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Drawings & Sketches

76,040 works

Pencil drawing of a child's face seen from the front with closed eyes and drop earrings, mounted on blue-grey board.

Face view

Francis Tattegrain

Pastel portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue coat with pink lining against a brown background.

Hugh Hall

John Singleton Copley, 1758

Pencil sketch of a bearded man's head in three-quarter view, eyes lowered, wearing a cap, on tan paper.

Head of a man three-quarters

Francis Tattegrain

Peter LaBagh

James Sharples, 1793-1811

Pencil drawing of dense tropical palms, cycads and banana leaves with a tall palm trunk on the right.

Palms

William Trost Richards, 1855

Pencil sketch of a castle on a rocky headland with a flagpole, figures at its base, and waves breaking on the shore.

Holy Island Castle, Durham

Thomas Girtin, n.d.

Pencil sketch of fishing boats with tall masts and figures working in a harbor.

Fishing Boats in Port

Follower of Richard Parkes Bonington

Architectural floor plan of the Schiller Building first story showing a curved auditorium, vestibule, elevators and loggia.

Schiller Building Rental Plans, Chicago, Illinois, Plan

Adler & Sullivan, Architects, c. 1891-1893

Ink architectural elevation of the Standard Club facade with arched windows and stone courses, plus section and plan details.

Standard Club, Chicago, Illinois, Revised Elevation and Details

Adler and Sullivan, 1887

Architectural elevation drawing of the Standard Club facade in Chicago with stone walls, arched entrances, and detail section

Revised 24th Street Elevation for Standard Club, Chicago, Illinois, Details and Sections

Adler & Sullivan, Architects, 09/19/1887

Pen drawing of multiple fireplace mantel elevations, side views, and plans with mirrors and ornament for the Standard Club, 1

Standard Club, Chicago, Illinois, Mantel Details

Adler and Sullivan, 1888

Ink and pencil architectural drawing of two mosaic floor plans with scrolling ornament and a central staircase for the Standa

Standard Club, Chicago, Illinois, Mosaic Floor for Vestibule and Main Hall

Adler and Sullivan, 1887/88

Architectural first floor plan of Standard Club Building alterations showing old and new walls, rooms, and street labels.

Standard Club Addition and Alterations, Elevations

Adler & Sullivan, Architects, 02/21/1892

Pencil sketchbook map of rivers and lakes near Tacoma and Mount Tacoma, with a small sailboat drawn at upper right.

Map of Region Northwest of Mount Tacoma (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt, 1890

Pen and brown ink drawing of a grassy hillside with trees, a winding path, and grazing cows under a hatched sky.

Landscape - Hillside in Gruchy, Normandy

Jean-François Millet, 1869/70

Black chalk and white highlight study of a bearded half-length male figure on blue paper, turned to the right.

Half-length Figure Study for Saint Paul

Jacopo Bassano, 1561/65

Brown paper with handwritten title Chez les Maories Sauvageries, painted plants, blue and yellow rays and a sketched fruit.

Chez les Maories: Sauvageries (At Home with the Maori: Savage Things)

Paul Gauguin, 1893

Watercolor of a sailing ship at anchor on a calm bay, two seated figures on a shore, and a town skyline under a cloudy sky.

Birkenhead from Herculaneum Potteries

Attributed to Eliot Thomas Yorke, 1834

Pencil grid of diagonal lines and dotted guide points on a torn, stained sketchbook page.

Grid (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Graphite sketch on grey paper of a seated man at a table and kneeling figures, with a standing figure at upper right.

Four sketches (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Pale arch-shaped sketchbook page with faint grey wash and a loose dark ink sketch of a head in the lower left.

(from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Pen and ink drawing of the seated Virgin holding the infant Christ, both with haloes, on toned paper.

Virgin and Child (recto); Putti (verso)

Florentine or Vicentine, n.d.

Black chalk drawing on blue paper of an angel with outstretched arms and feathered wings, modeled with white highlights.

Angel

Jacapo Bassano, c. 1575

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing woman in a draped gown and shawl, with hatched shading on a pale sheet.

Full-Length Figure of a Woman

Sienese Italian, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a papal figure in a vaulted hall surrounded by seated and standing robed courtiers.

Study for Pius IV Investing Cosimo I as Grand Master of the Order of Saint Stephen (?)

called Passignano Domenico Cresti, c. 1596

Pen and ink drawing on blue paper of Christ walking on water beside a boat with startled figures and a billowing sail.

Christ Walking on the Water, Peter Following

Domenico Campagnola, c. 1550

Pen and ink sketch of an angel above a Nativity scene with Virgin, infant Christ, ox, donkey and an elderly man.

Nativity (recto); Virgin and Child, Angel (verso)

Attributed to Filippo Bellini, or his circle, 1570/1603

Pen and brown ink drawing of a battle with mounted soldiers, pikemen, fallen figures and a walled town behind.

Battle Scene

Attributed to Antonio Maria Viani, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of Neptune in a chariot pulled by white horses, with a sea serpent and putto among waves.

Neptune

Possibly after Paris Bordone, n.d.

Drawing of a nude man kneeling and reaching upward with one arm, rendered in chalk on toned grey paper.

Study from Life: Nude Male

John Trumbull, ca. 1795-96

Architectural drawing of a lumber dryer with two brick kilns and cupolas, showing elevations and sections.

J.M. Brunswick and Balke Company Lumber Dryer, Chicago, Illinois, Elevation and Section

Adler & Sullivan, c. 1883

Pencil sketch of a woman's head with closed eyes and flowing hair outlines on tan paper, inscribed Anatolia and Modigliani.

Head of Anatolia

Amedeo Modigliani, 1900/20