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Drawings & Sketches

76,306 works

Soft grey drawing of a white swan with a red bill, neck curved, reflected in still water below.

Swan

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude woman seated with a kneeling man behind her beside a tree, on rocky ground.

Angelica and Medoro

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740/1745

Pencil sketch of a riverbank with a leaning tree, a wooden footbridge over still water, and a path at right.

On the Mole

Attributed to William Henry Hunt, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly man with a weary expression, seated in an armchair with pillows and a blanket.

Dying Old Man

Edward Killingworth Johnson, n.d.

Grey wash drawing of a boy in a beret seated with two dogs and a dead bird on the grass.

Highland Boy and Dogs

Style of John Frederick Herring, I, n.d.

Pencil sketch of two men and a laden donkey beside a woman holding a pitcher near a stone wall.

Men and Donkeys, Woman with Pitcher

Edwin Landseer, n.d.

Painting of several moored schooners with red masts and rigging at a wharf, reflected in calm harbor water.

Idle Days, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Caroline E. Coit, c. 1920

Pencil sketch of cottages on a bank, a river curving past trees, and rolling hills beyond.

Inverness

William Leighton Leitch, 1844

Pencil and red chalk drawing of a youth with short hair looking upward, shoulders and draped collar sketched below.

Portrait Bust of Youth

Follower of George Henry Harlow, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a plumed man and a woman in a long gown embracing before a dense woodland with rocks.

Lovers in Woods

John Everett Millais, 1850/96

Black chalk sketch of a child with a hoop and stick beside a resting dog on tan paper.

Child Playing with Ball and Dog

George Morland, 1791

Shepherd Dog

After George Morland, n.d.

Watercolor of a woman in a black ruffled dress and a man in a top hat talking on a sunlit park path.

A Man and a Woman in a Park

Luděk Marold, n.d.

Drawing of a reclining male nude and a winged angel holding a torch on a stepped pedestal, in grey wash against ochre.

Monument with Dead Warrior and Angel

Joseph Nollekens, n.d.

Sepia watercolor of a waterfall cascading over rocks, with a large leafy tree, pines, and hills under a cloudy sky.

Waterfall in Rocky Landscape

Octavius Oakley, n.d.

Drawing of a pair of legs in loose breeches and shoes, shaded in soft grey on pale paper.

Study of a boy's legs

John Downman, c. 1770-1800

Watercolor of an orange and yellow butterfly with green-edged wings resting on a branch with serrated green leaves.

Rose Bush and Butterfly

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Pencil drawing of a window view over Rome with tree branches, the Villa Medici and a church tower in the distance.

View of the Villa Medici and Sta Trinità dei Monti from Ingres's Studio in the Pavillon San Gaetano, Rome

Achille Etna Michallon, 1819

Loose painted sketch of a woman in white bending over a seated child on white bedding, with soft golden light.

Child Worship

Charles Sims, c. 1926

Pencil study of two bare feet and three sandalled feet with laced straps on aged paper.

Studies of Two Bare Feet and Three Sandalled Feet

John Downman, c. 1774

Study from the antique: a bearded man and a boy

John Downman, c. 1774

Bust of Faustina

John Downman, c. 1774

Brown wash drawing of a craggy rock outcrop with a ruined wall, tree, and small house at its base.

The Rock of Beauregard, Lyon

Jean Jacques de Boissieu, 1780-1790(?)

Study after Statue of the Knife Grinder (also known as the Scythian)

John Downman, 1774

Pencil study of a nude kneeling warrior raising one arm, with a round shield and sword, on aged paper.

Study after the Discobolus (Wounded Warrior)

John Downman, 1774

Graphite study on gray paper of a standing classical woman in draped robes with outstretched arms, after a Roman statue.

Study after Roman Statue of a Standing Woman

John Downman, 1774

Pencil study of a seated classical male nude holding a sword, with a round shield at his feet, after antique sculpture.

Study after Antique Sculpture of Seated Figure with Sword and a Shield

John Downman, 1774

Pencil drawing of two trees side by side: a tall upas tree with spreading crown on the left, a twisted maple on the right.

Studies of Upas and Maple Trees

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Indian miniature painting of Kama aiming a love arrow at meditating Shiva beside a lotus pond, with a royal court scene below

Kama Shoots a Love Arrow at Shiva, from a copy of the Song of Gauri (Gita-Gauri)

Unknown artist, c. 1675-1680

Two pen and wash drawings: a tree-lined road with large oaks, and a riverside street with houses and a distant bridge.

Landscape (recto) Two Views of Paris (verso)

Georges Michel, first half 1800s

Brown wash drawing of a waterfall below a stone arched bridge and hilltop buildings framed by trees.

View of Tivoli with the Bridge Over the Anio Waterfall

Cornelius van Poelenburgh, 1620

Pencil sketch sheet with four studies of animals: a klipspringer on rocks, a musk deer, a chamois, and a walking lion.

Chamois, Musk, Klipbok and Lion

Thomas Uwins, n.d.