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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pen and ink sketch of a busy station buffet with a woman holding a cup, a boy at left, and a crowd near the counter.

A Station Buffet

Charles Samuel Keene

Pen and brown wash drawing of an Italian fortified building with a round tower, arched gateway and trees behind.

Italiaans gebouw met zware ronde toren

Brown ink and wash drawing of a mountain landscape with a road by a lake, trees, a ruined tower and distant hills.

Berglandschap met een weg langs een meer

Pencil sketch of a canal with a sluice gate, old houses, a tower and trees reflected in the water.

Gezicht op de Overtoomse Sluis

Anthonie van Teijn, 1927

Watercolor interior of a Gothic council chamber with a coffered wooden ceiling, stained glass, tiered seating and figures.

Rathaus, Konkurrenzentwurf, "Innere Ansicht des Gemeinderath-Saales"

Friedrich von Schmidt, 1869

Watercolor of a kraal with thatched huts, armed men with spears, beaded figures, and a campfire before mountains.

The kraal of “Captain” Coba (or Kobé), a chief of the Gqunukhwebe

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Colored design drawing of a black and blue hansom cab in side view with a large spoked wheel and long shafts.

Hansom Cab # 776

Brewster & Co., 1860-1870

Pen and wash drawing of a mountainous landscape with cliffs, trees, a winding road, a round tower and small figures.

Bergachtig landschap met figuren

Hand-coloured drawing of a standing woman in beaded necklaces and headwrap, with thatched huts in a green landscape behind he

Pusega, daughter of Coba (or Kobé), a chief of the Gqunukhwebe tribe

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolour drawing of a standing man in a yellow helmet holding spears, with a leopard-skin shield and Dutch captions.

‘Captain’ Coba (or Kobé), a chief of the Gqunukhwebe tribe, wearing the grenadiers helmet given him by Robert Jacob G…

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor of a standing woman with a pipe and a child in beaded jewellery on grassy ground, by Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777.

A standing, probably Khoikhoi, woman, with tobacco-pipe and child

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Hand-colored drawing of a standing man holding a spear, wearing a leopard skin, beaded necklaces and brass bracelets.

Man, probably of the AmaXhosa, wearing a leopard skin and holding a spear

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor interior of a gothic festival hall with ornate ceiling, columns, and well-dressed figures on the floor and balcony

Rathaus, Konkurrenzentwurf, "Innere Ansicht des großen Festsaales"

Friedrich von Schmidt, 1869

Side-elevation drawing of Dog Cart #779 with black body, yellow wheel and curved shaft on a light background.

Dog Cart #779

Brewster & Co., 1865-1870

Hand-coloured drawing of a standing man in a fur cloak and beaded ornaments, with domed huts and mountains behind him.

Ruiter, a Gonaqua captain

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Hand-coloured drawing of Namaqua chieftains and family in fur cloaks, beaded necklaces and headdresses, with spears and a bow

Chieftans of the Namaqualand region

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1779

Hand-coloured drawing of a standing Khoisan man with a smoking pipe, spear, bow and quiver, beside thatched huts.

Karmoeb, Captain of the Namaqua Khoisan

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolour of a standing woman in a fur cloak and beaded jewellery holding a child, with plants at her feet.

Khoikhoi or Gonaqua woman with a child at the breast

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolour of a group in feathered headdresses and beadwork walking with an ox loaded with bundles and two children.

Nomadic tribe with their possessions laden on an ox

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor drawing of a standing man in a dark cloak, beaded necklaces and turban, with domed huts and a river behind him.

The Gonaqua chieftain, Ruiter

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Watercolor of a Gothic arcade with ribbed vaults and blue columns looking onto a courtyard with towers and strolling figures.

Rathaus, Konkurrenzentwurf, Großer Hof mit Arkaden und Kapelle

Friedrich von Schmidt, 1869

Line drawing in side elevation of a two-wheeled Tilbury cart with spoked wheel, slatted seat and long shafts, numbered #790.

Tilbury Cart #790

Brewster & Co., 1850-74

Full-length painted figure of a woman with a feathered headband and beaded jewelry holding a whisk, with a small boy beside h

Khoikhoi or San woman with her little boy

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor of a standing man in a dark fur cloak and beaded belt, smoking a long pipe, with shrubs behind him.

Khoikhoi man smoking a pipe

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Hand-coloured drawing of seated men with spears watching a body wrapped in a hide on the ground, with a Dutch caption below.

Burial of a Khoikhoi man, with spectators

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Drawing of a standing woman with beaded jewelry and headdress holding a feather fan, with plants around her on grass.

Standing Khoikhoi woman

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Pencil sketch of Gothic revival town hall facades and a spire, with small statue studies in a column at left.

Rathausplatz - Architekturstudien zum neuen Rathaus

Franz Alt, 1882

Side view drawing of a green Whitechapel cart with orange spoked wheels and a lamp, numbered 818, in watercolor.

Whitechapel Cart # 818

Brewster & Co., 1870-1874

Brown ink and wash drawing of Warwick Castle towers above trees beside the River Avon, with cattle in the water.

Warwick Castle from the Avon

John Baverstock Knight, 1837

Pen architectural cross-section of the Vienna Rathaus showing arcaded floors, staircases and a spired tower on a worn sheet.

Rathhaus in Wien

Friedrich von Schmidt, 1872

Pen and brown ink sketch of bearded male heads and a hand, with faint blue chalk figure outlines beneath.

Sketches of Two Male Heads in Profile to Right

Style of Donato Creti, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a barn interior with a curved timber roof, a ladder, straw, and a chicken perched on the ladder.

The Barn