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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

A Wounded Soldier and His Comrade

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1916

Charcoal sketch of a seated tabby cat facing forward, with loose hatched shading on its body and a signature below.

Seated Pussycat

George Hendrik Breitner, 1882

Pencil sketch of a seated woman with bowed head and hand to face, plus a study of a second head above.

Schetsen van een zittende vrouw en het hoofd van een vrouw

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Charcoal sketch of tall bare trees above dark undergrowth, with loose strokes and a faint shape at right.

Hoge bomen

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Pencil drawing of a young woman with a letter and shawl, standing before a faint landscape with hills and trees.

Young woma with letter

Charcoal sketch of cows grazing on a meadow with trees and small boats on water in the distance.

Weide met koeien

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Charcoal sketch on grey paper of houses along a waterfront with small figures, masts and a moored boat.

Huizen aan het water

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a tall bare tree beside a faint building outline and shaded ground.

Landschap met hoge boom

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Charcoal sketch of women in headscarves seated in a tram car, one figure at right holding an accordion.

Riders on the Metro

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, c. 1890

Pencil sketch of a narrow street with shaded buildings on one side and a small figure, signed by George Hendrik Breitner.

Straatje

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Pencil sketch of a man bending over a seated child in a chair, with a small head study above.

Man buigt zich over een kind, dat in een stoel zit

George Hendrik Breitner, 1867

Pen and blue crayon drawing of five street sweepers in long coats carrying brooms, walking past a wall with chimneys.

Sweepers

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1888

Watercolour landscape of a brook, leafy tree and grazing sheep on green hills under a pale cloudy sky.

Landscape with brook

Pencil sketch on tracing paper of a seated young woman in a bonnet, with faint hills and trees in the background.

Sittin young woman

Ink drawing of a man in a bowler hat on a rainy night street with lamps and blurred pedestrians behind him.

In Love (Amoureux)

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1888

Watercolor of a seated woman in a dark bodice and pink skirt in an ornate stone interior, with flowers and a standing man beh

The Blind Milton

Thomas Uwins, c. 1817?

Pencil sketch of a dog and feet over a landscape, with small goats resting in the upper right background.

Hund, Ziegen, Füße und Landschaft

Pen and ink drawing of two studies of a standing saintly figure with a halo beside columns, on cream paper.

Two studies of St Lawrence

Alessandro Maganza

Head study of a young girl with long blonde hair, eyes lowered, wearing a white blouse against a green background.

Kleines Mädchen mit langem Haar

Grayscale drawing of a violent street crowd in front of a columned opera house with smoke and broken windows.

Astor Place Riot, May 10, 1849

Charles M. Jenckes, 1896

Watercolour drawing of a yellow-billed stork with red face and black wings, with handwritten measurements and a scale bar.

Mycteria ibis (Yellow-billed stork)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Hand-coloured drawing of a hamerkop bird with a crested head standing on sandy ground beside grass tufts.

Scopus umbreitta (Hamerkop)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Hand-coloured drawing of a dark bald ibis with a red head and long curved pink bill standing on rocky ground.

Geronticus calvus (Southern bald ibis)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Watercolor of a white stork with a yellow bill standing on rocky ground beside a small plant, with a scale ruler at right.

Mycteria ibis (Yellow-billed stork or Wood stork)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Hand-coloured drawing of a long-legged bird with blue-green head and black and white plumage beside a scale bar.

Grus rubicunda (Brolga or Australian crane)

George Raper, 1770

Sepia wash drawing of an elderly bearded man on a bed surrounded by sons and a standing man with a staff.

Jacob Allowing Benjamin to Go to Egypt with His Brothers

James Thornhill, 1722

Hand-colored drawing of two grey crowned cranes with golden crests standing on sandy ground beside tufts of grass.

Balearica regulorum (Grey crowned crane)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor drawing of a grey crane with a red-brown head standing on grass, beside a vertical scale bar in feet.

Antigone rubicunda (Brolga, or Australian Crane)

George Raper, 1770

Hand-coloured drawing of a blue heron with long pink legs standing on marsh ground beside grass, with a scale ruler at right.

Ardea cinerea (Grey heron)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Grey wash drawing of a disordered elegant interior with a seated man, a woman at a tea table, and a startled standing man.

In de aanvang van 't slechte huyshouwen der Jonge luyden (...)

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, 1748

Grey-wash drawing of an elegant room with men in wigs at a table, a seated woman in a gown, and a small dog.

Daar de zoon van een kaal doch adelijk heer gekoppelt word (...)

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, 1748

Watercolour of Titahi Bay with native trees, a tree fern, grazing cattle, a winding river and rolling hills under cloudy skie

Titahi Bay

William Baker, 1902