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24,101 works

Pen and brown ink sketch of a winged angel with an extended arm, plus a partial second figure at upper left.

Annunciate Angel (recto); Sketches of Seated Figure, and Upper Portion and Right Hand of Annunciate Angel (verso)

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Pen and ink drawing of a forest clearing with two embracing figures, dogs, and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Venus and Adonis

François Boitard, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a trophy design made of gardening tools, flowers, ribbons and hanging rope tassels.

Design for Trophy with Gardening Tools

Attributed to Jean Baptiste Huet, n.d.

Brown ink and wash design of a fan-shaped trompe l'oeil cupola with twisted columns, coffered panels and an oval oculus.

Design for Trompe l'Oeil Cupola

Style of Andrea Pozzo, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of Christ in glory holding a cross, flanked by two bearded saints and surrounded by angels and putti.

Christ in Glory with Saints Peter and Paul

Johann Franz Caspar, 1723-1728

Pen and ink sketch of Christ blessing a kneeling Virgin, with cherub heads and clouds around them.

Christ in Glory with Kneeling Virgin

Giulio Cesare Angeli, n.d.

Pen and wash drawing of the Holy Family with infant John the Baptist and a lamb, with sketched figures at upper right.

Holy Family with Infant Saint John the Baptist

Atributed to Gaspare Diziani, n.d.

Black chalk study of a raised right hand with open palm and draped sleeve, with a second fold of cloth at right.

Upraised Right Hand, with Palm Facing Outward: Study for Saint Peter

called Raphael Raffaello Sanzio, 1518/20

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling haloed monk gazing at the Virgin and Child appearing on a cloud above.

Vision of Saint Dominic

Possibly Domenico Piola, n.d.

Pen and blue wash drawing of the Virgin in glory with angels above and robed saints gathered below, one figure reclining.

Virgin in Glory with Saints including St. John at their Feet

After Lazzaro Tavarone, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of the Madonna and Child on clouds with angels above and three male saints kneeling below.

Madonna and Child in Glory, with Three Male Saints Below

After Francesco Vanni, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped female figure kneeling on clouds, with a Parmigiano inscription below.

Kneeling Cloud-borne Female Figure (recto); Figure Sketches (verso)

Unknown artist, n.d.

Sepia landscape of a ruined castle above a lake, with mountains behind and figures on a rocky shore in the foreground.

Landscape with a Ruined Castle

John Martin, 1819

Pencil sketch of stone cottages with chimneys behind a rough stone wall and boulders, with trees at the left.

Houses and Stone Wall, Newlyn

John Skinner Prout, n.d.

Street in Bologna

John Ruskin, 1845

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing gentleman gesturing beside a kneeling gardener under trees, with an urn at right.

Literary Illustration: Gentleman and Kneeling Gardener

Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, n.d.

Red chalk and grey wash sketch of two men and a woman in a room with a doorway and chair.

Literary Illustration: Two Men and Woman in Interior

Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a goddess among clouds above two male figures, with a small winged figure at upper right.

Goddess Appearing to Two Figures

Jacob Wilhelm Mechau, n.d.

Watercolor of a rocky stream and waterfall in a valley, with a ruined castle on a hill beyond trees.

Hanley Castle

Follower of William Leighton Leitch, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a young woman with curled hair and a braided headband, wrapped in a shawl, titled Thalia.

Thalia

D. Watson, c. 1797

Faint pencil sketch of horses with a groom on a pale cream sheet of paper.

Horses with Groom (recto); Sketches of Peasant with Basket (verso)

William Henry Pyne, n.d. (recto); 1789/1843 (verso)

Pencil sketch of peasant figures and a man on horseback near a stone archway, with a horse and reclining figures.

Group of Peasants with Man on Horse

William Henry Pyne, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of two bust-length caricature heads, one in a tricorn hat gesturing, one in a bowed wig.

Two Bust-length Caricatures

Attributed to Robert Dighton, n.d.

Sketch of a library interior with seated women at a table, bookshelves behind, and a group of figures in a doorway to the rig

View of Library

Attributed to George Cattermole, n.d.

Engraved oval portrait of a man with long curled hair, mustache and lace collar, framed by laurel and a coat of arms.

Guillaume de Brisacier

Antoine Masson, 1664

Etching of a woman with a switch leading a donkey carrying three milk pails along a wooded path.

Milkmaid

Alphonse Legros, c. 1880

Etching of a woman in a dark hat seated near steps, looking toward a doorway where women with a parasol stand outside.

In the Bateau-Mouche

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1890

Drypoint print of two children leaning over a table, heads bent together in concentration, one hand resting on the surface.

The Map

Mary Cassatt, 1890

Mother Berthe Holding Her Child

Mary Cassatt, c. 1889

Three chalk studies of a young ballet dancer in a white tutu, shown in different poses on tan paper.

Three Studies of a Dancer in Fourth Position

Edgar Degas, 1879/80