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5,122 works

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

Watercolor drawing of a woman on a donkey holding a child, with a guide and four men beside a rocky cliff.

Holy Family Passing Four Men

Attributed to Leonard Bramer, 1660/69

Pen and grey wash drawing of a large tree with a seated man and dog beside a river, with distant hills.

Man and Dog Seated Below Trees by River

Attributed to Paul Sandby, n.d.

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

Watercolor of children stealing preserves from jars in a kitchen while an older servant watches from the doorway.

Stealing the Preserves

Thomas Rowlandson, 1815/20

Pen and ink drawing of Oberon and Titania with a fairy procession, a lion, musicians and a floating figure under stage curtai

Oberon and Titania, from A Midsummer Night's Dream

Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, n.d.

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

Pen and watercolor drawing of a ruined farm house with a sagging roof, propped by a tree trunk and wooden supports.

Farm House in Ruins

Possibly Michael "Angelo" Rooker, n.d.

Pen and brown wash drawing of a large tree, small figures by a stone bridge, a river, and a classical ruin on a hill.

Figures in Idyllic Italianate Landscape

Attributed to Franz Kobell, n.d.

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

Watercolor of a ruined stone abbey with a pointed archway and wooden gate, framed by leafy trees under a cloudy sky.

Abbey Ruin

the elder Samuel William Reynolds, n.d.

Watercolor of a path under ivy-covered Gothic arches with a round castle tower in the distance, Conway Castle, 1849.

Conway Castle

the younger Thomas Miles Richardson, 1849

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

Watercolor trompe l'oeil of pinned printed papers, engravings and a carnation card on a wood-grain board.

Cantate: Trompe l'Oeil of Posted Prints

Martin Cerulli, 1735/1765

Pencil and watercolor portrait of a man with curly light hair in a dark high-collared coat and white cravat, on aged paper.

Rev. Henry Moncrief Wellwood

Attributed to Sir Henry Raeburn, n.d.

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

Trompe l'oeil watercolor of pinned printed pages, engravings and a pink rose on blue card against a wooden board.

Trompe l'Oeil of Posted Notices and Prints

Martin Cerulli, 1735/1765

Winged female figure flying through clouds, holding two sleeping infants, drawn in pen and watercolor.

Night Carrying Sleep and Death

After Domenichino, n.d.

Red chalk and wash drawing of two figures walking toward arched classical ruins beside a tree and obelisk.

Figures Among Classical Ruins

Gerrit Rademaker, n.d.

Trompe l'oeil drawing of pinned printed pages, an engraved old man writing, and text sheets on a pale wooden background.

Aphorismi Politici: Trompe l'Oeil with Posted Notices and Prints

Martin Cerulli, 1735/1765

Watercolor of a smiling woman with auburn hair and a flower crown, glancing over her shoulder before a tree and cloudy sky.

Lady Hamilton as Nature

After George Romney, 1800/1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a standing draped woman raising a laurel wreath, with white highlights on yellowed paper.

Standing Woman with Laurel Wreath

called dalle Lame Biagio Pupini, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a weathered wooden barn with a gabled thatched roof beside trees and a cottage.

Side of Rotting Barn

School of John Varley, 1800/10

Watercolor of the Adoration of the Magi showing Mary and the Christ Child with kneeling and standing kings bearing gifts.

Adoration of the Magi

After Bonifazio de' Pitati, called Bonifazio Veronese, 1827

Watercolor of a rocky stream flowing through a misty mountain valley toward a tall peak, with a small figure on the slope.

Glen Rossie

Attributed to Thomas Miles Richardson, the younger, n.d.

Trompe l'oeil drawing of pinned papers, printed text and engravings on a wooden board, with a pink rose at center.

Trompe L'Oeil: Papers Pinned to Wall

Martin Cerulli, 1735/65

Drawing of a young man with curly hair holding a lamb beside a wooden cross, rendered in brown wash and red chalk.

Saint John the Baptist with Lamb

After Carlo Cignani, n.d.

Watercolor of a pheasant flying over undergrowth while a hunter in a top hat watches from the right.

Pheasant and Hunter

Charles B. Newhouse, 1825-1877

Bust of Youth Wearing Hat (recto); Angel Head (verso)

After George Morland, n.d.

Putto Holding Flowers

possibly after Pellegrino Tibaldi, n.d.