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Drawings & Sketches

76,581 works

Graphite sheet of numbered copied head studies, profiles and a mother and child sketch, annotated with Van Dyck and Leonardo

Copies from book illustrations dedicated to works of art, including by Antoon van Dyck and Leonardo da Vinci

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Loose watercolor of a stormy landscape with blue mountains, a dark tree in the foreground and green and ochre hills.

Untitled (Summer Landscape)

Ida Josephine Burgess

Untitled (Portrait of a Young Woman)

Ida Josephine Burgess, 1880

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a bay with anchored ships, a fortress on the right, and distant hills under a hazy sky.

The Gulf of Pozzuoli

Johann Heinrich Schilbach, 1825

Pastel portrait of a red-haired woman resting in bed, holding a small sprig of yellow and pink flowers.

Convalescent - Portrait of Emma Madox Brown

Ford Madox Brown, 1872

Pencil sketch of a standing woman seen from behind beside a hanging lamp with blue glass body and chains.

Figure study and lamp

Martinus Rørbye, 1835

Brown ink sketch of an oasis with palm trees, a large tree, shrubs, and robed figures walking along a path.

Untitled (North African Oasis)

Thomas Handforth, 1920

Pencil drawing of Tewkesbury Abbey showing its tall central tower, spires, and Gothic windows and portals.

Tewkesbury Abbey

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Watercolor of a cottage fireplace with glowing embers and two andirons, framed by a dark chimney breast and pale mantel.

Untitled (Cottage Fireplace)

Ida Josephine Burgess

Pencil sketch of passengers with parasols and a top hat gathered near masts and a horse cart on a tan paper.

Passengers for Rhine Steamer (recto)

Heinrich von Mayr, second or third quarter 1800s

Two small paintings in one gilt frame showing horseback riders on a sunlit path and across an open field.

Sunlight Study at Chantilly

Karl Georg Arsenius, 1885

Grey wash drawing of soldiers on horseback and on foot with women and a child beside a rocky slope.

Soldiers on horseback and on foot at a field fortification with women and children

Charles Parrocel

Hand-colored botanical drawing of purple-leaved cineraria with magenta daisy-like flowers and green serrated leaves on beige

Purple-leaved Cineraria, A Native of the Canary Isles

Frances Jauncey Ketchum

Ink drawing of a standing monk in a long hooded robe, head raised, hands clasped at the waist, on tan paper.

Untitled (Study of a Standing Monk)

Ida Josephine Burgess, 1880

Pencil sketch on tan paper showing caricature figures in historical costume, including a row of four small figures in hats.

Nine historical caricatures: Francis I, Louis XIV, Henry VIII, Marian Langiewicz, Maria Theresa, Napoleon (four times)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1901

Red chalk drawing of horses, with a saddled horse above and two horses standing together below.

Two horses standing together

Charles Parrocel

Ink and pink-tinted sketch of a seated nude woman seen from behind, arms raised and hands behind her head.

Seated Nude

Pale watercolor landscape of a sunlit river valley with a small red figure on a slope and a hazy blue horizon.

A Yorkshire River

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1827

Charcoal drawing of a bearded older man in an ornate crown, gazing to the side, study by Ford Madox Brown, 1844.

The Spirit of Justice - Study for the Head of a Counsellor

Ford Madox Brown, 1844

Ink line drawing of a standing female nude with one arm raised, signed Nadelman in the lower right corner.

Standing Female Nude

Elie Nadelman, 1900

Watercolor of a Dutch town with a church tower, canal, stone bridge arch, and a sailboat under a cloudy sky.

Upper Lock at Steenbergen

Willem Cornelis Rip, 1800s

Sketch of a head in profile. Copy after decoration of an ancient vase from Munich collections

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1890

Pen drawing of a rocky seashore with a castle on cliffs, figures beside bales of goods, and a sailing ship at sunrise.

Seashore on high rocky shores, on which a lighthouse and a castle stand, in front five people and two bales of goods

Gabriel Pérelle

Charcoal head study of a bearded man with curly hair, facing forward, by Ford Madox Brown, 1848.

Portrait: Head Study of Daniel Casey (Full-Face)

Ford Madox Brown, 1848

Watercolor of a misty river valley with a tower, a distant town, and foreground figures resting beneath trees.

Oberwesel

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1840

Oil sketch of a red-coated soldier supporting a seated officer in a dark blue coat with gold braid.

A Highlander, Black Watch attending a General of Hussars, possibly Lord Uxbridge: a study for 'The Battle of Waterloo'

George Jones, 1815

Pencil and chalk head study of a bearded man in three-quarter view, eyes downcast, by Ford Madox Brown, 1848.

Portrait: Head Study of Daniel Casey (Three-quarter View)

Ford Madox Brown, 1848

Study for Disciple Kneeling at the Tomb

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Grey wash drawing of a waterfall tumbling over rocks, framed by birch trees and dense woodland foliage.

A Waterfall

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1795

Pencil sketch of a rocky desert valley with steep cliffs and peaks, labeled as the Israelite encampment near Mt. Sinai.

Mt. Sinai

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pen and ink drawing of a bust-length man with mustache and goatee, wearing a wide turned-down collar, facing right.

Bust of a man with mustache and goatee and turned-down collar to the right

Pen and grey wash drawing of masted ships at a wooden landing, with men lounging on the shore in the foreground.

Landing ships, men lounging on the shore

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1759