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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil study on tan paper of several vine branches with lobed leaves and curling tendrils.

Vine trendrils

Pencil sketch of a small ivy leaf sprig in the lower left corner of a pale, mostly empty sheet of paper.

Ivy leaves

Pencil sketch of a committee of men seated at a draped table in a columned hall, with an audience in rows before them.

Das Präsidium des Sicherheitsausschusses am 27. Mai 1848 im Musikverreinssaal (Tuchlauben) (Vorzeichnung)

Franz Kaliwoda, 1848

Pen and wash drawing of two men in top hats on a horse-drawn cart on a city street, by Charles Samuel Keene.

The Sights of Dublin

Charles Samuel Keene, April 28, 1877

Red chalk drawing of an oval fountain in a wooded garden with tall trees, seated figures, and a statue on a terrace.

The Oval Fountain in the Gardens of the Villa d'Este, Tivoli

Hubert Robert, 1760

Pen drawing of the burned Ringtheater interior, with collapsed beams, rubble heaps, tiered arched windows and small figures a

Das Ringtheater nach dem Brand (Blick in die Brandruine) am 14. Dezember 1881

Franz Biberhofer, 1881

Brown ink sketch of a man in a cap opening a door to another man in a top hat inside a small room.

Cannie!

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870/91

Pencil sketch of a tuft of grass and leafy plants growing from the ground, shaded in soft hatching on pale paper.

Turf

Grey ink drawing of a hooded skeletal figure with an arrow looming over a woman with raised arms and a small cherub.

Death Stalking a Woman

Carl Gotthard Langhans

Sepia sketch of a seated man with hand to head, facing a standing boy holding a top hat in a wood-panelled office.

For the Third Time of Asking

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870/91

Grey wash drawing of a laurel-crowned robed man raising a bowl at an altar before veiled women and Ionic columns.

An Ancient Sacrifice

Clément Pierre Marillier, 1800

Full-length portrait of a young man in a blue coat leaning on a ruined wall beside classical carvings and trees.

Frederick North, Later Fifth Earl of Guilford, in Rome

Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1780

Pen and brown ink drawing of two top-hatted men talking on a city pavement, one pointing toward a doorway, with onlookers beh

Accommodation

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870/91

Pen and ink sketch of top-hatted men and a bonneted woman in a crowded interior near a window.

The Potato Harvest

Charles Samuel Keene, July 1, 1877

Pencil drawing of a recumbent ibex with curved horns, legs stretched out, head turned right, on pale paper.

Zur Strecke gebrachter Steinbock

Pen and ink sketch of two men in an interior, one seated at a table with a bottle, the other smoking in an armchair.

A Kind Son

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870/91

Brown ink drawing of two men talking on a crowded city street, one leaning on a cane, with figures in hats behind them.

Employment

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870/91

Pencil sketch of a stone arch bridge over a stream, with trees, shrubs and a small standing child above.

Trail run

Pencil drawing of the Sofienbad building with arched windows, a cobbled street, a horse-drawn carriage and a pedestrian.

Das Sofienbad

Viktor Gross, 1861

Pen and ink sketch of two men in top hats talking on a city pavement beside a doorway, one holding a furled umbrella.

Upon the Mart

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870/91

Bust of a Roman Woman and Statue of a Roman Man

Hubert Robert, 1754

Charcoal drawing of a large tree in a meadow with a distant town, church spire and hills under a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Maxime Lalanne, 1870/75

Octagonal pencil drawing of fan-shaped plumes, berries, branches, and two roses with fern fronds on a light ground.

Pagoda Flowers and Roses

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Pen and ink drawing of a smiling woman leaning on a doorframe as a man in a top hat and tailcoat leans toward her.

Das Stubenmädchen und der "Gnädige Herr" (Vorlage für Buchillustration)

Theo Zasche, 1900

Pencil and pink-wash drawing of star-shaped flowers, bead chains, caterpillars and moths on an octagonal sheet.

Bamboo Flowers and Cactus

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Pencil drawing of an ornate château across a pond with reeds and trees, titled Park of M. de Rothschild at Ferrières.

Park of M. de Rothschild at Ferrières

Maxime Lalanne, c. 1860

Ink and wash drawing of a park fairground with wooden booths, a tall pole, a big tree, and people in 18th-century dress.

Das Vogelschießen im Prater

Johann Christian Brand, 1780

Pencil drawing of daisies, trumpet flowers, berry sprigs, a butterfly and a dragonfly on an octagonal sheet.

Trumpet Flowers and Daisies

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Watercolor of a long queue of people in shawls on a snowy cobblestone street, with posters, a church tower and a rider.

Das Volk in Not, Anstellen um Kartoffeln in der Rasumofskygasse 1917

Raimund Anton Wolf, 1917

Pencil sketch of a large tree with two small children standing at its base beside a path, dated 1844.

Baumgruppe mit zwei Kindern

Jakob Becker, 1844

Pencil and red chalk drawing of fanciful flowers, branches and insects on an octagonal sheet.

Fanciful Flowers and Bugs

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Chalk drawing on tan paper showing three studies of hands, two clasped in prayer and one resting with fingers interlaced.

Three Studies of Hands Clasped in Prayer