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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pencil sketch of a smiling young girl in a ruffled bonnet seated in an armchair, drawn with loose lines.

Smiling Margot Wearing a Ruffled Bonnet

Mary Cassatt, c. 1902

Watercolor and pencil costume sketch of three jester figures in colorful motley with pointed hoods and bells.

Fools, costume sketch for Henry Irving's Planned Production of King Richard II

Edwin Austin Abbey

Brown ink and wash drawing of shepherds adoring the infant Christ in a stone interior, with an angel above.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Style of Johann von Aachen, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of farm buildings and dense trees beside a pond, with a path and small figure in the foreground.

A Landscape with Farm Buildings among Trees

Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650/1655

Grey wash sketch of a cottage with a steep roof, dormer window, wooden bench, and clouds on tan paper.

Sketch of exterior of a cottage

Edwin Austin Abbey

Side-elevation watercolor design of a black caleche carriage with red wheels and blue trim, labeled No. 912.

Caleche #912

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Pen and wash drawing of three-masted ships and small boats on rough sea beside a fortified tower on a rocky shore.

Swedish Boats Off the Coast

Wenceslaus Hollar or after, n.d.

Side-view drawing of a blue caleche carriage with red spoked wheels and a folding top, labeled 950.

Caleche #950

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Red chalk drawing of a park with a small temple among tall trees, a man with a wheelbarrow, and stone lions in the foreground

Italian Park with a Tempietto

Hubert Robert, 1763

Side-view watercolor drawing of a black caleche carriage with green spoked wheels, labeled No. 957.

Caleche #957

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-view watercolor design drawing of a black caleche carriage with red-spoked wheels and folding hood, numbered 959.

Caleche #959

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Grey wash drawing of two sailing ships tossed by rough waves under a cloudy sky, with distant vessels.

Copy

Possibly after Wenceslaus Hollar, n.d.

Side-view colored drawing of a blue and black horse-drawn carriage with spoked wheels, numbered 981.

Caleche #981

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Charcoal study of a seated man in draped cloth, head turned toward viewer, on gray paper.

Figure study for "Penn's Treaty," mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (comple…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Side-view watercolor drawing of a blue-wheeled brett carriage with a black front boot and brown body, labeled No. 1038.

Brett #1038

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Brown ink drawing of an armored soldier beside a heraldic shield with two pears and stars, framed by columns and soldiers wit

Design for Swiss Heraldic Arms

After Hans Holbein, the younger, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a stone tomb with cherubs and lions, flanked by kneeling family members before heraldic shields.

Design for Epitaph: Family Members Kneeling Before Tomb

Attributed to Hans Holbein, the younger, n.d.

Side-view drawing of a black caleche carriage with red spoked wheels and a folding rear hood, numbered 1087 at top.

Caleche #1087

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Side-view watercolor drawing of a horse-drawn vis-à-vis carriage with red-rimmed spoked wheels and a blue body panel.

Vis-à-vis (unnumbered)

Brewster & Co., 1850-70

Hand-drawn 1547 plan of Vienna showing dense city blocks, fortified walls, bastions, rivers, and inscribed margins.

Plan der Stadt Wien im Jahre 1547

Bonifaz Wolmut, 1547

Side-view line drawing of a horse-drawn carriage with green curtains, numbered 224, with light watercolor accents.

Rockaway #224

Brewster & Co., c. 1860

Pen drawing in a circle of a beheading in an arched interior, with onlookers in Renaissance dress and a banquet behind.

Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Circle of Jörg Breu, the elder, c. 1530

Side-elevation line drawing of a Rockaway carriage with spoked wheels and an enclosed body, numbered 262.

Rockaway #262

Brewster & Co., c. 1860

Pen and gray wash drawing of two winged putti holding and reaching toward a swan on a feathered mound.

Putti Holding Swan

Possibly Johann von Aachen, n.d.

Pen and ink sketch of a ragged peasant with hood and staff, with faint pencil figure studies to the right.

Peasant, sketch for an unidentified Shakespeare play

Edwin Austin Abbey

Hand-colored 1812 plan of Erdberg with town blocks, Danube channels, a compass rose and a columned legend table.

Plan des kais. könig. eigen Erdberg

Anton Behsel, 1812

Pen and ink side elevation drawing of a Rockaway carriage with fringed canopy and spoked wheels, labeled No. 271.

Rockaway #271

Brewster & Co., c. 1860

Architectural section drawing of a two-tier assembly hall with arched niches, staircases and a chandelier, marked in red ink.

Plan des Reichstagssaales (vermutlich zur Adaptierung der Winterreitschule für die Eröffnungssitzung des Reichstags a…

Jacob Fellner, 1848

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with saints and a draped curtain, on a tan sheet.

Madonna and Child with Saints Elizabeth, John and Anne

After Raphael Sadeler, n.d.

Pen and watercolor design drawing in side view of a horse-drawn carriage labeled no. 452.

Design for Rockaway, no. 452

Brewster & Co., c. 1860

Pen and watercolor drawing of a horse-drawn carriage in side view, labeled No. 464, with spoked wheels and a closed cab.

Rockaway #464

Brewster & Co., c. 1860

Ink and wash drawing of kneeling men in robes offering gold vessels before ruined stone architecture, Adoration of the Magi.

Adoration of the Magi

Studio of Hans Burgkmair, the elder, n.d.