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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Watercolor drawing of two women with head shawls, one with hands crossed at her chest, in soft pink and rust tones.

Lancashire mill girls

Frances Hodgkins, 1925

Watercolor drawing of a vaulted Pompeian bath room with a figural frieze, patterned arch and exposed roof beams.

Thermenraum mit Atlantenfries in Pompeji

Carl Blechen, 1829

Twelve framed swatches of brown ink textile patterns, including stripes, waves, woven lattices and dotted motifs, on cream pa

Textiles

Martha Reed, c. 1937

Watercolor drawing of a monastery interior with an arched doorway, steps, a barred balcony and a statue in a niche.

Inneres eines Klosters (Subiaco ?)

Carl Blechen, 1814

Design study of six patterned fabric patches arranged as a quilt, with floral, paisley, striped and geometric prints.

Quilt Patches

Edward White, c. 1937

Ink and wash drawing of climbing plants and broad leaves overgrowing a stone wall, with a branch across the upper left.

Schlingpflanzen eine Mauer überwuchernd

Carl Blechen, 1832

Pencil sketch of a peaked mountain with rocky slopes in an open sketchbook, with faint landscape marks on the left page.

Sketch of mountains in An Otira Sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Five textile pattern swatches on cream paper: floral, paisley, fleur-de-lis and star motifs in blue, brown, purple and gray.

Quilt Patches

Edward White, c. 1938

Watercolor of a barefoot boy in a fur cap and brown jacket standing on sand, looking down.

Hongaarse jongen, staande en face, blootsvoets en met een pelsmuts op

August von Pettenkofen, 1859

Pencil sketch of a riverside rolling mill with chimneys, a sluice gate, and poplar trees along the bank.

Walzwerk bei Eberswalde. Eisenspalterei: Blick auf Freiarche und Hüttengebäude von Osten

Carl Blechen, 1820

Painted study of a miniature revolutionary flag with a blue canton and red and white stripes, signed John Hall.

Miniature Revolutionary Flag

John Hall, c. 1940

Brown wash drawing of a man in a hat and jacket seen from behind, leaning on a rock with a rifle at his side.

Rustende jongen, op de rug gezien

Johann Bernard Klombeek, 1825

Portret van een jonge vrouw met hoed met veren

Hans Makart, 1850

Watercolor of a yellow house behind a wall and gate, with trees, a road, and windmills under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op de Singelgracht

Johan George Lodewijk Rieke, 1827

Pencil drawing of a seated man in a top hat on a hillside, with a distant town and towers in the background.

Zittende jonge man met hoge hoed op, aan de rand van een stad

Wilhelm Koller, 1844

Brown ink drawing of animal-headed figures in period clothing looking at prints in a shop window.

Dierfabel

Wilhelm Koller, 1839

Pen drawing of anthropomorphic animals in coats dining at a table, with a figure at a window behind them.

Dierenmaaltijd

Wilhelm Koller, 1839

Pencil sketch of a rolling mill with a tall chimney among poplar trees beside a still canal.

Walzwerk bei Eberswalde von Südwesten, über den Frei- und Betriebsgraben

Carl Blechen, 1820

Man's Hat

William Mills, 1935/1942

Ink drawing of two fish-headed figures in aprons conversing at a market, one holding a basket of fish.

Marktscène

Wilhelm Koller, 1839

Pen drawing of slug doctors in coats visiting an ill grasshopper seated in an armchair beside medicine bottles.

Naaktslakken als artsen op bezoek bij zieke sprinkhaan

Wilhelm Koller, 1839

Pen drawing of two starlings in top hats and a fox in a cap, dressed as men, talking on a grassy field.

Twee spreeuwen en een vos

Wilhelm Koller, 1839

Pen and grey wash drawing of a windmill with a railed gallery behind trees, a low building, and small figures on a path.

Gezicht op bolwerk Diemen met molen De Valk

Bartholomeus Barbiers, 1740

Pen and brown ink drawing of bird-headed figures in top hats and coats conversing outdoors near a railing and shrubs.

Vogels en een geit of schaap

Wilhelm Koller, 1839

Pen drawing of bird-headed figures performing a dissection on a table, with a skeleton and instruments on the floor.

Vogels verrichten een sectie

Wilhelm Koller, 1839

Pencil portrait of a curly-haired man in a double-breasted overcoat and cravat, facing the viewer with a slight smile.

Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert

Rudolph Friedrich Carl Suhrlandt

Watercolor drawing of a quilted sun bonnet with gathered brim and long ribbon ties on a cream background.

Sun Bonnet

Cora Parker, c. 1939

Pencil drawing of a seated young onion seller in a loose coat, holding a balance scale with onions on one pan.

Zittende Kroatische uienverkoper

Carl Goebel, 1834

Grey wash drawing of a windmill on a bastion with trees, a fence, a cottage and a figure in a boat under a cloudy sky.

Gezicht op bolwerk Weesp met molen Het Fortuin

Bartholomeus Barbiers, 1740

Graphite portrait drawing of a curly-haired man in a cravat and coat, with handwritten inscription below.

Wilhelm Friedrich Gmelin

Rudolph Friedrich Carl Suhrlandt

Three watercolor and ink studies of women's bonnets with lilac ribbons and feathers, by Lillian Causey.

Bonnet

Lillian Causey, c. 1936

Pencil portrait drawing of a man with curly hair, high collar and overcoat, with handwritten inscriptions below.

Guillaume Guillon Lethière

Rudolph Friedrich Carl Suhrlandt