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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil drawing of a cottage parlour seen through an open door, with a leaded window, a bowl on a table, and a rug.

A Cottage Parlour

Francis Seymour Haden, 1838-1910

Pen and wash drawing of a frieze with crossed flutes inside a laurel wreath and a medallion at left.

Design for a Frieze Ornamented with Musical Instruments

Thomas Hardwick, late 18th-early 19th century

Pencil elevation drawing of a domed church with a central lantern, two side turrets, and arched windows and portals.

Entwurf für ein Kirchengebäude, Aufriss (aus: Skizzen über den griech.-orthodoxen und lat. Kirchenbau, f. 8)

Hermann von Bergmann, 1872

Pen and watercolour elevation of a Pompeian-style room with winged figures in medallions, garlands, and a central doorway.

Design for a Room in the Etruscan or Pompeian style (Elevation)

C. G. Hawkhurst, 1833

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded old man's head with curly hair and a flowing beard, by Sir George Hayter, 1849.

Head of a Bearded Old Man

George Hayter, 1849

Colored architectural elevation of a church with a central tower, spire, arched windows and tiled roofs, drawn on cream paper

Entwurf für ein Kirchengebäude, Aufriss (aus: Skizzen über den griech.-orthodoxen und lat. Kirchenbau, f. 9)

Hermann von Bergmann, 1872

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a pointed hood, shaded with fine cross-hatching, dated 1840.

Head of a Male Pilgrim

George Hayter, 1840

Brown wash elevation drawing of a classical fireplace with fluted pilasters, a scrolled central keystone and an arched firebo

Design for a fireplace

Thomas Heiton, 1827

Pencil and watercolor elevation of a church with a central onion dome, flanking spires and arched windows on pale paper.

Entwurf für ein Kirchengebäude, Aufriss (aus: Skizzen über den griech.-orthodoxen und lat. Kirchenbau)

Hermann von Bergmann, 1872

Painted floral design with blue flowers, maroon accents and green scrolling leaves in one corner of a cream sheet.

Design for a Floral Pattern

Christopher Dresser, ca. 1883, based on earlier design

Pencil drawing of a church elevation with an onion dome and a ground plan below, on cream paper beside a color checker.

Entwurf für ein Kirchengebäude, Aufriss und Grundriss (aus: Skizzen über den griech.-orthodoxen und lat. Kirchenbau,…

Hermann von Bergmann, 1872

Watercolor architectural drawing of a church facade with onion domes above a pencil floor plan below.

Entwurf für ein Kirchengebäude, Aufriss und Grundriss (aus: Skizzen über den griech.-orthodoxen und lat. Kirchenbau,…

Hermann von Bergmann, 1872

Watercolor elevation of a domed church with a bell tower, with a pencil floor plan below, on cream paper.

Entwurf für ein Kirchengebäude, Aufriss und Grundriss (aus: Skizzen über den griech.-orthodoxen und lat. Kirchenbau,…

Hermann von Bergmann, 1872

Pencil architectural drawing with floor plan, dimension lines, handwritten room labels and an arched opening on yellowed pape

Entwurf für ein Miethaus, Grundriss einer Wohnung

Otto Wagner, 1909

Decorative frieze with repeating stylized crowned faces, green flowers and striped arches, inscribed "We're a Band of Brother

We're a Band of Brothers

Christopher Dresser, ca. 1883, based on a design of ca. 1867

Architectural elevation drawing of an apartment building facade with arched windows, columns, sculpted figures and shopfronts

Entwurf für ein Mietshaus, Aufriss

Otto Wagner, 1878

Pencil and ink architectural sketch of a classical columned building facade under an arch, with a floor plan below.

Entwurf für ein Monumentalgebäude, Ansicht und Grundriss

Joseph von Wieser, 1868

Two stylized ornamental design drawings: a maroon panel with green leaves and peach petals, and a plant with red-tipped tendr

Two design drawings

Christopher Dresser, ca. 1883, based on earlier design

Ink and wash drawing of an Egyptian style figure forming the handle of a pointed utensil, signed Poccetti.

Design for Pointed Utensil with an Egyptian Style Figure on the Handle

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Pen and ink drawing of two mirrored ornamental cartouche designs with scrollwork, masks, and putti on grey paper.

Designs for Cartouche (recto and verso)

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Brown ink perspective drawing of a Gothic Revival town hall with a tall clock tower and figures on a square.

Entwurf für ein Rathaus für eine grössere Stadt, Perspektive (Reproduktion)

Victor Luntz, 1870

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of several ornamental urns, covered bowls and amphora-shaped vases on a pale sheet.

Ornamental Designs After Antique Vases

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Watercolor perspective of a Gothic red-brick town hall design with spires, carriages and pedestrians on a broad square.

Entwurf für ein Rathaus, Perspektive

Victor Luntz, 1865

Pencil sketch on blue paper of two winged female figures and a putto within ornamental scrollwork.

Design with Two Winged Female Figures and a Putto

Bernardino Poccetti, 1568-1612

Pencil sketch of a young man in bust-length portrait with tousled hair, with a handwritten inscription below dated 1793.

Zelfportret van Nicolaus Ritter

Nicolaus Ritter jr., 1793

Dark wash drawing of a figure's bent arm and leg on cream paper, placed off-center with a blank margin on the left.

De Zaaier, naar Millet, de onderste helft

Matthijs Maris, 1849

Sheet with a Dutch poem in two columns and an engraved allegorical vignette of a figure in a laurel wreath at the bottom.

Gedicht 'Hoe schoon licht ons de morgenster

George Kockers, 1814

Drawing of a sower with a raised arm and hat against a pale sky with birds, after Millet.

De Zaaier, naar Millet, de bovenste helft

Matthijs Maris, 1849

Portret van een rustende/ gestorven man op bed

Thérèse Schwartze, 1861

Pencil sketch on grey-green paper of a seated young woman with long hair and folded arms, drawn with loose lines.

Schets voor een portret van een jonge vrouw

Thérèse Schwartze, 1910

Pencil title-page design with two seated classical women, handwritten text, a tree and leafy border.

Entwurf für ein Titelblatt "Der merkwürdige / October / des / Jahres 848 (...) / herausgegeben von M. Wittmann"

Vinzenz Katzler, 1848

Pen and ink drawing of Motrone Castle with towers and walls, a wooden bridge, two figures, and mountains behind.

View of Motrone Castle (before its demolition around 1692)

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 1606-80