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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Graphite sketch of two crouching figures seen from behind, drawn in soft pencil on pale paper.

Twee studies van een kakkende man

Gérard ter Borch, 1635

Pen drawing of men conversing in an interior, one seated at a table beside a curtained window, others standing nearby.

Dames en heren in gesprek

Gérard ter Borch, 1650

Moses ter Borch, tekenend

Gérard ter Borch, 1650

Graphite portrait of a man with curly hair and moustache, drawn on an octagonal grey sheet mounted on pale paper.

Portret van een Spaanse edelman

Gérard ter Borch, 1625

Hoofd van een jongeman, naar links

Gérard ter Borch, 1675

Grey wash drawing of a crucifixion, with men raising a cross and mounted soldiers with spears watching on the right.

The Raising of the Cross

the younger Ottmar Elliger, n.d.

Side-elevation drawing of a Rockaway carriage with spoked wheels and a curtained window, numbered 675, in pencil and ink.

Rockaway #675

Brewster & Co., . 1865

Red ink drawing in side elevation of a Rockaway carriage with spoked wheels, closed body, and front seat, labeled No. 680.

Rockaway #680

Brewster & Co., c. 1865

Pen and ink study of a robed angel with clasped hands and spread wings, surrounded by radiating hatched lines.

Study of an Angel, for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, comple…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Side-view watercolor drawing of a blue Rockaway carriage with red spoked wheels and a canopy top, numbered 696.

Rockaway #696

Brewster & Co., c. 1865

Grey wash drawing of two draped women embracing on a classical terrace, with a dog, urn and garden beyond.

The Visitation

the younger Ottmar Elliger, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a radiant heavenly scene with winged figures and crowned elders seated on clouds around a bright centra

Scene from Revelations

the younger Ottmar Elliger, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a horse pulling a carriage with a spoked wheel and seated driver, with loose shading in the background.

Sketch of a horse pulling a carriage

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink and wash sketch on blue paper of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and cloak, with handwritten caption at lower left.

Tavenraat à la Blaisse

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat and cloak, with wrapped legs and sandals.

Boswachter

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a straw-hatted figure seen from behind, in a pale blue cloak, on a triangular sheet.

Drijver te Materborn

Johannes Tavenraat, 1864

Brown and grey wash landscape with hunters, dogs and a horse on a sandy path, a windmill on the horizon under clouds.

Vergezicht met jagers bij Materborn

Johannes Tavenraat, 1866

Grey wash landscape of a rocky mountainside with fallen logs in the foreground and dense trees on the right.

Mountainside with Fallen Tree

Friedrich Wilhelm Gmelin, n.d.

Pen sketches of a bust beside a handwritten letter from Harper & Brothers dated March 15, 1890.

Two sketches of a bust

Edwin Austin Abbey

Side-view technical drawing of a numbered horse-drawn carriage with spoked wheels, red trim and a folding top.

Rockaway #911

Brewster & Co., c. 1865

Pen and brown ink sketch of a bent man leaning on a stick beside a chair and pot on a stone floor.

Drijver te Best

Johannes Tavenraat, 1868

Ink and wash sketch of a rider in a hat on a pale horse, seen from behind, with loose brown hatching.

Zoeken naar lijnen

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Ink drawing map of Vienna and the Danube with hatched hills, villages, and an inset detail plan of fortifications.

Plan von Wien und Umgebung zur Zeit der 2. Türkenbelagerung 1683 (mit Detailplan der Belagerung)

Guide Blumhardt, 1800

Pencil drawing of a ruined stone arch and walls among trees, with a shepherd and flock on a path at left.

Ruins of Birg Castle

Carl Ludwig Kaaz, n.d.

Side-view design drawing of a black Rockaway carriage with blue wheels and red interior trim, numbered 915.

Rockaway #915

Brewster & Co., c. 1870

Pen and ink sketch of several caricatured male figures, one in a top hat and one holding a glass, dated 1868.

Figuren te Zeist

Johannes Tavenraat, 1868

Kopstudies van drijvers

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Figuren te Den Bosch, Nijmegen en Utrecht

Johannes Tavenraat, 1868

Koppen, molens, jachthond en haas

Johannes Tavenraat, 1840

Pen drawing of a church interior with a stone tiled floor, pews, a doorway and tall grid windows on brown paper.

Deel van het interieur van de kerk in Hoorn

Technical site plan of a Vienna district with numbered parcels, street names, a scale bar and a compass rose on aged paper.

Plan zur Parzellierung des Freihausgeländes

Otto Wagner, 1909

Pen and gray wash drawing of a haloed man seated at a table with two women in an architectural interior.

Christ at the Table of Mary and Martha

After Johann Mathias Kager, n.d.