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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Two pencil sketches of a female figure built from circles, triangles and squares on a yellowed sketchbook page.

Cubized Female Figure

Ragnhild Keyser, 1925

Grey wash drawing of a river landscape with wooden buildings, trees, rolling hills, and a distant village under cloudy skies.

Study for "View of Springfield on the Connecticut River"

Alvan Fisher, c. 1819

Drawing of a man standing in a log cabin while a frightened woman sits on the floor beside overturned household items.

A Conjugal Difference

Arthur Burdett Frost, 1884

Pencil study of a kneeling figure reaching toward a standing robed figure, on tan paper, by John La Farge.

Study for "Christ Appearing to Mary"

John La Farge, 1877-1878

Grey wash drawing of a deciduous forest with tall trees, two deer in a clearing at right, and birds in the sky.

Deciduous Forest

Cornelis Saftleven, 1645

Colored pencil drawing of a man in a gray coat seated sideways on a wooden chair, gazing right, dated 1854.

Man Seated in Hitchcock Chair

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1854

Watercolor of a waterfall cascading into a pool beneath green trees, with a man holding a long pole on rocks at left.

The Waterfall

John William Hill, 1860s-1870s

Pencil study of a young girl's head tilted upward with wavy hair, with a partial hand and small sketches below.

Study of a Girl

Philip Leslie Hale, 1887-1920

Pen and watercolor drawing of a nude woman seated on a rock beside reeds, signed Henri Cameré, 1868.

Beeld van een naakte vrouw, gezeten op een rots bij rietpluimen

Henri Cameré, 1868

Pen and blue ink design sketch of a tiered ornamental centerpiece with scrolling bases and two seated female figures.

Ontwerp voor een tafelstuk of jardinière

Henri Cameré, 1864

Pen and pencil studies of candelabra held up by female figures on pedestals, with scrolled arms and candle branches.

Ontwerpen voor kandelabers met figuren

Henri Cameré, 1864

Pencil and ink sketches of ornate candelabra designs, with draped female figures supporting multi-armed candle holders.

Ontwerpen voor een torchère in de vorm van een vrouwenfiguur met daarop een kandelaber, een kandelaber met een hermsc…

Henri Cameré, 1864

Pencil design sketch of an ornamental foliate band with scrolls and cord borders, with guide lines and handwritten inscriptio

Design for a Bracelet

Henri Cameré, 1864

Pencil sheet with sketched designs for candelabra parts, scrolling brackets, and ornamental vases in rococo style.

Ontwerp voor onderdelen van kandelabers en vazen

Henri Cameré, 1864

Pastel drawing of an ornate church portal with carved stonework, a dark doorway, small figures and a tree, on tan paper.

Toledo

Childe Hassam, 1910

Foggy London scene of Big Ben and Parliament with pedestrians and a carriage on a lamplit bridge, in grey and orange tones.

Big Ben

Childe Hassam, 1897 and 1907

Watercolor of a stone arched bridge over a river with green trees and a pink and gray sky, by Childe Hassam, 1904.

The Bridge at Grez [recto]

Childe Hassam, 1904

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long dress with arms outstretched, gazing upward, on a pale sheet.

Woman with Outstretched Arms

Thomas Hovenden, c. 1880s

Charcoal drawing of a seated man looking upward beside a bowed figure in a dim interior with a chair.

The Prayer

William Morris Hunt, c. 1860s

Fisherman

Eastman Johnson, 1860s

Pencil sketch of a group of figures in top hats and long coats, a woman, and a child under an umbrella.

Study for "The House that Jeff Built"

David Claypoole Johnston, 1863

Ink drawing of a uniformed soldier in a shako and cape with a handwritten French letter below, dated 1880.

Letter to Samuel P. Avery with a drawing of a military figure

Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier, 1880

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of a crowned kneeling woman beside a helmeted warrior with a raised arm.

Political Cartoon of the American Civil War

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1860s

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long coat and peaked cap, turned to the side, with a handwritten date at lower right.

Man in Cap and Coat

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, 1852

Female Torso

John La Farge, c. 1890-1891

Pencil and white-highlight sketch of soldiers in Zouave uniforms gathered among trees and tents at a camp.

Camp Ellsworth, Near Alexandria - Five Zouaves

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1860s

Profile of a Man

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, after 1865

Pencil sketch of two cavaliers in period dress standing side by side, with loose background figure studies.

Two Cavaliers [recto]

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1850s

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a headscarf holding a basket of fruit, with bare feet and leafy plants below.

Reclining Woman

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1850s

Seated woman in a laurel wreath and patterned red robe holding a staff, drawn in watercolor and pencil beside a column.

Female Deity

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, c. 1850s

Pen-and-ink cartoon of a helmeted military man standing on a map, with a robed Liberty figure and a domed capitol behind him.

Bismarck and Liberty

Thomas Nast, ca. 1885

Angular drawing of two heads in muted pink, gray and green washes within a blue painted border.

Two Heads

Alfred H. Maurer, c. 1929