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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil and watercolour botanical study of white flowers, fleshy leaves, and magnified stamens and pistil on cream paper.

Heliophyllum colensoi Hook.f. (now known as Phyllachne colensoi (Hook.f.) Berggr.)

John Buchanan, 1865

Manuscript page with handwritten verses and a pencil sketch of a tric-trac player and a tavern interior.

Herberginterieur met een trictracspeler

Gesina ter Borch, 1658

Watercolor of a peasant couple with baskets walking a road past pollarded willows, with cows grazing behind a woven fence.

Boerenpaar lopend op een landweg

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Watercolor of two men in 17th-century dress talking, with a greyhound at their feet and an inscription dated 1654 below.

Twee heren in gesprek

Gesina ter Borch, 1654

Manuscript page with handwritten Dutch verse and a watercolor vignette of two reclining figures under a tree by a river.

Heer liggend op de grond

Gesina ter Borch, 1659

Watercolour of children in 17th-century dress walking past poultry and a dog toward a woman at a brick house doorway.

Stel begroet een dame bij de deur van een landhuis

Gesina ter Borch, 1659

Watercolor of a mountain behind wooded hills, with a rocky river in the foreground under a pale sky.

Snowdon from Beddgelert

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1798

Embroidered sampler with a verse titled Procrastination, a floral border, trees, flower baskets and the name Mary R. Wallace.

Sampler

Max Unger, c. 1941

Painted study of a yellow quilted silk fabric with diamond quilting and raised floral and scroll embroidery.

Quilting on Silk (Detail)

Edward Jewett, c. 1940

Embroidered floral motif on linen with blue star flower, red carnation, pink buds and golden stems.

Bed Hanging (Detail)

Martha Elliot, c. 1939

Watercolor of two embroidered linen cuffs with blue and green floral designs and blue ribbon bands on a pale background.

Linen Cuffs

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, 1935/1942

Embroidery on linen with a central flowering vine, a blue bird, a parrot on a branch, and a brown horse below.

Embroidery

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, c. 1940

Two drawn views of an embroidered purse with floral and urn motifs in pink, blue, and gold thread, with tassels.

Embroidered Purse

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, c. 1941

Watercolor study of pale cream fabric with small multicolored floral motifs falling in soft, shadowed folds.

Dress Material

Douglas Campbell, c. 1938

Watercolor drawing of a square petit point handbag with blue and brown chevron stripes, twisted cord handle and tassels.

Petipoint Bag

Herbert Marsh, c. 1937

Watercolour of a harbour town below steep mountains, with sailing ships and a rowing boat on calm water.

Lyttelton, 1858

Drawing of a vertical dress trim with embroidered orange and red flowers between scalloped gray lace borders.

Dress Trimming

Herbert Marsh, c. 1939

Brown ink and wash ceiling design of classical gods, putti and clouds, with a domed rotunda at upper left.

Ceiling design: Apollo, Saturn, Ceres and other gods

Fedele Fischetti

Graphite sketch of a small child sleeping on a pillow in an armchair, with loose hatched lines and a dark armrest.

Kleines Mädchen auf einem Kissen im Lehnstuhl schlafend

Adolph Menzel, 1899

Watercolor of crewel embroidery showing a vase of colorful roses and foliage on a woven textured ground.

Crewel Embroidery

John Wilkes, 1939

Pencil sketch from above of men loading furniture and crates onto a horse-drawn cart in a street.

Umzug. Männer beladen einen Tafelwagen mit Möbelstücken, von oben gesehen

Adolph Menzel, 1844

Colored drawing of a pieced patchwork quilt with varied fabric patches, decorative blanket stitching, and embroidered motifs.

Quilts, Pieced

Florence Hastings, 1935/1942

Pencil sketch of a cart wheel with a brake mechanism and wooden shaft, with scribbled grass above and the date 1883.

Lastwagenrad mit Bremsvorrichtung

Adolph Menzel, 1883

Painted design of a square quilt block with red flowers, green leaves, and a red wheel motif tied with blue bows.

Pieced Quilt (1 Square)

William Herbert, c. 1940

Kopf einer älteren Frau, vorgeneigt nach rechts, rechter Unterarm mit Hand

Adolph Menzel, 1886

Watercolor design of a hexagonal patchwork quilt in brown, pink, red, yellow and green with a central red rose motif.

Velvet Pieced Quilt

Cora Parker, c. 1938

Pencil sketch of a building with an arched doorway, a sundial on the wall, and a wooden shed at right.

Gebäude mit Sonnenuhr

Adolph Menzel, 1872

Watercolor design of a six-block quilt with red flowers, green leaves and vines on a white quilted ground.

Quilt

Lillian Causey, c. 1937

Pencil sketch of a brick sewer tunnel and wooden scaffolding at a trench construction site on grey paper.

Bau der Kanalisation

Adolph Menzel, 1873

Watercolor drawing of a green and pink patchwork quilt with star blocks, quilted floral motifs and a triangle border.

Patchwork Quilt

George Loughridge, 1935/1942

Watercolor of bathers in shallow surf with a steamship smoking on the horizon under a cloudy sky.

Castlecliff

George Sherriff, 1929

Pencil sketch of a path rising beside a city wall and tower, with tall cypress trees behind a building.

Weg an der Stadtmauer

Adolph Menzel, 1852