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Drawings & Sketches

77,960 works

Loose painted study of three zinnias with yellow and red blooms and green leaves on a gray background.

Drawing, Zinnias, 1860-70

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Small painted sketch of a volcano with a smoke plume rising over a ridge, under a blue-grey sky and yellow plain.

Drawing, Cotopaxi seen from Ambato, Ecuador, 1853

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Pencil sketch of the Baalbek temple ruins with columns, scattered stone blocks, and trees under a pale sky.

Drawing, Temples at Morning, Baalbek, May 12, 1868

Frederic Edwin Church, 1868

Pencil sketch of a smoking volcano above a distant hill range, with clouds across a pale sky.

Drawing, Cotopaxi from Guapulo, Ecuador, June 24, 1857

Frederic Edwin Church, 1857

Painted sketch of tall Corinthian columns and fallen stones of a ruined temple at Baalbek under a pale sky.

Drawing, Ruins of the Temple of Zeus, Baalbek, May 1868

Frederic Edwin Church, 1868

Pencil sketch of distant volcanic peaks and rolling plains on tan paper, with handwritten notes, by Frederic Edwin Church, 18

Drawing, Cotopaxi between Machachi and Talunga, June 19, 1857

Frederic Edwin Church, 1857

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a mountain ridge with lower hills and handwritten colour notes on tinted paper.

Drawing, Mountains near Baalbek, Syria, May 6, 1868

Frederic Edwin Church, 1868

Pencil sketch of the Baalbek temple ruins with columns, small figures, cypress trees and distant mountains on pale paper.

Drawing, Temples, Baalbek, May 6, 1868

Frederic Edwin Church, 1868

Pencil sketch of snow-capped Mount Lebanon above rocky hills, with handwritten color and terrain notes on tinted paper.

Drawing, Mt. Lebanon between Yafoof and Baalbek, May 6, 1868

Frederic Edwin Church, 1868

Pencil sketch of a waterfall between rocky wooded cliffs with distant mountain ridges on grey paper.

Drawing. a. Sketch. Tequendama Ralls near Bogota, Colombia. b. View of distant mountain ranges

Frederic Edwin Church

Small painted sketch of a red rocky mountain ridge under blue sky, with green and yellow shrubs in the foreground.

Drawing, Baalbek, mountaincur road, May 1868

Frederic Edwin Church, 1868

Pencil botanical sketch sheet with palm, tree and leafy shrub studies and handwritten notes on colour and form.

Drawing. Botanical sketches from Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Pencil botanical sketch of a tall palm with arching fronds, plus a second trunk study, labeled Tamaca palm.

Botanical Sketch Showing Two Views of the Tamaca Palm

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Pencil sketch of a tropical riverbank village with palm trees, a thatched hut, and handwritten notes below.

Drawing. Sketches. The village Guarumo, probably in Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Seated young woman in red headscarf and white robe gazes down beside a glowing oil lamp against a dark background.

The girl with the lamp. Study

James Ensor - Willy Finch Drawing

Painting of riders in red coats jumping a fence during a fox hunt across a wide landscape under a cloudy sky.

Hunting Scene: Drawing the Cover

Henry Thomas Alken

Watercolor of a village with angular rooftops, patchwork fields and tall poles beneath a streaked blue sky.

View of Hilterfingen

Charcoal sketch of a rustic farmhouse group with wooden balconies, arched doorway and steep roofs on a grey-green paper.

Bauerngehöft

Franz von Defregger

Brown wash drawing of a rustic courtyard with a wooden staircase, steep roof, stacked logs and a shadowed doorway.

Hinterhof mit Stiegenaufgang

Franz von Defregger

Barocci - Head of Saint John the Evangelist, an oil study for The Entombment of Christ in the church of Santa Croce,…

Federico Barocci

Oil study of a broadleaf forest with sunlit yellow-green leaves, a tall pine at right, and a dirt path in front.

Broadleaf forest (study in oil)

Johann Christian Heerdt, 1835

Brown wash drawing of two nude male figures tangled in struggle on rocky ground, with white highlights.

Two Nude Male Figures Struggling Together

Nicolas de Largillière, 1709

Oval engraved portrait of a young girl with curled hair, lace cuffs and a small bouquet of flowers.

Drawing of the Duchess of La Vallière

Nicolas de Largillière

Watercolor drawing of the columned facade of East India House with carriages, a rider and pedestrians on a street.

East India House by Thomas Malton the Younger

Watercolor of a masted sailing ship beside a boatyard, with a red-roofed cottage and stone tower behind it.

Boatbuilder's Yard, Rye, from the Water-Colour Drawing by Albert Goodwin

Albert Goodwin, 1910

Watercolor of a masted sailing ship at a quay with horses pulling a timber cart and church towers in the distance.

Bristol, from the Water-Colour Drawing by Albert Goodwin

Albert Goodwin, 1910

Pen and ink drawing of a woman feeding pigs at a trough in a farmyard, with a child and a dog nearby.

print, drawing book

George Morland, 1850

Engraved scene of a woman washing laundry in a tub on a stool beside a thatched cottage, with a child seated nearby.

print, drawing book

George Morland, 1866

Pencil-style drawing of a young horse resting on the ground, head turned, with hatched shading behind it.

print, drawing book

George Morland, 1864

Pen and brown ink drawing of a thatched cottage, large tree, and horse-drawn cart on a country path.

print, drawing book

George Morland, 1790

Pen and ink study sheet of horse heads, legs and hooves with a sheep's head, signed G. Morland 1794.

print, drawing book

George Morland, 1849