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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil study of several carp heads and bodies overlapping, with handwritten colour and anatomy notes on cream paper.

Studies van de koppen van karpers

Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof, 1876

Watercolor botanical drawing of Acanthephippium bicolor with broad green leaves and yellow and maroon orchid flowers.

Acanthephippium bicolor

George De Alwis, 1893

Botanical drawing of a cashew branch with green leaves, pink flowers, and red and green cashew fruits with hanging nuts.

Anacardium occidentale (Cajou)

George De Alwis, 1893

Watercolour of a speckled Namaqua sandgrouse standing beside its dark egg on grass, with handwritten labels.

Pteroclurus namaqua (Namaqua sandgrouse)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Hand-colored botanical drawing of a purple banana flower with yellow fruit and dissected flower parts on a cream page.

Musa paradisiaca (Banane)

George De Alwis, 1893

Pteroclurus bicinctus (Double-banded sandgrouse)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Pterocles namaqua (Namaqua sandgrouse)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Watercolor drawing of a speckled brown buttonquail standing on grassy ground beside rocks and grass tufts.

Turnix hottentotta (Hottentot buttonquail)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Hand-colored drawing of a grey-brown francolin standing on a green rock with pink legs and grass tufts, with handwritten labe

Francolinus capensis (Cape spurfowl or Cape francolin)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Numida meleagris (Helmeted guineafowl)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Watercolor botanical drawing of white Tabernaemontana dichotoma flowers, dark green leaves and an orange fruit on a page.

Tabernaemontana dichotoma

George De Alwis, 1893

Struthio camelus (Struisvogel)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor drawing of a ten-day-old ostrich chick on sandy ground with small plants and a scale ruler above.

Struthio camelus (Common ostrich)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor drawing of a black southern korhaan bird standing on grass, with handwritten measurements and a scale ruler.

Afrotis afra (Southern black korhaan)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Drawing of an emu standing on a grassy mound beside a measuring scale in feet, labelled New South Wales.

Dromaius novaehollandiae (Emu)

George Raper, 1770

Watercolour drawing of a wattled crane standing on rocky ground with grey neck, blue body and red bill.

Grus carunculatus/ Bugeranus carunculatus (Wattled crane

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor page showing a dense arrangement of colorful orchid blooms in white, yellow, pink and purple on green.

[Orchidee]

George De Alwis, 1893

Watercolor drawing of a black-headed white ibis with a curved beak standing in shallow water beside green grass.

Threskiornis aethiopicus (African sacred ibis)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1778

Botanical watercolour of a branch with clusters of red speckled oval fruits and green serrated leaves, labelled Pometia eximi

Pometia eximia

George De Alwis, 1893

Brown ink and wash drawing of a landscape with cypress and pine trees, a stone arch, two figures, and a distant town.

View in Rome near the Colosseum

Michiel van Overbeek, mid-17th-early 18th century

Ink drawing of two saddles and two saddle blankets with star motifs, monograms and a crown emblem on a beige page.

[Rysunki dwóch siodeł oraz dwóch czapraków]

Karol Wawrosz, 1880

Architectural elevation and floor plan of a domed cruciform capitol with columns, a rotunda, House and Senate chambers, and a

First Premium Design for the Capitol of Ohio at Columbus by Walter of Cincinnati

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1839

Pen and wash architectural drawing of a manor elevation with a colonnaded portico above a colored floor plan.

[Projekt oraz rzut dworu z portykiem kolumnowym wgłębionym]

Sebastian Sierakowski, 1800

Architectural elevation and floor plan of a domed, colonnaded capitol building with colored legislative chambers, drawn in in

The Second Premium Design for the Capitol of Ohio, Columbus

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1839

Watercolor architectural drawing of a domed capitol building elevation above its floor plan with a central rotunda.

Plan by T. Cole, Esq. for the Capitol of Ohio

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1839

Pen and wash drawing of ornate chests with heraldic shields, crowns, and a painted interior scene, by Michał Stachowicz.

Cecylia Renata Władysława IIII Żona

Michał Stachowicz, 1814

Architectural drawing of a domed capitol building elevation above its floor plan, with a scale bar and caption for Ohio.

For the Capitol of Ohio, by A.J.D. arch

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1839

Architectural drawing with a building section and front elevation of a two-story observatory with a central tower and balustr

[Obserwatorium Astronomiczne Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego - przekrój poprzeczny na osi budynku i elewacja północna]

Henryk Wilhelm Rossmann, 1812

Carolus Wyrwicz S. I. membrum. insignis literarum Cultor

Michał Stachowicz, 1820

Watercolor of ruined brick castle on a hill with figures on a path, trees and a winding river in the foreground.

Szczątki zamku Jazłowca w Galicii

Edward Walenty Kainko, 1844

Pencil sketch of a standing man seen from behind, wearing a skullcap and long robe, on pale paper.

[Studium Żyda w jarmułce i chałacie widocznego od tyłu]

Stanisław Dębicki, 1886

Pencil sketch of two standing figures in coats and caps on tan paper, one seen from behind, signed in the lower right.

[Studium dwóch postaci]

Stanisław Dębicki, 1886