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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch on a sketchbook page showing hatched marks, rigging and boat forms, with blue watercolour wash in the top right

Page from a Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1907

Pencil drawing of three tall cypress trees in a cloister courtyard framed by a stone arch and columns.

Zypressen im Kreuzgang von S. Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in den Diokletiansthermen in Rom

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin, 1851

Ink and watercolor sketch of a sleeping child with head tilted and one hand raised, against a dark wash background.

[Śpiące dziecko]

Cyprian Kamil Norwid, 1880

Pencil drawing of a Doric temple with a long colonnade and pediment on grassy ground, with columns extending to the left.

Der sogenannte Poseidontempel und das Heraion in Paestum

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin, 1851

Watercolor floor design with a grid pattern, central quatrefoil medallion and scrolled corner ornaments on a brown ground.

[Pałac Zimowy Czwarty, projekty posadzek do apartamentów mieszkalnych cesarzowej Elżbiety Piotrowny, posadzka sali nr 5]

Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli, 1762

Watercolor landscape of two figures on a stone bridge over a river, framed by trees, with a distant tower in mist.

Landscape with bridge

Michael Angelo Rooker

Sketch of Amalfi harbor and terraced town framed by a vine pergola and stone pillars, drawn in brown wash.

Blick auf Amalfi vom Kloster S. Francesco aus

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin, 1851

Watercolor of an arcaded courtyard with stone columns, a wrought iron balcony, a dark passage and climbing ivy.

[Dziedziniec Kamienicy Fukierowskiej na Starym Mieście w Warszawie]

Zofia Stankiewicz, 1955

Brown wash drawing of a Gothic cloister arcade with pointed arches and columns, a rocky cliff rising behind it.

Der Kreuzgang von S. Francesco in Amalfi

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin, 1851

Watercolor illustration of a reddish scorpaenid fish with spiny fins and fanned blue and orange pectoral fins on cream paper.

Neosebastes scorpaenoides (Tas) : Ruddy Gurnard Perch

Frank Edward Clarke, 1868

Pencil drawing of rows of fluted columns and ruined walls in the overgrown basilica at Pompeii, with trees behind.

Die sogenannte Basilika in Pompeji

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin, 1851

Pencil drawing of the Pompeii forum ruins with arched doorways, a dirt path, and Mount Vesuvius rising in the background.

The forum in Pompeii

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin, 1851

Pen and wash elevation drawing of an ornate rococo wall with arched niches, caryatid figures, columns and putti.

Portion de la decoration du nouveau Palais d'Hiver

Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli, 1759

Pen drawing of two children by a metal tub, one with a halo holding a fan, the other in a floral dress.

Children sailing boats

Grey wash drawing of a kneeling man pleading before a bishop with a crosier, watched by armoured soldiers beside a city wall.

Dirk VI, graaf van Holland, smeekt de Bisschop van Utrecht om vergiffenis, 1143

Jacobus Buys, 1787

Grey wash drawing of knights with black crosses in a Gothic interior, one drawing a sword beside a clergyman.

Ridders van het Duitse Kruis, 1180

Jacobus Buys, 1781

Pencil drawing of the Bay of Naples with a coastal city, boats on the water, a hilltop castle and Mount Vesuvius smoking at r

Bay of Naples

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin, 1851

Brown wash drawing of a dog skeleton seen from a three-quarter front view, with skull, ribcage and legs shaded.

Het skelet van een hond, schuin van voren

Christiaan Kramm, 1818

Watercolour trompe l'oeil with a rider, horse carriage, log buildings and a curled paper note reading Czelabinsk 1885-1892.

[Kompozycja trompe l'oeil]

Władysław Zahorski, 1892

Grey wash drawing of soldiers with shields and ladders assaulting a high fortress wall while defenders fire from above.

Gravin Ada belegerd in de Burcht van Leiden, 1204

Jacobus Buys, 1783

Pencil drawing of the episcopal palace in Viterbo with arched stone facade, staircase and vaulted archway.

Der Palazzo vescovile in Viterbo

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin, 1851

Pencil drawing of tall forest trees with two small figures on a path and a fern at left.

White Pine, Stokes Valley

William Swainson FLS FRS, 1848

Pencil sketch of a stone house with an arched doorway, balcony and chimney on a cobbled street in Viterbo.

House in Viterbo

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin, 1851

Watercolor drawing of a cross above a crowd, five men in period costume in front, angels and a banner reading Serviunt gentes

Serviunt gentes

Juliusz Makarewicz, 1912

Pencil handwriting on a sketchbook page listing two names and addresses separated by a horizontal rule.

Names and addresses in A Wellington sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1905

Pencil drawing of the Santa Chiara church tower and houses in Assisi, with a stone archway on the right.

Saint Chiara in Assisi

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin, 1851

Pencil drawing of a grapevine pergola over a stone terrace with potted plants, overlooking a distant town with church towers.

Laubengang der Casa Zanetti in Perugia

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin, 1851

Pencil drawing of a stepped street framed by a stone arch, looking down onto a town of tiled rooftops and houses.

Die Via Appia in Perugia

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin, 1851

Pen drawing of the Siena Cathedral facade with rose window, striped campanile and dome, seen from a stepped piazza.

S. Maria Assunta in Siena

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kraenzlin, 1851

Watercolor of a seated turbaned woman with a camel and a child with a bowl against a blue sky.

[Personifikacja Azji]

Juliusz Makarewicz, 1912

Watercolor of a bearded man in green robe holding a lily and palm frond, standing in a field of white flowers.

Salomonis gloria nihil

Juliusz Makarewicz, 1912

Watercolour of a purple heather moor under a cloudy sky, with two small figures walking toward distant trees.

Shingaly Moor, Yorkshire

Margaret Stoddart