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Drawings & Sketches

75,832 works

Pastel portrait of a woman in a pleated white bonnet with lace trim and a pale shawl against a dark background.

Abigail Smith Adams

James Sharples, ca.1796

Pencil drawing of a bearded man in a straw hat and jacket, looking toward the viewer, on pale paper.

Self-Portrait with a Hat

Gustave Caillebotte, c. 1879

Watercolor of a thatched farm with a horse and cart, cattle, and reflections in a pond.

Phineas Borret's Farm near Saffron Walden

Thomas Girtin, 1802

Sepia drawing of a rocky wooded slope with large trees and a small seated figure of Pan playing a flute.

Rocky Landscape with Pan Playing His Flute (In the Park of the Villa Chigi, Ariccia)

Johann Christian Reinhart, 1808

Watercolor of trees and boulders on a shore, with rowboats and sailboats on a calm river and wooded cliffs beyond.

Weehawken from Turtle Grove

William James Bennett, ca. 1830

Pen sketches on a page: seated man, three robed figures in an arch, a newsboy, a hat-wearing man, and a smoker.

Christ and Two Disciples on the Road to Emmaus (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Pen and ink sketch of a hooded figure bent over a desk with an open book, inkwell and candlestick.

Half-length Figure in a Monk's Cowl (Possibly a Self-portrait) (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854

Ink sketch of a seated man at a table under a mosquito net, with insects around him, on orange paper.

Man at Table beneath Mosquito Net (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Pen and ink map of the Western Hemisphere showing North and South America, Greenland, and surrounding ocean with place names.

Map of the Western Hemisphere (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1851

Portrait of Frederick R. Leyland

James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1871-73

Painting of a standing woman in a dark gown with both hands pressed to her chest against a red-brown background.

Lady Macbeth. Study

Kristian Zahrtmann, 1899

Pen sketches on a page: seated man, robed figures, a shouting newspaper seller with caption 'Terrible Disaster! Loss of the A

Terrible Disaster! Loss of the Arctic! (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Graphite study on blue-grey paper of three figures in motion, one reaching forward with outstretched arms, beneath faint red

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Three Figures

John Singleton Copley, 1785-86

Painted study of tangled shrubs, ferns and rocks on a dark forest floor, in greens and browns.

Study from Nature

William Stanley Haseltine

Watercolor of gnarled trees on a hillside overlooking a winding road and open fields under a pale sky.

Olive Trees at Tivoli

George Inness, 1873

Watercolor of a tiered stone tomb with a roofed shrine and finial, framed by tall trees, in brown and gray washes.

The Tomb of Iyeyasu Tokugawa

John La Farge, 1888

Indian Figure in Profile

Henry Kirke Brown, 1851

Pencil and chalk study of two prone soldiers on grey paper, with handwritten scale notes across the top.

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson": Two Dead Figures

John Singleton Copley, 1782-83

Charcoal and chalk study of a nude woman raising her arms beside swirling drapery, set within a pale arched architectural fra

"Coral" (Study for Mural, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago)

Walter Shirlaw, ca. 1892

Embroidered oval picture of a shepherd playing flute and a shepherdess with crook beside sheep in a pastoral landscape.

The Shepherdess of the Alps

Evelina Hull, ca. 1812

Brown wash drawing of four feathered figures on a riverbank, with a city and paddle steamer visible on the water behind them.

Visit to Their Old Hunting Grounds (from Hosack Album)

John Ludlow Morton, ca. 1843

Charcoal sketch of a man in a cap leading a cow across an open landscape of low hills, signed Atelier A. Mauve.

Man Leading Cow

School of Anton Mauve, n.d.

Pastel portrait of a sleeping young woman with blue flowers in her hair, resting on teal fabric.

Sleeping Girl

Pietro Rotari, c. 1750

Brown ink and wash landscape drawing of a winding road, large trees, a hilltop building, and two figures at a well.

At the Dram Well

Unknown artist, 17th century

Monochrome drawing of a figure reaching out among tall forest trees, with thorny branches and flowers framing the scene.

Tannhäuser

Aubrey Beardsley

Grey-toned drawing of the Pentecost, with the Virgin Mary and apostles in prayer beneath a radiant dove of the Holy Spirit.

Pentecost [recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling woman reaching toward a man in a plumed hat beside a fence under a stormy sky.

Noli Me Tangere [verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Grey wash drawing of a bearded man seated among lions in an arched hall, with skulls and bones on the floor.

Daniel in the Lions' Den [recto]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Grey wash drawing of Christ at a well speaking with a seated woman holding a jug, with a town in the distance.

Christ and the Woman of Samaria [verso]

Unknown artist, c. 1600

Sepia portrait drawing of a man with light swept-back hair, white cravat and dark coat, turned to the left.

Sir Astley Paston Cooper. Lithograph (?) by S. Cousins, 1830, after Sir T. Lawrence

Thomas Lawrence

Ink and grey wash drawing of a robed bearded figure with arms raised, surrounded by reclining nude figures reaching upward.

Moses Staying the Plague (?) [recto]

William Blake, c. 1780/1785

Pencil sketch of a log cabin with a chimney and woodpile among tall forest trees, on an open sketchbook spread.

Camp A: Log Cabin in Woods (from Sketchbook)

William Trost Richards, 1885