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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Oval watercolor of a woman in a red bodice smoking beside a man at a table with glasses, with a crowded room behind them.

Un Mari Pour Rire

Paul-Emile-Anthony Morlon, n.d.

Watercolor of a kneeling man holding hands with a woman in a pink gown in a cluttered artist's studio.

Un Mari qu'on Aime

Paul-Emile-Anthony Morlon, n.d.

Loose pen and graphite sketch of robed figures and a crowd on tan paper, study for a painted series by Edwin Austin Abbey.

Galahad and the Captive Virtues, study for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Pu…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and watercolor drawing of a gothic scene with a skull on a table, a kneeling woman, and ghostly figures reaching out in m

Scene from "My Aunt Margaret's Mirror" (Keepsake Story by Sir Walter Scott)

John William Wright, ca. 1828

Ink and watercolor sketch of a harlequin figure in diamond costume among dancers at a masked ball, 1921.

Artists' Ball: Harlequin and Dancers

Joaquín Torres-García, 1921

Brown ink and wash sketch of a seated knight in armor and a robed monk raising a goblet, with a dog at left.

Book illustration: Knight and Monk

John William Wright, 1820-48

Pen and ink sketch of a smiling woman in a bonnet on a rock by the sea, holding a book, with gulls overhead.

Woman on beach holding book, sketch for The Lay of the Lobster

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1886

Neoclassical ceiling design with oval green ground, central medallion of classical figures, and garland borders.

Design for a Ceiling for the First Drawing Room at Culzean Castle, Ayrshire

Robert Adam, 1779-82

Pen and ink sketch of two men in period dress talking beside a woman, with a small dog and a distant boat.

Study of two men, woman, and a dog, from Love's Labour's Lost (?)

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1891

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a man's head in three-quarter view on gray paper, a study for a mural.

Study for William Penn: sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (compl…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Graphite sketch of a bent arm with a clenched fist and loose hatched shading on cream paper.

Sketch of an upper torso

Edwin Austin Abbey

Charcoal sketch of a veiled female figure seated with head bowed and hands near her chest, on pale paper.

Sketch of a cloaked female figure in prayer for Three Marys at the Cross

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and ink drawing of robed figures in alarm across a classical colonnade with columns, a pedestal, and dark trees.

The Oracle Defied, Act III, Scene ii, The Winter's Tale

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1892

Architectural section drawing of a theatre interior showing stage, tiered balconies, ornate decoration, and roof structure in

Longitudinal Section of a Theatre

Nicolas Marie Potain, 18th century

Architectural elevation drawing of a neoclassical temple facade with Corinthian columns, sculpted pediment, and central bronz

Façade of the Madeleine, Paris

Jean-Arnould Léveil, mid-19th century

Watercolor fall landscape with two birch trees, autumn foliage, a small pool, evergreens and distant hills under grey sky.

Fall landscape

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and wash drawing of Boston harbor in 1778 with ships, rowboats, an American flag, and a distant waterfront town.

Boston Harbor

Pierre Ozanne, 1778

Drawing of a Corinthian capital with a winged horse and winged lion flanking a central crown above a fluted shaft.

The British Order: Elevation of a Capital and Part of the Fluted Shaft

James Adam, 1762

Watercolor costume design of a Franciscan monk in a grey hooded robe and rope belt, pointing to the left.

Brother Richard, a Franciscan Monk; costume design for Jeanne d'Arc by the Paris Opera Company, 1897

Charles Bianchini, 1897

Pencil and chalk drawing of a bearded man in a tall cap with a brooch, gazing upward against grey paper.

Head of a Bearded Oriental

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1752

Costume design of a medieval duke in purple velvet robe, jeweled crown and chainmail sleeves, with handwritten caption.

Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy; costume design for Jeanne d'Arc by the Paris Opera

Charles Bianchini, 1897

Costume design sketch of a praying woman in a pale gown, with a smaller figure at left wearing a tunic inscribed with flames.

Joan of Arc; costume design for Jeanne d'Arc by the Paris Opera Company, 1897

Charles Bianchini, 1897

Study for figure of 8 am for "The Hours" mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink and wash design drawing of a classical fireplace with fluted Ionic columns and a frieze with foliage and animal relief.

Design for a fireplace

Robert Adam, mid-18th-late 18th century

Pen and ink drawing with pink wash of three curly-haired girls playing ball with a racket on a seaside beach.

Three Girls Playing at Ball at the Seaside

James W. Allen, ca. 1890-1910

Pen and wash drawing of a columned rotunda beside a garden walk with strolling figures, a long pond, and a distant obelisk.

View of the Queen's Theatre from the Rotunda at Stowe, Buckinghamshire

Jacques Rigaud, 1733-34

Graphite sketch of a nude female figure with arms raised and one leg bent, on cream paper numbered 5.

Figure study for "The Hours" - (9 am?): sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil and chalk studies of a seated woman in a yellow dress and white headdress on a grey-blue sheet.

Two studies for Ophelia and Hamlet in the Play Scene in Hamlet

Edwin Austin Abbey

Brown wash drawing of clergy in vestments carrying a reliquary bust through a vaulted church interior with kneeling figures.

Scene 36: Reception of the heart and head of the Blessed Father Dom Jean de la Barrière, brought from Rome to his Abb…

Matthieu Elias, 1706-07

Ink and wash drawing of a standing woman in a satin gown beside a young page holding flowers and a small dog.

Schets van een portret van Henrietta Maria de Bourbon, koningin van Engeland

Anthony van Dyck, 1610

Sheet of nine pen and ink studies of older men's heads in circular medallion frames with ribbon bows.

Verzamelblad met negen studiekoppen in medaillons

Anthony van Dyck, 1610

Chalk study on blue-grey paper showing a large hand with forearm and two smaller hand and arm studies.

Een grote en twee kleine studies van een hand met onderarm

Anthony van Dyck, 1610