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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Watercolour of a tall rounded rock outcrop above a rocky shoreline, with boulders in the foreground and a small structure at

Paritutu

James Crowe Richmond

Friedrich Wilhelm Schwechten

Sheet with eight pencil and watercolor designs for a decorative ceiling, including coffered panels, floral motifs and scrollw

Eight designs for a ceiling

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

Pencil drawing of a ruined stone tomb with trees growing on top, cypresses and a small ruin at right, under a cloudy sky.

The Tomb of the Horatii and the Curatii at Albano

Louis Chaix, c. 1775

Pen and brown wash drawing of a sacrificial scene with a kneeling figure, a robed priest with raised blade, and armored soldi

The Sacrifice of Iphigenia (recto) / Study of a Male Nude (verso)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1726

Pencil sketch of a harbour with a steamship and sailing boats, mountains and a hillside village behind, grey tones.

Alhambra at anchor (Port Chalmers)

Nicholas Chevalier, 1865

Pencil sketch of a snow-capped mountain above a river valley with trees and a small cottage, annotated Goats Pass.

Goats Pass. East branch of the Bealey

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Watercolor design of an ornate interior wall with putti, flower garlands, fluted pilasters and a central doorway.

Design for wall panels with putti and flower garlands

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

Watercolor design for a decorative ceiling with putti, floral garlands, teal medallions and a pale blue sky center.

Design for a ceiling with trompe l'oeil balustrade and putti

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

Watercolor and pen drawing of an arching clump of fountain grass in a meadow with shrubs and a bare tree behind.

A Corner of a Meadow with Fountaingrass

Themistocles von Eckenbrecher, c. 1870

Sepia drawing of rocky cliffs, breaking surf, wooden wreckage and seabirds under a stormy sky.

The swimmer

William Hodgkins

Technical drawing sheet with numbered figures showing roof joints, brick masonry bonds, roof tile details, and a pediment.

Dachstuhlverbindungen & Mauerwerksverbände & Dachziegelverbindungen

Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Design for an arched ceiling with a painted cloudy sky, flying birds, gilded frame, flower garlands and a central medallion.

Deign for a ceiling a a trompe l'oeil sky

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

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a painted sky oval, floral medallions, gilded garlands and pastel borders.

Design for a ceiling of trompe l'oeil sky

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

Design drawing of a gilded ceiling with an oval center of sketched putti holding ribbons and painted floral panels.

Design for a ceiling with ribbon bearing putti

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

Pencil sketch of a Rhine riverside town with church towers, boats, and a ruined castle on a steep hill.

Ansicht von Kaub am Rhein mit Ruine Gutenfels

Watercolor design for a domed ceiling with a rosette center, painted balustrade, floral garlands and blue sky panels.

Design for a ceiling with trompe l'oeil balustrade

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

Watercolor drawing of an old street in Norwich with gabled houses, a market stall with baskets, and figures in the foreground

Norwich

William Scott, 1824

Nine dead songbirds lie on a grassy hillside beneath a tree under a cloudy twilight sky, painted in watercolour.

Jagdstrecke von neun Vögeln in einer Landschaft

Barbara Regina Dietzsch

Watercolor design for a ornate ceiling with arches, central oculus, and two putti holding a flower garland.

Design for a ceiling with garland bearing putti

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

Pencil sketch of a lake framed by forested hills and shrubs, with mountains rising in the distance.

Lake Rotoroa

James Crowe Richmond, 1864

Monochrome oval portrait drawing of an older man with long wavy hair, arms folded, with handwritten inscription below.

Jacob Grimm

Four framed lavender wash designs of putti representing music, painting, sculpture and architecture on one sheet.

Designs featuring the allegories of the arts

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

Sepia design panel of winged putti among clouds inside a gilded rococo frame with scrolled cartouches.

Design with putti

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

Watercolor drawing of sheep and lambs resting under an oak tree beside a shadowed rock and a fallen log.

Gruppe von Schafen vor überschattetem Felsen

Johann Christian Reinhart

Brown wash drawing of winged cupids, one drawing a bow at a target while others kneel and sit around him.

Design of putti at play

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

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged putti playing on a seesaw beside a classical urn with doves, set in a scrolled frame.

Putti at play

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

Watercolor landscape of a wooded mountain path with a thatched hut, a walking man with a pole, and a valley view.

Waldige Berglandschaft mit Ausblick in ein Tal

Karl Franz Kraul

Pencil drawing of three girls in bonnets and long skirts standing close together, mostly seen from behind, on grey paper.

Group of three girls

Pen and grey wash drawing of three seated diners under a large tree, a servant with a dish, and a distant landscape.

Abraham bewirtet die drei Engel unter einem Baum vor seinem Haus

Matthäus Merian, 1625

Pencil drawing of two uniformed men shaking hands in a draped room, flanked by officers on both sides.

Friedrich Wilhelm III, Kaiser Alexander I und Napoleon mit Gefolge

Heinrich Anton Dähling

Botanical drawing of Abrotanella inconspicua with a white flowering cushion, tufted foliage and a dissected flower.

Abrotanella inconspicua Hook.f

John Buchanan, 1865