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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Pen and watercolor design of an ornate Louis Quinze style pianoforte cabinet with carved scrollwork and blue mirror panels.

Design for Cabinet Pianoforte, Louis Quinze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Watercolor of a standing woman in embroidered jacket and white dress beside a patterned rug and cushioned bench.

A Moroccan Woman in Traditional Dress

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1866

Black and white chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of a bird hanging upside down by its feet from a cord.

Bestervende geit

Hendrik Willem Schweickhardt, 1756

Watercolor design of a small rococo-style piano with carved scrollwork, blue marbled panels, and cabriole legs on cream paper

Design for Piccolo Pianoforte, Louis Quatorze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Vertical sheet with thirty-two painted coats of arms in two columns, each labeled with a family name.

De 32 kwartieren van Louise de Coligny

Pierre d'Hozier, 1649

Ink and wash design drawing of an ornate Grecian-style square pianoforte with an elevation view beside it.

Design for Square Pianoforte, Grecian Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Colored design drawing of an ornate serpentine library table with carved rococo scrollwork and a green top.

Design for Library Table

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged angels in clouds, one playing a lute in the foreground.

Angels in Glory

Jan Müller, 1590

Hand-coloured plan of the star-shaped fortress Loevestyn, with bastions, interior buildings, a river, and a legend held by ch

Plattegrond van Slot Loevestein, ca. 1701-1715

Samuel Du Ry de Champdoré, 1701

Hand-coloured plan of a star-shaped fort with bastions and moat, beside a winding green river, labelled in Dutch script.

Plattegrond van het Fort bij Hinderdam, ca. 1701-1715

Samuel Du Ry de Champdoré, 1701

Hand-coloured plan of the star-shaped Wierickerschans fort with bastions, moat, barracks and river, dated 1701.

Plattegrond van het Fort Wierickerschans, ca. 1701-1715

Samuel Du Ry de Champdoré, 1701

Pen drawing of a sideboard front and side elevation with ornate column supports and carved moldings on pink paper.

Designs for Sideboard with Elliptic Plinth

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Hand-coloured plan of a star-shaped fort with bastions, labelled buildings, and a causeway gate, in green and pink wash.

Plattegrond van het Fort Uitermeer, ca. 1701-1715

Samuel Du Ry de Champdoré, 1701

Watercolor of a sunlit Italian street with ornate palazzo balconies, a tower, shopfronts and pedestrians under blue sky.

Corso Sant' Anastasia with the Palazzo Maffei in Verona

William Callow, 1855

Two side-by-side ink and watercolor plans of the fortified city of Nijmegen with star-shaped bastions and river Waal.

Twee plattegronden van Nijmegen, ca. 1701-1715

Landsberg, 1701

Pen and watercolor plan of Coevorden's star-shaped fortress with concentric bastions and a pink-shaded town center.

Plattegrond van Coevorden, ca. 1701-1715

Samuel Du Ry de Champdoré, 1701

Hand-coloured map of Nijmegen and surroundings showing star-shaped fortifications, the Waal river, boats, dikes and farmland.

Plattegrond van Nijmegen en omgeving, ca. 1701-1715

Samuel Du Ry de Champdoré, 1701

Hand-coloured 1702 plan of fortified Nijmegen with star-shaped bastions along the river Waal and surrounding fields.

Plattegrond van Nijmegen, 1702

Samuel Du Ry de Champdoré, 1702

Hand-coloured plan of the fortified town of Venlo and the star-shaped fort St. Michel beside the Maas river.

Plattegrond van Venlo, ca. 1701-1715

Samuel Du Ry de Champdoré, 1701

Colored design drawing of a Louis Quatorze style sideboard with carved scrollwork, a pale blue backboard and ornate panelled

Design for Sideboard, Louis Quatorze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Drawing of Adam and Eve led away by an angel past a serpent, set among intricate thorny foliage on red paper.

The Expulsion from Eden

Unknown artist, 1780s?

Hand-coloured 1705 plan of fortified Roermond with star-shaped bastions, river, and decorative cartouche in the corner.

Plattegrond van Roermond, 1705

Samuel Du Ry de Champdoré, 1705

Pen and wash plan of a star-shaped fortified town with bastions, surrounded by fields, roads and a numbered key.

Plattegrond van Geldern, ca. 1701-1715

Samuel Du Ry de Champdoré, 1701

Ink and watercolour plan of the fortified town of Tongeren, showing bastions, moat, surrounding fields and roads.

Plattegrond van Tongeren, ca. 1701-1715

Samuel Du Ry de Champdoré, 1701

Ink and wash plan of the fortified city of Maastricht and Wyck with bastions, gates, a river and a compass rose.

Plattegrond van Maastricht, ca. 1701-1715

Samuel Du Ry de Champdoré, 1701

Hand-coloured plan of Namur's town, citadel, forts and surrounding rivers and hills, with a legend in the lower left.

Plattegrond van Namen, ca. 1701-1715

Nicolas Suly, 1701

Hand-colored 1701 plan of a fortified city with star-shaped bastions, a river, street grid, letter key and scale bar.

Plattegrond van Luik, ca. 1701-1715

Samuel Du Ry de Champdoré, 1701

Colored design drawing of an ornate carved armchair with pink striped upholstery and a scale bar below.

Design for Easy Chair, François Premier Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Drawing of nude Adam and Eve embracing amid two sheep and two doves on a red patterned ground with gold scrollwork.

Adam and Eve in the Garden with Two Sheep and Two Doves

Unknown artist, 1780s?

Adam and Eve stand nude on a red patterned ground with a pair of sheep and two doves in the corners.

Adam and Eve in the Garden with a Pair of Sheep and a Pair of Doves

Unknown artist, 1780s?

Watercolor design drawing of a pink tufted Spanish chair with an ornate carved scrolling frame, with a scale bar below.

Design for Spanish Chair

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900

Colored design drawing of two Louis Quinze style drawing room chairs, one blue tufted and one pink striped, with a scale bar.

Design for Drawing Room Chairs, Louis Quinze Style

Robert William Hume, 1835-1900