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Drawings & Sketches

76,090 works

Charcoal and white chalk study of a nude woman with arms raised behind her head, on tan paper.

Drawing, Study for "Venus", ca. 1885

Elihu Vedder, 1885

Engraving of three women with wind-blown hair and drapery standing barefoot on rocks by the sea.

Elihu Vedder - The Phorcydes

Elihu Vedder, 1889

Pencil study of two outstretched arms and hands reaching in opposite directions on tinted paper with blue crayon strokes belo

Drawing, Study of two hands reaching, ca. 1890

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Colored chalk drawing on blue paper of a Viterbo street with a domed chapel, an arched bridge, and stone houses.

Drawing, Washerwomen, Viterbo: Chapel and Bastion, August 25, 1891

Elihu Vedder, 1891

Chalk study of a left hand and wrist in a pinching gesture on green-grey paper with white highlights.

Drawing, study of wrist and left hand, ca. 1890

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Drawing, woman's profile and left hand study, ca. 1885

Elihu Vedder, 1885

Pencil and crayon sketch of an eroded rock outcrop above a shoreline and sea, on blue-grey paper, signed by Elihu Vedder.

Drawing, The Sphinx, Egypt, April 18, 1890

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Pastel drawing on blue paper of Viterbo's hillside houses, a square tower and dense shrubs on a steep slope.

Drawing, Viterbo, August 16, 1891

Elihu Vedder, 1891

Pencil sketch of a rocky mound with a wooden chair, a wicker basket, planks and a shrub in the foreground.

Figurative Group

Pencil sketch of a boy leading a donkey past stone steps, a seated man, an archway and sacks, by Elihu Vedder.

The Fable of the Miller, His Son and the Donkey No. 1

Elihu Vedder, 1860

Pencil sketch of a miller and son with a donkey on a road, with women carrying jugs and trees in the background.

The Fable of the Miller, His Son and the Donkey No. 2

Elihu Vedder, 1860

Pencil sketch of a young rider on a donkey on a road, with walkers, women at right, a church and trees behind.

The Fable of the Miller, His Son and the Donkey No. 3

Elihu Vedder, 1860

Pencil sketch of a village street with a seated spinning woman, a group of townsfolk, and a man riding a donkey beside a chil

The Fable of the Miller, His Son and the Donkey No. 4

Elihu Vedder, 1860

Pencil sketches on tan paper of a reclining cow, a cow's head, a donkey's head, and a man on horseback.

Sketches of a Donkey, a Cow, and a Man on Horseback

Pencil sketch of a twin-trunked tree on rocky ground, with the inscription Perugia and E. Vedder 1873-78.

Perugia

Elihu Vedder, 1873

Charcoal study of a gaunt bearded old man kneeling and resting his arms on a stone ledge.

Study for the Question of the Sphinx

Graphite and white chalk study of a seated nude woman with draped fabric on blue-grey paper.

Study for Peace and prosperity panel of mural titled Government, located at entrance to the main reading room of the…

Elihu Vedder, 1895

Black and white chalk sketch of a seated female nude holding a staff, drawn on blue paper.

Sketch showing female nude, seated, full length, facing left for mural titled The Government, located at entrance to…

Elihu Vedder, 1895

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a twisting folded drapery study on a sage-green paper background.

Study of drapery, no. 1 LCCN2004662152

Elihu Vedder, 1895

Black and white chalk study on grey paper of a woman in a blouse with separate studies of arms holding a sickle and a rod.

Study drawings for a mural LCCN2004662319

Black and white chalk study of a nude man with tablets beside an urn, with extra arm and leg studies on blue paper.

Study sketch showing details of Good Administration panel of mural titled Government, located at entrance to the main…

Elihu Vedder, 1895

Handwritten letter from Elihu Vedder dated Rome, April 18, 1911, with a small ink owl bookplate drawing.

(Manuscript letter from artist, Elihu Vedder to Ruthven Deane, with original bookplate drawing) (LOC) (15423570920)

Elihu Vedder, 1911

Pencil sketch of a man riding a donkey with a boy beside a stone wall, figures seated near an arch.

The Fable of the Miller, His Son and the Donkey No. 5

Elihu Vedder, 1860

Pencil sketch of a crowd of men in period dress around a donkey tied with a rope, under arches.

The Fable of the Miller, His Son and the Donkey No. 6

Elihu Vedder, 1860

Pencil sketch of men struggling with a donkey on rocky ground, with fallen figures and ruins in the background.

The Fable of the Miller, His Son and the Donkey No. 7

Elihu Vedder, 1860

Pencil sketch of a wooden ladder leaning into a hole in sandy ground, with rocks and a shrub behind it.

The Ladder and the Hole

Pencil drawing of two tall palm trees with feathery fronds rising from grass tufts against a plain gray background.

Two Palm Trees

Colored design drawing of Minerva with spear, scroll and owl inside a gilded arched vine border, by Elihu Vedder, 1896.

Design for Minerva Congressional Library LCCN2004662305

Elihu Vedder, 1896

Handwritten letter by Elihu Vedder with an ink owl bookplate drawing inscribed 'His Book, Rome 1911'.

Manuscript letter from artist, Elihu Vedder to Ruthven Deane, with original bookplate drawing LCCN2007683286

Elihu Vedder, 1911

Study Minerva Washington Congressional Library LCCN2004662143

Elihu Vedder, 1896

Painting of a bearded scholar at a lectern in a Gothic study, with a lion resting nearby and a church nave beyond.

Saint Jerome in his Study Hendrik van Steenwijck

Hendrik van Steenwijk II, 1625

Interior with an old man writing at a desk, a lion resting on checkered floor, and a Gothic hall beyond an arch.

Saint Jerome in his Study, oil on oak painting by Hendrik van Steenwijck the younger, 1630

Hendrik van Steenwijk II, 1630