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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Brown ink and wash drawing of men raising a crucified figure on a cross, with a ladder, a horseman, and a crowd.

The Raising of the Cross

Watercolor sketch of a man in a cap and jacket seen from behind, cleaning a rifle with a ramrod beside a railing.

Der Flintenreiniger

Franz Alt, 1846

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic Revival university building above its floor plan, by Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838.

Design Adopted by Governor Mason for University of Michigan (elevation and plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling friar holding the Christ child, with putti and clouds above in radiating light.

Saint Anthony of Padua

Gray wash drawing of a feathered woman and a kneeling man beside an alligator, sugar cane and a blank oval cartouche.

Allegory of America

Philip Tideman, 1696

Pen and wash design for an oval overmantel mirror with candle sconces, floral swags, and a lion mask crest.

Two Designs for an Overmantel Glass (Verso: Partial Floor plan)

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Pencil drawing of a gasometer plant with smokestacks by a river, with a rowboat and a large tree in the foreground.

Der Gasometer in Erdberg

Viktor Gross, 1861

Brown wash drawing of a helmeted warrior and a veiled woman beside a stone mound, with two dogs and a rocky cave landscape.

Aeneas nedstiger i underjorden

Grey wash drawing of steep Alpine cliffs and pine trees above a shadowed rocky foreground by Francis Towne.

Near Glaris [Glarus], Switzerland

Francis Towne, September 2, 1781

Grey wash interior with a seated woman at a mirror, a man with a globe and dividers, and several attendant figures.

Allegori över fåfängan

Pencil and wash drawing of a Vienna street with a central column monument, pedestrians, a carriage and classical facades.

Der Graben in Wien, von der Hirschen Apotheke gegen die goldene Krone zu gesehen

Georg Christoph Wilder, 1821

Pen and wash drawing of an Italianate landscape with a large tree, a ruined tower on a rock, and an arched bridge.

Italian Landscape

Adriaen van der Cabel, 1631

Pencil drawing of a large spreading tree with gnarled trunk and dense foliage on tan paper, with a distant hill.

Der große Praterbaum

Josef Kriehuber, 1859

Grey wash drawing of massive ruined stone arches and piers overgrown with plants, by Joseph Marie Vien.

View of the Colosseum

Joseph-Marie Vien, ca. 1744-50

Pencil sketch of a rolling landscape with a church spire, a village on the right, and trees under a mostly empty sky.

Landscape with village

Grey wash drawing of four small landscape vignettes with trees, rocks, hills and a distant building.

Four Small Landscapes

Adriaen van der Cabel, 1650

Watercolor of a domed neoclassical pavilion with tables on a terrace and strolling figures in a park, signed Wohlmuth 1872.

Der Hembsche Kiosk auf dem Wasserglacis um 1860

Josef Wohlmuth, 1872

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a wooded landscape with tall trees and sunlight on the ground, on grey paper.

Landscape with Trees

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a shaded sunken road under a stone arch bridge, with trees and a tall arched retaining wall beside it.

Der Hohlweg am Nußberg oberhalb Nußdorf

Joseph Höger, 1856

Pencil sketch of an Italian street organ grinder carrying a box organ beside a young girl in a dress, with handwritten captio

Der italienische Werkelmann

Vinzenz Katzler, 1870

Pen and watercolor drawing of an ornamental pagoda pavilion on an island in a pond, with strollers and trees.

View of the Menagerie at Kew

Thomas Sandby, 1763

Watercolor of a tall multi-tiered pagoda among trees in a garden, with strolling figures and a distant domed building under a

View of the Wilderness at Kew

William Marlow, 1763

Pencil sketch of a woman bending over a stool in a stone courtyard beside a small house and wooden chair.

Arbeitende Frau vor einem kleinen Haus

Charcoal study of a bearded man's head turned to the side with eyes lowered, on grey paper.

Head of a Man

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, n.d.

Pen drawing of an architectural elevation with Corinthian columns, pediments, arched and rectangular niches, and a molded cor

St. Peter's, drum, interior, elevation (recto) St. Peter's, drum, pedestal, section (verso)

Etienne Dupérac, early to mid-16th century

Pencil sketch of a low stone wall with ivy and a leafy tree behind it, with a distant hill on the left.

Niedrige bewachsene Mauer

St. Peter's, dome and drum, interior section and elevation, and labeled details (recto); St. Peter's, moulding profil…

Etienne Dupérac, early to mid-16th century

Watercolor plan of the Kew gardens showing lakes, paths, buildings and a legend, by Sir William Chambers, 1763.

General Plan of the Gardens at Kew

Sir William Chambers, 1763

Drawing of a formal flower garden with a lobed pond and a long aviary with a central cupola, framed by trees.

View of the Flower Garden and Aviary at Kew

Thomas Sandby, 1763

Ink and wash plan of a landscape park with tree clusters, winding paths, and a scale bar along the bottom edge.

Luton Park, Bedfordshire, Plan for Planting South-East of the House

Lancelot "Capability" Brown, after 1764

Pencil sketch of a woven straw basket with handle, plus a smaller study of the same basket below.

Straw basket

Ink and wash drawing of a nude Adam amid animals including a horse, goat, and unicorn in a wooded landscape.

Adam in the Garden of Eden, Naming the Animals

Joachim Wtewael, ca. 1605-10