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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded sculptor working with a tool on a female bust seated on a tall stand.

Johnson Mundy, Sculptor

John Quincy Adams Ward, 1857

Pencil sketch of a rocky gorge with pine trees on cliffs and distant mountains, inscribed Aussee Loizelkluft 1850.

Die Loizelkluft in Aussee

Johann Matthias Ranftl, 1850

Sketching - George Fuller

John Quincy Adams Ward, 1858

Pencil sketch of Worms Cathedral with twin towers and dome, plus neighbouring rooftops and trees, dated 1838.

Worms Cathedral

Jakob Becker, 1838

Charcoal sketch of two mowers with scythes in a field, with dark swirling clouds and mountains behind them.

Die Mäher

Anton Heinrich Peschka, 1920

Sketching - Emanuel Leutze

John Quincy Adams Ward, 1858

Pencil sketch of a town with a ruined tower, church spire, rooftops, trees and a small arched bridge.

Burg und Stadt Blankenberg

Jakob Becker, 1839

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded man seated on a stool, painting at an easel, with a handwritten caption dated 1860.

Sketch Class Series - E.W. Perry

John Quincy Adams Ward, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a top hat seated on a stool beside an ornate stove, dated 1859.

H.K. Brown

John Quincy Adams Ward, 1859

Pencil sketch of a tall tree beside a village with a church spire and rolling hills beyond.

Liebenscheid

Ink drawing of a boy in a dark swimsuit standing barefoot on a diving board beside a metal railing, looking down.

Jongen op een duikplank

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Black ink drawing of a woman and children on a barge with a small cabin on a canal, trees on the bank behind.

Vrouw en kinderen op een boot

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Ink drawing of a hunched boy in a striped knit hat sitting on cobblestones beside a building wall and window.

Zittende jongen op een stoep

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Pen drawing of a smiling man carrying a girl with pigtails on his shoulders, she waves, standing on cobblestones.

Meisje zittend op de schouders van een man

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Pencil sketch of a village street with a church spire, steps, a puddle and bucket, and a standing child at right.

Village road

Ink drawing of a child beside a cradle in a living room with a round table, armchair, sideboard and toy blocks on the floor.

Baby in een wieg in een woonkamer

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Ink drawing of a girl with a bob haircut watering a row of potted flowers on a window ledge, brick wall behind.

Meisje geeft planten water

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Pen drawing of a woman watching children play in a meadow with cypress trees and hills behind.

Vrouw en spelende kinderen in een weide

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Ink drawing of a young girl at a breakfast table by a window with patterned curtains, holding a letter and a fork.

Meisje met brief aan een tafel

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Ink drawing of three smiling children in Chinese dress under a parasol, with a black and white cat eating from a plate below.

Drie Chinese jongens en een etende kat

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Ink drawing of a crying girl in a sun hat above a boy splashing in a puddle under clouds.

Huilend meisje en jongen spelend in het water

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Ink caricature of a bearded king in a crown and fur robe, weeping as onions fly around him.

Koning met uien

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Pen drawing of a young girl with a bob haircut, wearing a button-trimmed dress and fringed shawl, hand on hip.

Meisje in een jurk met omslagdoek

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Pen drawing of a smiling farm woman with a bucket and a girl watching pigs in a pen beside a cottage.

Boerin en meisje bij een varkenskot

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Pencil sketch of a park pond with tall trees, a small pavilion on the left bank, and two figures in a boat.

Pond in the park

Pen drawing of a woman with her head in her hand seated at a desk with a quill, inkwell, papers and a striped lamp.

Lezend meisje aan een tafel

Elly Verstijnen, 1900

Pencil sketch of a boy carrying a bundle of sticks on his back through a wintry landscape with bare trees.

Junge, in winterlicher Umgebung ein Reisigbündel auf dem Rücken tragend

Pencil sketch of an arched stone staircase set among shrubs and grass, with a faint landscape study at the right edge.

Studienblatt: Parktreppe, Landschaft

Jakob Becker, 1837

Ink and wash drawing of a monument to the Dutch Reformed Church with columns, curtains, portrait medallion and scene vignette

Monument voor de Hervormde Kerk van Nederland, vanaf 1566

Daniël Kerkhoff, 1780

Pencil sketch of a farmstead with a gabled roof, a timber archway framing trees, and figures seated by a doorway.

Gehöft mit Tordurchfahrt

Pencil drawing of an elegant couple walking down a newly planted tree-lined avenue toward distant hills.

Die Praterallee in ihrer ersten Anlage

Johann Christian Brand, 1755

Landscape with a towered city on a hill at sunset, a stone bridge over a river, and a crescent moon in the sky.

The Towered City (of: The Haunted Stream)

Samuel Palmer, 1815