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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil design drawing of an ornate decorative frame with swags, tassels and figure motifs around an empty centre.

Design for a Frame

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Grey wash drawing of a museum gallery with classical sculptures, carved relief panels, display cases and fluted columns.

Interior, Fitzwilliam Museum

Joseph Pennell, 1890s

Graphite drawing of a forest stream with boulders, leafy undergrowth and tall trees under a dense canopy.

Landscape

William Trost Richards, 1862

Pencil sketch of a top-hatted man in a long coat balancing on tall stilts, with a smoke puff beside his head.

Gigerl

Hans Schließmann, 1900

Pencil sketch of an ornate stone entablature with layered moldings, carved scrollwork and a decorative panel in Granada.

Capilla Real Entablature, Granada

John Singer Sargent, 1912

Ink drawing of a man in a bowler hat reclining on a metal chair with a cane across his lap.

Gigerl (Wiener Modegeck)

Hans Schließmann, 1890

Pencil drawing of an ornate sitting room with a ceiling medallion, fireplace, mirror, chairs, and fluted columns.

Design for a Sitting Room

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pen and brown ink landscape drawing of trees, distant hills and a river bend on tan paper, by Joshua Shaw.

The Horse Shoe on the Shenandoah, Virginia

Joshua Shaw, 1820s

Pencil sketch on grid paper of a top-hatted dandy and a uniformed official exchanging a document, dated 1885.

Gigerl und Exekutor

Hans Schließmann, 1885

Pencil design drawing of an ornate wall with a central fireplace, arched mirror, flanking side tables and arched recesses.

Design for a Wall with a Fireplace and Side Tables

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pen and ink architectural drawing of an ornate Gothic mirror design with candelabra, tracery and a fireplace below.

Design for a Gothic Mirror

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pencil drawing of a man in a buttoned jacket seated at a table, holding a cane, looking at the viewer.

Man Seated at a Table

John Rubens Smith, 1819

Watercolor design drawing of an ornate mirror above a curved console table with medallions and gilded classical detailing.

Design for a Mirror and Side Table

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Ink and wash drawing of two standing men in long coats within arched architectural settings, one beside a classical statue.

Lafayette (Two Views)

Thomas Sully, c. 1825

Brown chalk and wash drawing of a bearded man in period dress leaning on a tall staff, turned to the left.

Figure Costume Study for Columbus Mural, Washington, D.C.

John Vanderlyn, in or after 1837

Pencil drawing of an elderly seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, with soft shaded background.

Portrait of a Seated Man

John Vanderlyn, c. 1800

Self-Portrait

Charcoal sketch of a rocky hill with shrubs and layered ground on grey paper, inscribed 'Tmui of Ptolemy'.

Nile Journey, Tmui of Ptolemy

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Blue pencil design drawing of a circular wrought-iron grille with scrolls, rosettes and vertical bars below.

Gitter für ein Wohnhaus

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1870

Pencil drawing of three tufted upholstered couches with rolled arms and turned legs, with handwritten measurements.

Designs for Three Couches

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Watercolor design sheet showing two chairs labeled A and B, one with a pink seat and one with an ochre seat, with carved wood

Designs for Two Chairs

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1884-92

Watercolor design sketch of a wooden armchair with a blue upholstered seat on a pink rug, with handwritten notes.

Design of a Carving Chair

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1884-92

Pen and wash drawing of a Gothic interior with pointed arch windows, a carved chair, and a woman reading in a long gown.

Design for a Gothic Interior

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pen and ink elevation drawing of a tall cathedral bell tower with a clock, spire, and arched portal beside columns.

Glockenturm der Kathedrale von Leitmeritz/Litoměřice, Aufriss

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1881

Pencil and ink drawing of five chest of drawers designs, one with an open fall-front writing compartment, by Charles Hindley

Designs for Chests of Drawers

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pencil elevation drawing of a church bell tower with a clock face, arched portal, coffered panels and classical columns.

Glockenturm für die Domkirche in Leitmeritz in Böhmen (Tschechien), Ansicht

Heinrich von Ferstel, 1863

Graphite portrait sketch of a bearded man with a pipe, looking at the viewer, on tan paper.

J.Q.A. Ward

William de Hartburn Washington, c. 1858

Pencil design drawing of an ornate rococo-style standing screen with scrolled frame and cabriole legs on cream paper.

Design for Standing Screen

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pencil drawing of the Gloriette pavilion with arcades and roof sculptures, set in a garden, by Rudolf von Alt.

Gloriette

Rudolf von Alt, 1847

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of rushing rapids over rocks, with pine trees and fallen logs along the riverbanks.

Dalles of St. Louis

Alfred Waud, early 1880s

Pencil design drawing of a canopied bed with swag drapery, a dove ornament on top and turned posts.

Design for Bed with Canopy

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pencil drawing of a Gothic four-poster bed with a patterned canopy, pointed arch rails, and two pillows.

Design for a Gothic Bed with Canopy

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84