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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of tall trees and shrubs along a dirt road, with a small figure walking in the distance.

Manuka Grove on Taine's Section, Upper Hutt

William Swainson FLS FRS, 1848

Pen and brown ink sketch on blue paper of a draped, hooded figure with two smaller studies of hooded heads and arms.

Study of Death for "Time and Death"

George Frederic Watts, 1868

Pencil sketch of a crowded outdoor market scene with stalls and awnings, plus two hatted figures standing at left.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Praterszene mit Schaulustigen

Josef Engelhart, 1888

Head of a Young Woman

George Frederic Watts, 1860

Pencil drawing of a tree group on rocky ground, with a man and child in the foreground and hills in the distance.

Baumpartie auf steinigem Gelände, im Vordergrund ein Mann und ein Kind

Karl Franz Kraul

Graphite sketchbook page with studies of putti and infants, reclining and crawling figures, and a standing figure at right.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Puttenfries

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Graphite drawing of a draped reclining male figure with bare feet, signed by Jean-Léon Gérôme.

The Dead Caesar

Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1859

Watercolor of a sunlit French street with market stalls, a spired tower, and figures with a donkey.

Evereux, France

William Callow, 1855

Pencil sketch of a smiling boy in a brimmed hat with a bundle on his shoulder, beside faint architectural outlines on a sketc

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Rückseite: Bauernbub

Josef Engelhart, 1888

Pencil sketch of two young women in long full dresses with puffed sleeves, standing side by side.

Study of Two Young Women [recto]

Valentine Cameron Prinsep

Painted birth and baptismal certificate for Anne Andres with red lettering, floral borders, houses, trees, and costumed figur

Birth and Baptismal Certificate for Anne Andres

Johannes Ernst Spangenberg, c. 1783

Pencil drawing of a cluster of trees and shrubs on rocky ground, with hills fading into the distance under an open sky.

Baumpartie auf steinigem Gelände

Karl Franz Kraul

Pencil sketch of a walking man in a brimmed hat holding a cane, with faint architectural lines above, on a sketchbook page.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: schreitender Mann mit Stock u. Hut (Rückseite: zwei Studien zu Kinderbildnissen)

Josef Engelhart, 1889

Ink and wash drawing of a columned neoclassical building with two floor plans below showing a circular central hall.

A. J. Davis, Scrapbook II [Folio P or "Blue Book"]

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1825-92

Symmetrical folk-art arrangement of many animals, including giraffes, elephants, lions and peacocks, in rows on a beige groun

Cutout of Animals

Unknown artist, second quarter 19th century

Sepia sketch of a harbour with hills, small boats on the water, and a figure raising an arm on the shoreline.

Porirua Harbour, showing present site of Plimmerton

Watercolor of a waterwheel mill with horses, a cart, a worker, chickens and hills in the background.

Schneid- und Mahlmühle im Stickelberger Tal unweit der Wienerischen Neustadt an der ungarischen Grenze

Johann Adam Klein, 1816

Pencil sketch of a lakeshore with dark trees, bare branches, and reeds in shallow water, on a cream sketchbook page.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Seelandschaft (Rückseite: Detail einer Landschaft)

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Pen and wash sheet with architectural sections of Reims cathedral, a small facade sketch, and handwritten French notes.

Chute de fragments de la cathédrale de Reims (1899)

Denis Darcy, 1899

Pencil portrait of an elderly man in a cap smoking a long pipe in an armchair beside a cluttered desk.

Ditlev Gothard Monrad

Pietro Krohn, 1865

Pen sketch of a seated male nude seen from behind, with detail studies of a foot and hand below, on a sketchbook page.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: sitzender männl. Akt und Detailstudien

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Architectural drawing of timber framing and Gothic windows for restoring the belfry of Reims Cathedral's south tower, 1888.

Rétablissement du beffroi de la tour sud de la cathédrale de Reims (1888)

Denis Darcy, 1888

Watercolor drawing of a woman holding grapes under trees with children around her and harvest workers in the distance.

The grape harvest

Jakob Becker, 1856

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page of a seated child in grass, with a loose landscape study beside it.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Skizze zu einem Porträtbild

Josef Engelhart, 1936

Ink and wash elevation of Reims Cathedral north transept with blue scaffolding grid and a ground plan below.

Échafaudage de la restauration du transept nord de la cathédrale de Reims (1894)

Denis Darcy, 1894

Mrs. John Bard

Sharples Family, 1796/1801

Sketchbook page with pencil studies of standing children and a seated woman drawn in charcoal and graphite.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Skizzen für ein Kinderporträt; (Rückseite: Wäschermädel)

Josef Engelhart, 1888

Graphite sketch of a seated woman with one arm raised, drawn over faint grid lines, with a separate foot study below.

Grape picker (female)

Jakob Becker, 1856

Pencil sketchbook page with several studies of women in period dress, a seated figure, facial studies and a decorative frame.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Skizzen zu einem Damenbildnis; (Rückseite: Wäschermädel)

Josef Engelhart, 1888

Watercolour of a lake with a sailing boat, tawny hills, mountains and walkers on a ridge in the foreground.

A South Island scene

Charles Decimus Barraud, 1871

Graphite sketchbook page with quick studies of female dancers in flowing skirts, legs, and a torso, with a color chart at rig

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Skizzen zu Tänzerinnen

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Charcoal drawing of a frightened woman with hands raised to her head, draped dress and faint grid lines on paper.

Entsetzte Frau aus dem blitzerschlagenden Schäfer

Jakob Becker, 1844