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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pen and wash drawing: Italian handwritten architectural description above, ornate divan with two draped figures below.

Description of a Plan with Three Figures and Divan Below

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 18th century

Design drawing of a gilded ceiling with a painted cloudy sky, swallows, floral garlands and ornate scrolled frame.

Design for a ceiling with trompe l'oeil sky

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor of a calm river curving past dense trees and flat-topped cliffs under a blue sky.

Along the Jordan River (recto)

August Löffler, 1849/1850

Pencil botanical sketch of lancewood and ngaio plants on tan paper with handwritten colour notes.

Bush Studies: Lancewood and Ngaio

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Watercolor design of a ceiling section with brown lattice bands, arched panels, and green tree branches in circular compartme

Design for one section of a ceiling painted with trees and lattices

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor of a village street with timber-framed houses, chimneys, an archway and a seated woman by a washing line.

Saint John's Hospital, Canterbury

Peter De Wint, 1845

Drawing of a stormy sea shore with a fortified ship flying a flag, sailboats, and figures on rocks at right.

Sea shore

Graphite portrait of a man in a top hat and double-breasted coat, with handwritten inscription below.

Pierre Athanase Chauvin

Rudolph Friedrich Carl Suhrlandt

Watercolor design for a ceiling with blue scrolling ornament, pink flower bouquets and a central figure in a pale blue border

Design for a ceiling

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Red chalk drawing of the Holy Family with infant Christ, Saint Joseph, young John the Baptist and a lamb in an architectural

The Holy Family

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, c. 1690

Pencil double portrait of two young men with curly hair in high-collared coats, with handwritten name inscriptions below.

Franz Riepenhausen und Johannes Riepenhausen

Rudolph Friedrich Carl Suhrlandt

Half-length portrait drawing of a gray-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat against a shaded brown background.

Johann Smidt

Rudolph Friedrich Carl Suhrlandt

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in cavalier costume with a sword, seated on a stool beside a ledge with a glass.

Two studies of a cavalier: 1. Standing with hand on hip. 2. Seated on stool

Petrus van der Velden, 1867

Charcoal portrait of a man with curly hair, high collar and cravat, signed Johannes Thomas and dated 1793.

Johannes Thomas

Rudolph Friedrich Carl Suhrlandt

Pencil sketch of a mountain range above a valley and lake shore, with grazing animals and handwritten colour notes.

Untitled (Mt Cook and Lake Pukaki.)

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Charcoal portrait of a man with tousled hair and mustache in a high-collared jacket, with handwritten name inscription below.

Paul Emil Jacobs

Rudolph Friedrich Carl Suhrlandt

Pastel-toned design drawing of a gilded ceiling panel with two putti, scrolling foliage, and arts symbols.

Design for a ceiling with two putti and symbols for the arts

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Charcoal portrait of a man with curly hair, bow tie and frock coat, with handwritten inscription below.

Joseph Paelinck

Rudolph Friedrich Carl Suhrlandt

Watercolor design of a putto in an arched niche framed by gilded scrollwork, acanthus leaves, and pink rose garlands.

Design for a ceiling with a putto set in a border

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolour interior scene of a seated mistress in a dark dress facing three standing maids in white aprons and caps.

Mistress and three servants

Pen sketch of a woman in a headscarf striding across a landscape with trees, arm outstretched as if sowing seed.

Frau als Säerin

Arnold Böcklin, 1874

Watercolor drawing of a red-and-white striped tulip on a green stem with a striped leaf and bud, on cream paper.

Tulpe

Johann Bartholomäus Braun

Pencil sketch of a leafy plant with broad overlapping leaves and a flower bud on a sketchbook page.

Plant study in an Otira sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Colored design drawing of three chinoiserie wall panels with pagoda, figures with parasols, and fretwork borders.

Design for wall panels decorated with Chinoiserie scenes

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor botanical drawing of a white iris with yellow markings and a tall green stem on cream paper.

Englische Schwertlilie (iris latifolia), weiß (Liliaceen)

Johann Bartholomäus Braun

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a central rosette, Greek key border, and small blue and pink floral accents.

Design for a ceiling with floral accents and Greek key border

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Trompe l'oeil pinned arrangement of letters, cards, a newspaper and a book title page on a dark ground with red cords.

A Deception

Samuel Lewis, c. 1780

Botanical watercolor of a violet iris flower with yellow and pale blue markings on a slender green stem.

Gras-Schwertlilie (iris graminea) (?), violett/versicolor

Johann Bartholomäus Braun

Watercolor elevation drawing of two paneled wall designs with doors, moldings, and small patterned motifs in red, gray, and y

Two designs for wall panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pencil sketch of a coastal town with windmills and buildings below rolling hills, with water in the foreground.

Greymouth

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a white tulip on a green stem with a curving leaf, on a pale yellow background.

Tulpe, weiß

Johann Bartholomäus Braun

Watercolor botanical study of a pale yellow and purple iris with buds and a long green leaf on a cream background.

Gelbliche Schwertlilie (iris lutescens), weiß/versicolor (Liliaceen)

Johann Bartholomäus Braun