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Drawings & Sketches

76,603 works

Pen drawing of a classical frieze with three seated women, a shield-bearing man at right, and a figure with sheaves at left.

$100 Federal Reserve Note

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Engraved page of rococo border designs with a crowned fleur-de-lis cartouche and scrolling corner and edge segments.

Development du bordure pour le portrait du Roy., Deux coins de la bordure..., 5th Plate, pl. 39 in Oeuvre de Juste-Au…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Etching of a seated nude woman in a headscarf bathing her feet, set against a dark hatched background.

Woman Bathing Her Feet at a Brook

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1650

Engraving of nude Adam and Eve beside the tree of knowledge, with a serpent, parrot and animals in a wooded setting.

Adam and Eve

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Hand-colored paper doll costume with a blue bodice, yellow full skirt and pink sash, shown without a head on a cut-out base.

Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Agathe from the opera "Der Freischutze" (The Freischutz)

Swedish Jenny Lind, 1840

Engraved ornamental plate showing a scrolled urn with plant fronds, dragon grotesques and tassels on a pedestal.

Plate 44 from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Book of Grotesques)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Woodblock print of a crowded ferry on a blue river, with a pine shore, thatched houses, and Mount Fuji in the distance.

Ferry at Rokugo, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Kawasaki, Rokugo Watashi-bune Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi…

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Hand-colored botanical plate of red and pink Amaryllis aulica flowers with green leaves on a white background.

Amaryllis aulica

Engraved interior with a man handing a letter to a woman at a harpsichord, another woman reading nearby, under classical arch

Le Billet Doux

Nicolas Delaunay, 1770

Etching of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and fur cloak writing at a table beside books and keys.

Portrait of Cornelis C. Anslo

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1640

Drawing of a large factory interior with overhead cranes and workers around a massive turret structure.

Building the Great Turret

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Etching of two grotesque armored figures fighting on fantastical scaled creatures across a rocky landscape.

Plate 6, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraved portrait of a bald man with a mustache and pince-nez glasses in a dark suit, with a handwritten dedication below.

Proof: Portrait of Henry Wolf

Henry Wolf, 1900

Etched plate of a symmetrical ornamental cartouche with scrolls, grotesque winged creatures and a dragon at the top corners.

Plate 10, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Engraving of the Virgin Mary holding the sleeping infant Christ, both with halos, seated before a distant river landscape.

The Virgin and Child in Swaddling Clothes

Albrecht Dürer, 1520

Engraving of a crowned woman beside a winged helmet, acanthus scrolls, and a skull on a shield, by Albrecht Dürer.

Coat of Arms of Vanitas

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Brown etching of a shepherd in a cloak leaning on a staff, with sheep grazing in a field behind him and trees at right.

Shepherdess Knitting

Jean-François Millet, 1860

Woodblock print of men in blue robes pulling a horse and rope past a large wooden torii gate under a dark sky.

Miya (Atsuta Jiuji Temple Fete), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Wood engraving of soldiers with dark lanterns and rifles reconnoitering beside a wooden barricade at night.

Rebels Outside Their Works at Yorktown Reconnoitring [sic] with Dark Lanterns

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraving of two men camping by a lake with canoes, a branch shelter, a campfire with fish, a dog, and mountains behind.

Camping Out in the Adirondack Mountains

Edward Lagarde, 1870

Wood engraving of people at a beach clam bake among rocks, with smoke rising and sailboats on the sea.

Sea-Side Sketches - A Clam-Bake

William H. Redding, 1870

Etching of a man drinking from a cup on horseback beside an inn doorway, with a woman, dog and cottage nearby.

Porte d'Auberge

Charles Émile Jacque, 1840

Black-and-white illustration of a man in fur clothing holding a dog harness beside three sled dogs, with a second man in a ca

"I Go For Pull Out Now, Boy," Illustration for Mooswa & Others of the Boundaries (William Briggs, 1900, p. 195)

Arthur Henry Howard Heming, 1910

Engraved plate of three grotesque ornaments: a female herm, a winged figure on scrollwork, and a bell with tools.

Plate 28, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Hand-colored paper doll costume with blue skirt, military jacket, red trim and tambourine, on a cut paper stand.

Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Marie from the opera "Die Tochter des Regiments" (The Daughter of the Regiment)

Swedish Jenny Lind, 1840

Hand-coloured paper doll in a blue gown with gold scrollwork, yellow trim and a layered skirt, on a pale base.

Jenny Lind Paper Doll Costume, Vielka from the opera "Vielka"

Swedish Jenny Lind, 1840

Etching of a seated man in a feathered turban and fur-trimmed robe beside a garden wall and tree, on a tiled floor.

Prestre de la Loy (The Priest of the Law), plate 9 from the series Caravanne du Sultan à la Mecque (Caravan of a Sult…

Joseph-Marie Vien, 1740

Japanese woodblock print of a village street with thatched houses, travelers, and women near a storefront, with blue sea beyo

Goyu, Women Detaining Travelers, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraving of elephants helping a fallen companion out of a pit among palm trees, with Latin text below.

Elephants Helding Each Other out of a Trap, plate 1 from the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Engraving of Union cavalry and artillery galloping in pursuit along a turnpike past rows of military tents.

The Union Cavalry and Artillery Starting in Pursuit of the Rebels up the Yorktown Turnpike

Winslow Homer, 1860

Wood engraving of many men sleeping on a floor in a station house while an officer stands in a bright doorway.

Station-House Lodgers

Winslow Homer, 1870

Woodcut of Christ seated at table with two disciples, haloed by radiating light in an arched niche, by Dürer.

Christ at Emmaus, from The Little Passion Series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500