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Drawings & Sketches

76,418 works

Pen and ink drawing of dark boulders and breaking waves on a rocky shore beneath a stormy sky.

Tail Piece for Chapter XII from "Lorna Doone"

William Henry Drake, c. 1889

Loose painting of a calm harbor with moored sailboats, a sandy shore, cottages and a cloudy blue sky.

Sketch, Hyannisport

Charles Webster Hawthorne, 1903

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a seated woman in traditional dress with a purple shawl and blue headpiece, with detail sket

Seated peasant woman from Lappvesi

Robert Wilhelm Ekman

Pencil and wash sketch of pale cliffs above a river, with palm trees and low buildings on the left bank.

Kasr es Saiad

Edward Lear, 1867

Watercolor study of a peasant woman's costume seen from behind, with headdress sketches and figures beside her.

Study of the costume of a peasant woman from Lappvesi

Robert Wilhelm Ekman

Pen and watercolor sketch of several robed standing figures on a yellow-green ground, one wearing a blue garment, labeled Kor

Korti

Edward Lear, 1867

Loose oil study of a grey horse's head with a dark flowing mane, with handwritten Polish inscription at right.

Study for the Horse of Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas for the Painting

Jan Matejko, 1876

Pencil landscape sketch of a valley with cypress trees in the foreground and mountains in the distance.

Strongyli

Edward Lear, 1864

Oil sketch of a small wooded island under a low sun, with distant mountains and a warm orange sunset sky.

Landscape Sketch

Watercolor of a green hillside with trees descending to a valley of fields, a farmhouse, and blue hills under a pale sky.

Hillside from Montbéliard

Albert Edelfelt, 1888

Watercolor of Ambleside showing a village with figures on a path below layered, hazy mountains and green valley fields.

Ambleside

Francis Towne, 1786

Pencil sketch of Gothic architectural fragments with pointed arches, tracery, a quatrefoil roundel and a pinnacle on a notebo

Sketch of a fragment of Gothic architecture

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Small oil study of a mossy grey boulder with lichen and bare twigs on top, against a pale background.

Stone, study

Magnus von Wright, 1858

Watercolor of a row of pale buildings by a lake with steep sunlit mountains rising behind and small figures at left.

The Grange at the Head of Keswick Lake

Francis Towne, 1786

Pencil sketch on tan paper of an arch decorated with repeated teardrop guttae and scalloped lines, with handwritten notes abo

Decorative Motif - Arch Decorated with Multiplied Guttae

Stanisław Wyspiański

Pencil and watercolour sketch of a man resting on grass in a straw hat, with a rowing boat pulled ashore below.

Man resting on his back on hay ; Man and boat pulled ashore

Oscar Kleineh, 1883

Watercolor landscape of a large tree beside a road, with walkers, a lake, and mountains under a cloudy sky.

The Road to the Lake

Pastel study of a symmetrical ornament with scrolling tendrils, layered red and ochre forms and a central rosette on torn pap

Study of an ornament for the polychrome of the Franciscan Church in Kraków - peacock feather motif, pussy willow bran…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Watercolor sketch of a fjord with wooded skerries, rocky cliffs and distant hills in pale blue-grey tones.

Fjord landscape with wooded skerries

Martinus Rørbye, 1832

Watercolor of white houses on a wooded hillside above a river, framed by trees, with a wooden jetty in the foreground.

Houses near Plymouth

Francis Towne, 1810

Pen sketch of two carved face corbels and an ornate scrolled cartouche on a pale page.

Sketches of architectural details, including vault supports in the western section of cloisters of the Franciscan Mon…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1886

Watercolor of sailing ships and a steamer on calm water with a rowboat in the foreground, by Albert Edelfelt, 1891.

View from Haikko

Albert Edelfelt, 1891

Brown wash drawing of a ruined castle on a hilltop above wooded slopes and a valley town with a church tower.

Oakhampton Castle

Francis Towne, 1772

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a weathered log cabin with a brick chimney, shrubs and a wooden bucket, dated 1867.

Cottage from Lehtisaari, Espoo

Magnus von Wright, 1867

Grey wash drawing of a path winding through a grove of large trees with sunlit foliage and a cloudy sky.

The Chestnut Grove, Near Rocca del Papa Near Lake Albano

Francis Towne, 1781

Architectural floor plan of the first floor of the Vienna Technical Museum competition design, with labelled exhibition halls

1st Floor

Otto Wagner, 1909

Watercolor landscape of scrubby dunes, a pale rocky outcrop and distant water under a cloudy blue sky.

Landscape

Homer Dodge Martin, 1896

Oil sketch of a small arched chapel with a tiled roof, flanked by green shrubs, on a cream paper ground.

Italian chapel, sketch

Robert Wilhelm Ekman

Watercolor landscape of blue mountains above a calm lake, with trees and a rocky path where small travelers walk.

The Entrance into Borrowdale

Long watercolor elevation of a church interior with painted saints under gothic arches, a crucifix, altars and furnishings.

"Widok rozwiniętych ścian nawy i prezbiteryum z rozmieszczeniem malowań i sprzętów" w kościele św. Krzyża w Krakowie…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1896

Watercolor sketch of a white chapel with outbuildings and a figure at an iron gate, backed by rocky mountains.

Chapel in Norway

Oscar Kleineh, 1879

Watercolor landscape of an arched stone bridge over a river, with a hilltop town and mountains beyond.

Modern Bridge at Narni

Francis Towne, 1795