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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of a woman with flowing hair carrying a tray of heads overhead, with loose drapery swirling about her legs.

Girl Carrying a Tray with Four Heads

William Bell Scott, ca. 1876

Red-ink basement floor plan of the Kunstgewerbeschule design, Vienna, 1873, with rooms, corridors and stairs.

Entwurf zur Kunstgewerbeschule des k. k. österr. Museums, 1., Stubenring 3, Grundriss des Souterrains (Kellers)

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1873

Ink and wash drawing of a seated woman with a book titled Repository for Rubbish, above a trash cart and goblin figures.

"Repository for Rubbish, vol. I, L.F.C 1828", Illustration for children's book

Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, 1828

Pen and ink drawing of a tall man with a cane leaning toward a small boy who raises a fist, both in period clothing.

I say-Youngster

Philipp William May, 1900

Architectural floor plan of the second storey of the Kunstgewerbeschule design, with labelled ateliers, classrooms and a stai

Entwurf zur Kunstgewerbeschule des k. k. österr. Museums, 1., Stubenring 3, Grundriss des zweiten Stockes

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1873

Ink and wash landscape of a windswept tree on a hillside, with distant mountains and a grazing animal at left.

Landscape

Samuel Shelley, 1776-1808

Pencil and ink sketch of a steamer deck with reclining passengers in deck chairs beside a large column.

Deck of Steamer

Philipp William May, 1896

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin ascending through swirling clouds, with angels and loose cloud studies around her.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Baldassare Franceschini, 1667

Pen and ink drawing of a couple at a fair beside signs for a talking horse and a trunkless head, with a crowd behind.

At a County Fair

Philipp William May, 1898

Pencil and red chalk sketch of three figures from The Tempest within a decorative scrolled border.

Illustration to the Tempest: Caliban, Ferdinand and Ariel

Henry Courtney Selous, 1836

Pencil drawing of a baroque church facade with a tall ornate tower and spires, beside a street with gabled houses and small f

Church of St. John the Baptist at the Béguinage, Brussels

William Frome Smallwood, 1824-34

Pencil and red chalk sketch of the Flight into Egypt with a Virgin and Child, angels in clouds, and architectural studies.

The Flight into Egypt

Baldassare Franceschini, 1664

Pen and ink drawing of a blind beggar in a wide hat holding a sign, with a dog sitting beside him.

Blind Beggar and Dog

Philipp William May, 1894

Colored architectural cross-section drawing of the Kunstgewerbeschule design with two profiles, arched windows and a glass ro

Entwurf zur Kunstgewerbeschule des k. k. österr. Museums, 1., Stubenring 3, Profil E-F, Profil C-D

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1873

Ink caricature of a bearded man in a tall striped top hat and striped coat, with a handwritten caption above.

I Wonder What Caroline'll Say

Philipp William May, 1898

Design drawing of a neoclassical monument to Sir Walter Scott with columns, a seated figure, a lyre crest and an inscribed pe

Monument to Sir Walter Scott, Bart.

Charles Harriott Smith, after 1832

Pencil sketch of many small market figures, peasants with baskets, and horse-drawn carts arranged across a sheet of paper.

Studies of Market Figures

David Teniers the Younger

Ink and wash architectural floor plan of the first storey of the Kunstgewerbeschule, with labelled rooms and a scale bar.

Entwurf zur Kunstgewerbeschule des k. k. österr. Museums, 1., Stubenring 3, Projekt II, Grundriss des 1.Stockes mit R…

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1874

Ink drawing for a theatre programme showing a drummer, a trumpeter, and nude child figures with a torch and bubbles.

Theatre Toyal Drury Lane Programme

Philipp William May, 1900

Pen and wash drawing of an elderly bespectacled man in a high collar writing with a quill at a desk.

Thomas Rowlandson, aged 70

John Thomas Smith, 1824

Ink and wash floor plan of the second storey of an art school, with German room labels and red and grey colouring.

Entwurf zur Kunstgewerbeschule des k. k. österr. Museums, 1., Stubenring 3, Projekt II, Grundriss des 2. Stockes mit…

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1874

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with a tall tree on the right and two small figures by the water.

Flodlandskap med högt träd till höger

Anthonie Waterloo

Profile of a Woman

Philipp William May, 1894

Pen and wash elevation drawing of a symmetrical classical government building with statues and a domed structure behind.

Drawing for Foreign Office, Westminster, for competition of 1857

Robert Smirke, 1857

Architectural basement floor plan in red and ochre wash showing cellars and stairs, labeled Projekt II, 1874.

Entwurf zur Kunstgewerbeschule des k. k. österr. Museums, 1., Stubenring 3, Projekt II, Grundriss des Souterrains (Ke…

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1874

Pencil drawing of Lake of Thun with steep mountains, a shoreline village with a church spire, and water reflections.

Lake of Thun looking North

Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, 1820-67

Ink sketch of a smiling caricatured man wearing a tall top hat, one hand on his hip, drawn in loose black lines.

Portrait of Paul Maitland, Artist

Philipp William May, n.d.

Watercolor architectural section drawing of a multi-storey building with central staircase and arched doorways, labelled Schn

Entwurf zur Kunstgewerbeschule des k. k. österr. Museums, 1., Stubenring 3, Projekt II, Schnitt A-B

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1874

Pencil design drawing of an ornate desk with scrolling foliage, reclining figures, putti, and a winged cupid on top.

Design for a Desk with Decorations from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

G. Clark Stanton, 1851

Watercolor architectural cross-section of a multi-storey school building with staircases, arcades and a glazed roof, labelled

Entwurf zur Kunstgewerbeschule des k. k. österr. Museums, 1., Stubenring 3, Projekt II, Schnitt C-D

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1874

Watercolor elevation of a three-storey building side facade with arched windows, columns and a hipped slate roof, 1874.

Entwurf zur Kunstgewerbeschule des k. k. österr. Museums, 1., Stubenring 3, Projekt II, Seitenfassade

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1874

Pen-and-ink cartoon of a winged, bearded artist painting at an easel amid scattered caricature sketches.

Study for Cover

Philipp William May, 1892