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Drawings & Sketches

75,951 works

Dark painted drawing of a paddle steamer with a smoke plume moving across choppy water under a dusky evening sky.

Paddle Steamer at Dusk

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolour of Circassian villagers in traditional dress with a mounted rider and white horse before thatched huts.

Circassian of the Soubash - William Simpson (1875)

William Simpson, 1875

Pen and ink drawing of a stone dolmen among rocks and shrubs, with three men in long coats and fur hats beside it.

Dolmen at the Three Oaks site, Shakhe River

William Simpson

Pencil sketch of a fortified coastal town with domed buildings seen across the water from the east.

Sketch of Anapa from the East - William Simpson

William Simpson

Pencil sketch of a Greek church with domed towers, a lattice fence, timber in the street, and a seated figure.

Sketch of Greek Church at Anapa - William Simpson

William Simpson

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of rolling ocean swells and foaming wave crests under a bright horizon.

Ocean Swells

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with a tall layered peak and small village buildings along the lower slopes.

Sketch of Psereta, Novo Athonski, Circassian Coast - William Simpson

William Simpson

Pencil sketch of rooftops and a church bell tower with a cross, with distant hills behind.

Adjoining Buildings with Church Tower, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painted bouquet of pink roses, a teal flower and small purple blossoms with green leaves on a tan background.

Polychrome floral group c

Herman A. Elsberg, 1910

Pencil sketch of a town panorama with rooftops, church towers, ruins in the foreground, and distant hills.

Sketch of Anapa from the West - William Simpson

William Simpson

Ink and wash drawing of a classical plaza with an obelisk, central fountain with statues, colonnade, and horse sculpture.

Architectural Fantasy with Fountain and Obelisk

Louis Joseph le Lorrain, 1760

Watercolor and pencil sketch of layered red canyon walls and a sandy trail with scrubby trees under a blue sky.

Looking up the Trail at Bright Angel, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Thomas Moran, 1900

Pencil and watercolor sketch of twisted, wind-blown old cypress trees on a sandy coastal ground.

Study of Old Cypress Trees, Cypress Point

Samuel Colman, 1890

Pencil sketch of a fort in a broad landscape with trees and distant hills, with a mounted horseman in the upper right.

Sketch of Fort on the Road between Anapa and Soudjak Kaleh - William Simpson

William Simpson

Pencil sketch of a town street with rooftops, a domed church, an arched doorway in the foreground, and small figures walking.

Sketch of Anapa - William Simpson

William Simpson

Watercolor textile design with vertical gold and green foliage bands, pink ribbons, and small green botanical sprigs on pale

Textile Design: Vertical

Louis-Albert DuBois, 1810

Pencil sketch of a stone archway with two soldiers standing at right and a distant view of buildings beyond.

Sketch of Old Turkish Gate at Anapa - William Simpson

William Simpson

Pencil sketch plan of the fortifications of Anapa showing walls, bastions, a gateway and the sea, with smaller detail sketche

Sketch of Plan of the Fortifications of Anapa - William Simpson

William Simpson

Painted landscape of a brown mountain above a rocky stream with green shrubs and yellow grasses in the foreground.

Near Jericho, Wady Kilt

Lockwood de Forest, 1870

Pencil sketch of a wide landscape of rolling hills and a winding path, with tree clusters in the foreground.

Sketch of Distant View of Anapa from Armouk - William Simpson

William Simpson

Pencil sketch of a distant valley with rolling hills, shrubs in the foreground and a winding road.

Sketch of Distant View of Soudjak Kaleh from the Military Road to Anapa - William Simpson

William Simpson

Pencil sketch of wooden pulley blocks, rope, a barrel and hull pieces, with a handwritten note about hauling Turkish vessels.

Sketch of Cargo blocks for hauling the Turkish vessels out of the water - William Simpson

William Simpson, 1854

Pencil sketch of an open rolling landscape with distant hills and scattered trees, with handwritten notes on the sheet.

Sketch of Near Armouk - William Simpson

William Simpson

Painting of a red sandstone palace with twin domes and carved balconies on sandy ground under a pale blue sky.

Fatehpur Sikri, Birbal’s Palace, India

Lockwood de Forest, 1880

Pencil sketch of a domed church with arched windows, town buildings and mountains behind, plus architectural detail studies.

Sketch of Church in Soudjak Kaleh - William Simpson

William Simpson

Pencil sketch of a rowing boat on water, with a second boat of figures and a three-masted ship on the horizon.

Sketch of Embarkation of Circassians at Waia - William Simpson

William Simpson

Pencil sketch of cloaked figures on a shore with a sailboat on the water and trees and a cottage at left.

Sketch of figures waiting on the shore in Circassia, possibly at Waia - William Simpson

William Simpson, 1854

Pencil sketch of a distant coastal town with a church tower beneath rolling hills, by William Simpson.

Sketch of Novo Rossisk, Circassian Coast - William Simpson

William Simpson

Pencil sketch of a wide bay with distant mountain ridges and low hills along the shoreline.

Sketch of Bay of Novo Rossisk - William Simpson

William Simpson

Pencil sketch of a ruined stone tower with scattered rubble, a cannon, a tree and a hillside, inscribed as ruins at Touabs.

Sketch of Ruins of one of the towers in the fort of Touabs - William Simpson

William Simpson

Pencil sketch of a cabin interior with a seated man in an armchair, curtains, a chest of drawers and exposed ceiling beams.

Sketch of Cabin of the Highflyer - William Simpson

William Simpson

Pencil sketch of an interior guest house with a patterned wall, decorated ceiling, a wooden bench and several seated and stan

Sketch of Konag or Guest House - William Simpson

William Simpson