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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Grey-wash drawing of a cobbled street with townhouses, a church tower, and figures in 18th-century dress.

Ruïne van het huis van Lucas van Steveninck te Middelburg, 1787

Jan Bulthuis, 1791

Pen and wash drawing of a putto with grapes and a staff seated beside a satyr figure, framed by ruled lines.

Allegorie op de wijnbouw

Jacob de Wit, 1745

Shaded drawing of a man with curly hair in an ornate uniform, cross medal and eagle-emblem sash, signed lower right.

Erzherzog Anton Viktor als Großmeister des deutschen Ritterordens

Franz d. Ä. Gaul, 1830

Grey wash drawing of a half-built ship behind a wall at a Rotterdam shipyard, with a carriage, riders, dogs and windmills on

De scheepstimmerwerf te Rotterdam

Jan Bulthuis, 1790

Black and red chalk drawing of a cherub head turned left, with curly hair and feathered wings, on cream paper.

Amorettenkopje naar links

Jacob de Wit, 1705

Grey wash drawing of a town street with a church tower and spire, gabled houses, trees and strolling figures.

Gezicht te Bodegraven

Jan Bulthuis, 1760

Grey wash drawing of a classical church beside a canal with a windmill, drawbridge, boats and people in the foreground.

De Engelse kerk in Rotterdam

Jan Bulthuis, 1760

Pen and wash drawing of a brick institutional building on a cobbled street with pedestrians, a church tower and gabled houses

Het Dolhuis, Gasthuis en Oudevrouwenhuis te Rotterdam

Jan Bulthuis, 1790

Watercolor of a ship's aft deck with cable machinery, winches, rigging and crew members under a cloudy sky.

Deck of Great Eastern, Aft: the Paying-out Machinery

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Sailors struggle with a tangled cable on a ship deck at night, lit by lanterns, with rigging and smokestack in the dark backg

A Night Scene. The Cable Entangled and Nearly Broken, July 18th, 1866

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Drawing of anchored sailing ships and a settlement by hills, seen from a steamship deck with men at the railing.

The Settlement and Church of Heart's Content, Newfoundland

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Night seascape of a steamship with tall masts and smoke, sailing through rough waves under a moon behind clouds.

The Albany Buoying a Bight of the Cable of 1865 on the Night of August 26th, 1866

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Watercolor of a ship's deck with winches, rigging, a large sail and crew working toward the bow, with open sea beside it.

The Picking-up Machinery in the Bows of the Great Eastern

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of a two-masted ship and sailboats in a calm harbor below hills and a row of coastal houses at dusk.

Valentia in 1857-1858 at the Time of the Laying of the Former Cable

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865

Watercolor of a Newfoundland village with wooden houses, fences, pigs, chickens, and a tall telegraph pole.

First Telegraph House at Heart's Content, Newfoundland, 1866

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Crowd of men cheering and tossing hats outside white wooden houses, with a telegraph tower in the background.

September 8th at Heart's Content, the day of the successful termination of the work of laying, recovering, completing…

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Watercolor of a large steamship with tall masts and flags on choppy sea, with other vessels and stormy clouds beyond.

Telegraph Cable Fleet at Sea, 1865

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Watercolor of a steamship deck with rigging, flags, smokestack, crew at work, and the open sea beyond.

View Looking Aft from the Port Paddle-box on the Deck of the Great Eastern: Showing the Trough for the Cable, etc.

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Pen drawing of ornate ceiling designs and wall elevations for an interior, with coffered and circular ceiling panels.

Erzherzog-Ludwig-Viktor-Palais, 1., Schwarzenbergplatz 1, Deckendekoration

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1865

Watercolor of ships at anchor in a moonlit bay, with a bright glow and a fire on the hills at right.

The Bay of Bull Arms, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Bonfires Lighted on the Hills to Notify of the Arrival of the Cable…

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Pencil elevation drawing of a palace facade with arched windows, columns, pediments and sculpted figures.

Erzherzog-Ludwig-Viktor-Palais, 1., Schwarzenbergplatz 1, Fassade

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1866

Pencil elevation drawing of a classical palace facade with pedimented windows, a hipped roof and an arcade on the right.

Erzherzog-Ludwig-Viktor-Palais, 1., Schwarzenbergplatz 1, Fassade gegen den Schwarzenbergplatz

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1866

Pen drawing of an ornate festival hall ceiling with coffered panels, medallions and a central allegorical figure group.

Erzherzog-Ludwig-Viktor-Palais, 1., Schwarzenbergplatz 1, Festsaal-Decke

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1865

Pencil floor plan of the Erzherzog-Ludwig-Viktor-Palais with rooms, corridors and a rounded corner, on cream paper.

Erzherzog-Ludwig-Viktor-Palais, 1., Schwarzenbergplatz 1, Grundriss

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1866

Grey wash landscape with a tower by water, large trees on the right, and two figures with birds and a dog in the foreground.

Landschap met water, een toren, twee figuren waarvan één een rek met vogels draagt en een hond

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Grey wash drawing of a bearded seated man under a tree, gesturing toward a distant city with church spires.

Jona onder de wonderboom

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Pencil drawing of a stone church with a crenellated square tower and pinnacles, showing a proposed restoration of Holy Trinit

Proposed Restoration of the Church of the Holy Trinity and St. Mary, Old Clee, Lincolnshire

James Fowler, 1876-77

Red chalk drawing of a rock face with arched cave openings, a leaning ladder, and scrubby vegetation below.

Groeve in rotswand

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Red chalk drawing of a sleeping nymph with a satyr peering over her, an oil lamp beside her, in a wooded setting.

Sater en slapende nimf

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Red chalk drawing of an elderly man with curly hair and a direct gaze, shown head and shoulders on cream paper.

Portret van een man, mogelijk zelfportret

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Red chalk drawing of a sleeping child in a cap, head resting on its arm, with hands sketched below.

Slapend kind met muts

Matthijs Balen, 1694

Red chalk drawing of a landscape with a ruined tower, rocky cliff, trees and a stream winding toward distant hills.

Landschap met ruïne en water

Matthijs Balen, 1694