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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen drawing of a piper and two onlookers in a pastoral field with cattle, framed by handwritten verse lines.

Why then begin..., illustration to "A Bucolick or Discourse of Neatherds"

Edwin Austin Abbey, ca. 1880

Pen and ink sketch of a man dancing with a woman in a cape while a crowd with torches watches.

The jovial monarch caught Mrs. Russell's hand in his, and proceeded to dance, illustration to "A Castle in Spain: A N…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1880-83

Pen drawing of a cobbled street with timber buildings, a woman and a man in tricorn hat walking, figures by a wall and a ship

The Sunday Walk, illustration to "Sally in Our Alley"

Edwin Austin Abbey, ca. 1886

Pencil portrait of a man with curly hair and round spectacles, wearing a cravat and jacket, on tan paper.

Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Komponist

Josef Eduard Teltscher

Pen drawing of a stable with a horse over a stall, a man stirring a bucket, and a standing man with a pitchfork.

And none knew why he fed them both with his own hands, illustration to "Quince"

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888

Pen drawing of a bookshop with a seated young man talking to an older bookseller, a ladder figure, and a woman by a window.

He went to Tonson, illustration to "The Noble Patron"

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888

Pen and ink drawing of harvesters resting by a haystack, with a standing woman holding a tool and a dog lying nearby.

The Harvesters, illustration to "The Leather Bottèl"

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1887

Watercolor sketch of a studio interior with a standing man in grey, a seated woman in red, sculpture and framed drawings.

Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Komponist, im Atelier von Teltscher (Skizzenbuch)

Josef Eduard Teltscher, 1827

Pen and ink drawing of three people in period dress seated on a stone bench near a tree, with ruins and distant travelers.

The bird to others flew, illustration to "A Love Song"

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1887

Pencil portrait sketch of an elderly bearded man with spectacles, inscribed Steindachner 1910, on cream paper.

Franz Steindachner (1834-1919)

Josef Engelhart, 1910

Pen and ink drawing of a tavern interior with a man in a doorway, a woman in an apron, and a seated man in a hat.

"Will had her to the wine," illustration to "Phillada Flouts Me"

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1886

Grey wash drawing of wooded sand dunes with a windmill on a ridge at left and a pair of small figures under clouds.

Wooded Dune Landscape near Haarlem, with Windmill and a Pair of Figures

Gerrit Jan Michaëlis, late 18th-mid-19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a riverside city with church spires, towers, a bridge and a sailboat, with handwritten labels.

View of Mâcon Seen from the East

Jan Peeters, mid-17th-late 17th century

Franz von Habermann (1788-1847), Maler

Johann Adam Klein, 1818

An Angel Holding a Carafe on a Plate

David Pièrre Giottino Humbert de Superville, n.d.

Watercolor sketch of a standing man in a felt hat and jacket, rendered in brown and orange tones on tan paper.

Franz Weigang

Egon Schiele, 1910

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736-1783), Bildhauer

Franz Moessmer, 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Magi, with the Virgin and Child, kneeling turbaned figures, and a draped t

Adoration of the Magi

Attributed to a pupil of François Boucher, n.d.

Watercolor sketch of a castle courtyard with arched galleries, a balcony of figures, and two horses in the foreground.

Lea Castle, View in Tilt-Court, Facing North

John Carter, ca. 1816

Pen and ink sketches of a hooded figure, a standing nude, a reclining draped figure, and faint pencil head studies on tan pap

Studies for Christopher Columbus

Eugène Delacroix

Franz Xaver Stöber (1795-1858), Kupferstecher, Stahlstecher, Radierer

Josef Danhauser, 1835

Pen and brown wash drawing of armored warriors around an ornate table with scales and a vase, one raising a sword in battle.

Camillus Attacking Brennus

after Francesco de'Rossi, called Salviati, c. 1550

Watercolor interior of a gothic-style drawing room with a vaulted ceiling, fireplace, framed paintings and blue sofas.

Drawing Room of Lea Castle, Looking West

John Carter, ca. 1816

Watercolor of a busy riverside fish market with vendors under a cream umbrella, women with baskets, and wooden crates on a qu

Franz-Josefs-Kai - Fischmarkt am Schanzl

Franz Poledne, 1895

Brown wash drawing of a shepherd scene with sheep and dogs, plus figure studies and a baptism scene on one sheet.

Sketches of Religious Scenes

Possibly after Domenico Piola, n.d.

Sepia drawing of Greek temple ruins on a plain with cattle, a shepherd, and hazy mountains beyond.

Temples at Paestum

Possibly Robert Eich, c. 1850

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate fireplace mantelpiece with caryatids, a central mirror, and a putto statue.

Design for Mantlepiece

Antonio Francisco Baeta, late 19th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of poor figures and children receiving clothing below a classical balcony with women passing garme

Saint Cecilia Distributing Alms to the Poor

After Domenichino, after 1615

Pen and grey wash design drawing of a fireplace chimneypiece with scroll frieze, acanthus brackets, and dimension notes.

Design for a Chimneypiece

Sir William Chambers, 1743-1800

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a standing man in a long wig and fur-trimmed robe, leaning on a ledge.

A Venetian Procurator of San Marco [recto]

Alessandro Longhi or Pietro Longhi

Brown wash drawing of Saint Dominic gesturing to kneeling figures below the Virgin and Child among angels in clouds.

Study for Institution of the Rosary by Saint Dominic

Francesco Lorenzi, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a ruined classical arch with relief carvings, overgrown trees, a rocky cliff and a small standing figure

Figure Standing in Classical Ruins

Jean-Laurent Legeay, n.d.