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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pencil study of a flowering climbing plant with broad leaves and trumpet-shaped blossoms on a cream sheet.

Pflanzenstudie VI

Ferdinand Keller, 1858

Brown and grey wash drawing of villagers and a child in a rural landscape with straw sheaves, a large tree and a cottage.

October, Drawing the Honey from the Beehives

Claude Simpol, c.1645

Hand-painted entomology plate VII showing numbered fly specimens, larvae and pupae with scale bars.

Original hand painted plate for the Manual of New Zealand Entomology [Plate VII]

George Hudson, 1886

Pencil drawing of a village with a thatched church, palm trees and a hill, with a child standing in the foreground.

Gezicht op dorp met kerk op Kisar, Zuid-Molukken

Adrianus Johannes Bik, 1821

Portret in profiel van een Timorees

Adrianus Johannes Bik, 1821

Sepia drawing of a village with thatched houses, a large tree, a stone wall, a pig and figures on a dirt path.

Gezicht op dorp en huis van de raja van Kisar, Zuid-Molukken

Adrianus Johannes Bik, 1821

Pencil sketch of two standing warriors with shields and weapons, plus a faint third figure study, on pale paper.

Figuurstudie van twee krijgers, Zuidoost-Molukken

Adrianus Johannes Bik, 1824

Pencil sketch of a standing warrior from Timor in a tall headdress, holding a staff, with a spear sketched behind him.

Figuurstudie van voorvechter (orang berani) van Timor

Adrianus Johannes Bik, 1821

Pencil drawing of a volcano above a coastal village with masted ships and small boats in the water.

Gezicht op de kust van Ternate en Gunung Gamalama, vanuit de zee, Noord-Molukken

Adrianus Johannes Bik, 1821

Brown wash drawing of two masted boats beached on a flat shore with figures, a small boat, and a distant town.

Honfleur

Richard Parkes Bonington, c. 1821

Pencil drawing of a tall clove tree with a small standing man in a conical hat at its base, sketched in 1821.

Kruidnagelboom en man op Ambon, Molukken

Adrianus Johannes Bik, 1821

Pencil drawing of a tall tree with broad leaves rising through dense forest undergrowth, with faint trees in the background.

Baumstudie aus dem Urwald

Ferdinand Keller, 1858

Pencil sketch of two rugged volcanic peaks and boulders at the crater of Gunung Gamalama on Ternate, 1824.

Gezicht op de krater van de Gunung Gamalama, Noord-Molukken

Adrianus Johannes Bik, 1824

Pencil sketch of a conical volcano rising above tropical trees, labeled Tidore, in the North Moluccas.

Gezicht op de Gunung Kiemtabu, Noord-Molukken

Adrianus Johannes Bik, 1821

Pencil drawing of a volcanic cone, islands and mountain ranges with a coastal village in the foreground, labelled with island

Gezicht op de eilanden Tidore, Mare, Moti en Makian en op de westkust van Halmahera vanuit Ternate, Noord-Molukken

Adrianus Johannes Bik, 1821

Pencil and wash drawing of a smoking volcano rising beside a wooded hill across calm water, framed by tropical foliage.

Gezicht vanuit Lontar op Banda Neira en rokende Gunungapi, Banda-eilanden, Centraal-Molukken

Adrianus Johannes Bik, 1821

Watercolor of Derwentwater lake with mountains, tall trees on a cliff, and travelers with an ox cart on a path.

Derwentwater

Paul Sandby, late 18th century

Pencil sketch on grey paper showing a curved segmented form with handwritten notes and measurements.

Schetskaart van de Banda-eilanden, Centraal-Molukken

Adrianus Johannes Bik, 1821

Pencil sketch of a thatched village on a shoreline with boats, figures and dense trees on the right.

Gezicht op een nederzetting op de oostkust van een van de Aru eilanden, Zuidoost-Molukken

Adrianus Johannes Bik, 1824

Watercolor interior of a log room with a man writing at a desk by an open window onto trees, a dog on the floor.

Interieur mit Mann am Schreibtisch

Ferdinand Keller, 1858

Sepia watercolor of a bay with a coastal town, church spire, sailing ship, small boats and two figures in the foreground.

Gezicht op Ternate en de rede van Ternate, de westkust van Halmahera, Noord-Molukken

Adrianus Johannes Bik, 1821

Watercolor and pencil study of a broken tree branch with moss on a muted blue-green background.

Geborstener Ast

Ferdinand Keller, 1858

Pencil sketch of Tewkesbury Abbey's tall Gothic tower above a tiled roof and trees, drawn in fine grey lines.

Tewkesbury Abbey No. 2

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1793

Pencil drawing of a bare dead tree wrapped in a climbing vine with heart-shaped leaves on a pale sheet.

Rankengewächse am abgestorbenen Baum

Ferdinand Keller, 1858

Grey wash drawing of a columned classical building and pines above a foreground of Roman rooftops and a tall tower.

The Roman Circus near Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

Jacques-Louis David, 1775/1780

Pencil drawing of a tall palm-like plant with a shaggy trunk and fan-shaped leaves, labeled Embauba.

Palmstudie mit Ranken

Ferdinand Keller, 1858

Pen and wash drawing of six commedia dell'arte characters in theatrical costumes, numbered XII, by Claude Gillot.

Six Studies of Commedia dell'Arte Actors: Polchinelle, Columbine, Pierrot, a Captain, Harlequin "en femme," and Scara…

Claude Gillot, early 18th century

Pencil study of a saddled horse standing side-on, showing bridle, saddle blanket and stirrups.

Studie gesatteltes Pferd, von hinten seitlich

Ferdinand Keller, 1858

Pen and grey wash drawing of four commedia dell'arte figures in masks and costumes, by Claude Gillot.

Four Commedia dell'Arte Figures: Harlequin "en femme," Mezzetin(?), Scaramouche, and Harlequin

Claude Gillot, early 18th century

Pencil drawing of a palm tree with radiating fronds set among sketched jungle undergrowth, labelled Palmitto.

Im Urwald-Palmenstudie

Ferdinand Keller, 1858

Pen and grey wash drawing of peasant musicians and a couple dancing, numbered XIX, signed Gillot.

Peasant Musicians and Dancers

Claude Gillot, early 18th century

Pencil drawing of a cluster of broad ribbed leaves on branching stalks, by Ferdinand Keller, 1858.

Blätterstudie (Nahsicht/Pflanzenstengel)

Ferdinand Keller, 1858