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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of a young girl kneeling with both arms raised, on a sketchbook page beside a color scale bar.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Studie zur Seiltänzerin aus "Beim Künstler"

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Grey wash drawing of jagged rock cliffs rising under a pale cloudy sky, with a vertical fold line down the sheet.

Design for a Stage Set

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pencil sketches of three girls and a young child in simple dresses and aprons on cream paper.

Studien von drei Mädchen und einem Kind

Watercolour of rose-lit alpine peaks above a misty blue valley, with a large tree and rocks in the foreground.

Untitled (A view of the Alps)

Nicholas Chevalier, 1884

Pencil sketchbook page with a raised-arm standing figure above and a reclining female figure below, with a color scale beside

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Studie zur Seiltänzerin aus "Beim Künstler" und Studie zu einer liegenden weibl. Gestalt

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Pencil sketchbook page with figure studies under arches, including men in top hats and seated and standing women.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Studien für eine figurale Wanddekoration (Rückseite: Studien zu Damenbildnissen, Skizzen we…

Josef Engelhart, 1888

Gray wash drawing of a cave opening with jagged rocks lit by pale blue light, with faint grid lines across the sheet.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Watercolour of the Karlsruhe court theatre with a columned portico, a carriage and elegantly dressed pedestrians in a square.

Das großherzogliche Hoftheater in Karlsruhe

Kaspar Obach, 1840

Pencil sketchbook page with a bearded man raising one arm, surrounded by studies of faces and hands.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Studien zu "Christi Himmelfahrt" und zu Figuren aus dem Theater

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Pencil drawing of jagged rocky cliffs on a stage set design, with irregular cut-out openings and faint grid lines.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pen and brown wash drawing of a woman and children resting beneath a large tree, with harvest figures and hills behind.

Grape harvest

Jakob Becker, 1856

Pencil sketchbook page with studies of seated men in top hats, one larger figure in a dark interior with curtains.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Studien zu "Fiaker auf dem Kutschbock schlafend" (Rückseite: div. Figurenstudien)

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Pencil sketchbook page with studies of domed pavilions, columns, arches and small figures.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Studien zu Architektur und Architekturplastik (auf Vorder- und Rückseite)

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Brown ink and wash drawing of a theatrical rock cave arch with overhanging leaves and stone steps, cut out at the centre.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris

Eugène Cicéri, 1825-90

Hand painted plate of numbered New Zealand beetles and larvae in colour, with scale bars, arranged on a cream page.

Original hand painted plate for New Zealand Beetles [Plate II]

George Hudson, 1934

Pencil sketch of a leafy tree spreading branches across the top, with a fence and distant landscape below.

Tree

Jakob Becker, 1856

Pencil sketchbook page with studies of statues, columns, arches and architectural details, with a color scale at right.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Studien zu Architekturdetails auf Vorder- und Rückseite

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Pen and brown ink sketch of a nude woman bending over a reclining man, with a draped figure and small study figures beside.

Venus Lamenting Adonis

Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1608-1612

Watercolor of two horses in a stable with a dog lying in straw beside a bright window.

Horses

George Morland, 1794

Pencil sketch of a tall robed figure under Gothic arches, with a kneeling hooded figure beside it, on a sketchbook page.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Studien zu einem Altar auf Vorder- u. Rückseite

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Two pencil studies on a sketchbook page showing a seated woman in a hat and loose blouse, with vertical background lines.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Studien zu einem Damenporträt

Josef Engelhart, 1936

Hand painted entomology plate showing twelve numbered moths and caterpillars with scale bars, labelled Plate IV.

Original hand painted plate for Fragments of New Zealand Entomology [Plate IV]

George Hudson, 1946

Pencil sketch of a gnarled leafless tree with twisting branches, a yellow-brown wash on the trunk, and faint foliage behind.

Leafless tree

Pencil sketch on paper showing a gondolier with a pole above and a bridge scene with figures below.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Studien zu einem Gondoliere und zu einer Brücke in Venedig auf Vorder- u. Rückseite

Josef Engelhart, 1887

Pencil sketch of a river with a boat of fishermen, a cottage among trees, and figures on a grassy bank.

Fischerhütte unter Bäumen am See

Watercolour landscape of tall trees on a sandy bank above a path, with hazy hills and misty treelines in the distance.

Untitled landscape

Pen sketch of a long-haired man in period dress playing a lute, with a smaller repeated figure and separate studies of a face

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Studien zu einem Lautenspieler in historischem Kostüm auf Vorder- und Rückseite

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Watercolor of a sleeping mermaid on a sandy beach with breaking waves and a rocky headland behind her.

The sleeping mermaid

John Weguelin, 1911

Red chalk sketchbook page with studies of arms, a reclining male torso and a leg, with a colour scale at right.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Studien zu einem liegenden männlichen Rückenakt (Rückseite: Beinstudie)

Josef Engelhart, 1884

Watercolour of St Paul's Cathedral's dome and towers seen over moored boats and riverside buildings under a grey sky.

St Paul's

Charles Eastlake

Pencil design drawing of a carved mantelpiece with acanthus-leaf consoles and a central rosette, on tan paper.

Design for a Mantelpiece

A. Damon et Cie., ca. 1900

Pencil sketchbook page with two studies of a woman, one standing and one seated, in hatched graphite shading.

Blatt eines Skizzenbuchs: Studien zu einer Frauengestalt

Josef Engelhart, 1887