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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Grey wash drawing of a crowd of townspeople watching a puppet show booth, with a dog and children in the foreground.

Crowd Scene

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and wash elevation drawing of four Doric columns with entablatures, one frieze showing a relief of a horseman.

[Kolumny doryckie - szkic czterech kolumn z belkowaniem]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1801

Pastel study of a standing woman in a flowing red gown against a window, drawn on brown paper.

Study of a woman in Renaissance costume - (unidentified illustration for a Shakespeare play?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Grey wash portrait of a bearded man with a white collar in an oval frame, with a handwritten inscription below.

Carthesius Filosophus Ruit hora etc. 1645

Michał Stachowicz, 1820

Grey wash drawing in an oval frame of a man in a soft cap and cravat, captioned Bernard de Fontenelle.

Bernard de Fontenelle

Michał Stachowicz, 1820

Pencil sketch of an interior with a standing man reading aloud and two seated women, one holding a fan.

Sketch of an interior: man reading aloud, women knitting - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink drawing of a building foundation plan with grey wall outlines, room divisions, a scale bar and handwritten notes.

Grunt rys fundamentów

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1823

Pencil sketch of a gothic-arched building half hidden by trees, shrubs and a log fence, dated 1856.

Oranżeria w Romanowie

Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, 1856

Architectural drawing of a sarcophagus front with relief panels of figures, a battle scene, and crossed weapons, in grey wash

[Projekt sarkofagu Tadeusza Kościuszki, dłuższego boku]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1820

Pencil sketch of a robin perched on a branch with handwritten Herrick poem lines below on tan paper.

"To Robin Red Breast," sketch for an unrealized illustration for Selections from the Poetry of Robert Herrick (book p…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1882

Pen drawing of a tall ornamental panel with an eagle and sphere in the top pediment and a wreath at the base.

[Projekt ozdobnego panneau z symbolami czasu w górnej partii]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1775

Pencil sketch of a Gothic castle elevation with towers and wall, a floor plan below, and a tower on wooden supports above.

[Projekt zamku w stylu gotyckim - elewacja, rzut oraz szkic wieży na drewnianych podporach]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1800

Watercolor study of a cloaked figure on a windy dune beside a leaning tree and a pale robed figure.

Study for "The Scarlet Letter"(?) (oil painting)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Snowy New York street with brick tenements, fire escapes, pedestrians, and a clothing stall, drawn in chalk and wash.

Cross Streets of New York

Everett Shinn, 1899

Pencil plan of a symmetrical formal garden with curved flower beds and scroll motifs, with handwritten title and notes.

Jardin du Roi a Versailles 1825 r

Alojzy Rafał Estreicher, 1825

Pencil sketch of two glassblowers with long blowpipes beside a box, with an arched building and a third figure in the backgro

Study of glassblowers (recto); Studies of calligraphic designs (verso)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Hand-coloured drawing of the Schloss Brostau castle with red roofs, towers and smoke from chimneys, on a hill.

Daß Schloß Brostau

CFS, 1675

Graphite portrait sketch of a bearded man with curly hair, inscribed Portrait of Myself, by Henry Mosler, 1874.

Portrait of Myself

Henry Mosler, 1874

Pen and ink sketch of a woman in a long gown in a hall beside a Gothic balustrade, with faint figures behind her.

Juliet in hall, from Romeo and Juliet

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil portrait sketch of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat with a bow and ruffled collar, inscribed "Dear Edith".

Dear Edith

Henry Mosler, 1893

Drawing of a grey stone epitaph with coat of arms, flaming urns and a Latin inscription tablet, Kraków, 1850.

[Epitafium Pawła Tryzny w krużgankach oo. Dominikanów w Krakowie]

Jan Kanty Wojnarowski, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of cherubs among clouds with handwritten staff lines and a dedication to Edith.

A Poem without Words

Henry Mosler, 1886

Watercolor of ruined buildings with broken walls and chimneys, looking over a wooded valley toward a distant city.

The Devastation of Suresnes

Pierre Georges Jeanniot, 1871

Watercolor of a church with red roof and tower on a square, with figures in period dress in the foreground.

[Kościół Wszystkich Świętych na placu tej samej nazwy, zburzony w 1834 roku]

Bogumił Gąsiorowski, 1850

Ink and wash elevation drawing of an ornamental iron fence and gate with stone pillars topped by birds and urns, plus pillar

[Projekt i rzut ogrodzenia wraz z bramą dla P. Grabińskiego z Trzebuszki pod Sokołowem]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1771

Pencil sketch of a man with shoulder-length hair and a steady gaze, signed in the lower left, on cream paper.

Study for Rittenhouse: sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (comple…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor drawing of a baroque wall epitaph with a bust of a bearded man, a cross, an inscription cartouche and a coat of ar

[Epitafium Sebastiana Petrycego]

Jan Kanty Wojnarowski, 1844

Watercolor costume sketch of a standing man in a loose blue robe with striped trim, hand on hip, by Edwin Austin Abbey.

John of Gaunt, costume sketch for Henry Irving's Planned Production of King Richard II

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolour drawing of a baroque epitaph with an oval portrait of a bearded man above a Polish inscription tablet.

[Epitafium Franciszka Balcerowicza, podstolego bracławskiego, w krużgankach oo. Dominikanów w Krakowie]

Jan Kanty Wojnarowski, 1834

Charcoal study of a hooded, robed figure leaning on a staff, drawn on grey paper with white highlights and grid lines.

Figure study for the Knighting of Sir Galahad, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of fifteen paintings for th…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1892

Half-length portrait of a man with reddish hair in a dark coat with fur collar against a brown background.

Henry Clay

Washington Blanchard, 1842

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly man in a dark robe holding a book beside a carved wooden chair and baluster.

"His looks adorned...," illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village (London and New York: 1902), p. 47

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1890