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Drawings & Sketches

76,418 works

Pencil drawing of dancing women entertaining turbaned men in a vaulted hall with a balcony and banquet vessels.

Interior: Dancing Girls Entertaining Chieftains

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1870

Graphite portrait drawing of a man in three-quarter view wearing a cravat and frock coat, with the name Pietro Betti signed b

Pietro Betti. Pencil drawing by C. E. Liverati

Carlo Ernesto Liverati

Watercolor of St. James's Park lake with trees, figures, and the towers of Westminster Abbey in the distance under clouds.

St. James' Park with a View of Westminster Abbey

Watercolor of a village by an estuary with masted ships, cottages, and cattle resting on wet sand under a pale sky.

Village along a River Estuary in Devon

Thomas Girtin, 1797

Watercolor of Conway Castle ruins beside a river, with a stone bridge, mountain, cattle, and a tree in the foreground.

Conway Castle, North Wales

Thomas Girtin, 1800

Graphite sketch of a reclining nude woman resting her head on her arm, with a drapery study at right.

Reclining Nude

Chalk portrait drawing of a man in a powdered wig and tan coat with a white cravat, on tinted paper.

Portrait of Louis XVI of France

Joseph Ducreux, 1787

Watercolor of an animal tamer leading a camel with monkeys, bears, musicians and dogs in a sandy landscape.

An animal tamer with camel, monkeys, bears etc.

Johann Adam Klein, 1792-1875

Pencil and watercolour sketches of horses, riders and soldiers in uniform arranged across a cream sheet.

Various sketches with riders, horses, soldiers and other figures

Lorenz Frølich, 1835-1908

Pen and wash drawing of a fortress wall, ruins, cypress trees and rocky ground beneath a pale sky.

Cityscape with fortress (?), ruins, rocks and water

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1793

Ink and wash drawing of a rocky landscape with a natural arch, trees, and small figures on the path.

Landscape with a Natural Arch

Abraham Genoels, 1718

Black chalk drawing of a man's face with curled hair on grey paper, frontal view.

Anthony Henley

Godfrey Kneller, 1694

Pencil and watercolour sketch of worshippers by an ornate iron gate and striped arches in a mosque courtyard.

By Toppana Mosque

Martinus Rørbye, 1836

Pen and wash drawing of armored mounted warriors with banners charging into battle over fallen soldiers and horses.

Ancient Roman Warriors Riding into Battle

Antoine Caron, 1597

Pen and wash drawing of The Baptism of Christ with John the Baptist, an angel, kneeling figures and onlookers in a landscape.

The Baptism of Christ

Friedrich Sustris, 1580

Pen and wash drawing of a haloed Christ handing keys to a kneeling Saint Peter among apostles in a landscape.

Christ handing the Keys to Saint Peter

Friedrich Sustris, 1550

Pencil drawing of Weymouth bay at low tide, with beached rowing boats, figures on wet sand and a row of seafront buildings.

Weymouth Bay, The Off Season

Muirhead Bone, 1946

Five ink and graphite studies of soldiers in a battle scene with smoke, debris and figures lying on the ground.

L'Explosion

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Three panels of a wartime scene: two ink drawings and a pencil sketch of women tending wounded men under a wooden shelter.

Les Femmes receuillant les blesses

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Two ink drawings of a mustached officer with a medal, framed by dark leafy branches, one with the words Nancy, Champagne, Ver

Général de Castelneau

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Ink drawings of Brussels town hall with tall tower, smoke and crowd in foreground, shown in black ink and brown tinted versio

Hôtel de Ville de Bruxelles en feu

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Pencil and chalk sketch of cattle grazing on a grassy riverbank with a flat landscape beyond, on gray paper.

River Bank with Cattle

Constant Troyon, 1850

Two ink drawings of a helmeted soldier seated in a gnarled tree with crows, over a flat landscape with a fence.

L'Oservateur boche

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Pencil sketch of a reclining soldier in uniform leaning on a knapsack, with a walking stick on the ground beside him.

Relaxing Soldier

David Claypoole Johnston, 1860

Pencil sketch of a group of men in top hats, a woman, and a child standing together beneath an umbrella.

Study for "The House that Jeff Built"

David Claypoole Johnston, 1863

Watercolor landscape of wooded hills in a valley with a hazy distant mountain range under a warm yellow sky.

Landscape with a Distant Mountain Range

Pencil drawing of two excavated grave slabs: one with a carved rosette and inscription, one with a skeleton and dimensions.

Monuments found during excavations in the cathedral of Bourges

François Alexandre Hazé, 1843

Watercolor of a woman in a nightgown startled as a man in a red coat climbs through a window into a bedroom.

The Lover's Visit

Pierre Antoine Baudouin, c. 1765

Watercolor of a ruined brick building with grazing cows, sheep, and a herder with a dog in a pastoral landscape.

Pastoral Landscape with a Ruin

Jacob Cats, 1799

Watercolor of a barn interior with a young woman, an older woman peering at her, and a man climbing stairs behind.

The Surprised Lovers

Pierre Antoine Baudouin, c. 1765

Four ink studies of an elderly man in a military cap and uniform with a cross medal, varying in shading.

Van Hasler

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1914

Pen and watercolor sketch of a crowd with carts, luggage and a dog on a shoreline, with a ship mast at right.

Study for "The Bridge at Horten in Christiania Fjord"

Martinus Rørbye, 1832