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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil contour drawing of a standing girl in a puffed-sleeve blouse, apron and long skirt, on beige paper.

Contourtekening van een staand meisje

Pencil sketch of a gabled building with stepped gable and arched windows on a pale sheet.

Slot Doornwaard in Gelderland

George Pieter Westenberg, 1801

Pencil design for a photo album title page reading ITALIEN REISE 1936 in block capitals, framed by dark bands and rules.

Entwurf für ein Titelblatt eines Foto-Albums: "Italien Reise 1936"

Karl Wiener, 1936

Pen and brown ink drawing of two fragments showing a sea monster with a serpentine neck, wing, and clawed feet.

Sea Monster (in two fragments)

Bernardino Poccetti, 1548-1612

Architectural elevation drawing of an ornate multi-story facade with arched windows, balconies, and a central entrance, on a

Entwurf für ein Vereinshaus (?), Motto "Sempre avanti", Fassade

Joseph von Wieser, 1880

Grey-wash drawing of a wide river with a promenade of walkers and a carriage on the left, cliffs and trees beyond.

View of a river with a promenade

David Octavius Hill, 1820-70

Colored architectural floor plans of a building on three levels, with room labels and a legend, mounted on grey card.

Entwurf für ein Vereinshaus (?), Motto "Sempre avanti", Grundrisse

Joseph von Wieser, 1880

Grey wash drawing of a calm lake with a sailboat, framing trees, distant hills and figures on a rocky bank.

View of a lake or river with a sailboat

David Octavius Hill, 1820-70

Pen drawing of two architectural cross-sections with interior rooms, a staircase and a scale bar, labeled Schnitt AB and CD.

Entwurf für ein Vereinshaus (?), Motto "Sempre avanti", Schnitte AB und CD

Joseph von Wieser, 1880

Grey wash drawing of a waterfall falling over rocks, framed by trees, with an arched bridge in the distance.

View of a Waterfall (recto); Landscape Study (verso)

David Octavius Hill, 1820-70

Watercolor design for a café wall mural with arched niches and painted Ottoman soldiers, a white horse, and banners above.

Entwurf für ein Wandgemälde ("Die Türken vor Wien") im Café Zwerina, 4., Favoritenstraße 56

Reinhold Richard d. J. Völkel, 1899

Grey wash drawing of Fingal's Cave with vertical basalt columns, a sailboat on choppy water, and birds over the cliffs.

View of Fingal's Cave

David Octavius Hill, 1820-70

Grey wash drawing of a thatched haystack, wooden barn, cart and cows in a rural farmyard landscape.

Hooimijt en stal

Wybrand Hendricks, 1783

Grey wash drawing of a wooden log house with an open door, a barrel, firewood and a ladder in front.

Houten huis

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate, 1822

Pencil sketch on squared paper with looping motifs in rectangular panels and handwritten German notes beside them.

Entwurf für eine bemalte Tischplatte

fraglich: Egon Schiele, 1914

Grey wash drawing of a winding river through woodland, framed by a large tree, with figures in the foreground.

View of the Thames with Figures in Foreground

David Octavius Hill, 1820-70

Pencil sketch of a ship being launched at a shipyard, with a crowd on the quay and rowing boats on the water.

Te water laten van de Kai-yoo-mar

Johan Conrad Greive, 1865

Grey wash drawing of a farmhouse by a canal, a large tree in the foreground, a pointing figure and a boat with passengers.

Huis aan het water

J.A. Ravekes, 1792

Watercolor of a shipyard with a windmill, wooden sheds, a hull on the shore, and a rowing boat with three men on a canal.

Scheepswerf met molen

J. van Leeuwen, 1800

Brown wash drawing of several sailing ships and boats of different periods on calm water, labeled with years.

Schepen uit verschillende tijden

Willem Gruyter jr., 1832

Watercolor stage design of an Italian garden with umbrella pines, a classical palace, stone steps and a lake at sunset.

Entwurf für eine Bühnendekoration: Italienische Gartenlandschaft

David Radlmesser, 1880

Watercolor of a glowing white-robed woman holding flowers on a ledge, surrounded by shadowy creatures and a dark landscape.

Light and the Shades

Henry George Hine, ca. 1870

Watercolor elevation of a café interior wall with a central mirror, green panels, paneled dado and scrolled frieze.

Entwurf für eine Garderobenwand mit großem Spiegel im Café Central

Reinhold Richard d. J. Völkel, 1910

Watercolor and ink design drawing of a lidded urn on a tripod stand with female busts, garlands and paw feet.

Design for a torchere or perfume burner

Henry Holland, 1765-1806

Pen and watercolour floor plans of a crypt chapel, upper and lower levels, with pink wash and a scale bar.

Entwurf für eine Gruftkapelle, Grundrisse

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1879

Pencil drawing of a crowned woman with halo holding a garland, framed by scrolling ornamental foliage on a gold ground.

Woman Holding a Garland

Charles Edward Holloway, ca. 1880

Colored architectural drawing of a gothic-style majolica fireplace with knights, heraldic shields, and a lattice grate, 1878.

Entwurf für eine Heizöffnung mit keramischer Verkleidung für das Neue Wiener Rathaus

Wienerberger Terracotta- und Majolika Werke, 1878

Watercolor drawing of dead deer, hares and a fox beneath a sign reading The British Sportsman, with a rifle leaning on a wall

Design for the Frontispiece of "The British Sportsman"

Samuel Howitt, late 18th-early 19th century

Pencil sketches of a domed church: a front elevation, a floor plan, column and stair details on aged paper.

Entwurf für eine Kirche mit Kuppel, Ansicht, Grundriss, Details

Joseph von Wieser, 1874

Ground plan of a domed church drawn in pencil and ink on aged paper, with apses and chapels around a central dome.

Entwurf für eine Kirche mit Kuppel, Grundriss

Joseph von Wieser, 1874

Pencil and ink plan of a domed church with apses set in a site layout, framed by red watercolor borders on cream paper.

Entwurf für eine Kirche mit Kuppel, Grundriss und Situation

Joseph von Wieser, 1874

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a gothic gatehouse elevation with a central arch and towers, with a floor plan below.

Entrance to Barlboro' Hall

William Hurst, ca. 1820