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Drawings & Sketches

76,313 works

Brown ink drawing of crowned, weeping queens around a sword, with a ship and castle in the background.

Design for Moxon's Tennyson - King Arthur and the Weeping Queens

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1856

Three ink and pencil studies of a muscular man raised on a plinth, arm lifted, with smoking city rooftops behind him.

Brado, Vainqueur du géants Antigoras

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Loose pen sketch of a seated woman in a large hat and dress, with quick hatched strokes on pale paper.

Mrs or Miss McNay

James McNeill Whistler, 1882

Brown ink drawing of two men fighting in a forest while a seated woman watches and a sword lies on the ground.

A Fight for a Woman - Compositional Study

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1853

Grey-washed drawing of cascading waterfalls down a rocky hillside with trees and a stream in the foreground.

The waterfall of Tivoli

Sketch of a standing nude woman holding a shallow bowl, drawn in charcoal and chalk on brown paper.

Standing Female Nude Holding a Bowl [recto]

James McNeill Whistler, 1868/1873

Pencil head study of a young woman with wavy hair, turned three-quarters toward the viewer, dated 1865.

The Blue Bower - Female Head Study

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865

Young woman sitting on the ground in profile to the left

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Pen and ink figure study of a standing woman in a flowing robe with sketched wings behind her.

Astarte Syriaca - Figure Study

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1875

Red chalk drawing of a man's head in a plumed hat, with studies of two hands below on grey paper.

Head and two hands

Nicolas Lancret

Sketch of a standing nude woman with crossed legs and one hand raised to her head, drawn in chalk on brown paper.

Nude Standing with Legs Crossed

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1878

Portrait of a young Man

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1853

Red chalk drawing of a standing woman seen from behind, head turned left, in a loose draped gown.

Lady in rear view, her head turned in lost profile to the left

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1715

Nude Leaning on a Rail [recto]

James McNeill Whistler, 1871/1874

Pen and brown ink drawing of a young woman with flowing hair playing a long-necked lute, turned toward the viewer.

Girl with a Musical Instrument

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1870

Graphite sketch of four studies of hands in varied gestures, signed Th. Ribot, on a pale paper ground.

Study of Hands (recto)

Théodule Augustin Ribot

Red and black chalk drawing of a woman's head with a ruffled collar and hair ribbon, with a sketched hand at left.

A lady's head and a hand

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Brown ink drawing of a knight with a sword at a barred window and a standing woman in a patterned robe by a bed.

Sir Launcelot in the Queen's Chamber

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1857

Red chalk sketch of two standing women seen from behind, a seated woman in drapery, and a hand study.

Two standing ladies in rear view, one hand and a sitting lady

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1715

Seated Woman with Red Hair

James McNeill Whistler, 1870/1873

Ink drawing of a kneeling woman with a halo inscribed ANCILLA SANC GRAAL, holding a cup, in a star-patterned robe.

Launcelot at the Shrine of the Holy Grail - Study for The Angel of the Holy Grail

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1857

Red chalk drawing of a young man's head turned right, gazing upward, with curly hair and white highlights.

Head of a young man to the right

Pencil sketch sheet with a haloed robed figure, a standing animal figure beside a wheel, and a lion head on a column.

Sheet of Sketches [recto]

Beatrix Godwin Whistler, late 19th century

Portrait of Ada Vernon

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1863

Pencil sketches on cream paper of female figures and circular pendant-like forms, studies for jewelry designs.

Studies for Jewelry Designs [recto]

Beatrix Godwin Whistler, late 19th century

Found - Study for the Head of the Girl

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1859

Brown wash drawing of a blacksmith at a glowing forge with a standing boy beside him, tools hanging in a dim workshop.

Study for The Blacksmith's Shop: Remembrance of Le Tréfort

François Bonvin, 1854

Red chalk drawing of a young woman's head in a white cap and shawl, turned to the side, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze.

Girl's head with a cap

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1763

Hamlet and Ophelia - Compositional Study

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1865

Chalk and pastel sketch of a standing man in grey coat and brown hat, with red cravat, on brown paper.

Harper Pennington

James McNeill Whistler, 1880/1882

Grey wash drawing of an armored knight grabbing a monk's beard beside a horse, with a woman and a large tree.

Does he grab him by the chin with wild hate / And tear out of his beard what he can grasp (Rodomont and the Monk)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1773

Watercolor sketch of Italian men with donkeys, one riding in blue breeches and red cap, another in a straw hat.

Italians riding on donkeys

Lorenz Frølich, 1849