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Drawings & Sketches

75,818 works

Pencil sketch of a wooden stairway climbing a steep hillside with shrubs, rocks and distant hills on brown paper.

Bit of Stairway at Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Charcoal sketch of bare trees with dark trunks and branches against a pale, hazy background within a drawn border.

Trees in Spring

Arthur Bowen Davies

Painted sunset over Jamaican hills, the orange sun glowing through layered clouds above dark tropical trees.

Clouds at Sunset, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Charcoal sketch of two horses grazing with heads lowered on a pale grey sheet of paper.

Two Horses Grazing

Arthur Bowen Davies

Charcoal and chalk drawing of two nude men crouched on the ground, one reaching forward with an outstretched arm.

Two Men Crouching

Arthur Bowen Davies

Pastel landscape of tall poplar trees, yellow shrubs and a teal sea with a small sailboat under a pale sky.

View through Poplars

Arthur Bowen Davies

Pencil sketch of a distant snow-capped mountain over a tree-lined landscape, with flower sprigs and handwritten colour notes.

Chimborazo from the Rio Guayas, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Small painted study of a radiant sun setting over a tree line, with orange and pink glow fading into a blue-grey sky.

Radiant Sunset

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of distant mountain ridgelines on cream paper, with handwritten colour notes below and "near Lagos" at upper ri

Mountains near Lagos de Moreno, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Loose oil sketch of pink and grey clouds over dark brown mountains at sunset, with teal light on the horizon.

Mountains at Sunset

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Soft pastel drawing of tree trunks and bare branches framing a grassy park path under a pale blue sky.

Wood Scene (The Park)

Arthur Bowen Davies

Two pencil sketches of trees and grassy ground, one above the other, with a rectangular frame around the lower study.

Trees at Amagansett, Long Island: Two Studies

Arthur Bowen Davies

Pencil sketch of steep mountain slopes rising above a still lake with trees along the shore and a pale sky.

Hachelkopf above the Königssee, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of a snow-capped volcano above brown mountain ridges, with an unfinished pencil village drawing in the foreground.

Mount Chimborazo and Guaranda, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a landscape with dark clouds, pale sky, a horizon line, and a small mounted rider with handwritten color not

Landscape with Mounted Figure, Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a hilly valley with shrubs, trees and distant ridges, with handwritten colour notes on tan paper.

Landscape near Jorje, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with rocky ridges and sweeping hills on grey paper.

Sunset in a Mountain Valley, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sketch of the Watzmann mountain peaks in Bavaria, lit warmly at the summit above a dark brown hillside.

The Watzmann, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Loose oil sketch of the Parthenon on a hill at sunset, with fallen column drums in the foreground.

The Parthenon at Sunset, Athens

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Loose oil sketch of dark clouds against a glowing orange twilight sky above distant blue hills.

Clouds at Twilight, Color Effects, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a distant mountain ridge over hills, with handwritten notes about remoteness and yellow dead grass.

Rugged Mountain Landscape, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pale sketch of a cascading waterfall over a curved ledge, with white highlights on tan paper and foaming rapids below.

Horseshoe Falls on the Niagara River, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Loose pencil sketch of three men in a canoe on water, with a paddle and shoreline outlined.

Fisherman and Two Other Men in a Canoe

Winslow Homer, 1890

Loose painted sketch of a sunset over rolling hills, with a distant dome and a dark statue silhouetted in the foreground.

Sunset over St. Peter's Basilica, Rome

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink sketches of a Roman church's vaulted ceiling, frescoed arcade, and gabled facade with arched windows.

Sketches of the Interior and Exterior of a Church, Rome, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Loose oil sketch of a cloudy sky with pink and blue patches above dark hills along the bottom edge.

Cloudy Sky over Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of ruined stone columns and an arch with scattered blocks, plus small face studies in headscarves at upper righ

Ruins and Figure Sketches, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of the Grand Canyon's layered cliffs, mesas and winding river, with handwritten notes on the sky.

The Grand Canyon in the Rain

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pencil sketch on green paper of snowy alpine peaks over a valley and lake, with fir trees and a fence in the foreground.

Near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of clouds above a sea horizon with handwritten color notes and numbers on cream paper.

Sunset at Sea, Ecuador, Part Five

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of a grassy valley under dark storm clouds, with layered blue hills and a reddish bluff on the right.

View in the Hudson Valley, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of jagged rock formations and a sloping hillside at the Devil's Den, Yellowstone, by Thomas Moran.

The Devil's Den, Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1870