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Drawings & Sketches

75,832 works

Watercolor drawing of a steamboat at a wharf with sailboats and a rowboat on a river, with a town on the shore.

Steamboat Wharf, Washington, D.C. LCCN2004661949

Augustus Köllner, 1839

Pen and brown wash drawing of an iron gateway with stone pillars and lanterns opening onto a road and river landscape.

South gateway of the Capitol at Washington, D.C. LCCN2004661952

Augustus Köllner, 1839

Brown watercolor of bare trees, a fence and stump in the foreground, with a farmhouse across open fields under clouds.

One mile from Washington City Hall LCCN2004661953

Augustus Köllner, 1839

Brown wash drawing of a railway track winding past tall trees and a fence, with hills and clouds in the distance.

Richmond & Reading R.R., Phila. LCCN2016648650

Augustus Köllner, 1844

The sorrel horse the Prince of Wales rode at Boston, 1860 LCCN2016649143

Augustus Köllner, 1861

Pen drawing of a steam train crossing an arched bridge, with cattle running and a horse in a hilly landscape.

Tiber Creek north-east of the Capitol. Washington, D.C. LCCN2004662005

Augustus Köllner, 1839

Pen and ink drawing of a mare and foal standing in a field, with a grazing horse, fence, and farmhouse on a hill beyond.

Washington city north of Capitol in 1839 LCCN2004662009

Augustus Köllner, 1839

Loose painterly landscape of trees, a pale sky and a striped green and yellow meadow in bright brushstrokes.

'Landscape Sketch' by Hugh Henry Breckenridge

Hugh Henry Breckenridge

Watercolor of ruined stone castle towers in a mountain valley, with a seated figure and wildflowers in the foreground.

The Castle Ruins of Rabenstein near Virgen by Thomas Ender

Sepia drawing of a river waterfront with arcaded houses, a domed tower, and small boats under cumulus clouds.

RusaLucernaeDASchmidI

David Alois Schmid

Pen and ink drawing: handwritten Mardi Gras menu on left, sketch of a man in a cap carrying a tray on right.

Menu custodia

Jean-Louis Forain, 1877

Watercolor sketch of a woman bending toward a child on a flat shore, with distant boat masts on the horizon.

"There is Wheat in the Sea!"

Jean-Louis Forain

Watercolor of a sorrowful veiled woman in blue, with a faint sketched face and nails at lower right.

Forain J.L. - Watercolor - Vierge de la passion avec un ange - 24x31.5cm

Jean-Louis Forain

Ink and watercolor caricature of a dying man gripping rosary beads while a bearded man leans over his bed, nuns behind.

Forain J.L. - Watercolor - Le malade - 42.5x30.5cm

Jean-Louis Forain

Loose pencil sketch of a French soldier in helmet and greatcoat holding a rifle with bayonet, with handwritten inscription be

French Soldier

Jean-Louis Forain

Pencil sketch of a man and a woman in a dim room, with scattered papers on the floor and a figure at right.

Jean-Louis Forain - Auprès du malade

Jean-Louis Forain, 1897

Satirical black-and-white sketch of a large man facing an official at a counter while robed clergy stand nearby, with French

Jean-Louis Forain-Croquis

Jean-Louis Forain, 1902

Ink caricature of a caped man in a peaked cap carrying a drink tray, captioned Le Barman and Le grog du Colonel.

The Barman: The Colonel's Drink. Caricature of Criminal Court Judge, Alphonse Bard

Jean-Louis Forain

Drawing of a nude witch flying on a broom with a cat and winged creature, other witches flying above a landscape.

Spiegel das Kätzchen Frank Buchser 1865

Frank Buchser, 1865

Dark grey wash drawing of a rocky ravine with cliffs and small silhouetted figures gathered in a ceremony.

Cérémonie dans les rochers Etude de deux hommes dont l'un avec une épée, DDUT1378(1)

Pen sketch of a striding male figure with billowing cloak and sword, with a second bearded head drawn beside him.

Cérémonie dans les rochers Etude de deux hommes dont l'un avec une épée, DDUT1378(2)

Carle Vernet Drawing

Carle Vernet Drawing

Goethe Iphigenia in Tauris 1803

Goethe Iphigenia in Tauris 1803

Angelica Kauffmann, 1802

Angelica Kauffmann--Aemilius Paullus--original drawing--by 1783--private collection

Angelica Kauffmann--Aemilius Paullus--original drawing--by 1783--private collection

Angelica Kauffmann, 1783