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Drawings & Sketches

76,426 works

Pen and brown ink sketch of two male figures, one seated with a leg extended and one standing with an arm outstretched.

Two Male Figures

George Richmond, c. 1829

Pencil sketch on tracing paper of stylized plant stems with elongated leaves and faint guide lines.

Stylized plant motif (stem with leaves). Trial proof for painted decoration of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Oil study of several dogs resting on cushions and rugs, painted in loose brown and ochre brushwork.

Study of a Dog

Jan Nowopacký, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a man in a tricorn hat carrying a large bundle and a walking stick.

London Cries: A Man with a Bundle, Old Clothes

Pencil sketch of a building facade with balcony and doorway, a seated figure at lower left, and a face and standing figures a

House, jesters, portrait

Pencil and blue crayon sketch of a bald, mustached man in a high collar, drawn on a sketchbook page numbered 43.

Portrait of a man shown to the shoulders

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1870

Brown wash drawing of a man in a tricorn hat and long coat holding a bottle, standing against a shaded background.

London Cries: A Man with a Bottle

Paul Sandby, 1759

Pencil sketch of architectural details showing two ornate column capitals beneath an entablature, with arches above.

Sketches of architectural details

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pen and grey wash drawing of a woman in a wide hat carrying a basket of flowers while walking, glancing over her shoulder.

London Cries: Flowers

Man with paint pot

James Ensor, 1880

Watercolor of a smiling woman and boy beside a street vendor's table with a sign reading Twelve London Cries.

London Cries:

Paul Sandby, 1760

Charcoal sketch of men in top hats and dark coats surrounding a woman in a pale dress, drawn in loose hatched strokes.

Wordly meeting

Painting of a chestnut horse with a bridle standing in sunlight against a dark background, casting a shadow on the ground.

Study of a Chestnut Horse

Maksymilian Gierymski

Painting of a grey horse in a bridle beside a coachman in red waistcoat and dark cap, outdoors near a building.

Study of a Grey Horse with a Coachman

Jozef Hanula, 1895

Brown wash drawing of a boy in a hat leading a donkey with a large wicker basket on its back.

London Cries: Boy with a Donkey

Paul Sandby, 1759

Sketch of a standing man in a long coat, red scarf and cap, with a yellow sunset sky and distant tower behind him.

Design for a Book Illustration, Standing Male Figure

George Dupuis, after 1901

Brown wash drawing of a man holding a bucket, with a horse and a figure with a long staff behind him.

London Cries: A Tinker and His Wife

Paul Sandby, 1759

Charcoal drawing of a helmeted figure holding a lance beside a dark shadowy standing figure, with loose sketched lines.

Don Quichotte

Pencil sketch of arch forms and guide lines on an aged sketchbook page, with museum inventory numbers.

Sketch of triumphal arches du Carrousel and de Triomphe in Paris

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Watercolor sketch of a swaggering man with long hair, tricorn hat, cloak and walking stick, in brown and grey washes.

London Cries: A Man Swaggering

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a headscarf gazing sideways while a child leans against her shoulder.

Mother - Portfolio of Polish Graphic Artists

Józef Chełmoński, 1903

Pen and brown wash drawing of a young woman in a bonnet carrying a basket of oranges through a street.

London Cries: A Girl with a Basket of Oranges

Brown wash drawing of a seated woman cleaning a shoe beside a bucket, with a standing man in a tricorn hat at left.

London Cries: Shoe Cleaner

Paul Sandby, 1759

Oil study of a dark horse's head with a leather bridle against a pale ochre background, inscribed 'Negro'.

Head Study of Horse Negro

Jozef Hanula, 1890

Pen and grey wash drawing of a canal townscape with a church, bell tower, arched bridge and small figures.

Architectural Capriccio Alternative title(s): Venetian Fantasy

Giovanni Antonio Canal

Pencil drawing of a seated man with a mustache and flat cap resting on an ornate sofa.

The study of a man sitting on the sofa

Ivan Žabota, 1920

Sepia wash drawing of two women in classical dress embracing on the ground before a shadowed rocky landscape.

Celadon and Amelia from Thomson's 'The Seasons'

Alexander Runciman

Pencil sketch of a mounted officer leading a cavalry charge under billowing flags, with smoke and fallen soldiers in the fore

Charging army

Pencil portrait of a man with swept-back dark hair and a full mustache, wearing a dark collared jacket.

Portrait of M. Gorký

Ivan Žabota, 1930

Pen and grey wash drawing of a river with stone and timber bridges, boats, figures and a large tree on the bank.

Old Walton Bridge seen from the Middlesex Shore

Canaletto, 1755

Pencil sketch of Gothic architectural details, including a column, carved capital and ribbed vault fragment, on a sketchbook

Sketches of architectural details from Gothic architecture

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Pen and ink drawing with watercolour of a large winged figure above nude figures among rocks under a hatched sky.

Vision

Ivan Žabota, 1905