seated figures at long tables, tall windows and slender iron columns.

Study for Workhouse, St. James' Parish, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1809

Hand-colored print of a chaotic parlor with a boy, a spaniel, a tumbling toddler, and a startled woman near the door.

First Step to the Coach Box

Henry Alken, n.d.

Lithograph of a man holding a framed picture in a shop window beside a woman in a shawl, with dense dark hatching.

Laffitte Street

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1892

Yvette Guilbert (recto) Three-Quarter Length Study of Yvette Guilbert (verso)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, c. 1894

Merganser

John Ruskin, February 29, 1890

Seated Tahitian Woman (recto), Sketches of Roosters and Chickens (verso)

Paul Gauguin, 1891/93

Berthe Morisot

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, c. 1892

Pencil sketch sheet by Thomas Nast with a man in a top hat, a pig, and handwritten notes on folded paper.

Sheet of Sketches: The Power of the Catholic Priests (recto); Sheet of Sketches (verso)

Thomas Nast, 1868

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded elegant interior with chandeliers, mirrors, and figures gathered around a table.

Il Ridotto

Giovanni Antonio Guardi, 1752/55

Graphite sketch of two horses cavorting, one rearing and one kicking, on aged paper.

Two Horses Cavorting (recto); Man on a Kicking Horse (verso)

Carle Vernet, 1778/1836

Pencil sketch of a coach pulled by four galloping horses, with two top-hatted men on the driver's seat.

Coach Drawn by Four Galloping Horses

Théodore Géricault, 1818/19

Pencil sketch of two horses galloping to the right, one overlapping the other, with studied legs and flowing manes.

Two Horses Galloping to the Right

Théodore Géricault, 1818/19

Pencil sketches of turbaned horsemen on rearing and galloping horses, with studies of hands and feet below.

Sketches of Oriental Horsemen

Théodore Géricault, 1813/14