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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Watercolor and graphite drawing of a Gothic tracery ornamental design with foliate scrolls and yellow wash accents.

Lock from Elaborate Dresson de Sacristy, now in the Hotel de Clugny

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Sepia drawing of a columned neoclassical academy building with two statues on tall columns and strollers in front.

Academy

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Red chalk drawing of the Crucifixion with Christ at center, two thieves on crosses, and a crowd of mourners below.

The Crucifixion

Andrea Vicentino, c. 1575

Pen drawing of a woman standing beside two children seated at a wooden desk in a room with a wall map.

Twee kinderen achter een lessenaar

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen and wash drawing of a small circular columned monument on a stone platform, with buildings and a hill behind it.

Monument of Lysicrates

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Pen drawing of two girls with hair bows reading a book together on a bench, a doll beside them, framed by curtains.

Twee lezende meisjes in een vensterbank

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Red chalk sketch on tan paper of a standing figure in draped clothing with twisted torso and raised arm.

A Young Woman Looking in a Mirror

Nicolas Lancret, 1742/1743

Pen drawing of two boys in fur-trimmed coats with a tricycle and a third boy leaning against a tree.

Twee jongens met een driewieler

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing of three children pulling a wooden cart along a forest path, framed by a decorative vine border.

Drie kinderen met een kar op een bospad

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing of a girl with a hair bow kneeling to tend a cylindrical stove beside a brick alcove.

Meisje stookt een kachel op

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing of two boys walking, one pointing forward and the other carrying a satchel, by Adri Ladenius, 1893.

Twee wandelende jongens

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing of bearded gnomes skating and falling on a frozen lake under moonlight, with snowy trees along the shore.

Schaatsende kabouters bij maanlicht

Adri Ladenius, 1916

Ink and wash drawing of the Erechtheion's caryatid porch on the Acropolis, with a standing man at right among ruins.

Erechtheion

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Colored pen plan of proposed docks at the Calumet River mouth, with slips into Lake Michigan and a city street grid.

Plate 72 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Sketch Diagram of Docks Suggested at the Mouth of the Calumet River…

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1909

Pen drawing of children ice skating on a rink, a girl in fur-trimmed coat in front, with a flagged pavilion behind.

Schaatsers op het ijs

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate scrolled wall lantern on a bracket, labeled No 4 and £15, dated 1885.

Lamp Design for 27 Old Steyne, Brighton

Richardson Ellson & Co., 1885

Pen drawing of a girl in a lace-trimmed nightgown leaning at a window with curtains and a wall clock beside her.

Meisje in nachtjapon bij een raam

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Pen drawing of three children at a tea table with dolls on chairs, a shelf of jugs and a canopied bed in the room.

Twee jongens en poppen op theevisite

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Ink drawing of two girls seated on chairs, each holding a similarly dressed doll, with bows in their hair.

Twee meisjes met identieke poppen

Adri Ladenius, 1893

Ink design drawing of an ornate wall-mounted lantern with scrolled bracket and a circular plan view of the mount.

Wall-mounted Lamp Design

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1885

Architectural diagram of Chicago's street grid with red passenger subway circuits and gray freight lines radiating from the c

Plate 75 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Diagram of the City, Showing Complete System of Inner Circuits

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1909

Pencil sketch of a bay with islands and pine trees in the foreground, seen from a hill in Maine, 1850.

Castine from Wasson's Hill, Brooksville, Maine

Fitz Henry Lane, 1850

Ink and wash drawing of Hadrian's Arch in Athens with ruined columns and the Acropolis rising behind it.

Hadrian's Arch

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1890

Sepia drawing of a harbor town with ships in a bay, mountains behind, and goats on rocks in the foreground.

The Harbor of Piraeus

Themistokles von Eckenbrecher, 1891

Pencil plan of the Michigan Avenue and Twelfth Street intersection in Chicago, showing a station, streets and plazas.

Plate 119 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Sketch Plan of the Intersection of Michigan Avenue and Twelfth Street

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1907

Pencil drawing of Somes Sound with wooded hills, evergreen trees in the foreground, and a small sailboat on calm water.

Entrance of Somes Sound, Mount Desert, Maine

Fitz Henry Lane, 1855

Aerial watercolor panorama of a city along a river bend, with church spires, streets, gardens and distant hills.

Wien in der Vogelschau

Wilhelm von Breitschwert, 1870

Black chalk drawing of an old bearded man leaning toward a younger man, with a veiled woman standing at right.

Study of an Old Man, a Younger Man, and a Woman

Domenichino, c. 1600-1640

Graphite drawing of a man in a curled wig and period collar, face turned toward the viewer, on pale paper.

Self-Portrait

Jonathan Richardson, c. 1735

Pencil and watercolor architectural drawing of a marble mantel with elevation, end view, and plan, dated 1877.

White Statuary Marble Mantel Design, Elevations and Plan

Peter Bonnett Wight, 1877

Pencil sketch of a village street with whitewashed houses, steep roofs, and a picket fence beside a dirt road.

Wien Umgebung - Gasse in Maria Enzersdorf

Maximilian Neubauer, 1902

Dark drawing of a man leading a donkey carrying a woman and child across a dusky field.

The Flight Into Egypt

Jean-François Millet, c. 1864