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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of a treetop fragment with jagged foliage at the top edge, the rest of the sheet left blank.

Treetop (fragment)

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Nativity with shepherds, animals and the Christ child lying in a manger.

The Nativity

Giuliano Traballesi

Watercolor sketch of a cavalier in a wide-brimmed hat and green doublet holding a walking stick, within a pencil border.

A Cavalier

Philipp William May, 1900

Pencil sketch of a village with a church steeple nestled among rolling hills under a pale sky.

Village surrounded by mountains

Man with Violin Case

Philipp William May, 1897

Profile of Man Smoking Cigar

Philipp William May, 1889

Pencil sketch of a cemetery with crosses, gravestones and shrubs on a hillside, dated 22 August 1841.

Cemetery

Jakob Becker, 1841

Pen drawing of a top-hatted visitor watching a man in a wide hat push a wheelbarrow beside a building under repair.

Dottyville Again

Philipp William May, 1899

Pen and ink sketch of two men conversing, one in a long coat and cap with a cane, the other in a dark robe and hat.

Sketch in Picardy

Philip William May, 1895

Pencil sketch of a Gothic church choir and row of houses in Bruges, with a crane at upper right.

Häuserzeile und Chor einer gotischen Kirche in Brügge

Pen and ink sketch of two men in bowler hats talking at a bar, with a mustached bartender behind the counter.

A Drinking Bar

Philipp William May, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of two gentlemen in overcoats and hats, one holding a walking stick, facing each other.

Two Gentlemen with Walking Sticks

Philipp William May, 1893

Pencil sketch of a timber-framed farmhouse with a thatched roof, wooden ladder, stone steps and an open shed.

Farm

Jakob Becker, 1840

Pen and ink sketch of a smiling woman in a feathered hat, dark jacket and long skirt, arms folded, beside a street lamp.

A Coster Woman

Philipp William May, n.d.

Ink comic-style page of football match sketches: players heading a ball, crowds of men in hats, umbrellas in rain, and sketch

Sketches at the Association Cup Football Match

Philipp William May, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a fire-ruined factory with arched arcades, empty windows, rubble and two figures in the foreground.

Die Brandruinen der Baumwoll-Druck-Fabrik Granichstätten am 14. März 1848

Franz Kaliwoda, 1848

Six-panel pen and ink cartoon of a man and woman on a day trip, with handwritten captions and feathered hats.

Arry and Arriet

Philipp William May, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a half-timbered barn in ruins, propped by wooden beams, with a collapsed thatched roof on a sandy slope.

Barn in ruins

Jakob Becker, 1839

Pen and ink caricature of a top-hatted orator on a stump gesturing with an umbrella before a crowd of men.

A Stump Orator

Philipp William May, 1899

Pencil and ink sketch of a man pointing at an older woman, a fashionable woman with hand on hip, crying children, and a dog.

Humorous Scene of London Life in the East End

Philipp William May, 1889

Sepia wash drawing of a farmstead with steep roofs, boulders and trees on a grassy hill under a cloudy sky.

Gehöft in einer Landschaft

Sketch of a woman in a large dark hat, face tinted in red and orange colored pencil on pale paper.

Portrait of a Woman with Black Hat

Philipp William May, 1884/1903

Watercolor of the ruined Rauhenstein castle above rocky cliffs, with trees and a small building in the foreground.

Die Burg Rauhenstein im Helenental

Fide, 1832

Ink cartoon of a boxer fighting a kangaroo in gloves, with smaller panels showing the bout in sequence.

Ah! Would You?

Philipp William May, 1892

Watercolour of a chinese-style bridge with a pagoda pavilion over a lake, framed by tall trees and a weeping willow.

Die chinesische Brücke im Park zu Laxenburg

Thomas Ender, 1830

Pen drawing of a medicine show crowd in hats gathered before an ornate wagon, with a fringed performer gesturing and musician

A Day with the Medicine Man

Philipp William May, n.d.

Pencil and wash sketch on pale paper with a faint male figure, architectural lines and handwritten numerals.

Männliche Figur in unbestimmter Umgebung

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of two top-hatted men conversing on a city street with lamps and a carriage.

What Made You Take Up Art as a Profession?

Philipp William May, 1894

Ink and watercolor sketch of a tramp with a pipe facing a policeman in a helmet, with a crowd in the background.

Policeman and Tramp

Attributed to Philipp William May, 1898

Pencil sketch of a braced wooden gate in a stone wall, with a tree and sloping path to the right.

Wooden gate in Seckbach

Jakob Becker, 1841

Pencil drawing of a paneled wooden door with a ring knocker, set in a stone doorframe with paving stones below.

Door

Jakob Becker, 1839

Pencil landscape of oak trees in a forest, with a resting family in the foreground and a farmhouse with cattle beyond.

Bauernhof in einem Eichenwald, im Vordergrund ein rastendes Paar mit einem Knaben

Bernhard Gottfried Manskirsch