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Drawings & Sketches

75,832 works

Painted landscape of a rose-colored mountain above a still lake, with autumn trees on the shore and a small rowboat at left.

Mt. Katahdin from Upper Togue Pond, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Grey watercolor sketch of boulders, evergreen trees and misty mountain ridges in a Colorado landscape.

Study of Ruxton, Colorado

Thomas Moran, 1900

Pencil sketch of the ruined Parthenon temple in Athens with columns and fallen stones in the foreground.

The Parthenon from the Southeast, Athens, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Charcoal and chalk drawing of surf breaking over rocks along a shoreline with trees on the horizon.

Black Point, Scarborough

Winslow Homer, 1880

Drawing of a rocky seacoast with blue water, offshore rocks, reddish cliffs, and a grassy hill under a pale sky.

The Coast at Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Loose oil sketch of a small boat on dark green water under glowing orange cliffs, with dark rocks in the foreground.

Iceberg Fantasy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Sunlit dirt path winding past a reddish rock cliff with vines, slender trees and foliage on the left.

Woodland Path, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Charcoal and white-heightened sketch of exposed tree roots spreading across a hillside above dark shrubbery.

Tree Roots on a Hillside, Prout's Neck

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketches of rocky landforms with handwritten colour notes like grey, warm grey, and gold brown on pale paper.

Landscape Sketches, Palestine or Syria (Israel or Jordan)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sketch of alpine mountain peaks with a sunlit summit, snow patches, and a valley of pencil-drawn forest in the foreground.

The Watzmann and the Hochkalter near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painted sunset over lavender mountains, with trees and a small figure on a brown hillside in the foreground.

Winter Sunset in the Hudson Valley, Looking Southwest from Olana

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of gnarled tree roots over a grassy slope with shrubs and a winding path.

Tree Roots, Prout's Neck

Winslow Homer, 1880

Loose sketch of a reddish hill above pale fields with scattered trees under a warm hazy sky.

Landscape with Low Hill and Fields

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a man fishing with a long rod on a rocky shore, with trees and water in loose hatched lines.

Study for "Ouananiche Fishing," Lake St. John

Winslow Homer, 1890

Loose painted sketch of a stone passage among Parthenon ruins, with a fluted Doric column against a grey sky.

North Peristyle of the Parthenon, Athens

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor sketch of a dry landscape with a white mission church, trees, a dirt road and hills under a pale sky.

Near San Francisco, Mexico

Thomas Moran, 1880

Night landscape with a glowing moon over water, a dark wooded island, and distant hills under a pale blue sky.

Moon Rising over the Porcupine Islands, Bar Harbor, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of white surf breaking over dark rocks on a coast, with a distant headland under an orange sky.

Coastal Surf, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of canoes with paddlers on a lake, with pine trees and a misty shoreline in the background.

Canoes on a Lake

Winslow Homer, 1890

Watercolor landscape of a valley with dark woodland, autumn-colored trees on a ridge, and small headstones in the foreground.

Valley and Hillside

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor and pencil landscape of the Teton peaks in pale blue above a meadow and a row of dark conifers.

The Tetons, Idaho

Thomas Moran, 1870

Red chalk drawing of a dog and sheep under a garlanded tree beside a stone pedestal, with a straw hat in the foreground.

Pastorale

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1770

Watercolor of a pointed mountain peak with snowfields and glacier, rocky foreground and conifers under a hazy sky.

Index Peak, Clarks Fork, Wyoming

Thomas Moran, 1890

Moonlit mountain landscape with a snowy peak, grazing cattle, a stream and a farmhouse on a plain.

Mountains by Moonlight, Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of Niagara Falls with a seated figure in the foreground, cedar trees, and handwritten color notes on tan paper.

Niagara Falls, View from Goat Island, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor and pencil sketch of a river beneath cliffs and blue mountains under a warm sky, by Thomas Moran.

Port Neuf Canyon, Idaho

Thomas Moran, 1870

Loose oil sketch of rooftops and a domed church with a bell tower under a pale blue sky.

Rooftops near Sant'Andrea delle Fratte from the Via Gregoriana, Rome

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Loose oil sketch of a valley with brown mountains under a sunset sky of orange and green clouds.

Hudson Valley Landscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil and chalk sketch of a weathered clapboard shack with lean-tos and trees on blue-grey paper.

Clapboard Shack

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketches of a covered cart, two standing soldiers in turbans, a reclining ox, and a small tent on paper.

Sketches of a Cart, Soldiers, and an Ox

William Simpson, 1860

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in loose clothing with jewelry and bare feet, with handwritten notes on the page.

Sketch of a Woman, Amritsar, 26 March 1860

William Simpson, 1860

Pencil sketch of two draped female figures on pale paper, with handwritten note reading Amritsar 26 March 1860.

Sketch of Two Female Figures, Amritsar, 26 March 1860

William Simpson, 1860