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Drawings & Sketches

79,685 works

Watercolor botanical drawing of a red-stemmed branch with pink pendant Amherstia nobilis flowers and yellow crests, labeled i

Amherstia nobilis

George De Alwis, 1893

Pen and ink drawing of a standing woman in a striped gown and cloak, with men in caps behind her.

Katharina, illustration for Act I, Scene i, Taming of the Shrew

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1892

Watercolor botanical drawing of a large striped Calathea leaf with dark and light green chevron bands on cream paper.

Marantha (Calathea) Veitchiana

George De Alwis, 1893

Pen and ink drawing of a plumed armored rider on horseback with a bearded man pointing beside him, sword and shields on the g

Cassius: "O look Titinius" Act V, scene iii, Julius Caesar

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1904

Brown wash drawing of a landscape with a waterfall, a classical tomb, two seated figures and distant hilltop buildings.

[Pejzaż włoski]

Lachesnaye, 1797

Pencil landscape sketch of a rounded mountain above wooded hills and a river, with handwritten notes, dated 1859.

Landscapes

Daniel Huntington, 1859

Pencil study of a standing nude woman with arms raised, holding flowing drapery or a scroll, with loose sketched background l

Study of a nude female figure holding a scroll

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink sketches on cream paper of a lute-playing minstrel in a field, with a distant figure and loose studies above.

Three studies for Wandering Minstrel (oil painting)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil and chalk drawing of a manor house with flanking outbuildings, tall trees and a garden fence on tan paper.

[Widok dworu w Zbytyniu]

A Frankowski, 1873

Study for "Apotheosis of Pennsylvania," mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (c…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1909

Sepia drawing of old Kraków townhouses on a cobbled street, with a baroque gateway, pedestrians and a partly ruined wall.

Bursa Długosza w Krakowie przy ulicy Grodzkiej obok kościoła S. piotra przed iey zburzeniem w roku 1841

Konstanty Kopff, 1842

Pencil sketch of tall conifer trees and scattered boulders on a sketchbook page, numbered 1503.

[Szkic pejzażu z drzewami iglastymi i głazami]

Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, 1866

Sepia drawing of travelers and luggage in a crowded customs shed, with officers' booth and bright doorway behind.

Customs Shed

James Wells Champney, 1875-1876

Pencil sketch of a rustic courtyard with a tiled-roof house, leafy tree, large clay pot and potted plant.

[Włoskie podwórko]

Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, 1870

Pencil sketch of an unfinished landscape with trees, shrubs, a fence and a path on pale paper.

[Pejzaż z drzewami - niedokończony szkic]

Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, 1840

George Raleigh Dearborn

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1806

Watercolor elevation drawing of a long single-storey outbuilding with a pitched roof, dormers and a scale bar.

[Projekt budynku gospodarczego]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1801

John Carlyle Herbert

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1807

Grey wash portrait of a bishop in skullcap and clerical dress with a cross on a chain, inside an oval frame.

Ioannes Choiński Princeps Episcopus Cracoviensis

Michał Stachowicz, 1820

Pen and blue ink sketch of three figures, two seated and one standing with an outstretched arm, on pale paper.

Studies of seated figures. Landscape on reverse

Edwin Austin Abbey

Two pen drawings of a long military greatcoat, front and back views, with buttons, collar tabs and cuffs on aged paper.

[Rysunki płaszcza żołnierskiego]

Karol Wawrosz, 1880

Watercolor study of a woman in a pink gown beside a man in a brown coat in a dim interior, with pencil hat sketches at right.

Study of an interior: couple preparing to leave for the evening

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of a man in a loose robe leaning over an open book on a table beneath a hanging lamp.

[Szkic mężczyzny w szlafroku, pochylonego nad książką leżącą na stole]

Józef Narcyz Kajetan Seydlitz, 1826

Drawing of a Gothic-framed royal audience with a kneeling figure before a seated ruler and courtiers, with Latin inscriptions

Academia Cracoviensis multis calamitatibus afflicta seque a Rege Sigismundo III de relictam ratadesperatis rebus suis…

Michał Stachowicz, 1820

Architectural floor plan of a centrally planned chapel with pink walls, yellow niches and an octagonal dome, with a scale bar

[Projekt, rzut kaplicy na planie centralnym]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1810

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a nude female figure seen from behind, modeled on a classical statue, holding drapery over her

Afrodite Kallipygos

Johan Christian Dahl, 1813

Architectural drawing with a cross-section of a two-story building above and a south elevation with arcades and relief panels

[Projekt przebudowy ratusza - przekrój podłużny oraz elewacja południowa]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1820

Two Heads

John Singer Sargent, 1875-1880

Graphite and chalk drawing of a classical nude male statue with a draped cloak and serpent-wrapped tree trunk.

Apollo Belvedere

Johan Christian Dahl, 1813

Design drawing of four black and white hourglass-shaped ornaments with teardrop and figure-eight motifs on cream paper.

Ontwerp voor vier ornamenten

Reinier Willem Petrus de Vries, 1884

Pen drawing of a snowy town at dusk with towers, rooftops, a bare tree and a star, framed by ornamental vine borders.

Gezicht op een besneeuwd dorp bij avond

Willem Wenckebach, 1898

Pencil and grey wash drawing of two feluccas, one at sea and one beached on sand beside rowboats, under a pale sky.

Feluccas, Castellammare

Johan Christian Dahl, 1820