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Drawings & Sketches

76,581 works

Woodblock print of a long arched bridge over blue river, with scaffolded pagoda roofs in foreground and distant mountain.

Yoshida (Toyokawa Bridge), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Engraved title page with a domed pavilion, columns, grotesque figures and German inscription in a central cartouche.

Title page, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

Christoph Jamnitzer, 1600

Woodcut of the risen Christ with a halo, holding a banner above a tomb while guards sleep around him.

The Resurrection, from The Little Passion Series

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of a hare and a lion made of curling ornamental leaf scrollwork, running across a hatched landscape.

Lion and Hare Composed of Ornamental Leaf-Work, from Neue-ersonnene Gold-Schmieds Grillen (New Designs for Ornaments…

Wolfgang Hieronimus von Bömmel, 1690

Engraving of soldiers and horsemen netting a giant serpent among rocks, with trumpeters and spearmen in the background.

Trapping the serpent

Flemish Cornelis Galle I, 1600

Monochrome lithograph of workers at the base of a blast furnace, with smoke and tall furnaces in the background.

The Base of the Blast Furnace

Joseph Pennell, 1910

Etching of a limp figure hanging from a rescue rope above churning sea waves and rocks.

Saved

Winslow Homer, 1880

Engraving of women and a girl feeding mulberry leaves to silkworms on shelves in a timber-beamed workroom.

Feeding mulberry leaves to the silkworms

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Etching of a seated woman in a shawl beside an empty woven cradle against rocky cliffs, with a stick leaning nearby.

The Empty Cradle

Thomas Moran, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of a uniformed soldier in a shako saluting, holding a saber, with a handwritten dedication below.

The Military Salute

Charles Edouard Armand-Dumaresq, 1870

Engraving of an explorer with a cross banner beside a nude woman in a hammock, ships at sea, and jungle animals.

The Discovery of America, plate 1 from the "Nova Reperta" (New Inventions of Modern Times)

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Etching of sheep grazing on a hillside with a dog standing watch on the ridge under a hatched, overcast sky.

Le Guet du Chien

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Etching of a man standing and a woman seated in a dark drawing room beside a fireplace, c. 1900.

A Couple in a Drawing Room

William Henry Hyde, 1900

Etching of a crowded tavern back room with men seated by a fireplace, posters and framed prints on the walls.

McSorley's Back Room

John Sloan, 1910

Engraved illustration of an ornate ewer with serpent handle, ram head and skull decoration on a footed base.

Vase (Plate 10 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Engraving of spectators on a rooftop watching smoke rise over Boston harbor during the Battle of Bunker Hill.

The Battle of Bunker Hill - Watching the Fight from Copp's Hill, in Boston

Winslow Homer, 1870

Engraving of boats attacking a sea monster in a harbour while crowds watch from the shore and a lighthouse stands nearby.

Whale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius in the harbour at Ostia, pl. 19 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Flemish Adriaen Collaert, 1590

Engraving of a 19th-century picnic in the woods with families, children climbing trees, and food laid out on the grass.

Picnicking in the Woods

Winslow Homer, 1850

Woodblock print of travelers in straw raincoats battling heavy rain on a steep hillside path above village rooftops.

Shono, Rainstorm, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Etching of a rooster crowing on a hay pile, with hens foraging below under a hatched sky and a fence line in the distance.

Le Chant du Coq

Charles-François Daubigny, 1850

Engraving of workers spreading leaves on feeding trays in a workshop, with an orchard scene at left.

Spreading the leaves on the feeding trays

Flemish Philip Galle, 1590

Engraving of a family Christmas celebration, with children dancing around a decorated tree while adults watch in a festive pa

The Christmas-Tree

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of oxen pulling a corn-laden cart past a barn, with farmers and women walking along a dirt road.

Driving Home the Corn

Winslow Homer, 1850

Engraving of the Holy Trinity: God the Father holds Christ's body, a dove above, angels and cherubs around.

The Holy Trinity

Albrecht Dürer, 1510

Engraved plate of an ornamental vase with serpent handles and a ram's head garland, numbered VIII.

Vase (Plate 8 of a Series)

Enea Vico, 1520

Engraved scene of children in hats picking berries on a hillside, with a sailing ship on the sea behind them.

Gathering Berries

Edward Lagarde, 1870

Engraved plate with eight designs of Chinese-style teapots, ewers, cups, a sauceboat and a footed bowl.

Designs for Tableware, Plate XVI of Designs of Chinese Buildings, Furniture, Dresses, Machines and Utensils

Sir William Chambers, 1750

Engraving of a kneeling man before a white horse, hunting dogs, a stag among trees, and a castle on a rocky hill.

St. Eustace

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraved sheet with two vertical grotesque ornament panels showing a nude woman, cherubs, sphinx, garlands and scrolling foli

Grotesque Ornament

Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau the Elder, 1500

Engraving of a bearded man with a bow beside a turbaned woman holding an infant, on a sparse landscape ground.

The Turkish Family

Albrecht Dürer, 1500

Engraving of mounted hunters with spears and dogs chasing wild bulls across a landscape with trees and a castle.

Buffalo Hunt, plate 27 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Woodblock print of a harbor town at dawn with sailboats, lantern-lit shops, travelers on a road, and pine trees.

Shinagawa Station, Sunrise, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820