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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

A Neopolitan Beggar

Marietta Minnigerode Andrews, c. 1892

Watercolor sketch of a bouquet of red poppies, pink mallows and yellow daisies with a small American flag in the corner.

Terme di Caracalla, Roma

Marietta Minnigerode Andrews, 1892

Night seascape drawing with moonlit clouds, a sailboat and a masted boat on calm water, and a rocky shore at right.

Seacoast by Moonlight [recto]

attributed to Edward Moran, c. 1865-1875

Pencil sketch of a river harbor with a wooden crane, masted sailing vessels, and wooded hills behind the water.

Norwich, Connecticut

Peter Moran, 1882

Pencil sketch of a river bend with wooded banks, a sailboat, beached rowboats beside a wooden pier, and a distant bridge.

York River

Peter Moran, 1882

Pencil sketch of a village waterfront with houses, a chimney with smoke, trees, and marsh grasses in the foreground.

Newburyport

Peter Moran, 1882

Pencil sketch of St. Paul's Cathedral dome across the Thames at low tide, with barges and pilings in the foreground.

St. Paul's from Under Waterloo Bridge, Low Tide

Thomas Moran, 1862

Pencil sketch of a stone bridge, tiled-roof house, trees and a rowboat on a river, by Samuel F. B. Morse.

The Pescatory

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1834

Pencil sketch sheet with multiple vignettes of figures, standing men, a woman in a long skirt, and seated women, with handwri

Studies of Figural Groups

William Sidney Mount, 1866

Pencil sketch of a farmhouse among trees beside an open field with small figures, fence posts, and distant tree lines.

Long Island, New York

William Sidney Mount, c. 1850s

Pencil sketch of a valley with a river, sailboats, distant mountains, trees and farm buildings, with handwritten color notes.

Valley with River and Mountains

William Sidney Mount, 1843

Charcoal self-portrait of a man with dark hair and mustache, gazing directly at the viewer against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

Jerome Myers, 1896

Pen and wash drawing of a tree-lined road past an inn, with cobblestones, bollards, a signpost and a distant windmill.

Gezicht op herberg De 200 Roeden aan de Haarlemmerweg

Gerrit Lamberts, 1816

Watercolor of cows grazing in a flat meadow beside tall trees, a wooden gate, and a muddy path with a puddle.

Gezicht op de Oeterwalerweg gezien naar Zeeburg

Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk, 1805

Watercolor of a stone milestone beside thatched cottages, a rowboat on a canal, and willow trees under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op de mijlpaal op de Halfweg

Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate, 1839

Pen drawing of a village street with houses, a bare tree and a wooden gate beside a waterway.

Gezicht op Ouderkerk aan de Amstel

Claes Janszoon Visscher II, 1608

Grey wash drawing of a village waterfront with a church steeple, sailing boats, and a rowing boat with three people in the fo

Gezicht op Schellingwoude vanaf het IJ

Pieter Idserts, 1742

Pale brown drawing of a canal sluice with a wooden bridge, a house with tiled roof, reeds, and a moored rowboat under cloudy

Gezicht op de schutsluis in de Weespertrekvaart

Hermanus Schouten, 1729

Pale wash drawing of a canal with a wooden bridge, a horse cart, a rowing boat, and a family by a toll gate.

Gezicht op het tolhek bij de schutsluis in de Weespertrekvaart

Hermanus Schouten, 1729

Watercolor of a silver chalice, gold ring, broken bowl and cork on a stone ledge.

Kelk en andere voorwerpen gevonden in het graf van Sint Bernold (Bernulfus)

Cornelis van Hardenbergh, 1775

Pen and wash drawing of a seated man smoking a pipe beside a standing woman holding a mug near a fire.

Rokende man

Adalbertus Engelsmet, 1802

Grey wash drawing of a covered gilt silver ciborium with a bird finial, lion feet, and a Gothic inscription beside it.

Verguld zilveren ciborium van 1376

Cornelis van Hardenbergh, 1775

Pencil sketch of workers harvesting with scythes in an open field, with a large tree and distant treeline behind them.

Harvesting, New England

Aaron Draper Shattuck, c. 1866

Full-length watercolor portrait of a bishop in crimson cape and white surplice beside a mitre, with a Latin inscription below

[Portret biskupa krakowskiego Jana Małachowskiego]

Jan Kanty Wojnarowski, 1849

Pencil drawing of a lake shore with pine trees, a rowboat with one figure, and distant mountains under a streaked sky.

Cherry Lake, White Mountains

Aaron Draper Shattuck, 1859

Watercolor of sea cliffs with breaking waves and a small castle on a cliff edge under a hazy sky.

Baldart Castle, Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland

William Trost Richards, 1892

Watercolor of jagged dark rocks with white surf breaking around them under a grey cloudy sky over the sea.

Seascape with Rocks

William Trost Richards, c. 1890s

Seascape drawing of grey-green waves breaking over dark rocks at lower left, with gulls flying under an overcast sky.

Rocks and Breaking Waves

William Trost Richards, c. 1870s

Graphite and white chalk drawing of dense leafy branches on tan paper, signed W.T. Richards at lower left.

Foliage

William Trost Richards, late 19th century

Architectural drawing of a classicist single-nave church with floor plan and two facade elevations, colored in green, pink an

[Projekt oraz rzut jednonawowego kościoła w stylu klasycystycznym]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1800

Misty charcoal drawing of San Giorgio Maggiore's bell tower and dome across Venetian water at dusk, with small figures.

Evening, San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

Eugène Vail, c. 1900-1920

Pencil design drawing of a rococo altar elevation with angels and a floor plan below, by Sebastian Sierakowski, 1769.

[Projekt ołtarza głównego oraz bocznego stojących w prezbiterium wraz z rzutami]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1769