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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Accordeonist

Leo Gestel, 1891

Pen and ink sketch of a rocky coastline with hatched cliffs, calm water, and wispy clouds above.

The Coast

Alfred Thompson Bricher, 1870-1900

Pencil sketch of a woman asleep on a sofa, head on the armrest and one arm hanging down over the edge.

Auf dem Sofa eingeschlafene Frau

Stehende Frau, ihr Gewand raffend

Pencil sketch of a woman in a blouse and beaded necklace, raising one hand, dated 1921.

Self portrait

Gertrud Kauders, 1921

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a seated woman in a hat reading outdoors beside trees and a bench.

Reading woman in the outdoors

Stehende Frau, sich vorneigend

Watercolor of New Plymouth settlement with houses, fenced fields, hilltop stockade and a conical mountain in the distance.

New Plymouth, Taranaki

Walter Scarlett Hatton

Pencil sketch of a standing girl in a bonnet and long dress, seen from the side with head bowed and hands clasped.

Stehendes Mädchen, von der Seite gesehen

Pencil sketch of a woman's head tilted to one side, hair pinned up, with a faint landscape wash behind.

Inclined woman's head

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a long dress with hands folded in her lap, over faint grid lines.

Sitzende Frau, die Hände in den Schoß gelegt

Watercolour of a rocky beach with a tall conical rock, green hills, calm sea and a distant steamship under a pale sky.

The ruin of Paritutu

Dr Andrew Carbery CBE

Pencil sketch of a young girl in a long skirt leaning on a diagonal stair railing.

Mädchen am Treppengeländer

Pencil sketch of the stranded wreck Montezuma on a sandy beach at Hokitika, with waves and distant ships.

Wreck of the Montezuma, Hokitika

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Graphite sketch of a woman with a hair bun seated and leaning back in an armchair, hands folded in her lap.

Frau im Lehnstuhl, zurückgelehnt

Pencil sketch of Saint George fighting a dragon inside a circular medal design, signed Flaxman in the lower right.

Design for a Medal Representing Saint George and the Dragon

John Flaxman, c. 1800?

Frau vor der Staffelei sitzend

Pencil sketch of a group of figures resting outdoors on a slope under a tree, with a distant landscape behind.

Gruppe im Freien lagernd

Loose ink and wash sketch of two seated women and children outdoors beneath trees, with a fence and cloudy sky.

Zwei Frauen mit Kindern im Freien

Brown watercolor sketch of a couple embracing in an open landscape, with grid lines and faint figures in the background.

Love couple in the open

Watercolor drawing of a woman with a fowl, a woman and child on a donkey, and a seated man sketching under trees.

Sketching a country woman

Thomas Rowlandson

Pencil sketch of a standing woman on a rocky rise against hills and clouds, drawn on tan paper.

Woman on a rise

Watercolor sketch of a hillside camp with rows of white tents, thatched huts, a dirt road and scrub vegetation.

Camp at Pungarehu

George Sherriff, 1881

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman seen from behind, in a long dress, beside a chair and draped curtains.

Sitzende Frau in Rückansicht

Loose grey wash sketch of a standing young woman with her hand to her cheek beside a bundle of straw.

Mädchen mit Strohbündel, die linke Hand an die Wange gelegt

Grey wash sketch of a woman holding a child, another child, and a kneeling woman among forest trees.

Figurenskizze: Frauen und Mädchen im Walde

Panoramic watercolour of a lake among mountains, with small figures on a foreground ridge and a pale sky above.

Lake Wanaka

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Watercolour of soldiers hauling cannons across a sandy plain below a fortress and mountain, with cavalry and fallen men.

Military manoeuvre

Pen and watercolor sketch of women and children gathered on a lawn under trees, with a woman in a white dress at center.

Gruppe von Frauen und Kindern im Freien

Pencil and gray wash sketch of a woman with a parasol and two children standing together.

Figurenskizze: Dame und zwei Kinder

Pencil and ink sketch of a seated woman resting her head on her hand beside a cradle.

Frau, mit aufgestütztem Kopf an einer Wiege sitzend

Grey wash sketch of a seated woman in an armchair with a standing child beside her, in an interior with a framed picture.

Sitzende Frau mit zwei Kindern