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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Grey wash design drawing of a classical chimneypiece with ram's heads and a Leda and the Swan medallion.

Design for a Classical Chimneypiece with Rams Heads, and Leda and the Swan

Sir William Chambers, 1745-1800

Pen sketch on a postcard of two figures under an umbrella in diagonal rain, with handwritten text and a small ship.

Briefkaart aan Jan Ponstijn en Henriëtte Johanna Petronella van Hilten

Leo Gestel, 1915

Pen and watercolor card of two adults and a child under a shower of falling yellow coins, with Merry Christmas written in the

Briefkaart aan Jan Ponstijn

Leo Gestel, 1916

Pen and watercolor design for a neoclassical mirror frame with laurel wreath, shell ornament and pale blue empty panel.

Design for a Mirror

John Yenn, late 18th-early 19th century

Pen and watercolor design of a neoclassical fireplace with an oval mirror, garlands, and urn above a pink wall.

Design for a Chimneypiece

John Yenn, late 18th-early 19th century

Pen and grey wash design for a tall pier-glass with a palmette frieze border, a classical urn at top and a laurel wreath belo

Design for a Pier-glass, of Tall Oblong Form, the Border a Palmette Frieze, the Termination an Urn

Sir William Chambers, 1740-1800

Ein Hirschenstadel mit der Gegend aus dem Prater

Johann Christian Brand, 1775

Pen and watercolor design for a mirror with a two-handled urn, laurel wreath and swags on a pale green ground.

Design for a Mirror Surmounted by a Vase

John Yenn, late 18th-early 19th century

Pencil study of a naked baby over a squared grid on cream paper, with the inscription 'Für Raimund' below.

Ein Kind des Tischlers (Studie zum Ferdinand Raimund-Zyklus "Der Verschwender" in Schloß Kogl, Attergau)

Josef Engelhart, 1915

Watercolor design of a gilded rococo mirror frame on blue ground beside a candle sconce with a fluted base.

Design for a Oblong Mirror with Sconces

John Yenn, late 18th-early 19th century

Pencil and watercolor design drawing of an oval gilt mirror with ram's head, urn, and laurel swags against pink wall.

Design for an Oval Mirror

John Yenn, late 18th-early 19th century

Ein Maler (Friedrich König?)

Josef Engelhart, 1900

Design for a a Mirror with a Rounded Top

John Yenn, late 18th-early 19th century

Ein Maler (Ludwig Sigmund?)

Josef Engelhart, 1900

Watercolor of a crowded masked ball in a long arched ballroom, with costumed dancers in the foreground and an orchestra at th

Ein Maskenball im kaiserlichen Redoutensaal

Anton Ziegler, 1830

Pencil sketch of five hounds resting together on the ground, one seated at center, with a handwritten 1821 inscription.

Ein Rudel von Hunden

Friedrich August Matthias Gauermann, 1821

Pen and wash drawing of a crowded salon where a pianist performs for seated women and standing men in formal dress.

Ein Schubert-Abend bei Josef von Spaun

Moritz von Schwind, 1868

Brown ink and wash drawing of a wooded landscape with tall trees, a path, and small bathing figures at lower right.

Ein Teil der Jägerlacke (?) im Prater

Carl Gsellhofer, 1813

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo fireplace with an ornate carved mirror frame above the mantel.

Design for a Fireplace

Henry Cheere, mid-18th century

Watercolor plan of a formal flower garden with scrolled parterres, rectangular beds and a central circular basin.

Plan of the Flower Garden on the Northern Front, Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire

Charles Chetwynd, 2nd Earl Talbot, 1836

Brown wash drawing of a windmill beside a canal with a second windmill on the flat horizon under cloudy sky.

Windmills in a Landscape

Pencil sketch of a ram lying down, two sheep standing at left, and a cow above, on pale paper.

Ein Widder, zwei Schafe und eine Kuh

Friedrich August Matthias Gauermann, 1828

Pen and grey wash drawing of three panel designs with seated allegorical women, a harp player, a globe, and a cherub.

Design for Three Panels for a Library

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1745-85

Watercolor design elevation of a bronze fountain with marble backing, plus ornament and drinking cup detail studies.

Design for a Fountain to be Executed in Bronze with a Marble Slab at the Back

Kay Maude Coggin, ca. 1895

Watercolor night scene of a man with clasped hands and a woman in white pointing at a starry sky under a moon.

Nocturnal Landscape with Two Figures (design for an engraved book illustration)

Henry Corbould, 1807-44

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a Romanesque church doorway with zigzag moldings and columns, opening onto a dim interior.

Doorway, Heckingham Church

John Sell Cotman, 1816-18

Pen and brown wash drawing of a rider leading a line of horses across a slope, with small figures and horses behind.

Zeven paarden op een rij

Gérard ter Borch, 1629

Brown ink drawing of a rider on horseback with a small boy beside the horse, dated 1630.

Ruiter te paard pratend met een jongetje

Gérard ter Borch, 1630

Pencil drawing of a standing boy seen from behind, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, laced jacket and boots, with a dated inscripti

Staand jongetje, van achteren gezien

Gérard ter Borch, 1631

Brown ink and wash drawing of a man in a wide-brimmed hat adjusting the saddle of a horse seen from behind.

Man die het zadel van een paard verschikt

Gérard ter Borch, 1631

Pen sketch on a narrow strip showing horses pulling sledges with figures, one dated January 1631.

Vier studies van een paard en arrenslee

Gérard ter Borch, 1631

Pen drawing of a rearing horse harnessed to a cart, beside a man in a hat steering a sledge across snow.

Twee studies van een paard en arrenslee

Gérard ter Borch, 1631