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Drawings & Sketches

78,344 works

Watercolor of a hilly landscape with a rider, two cows on rocks, pack animals beside a river, and farm buildings.

Gebirgslandschaft, auf dem Weg ein Mädchen zu Pferde, links zwei Kühe

Francis Wheatley, 1784

Pen and watercolor sketch of a peasant man in a wide hat and clogs, walking and holding a long handle.

Bauer in der Haltung eines Mannes, der einen Schubkarren führt

Hendrick Avercamp

Brustbild eines Mädchens im Profil und von vorne

Hendrick Avercamp

Brown ink and watercolor drawing of a man in a fur cap and blue coat holding a rifle, with a small head sketch above.

Ein Jäger mit Gewehr und Pelzmütze

Hendrick Avercamp

Watercolor drawing of two women on a sofa in a red-draped room, a masked man at right, and a window view of the sea.

Charles Conder; his life and work (1914)

Charles Conder, 1914

Brown wash drawing of three playful putti with a garland and wreath among clouds, by Jacob de Wit.

Jacob De Wit, Study for putti

Pencil sketch of sailing ships and small rowing boats with figures on choppy water.

Pinks at sea and boats being hauled ashore RMG PW6762

Willem van de Velde the Younger

Print, Proofs for Four Plates of "Alfabeto in Sogno" [Dream Alphabet]: Letter E, 1683

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1683

Print, Proofs for four plates of "Alfabeto in Sogno" [Dream Alphabet]: Letter I, 1683

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1683

Pen drawing of a man leaning on a tree with green tint, surrounded by studies of feet and a scallop shell.

Print, Proofs of four plates of "Alfabeto in Sogno" [Dream Alphabet]: Letter K, 1683

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1683

Pen drawing with green wash of a merman holding a curling ribbon, surrounded by cherub heads, a rooster and waves.

Print, Proofs for four plates of "Alfabeto in Sogno" [Dream Alphabet]: Letter G, 1683

Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1683

Watercolor drawing of a nude bearded man digging up thistles with a wooden stick on a pale, open landscape.

Adam drawing up Thistles

Joakim Skovgaard

Coloured sketch of Romeo climbing a rope to a balcony where Juliet leans over the stone parapet.

Sketch for the Passions: Love

Richard Dadd, 1853

Watercolor sketch of two men in Renaissance costume by a stone archway, with a harbor town behind them.

Sketch for the Passions: Jealousy

Richard Dadd, 1853

Watercolor sketch of two women at a piano, one in a yellow gown seated and one standing behind in blue, reading music.

The Music Lesson or the Governess: a Sketch

Richard Dadd, 1855

Watercolor sketch of tense children in a fenced yard, one climbing a post, with a toy horse and village houses behind.

Sketch to Illustrate the Passions: Suspense or Expectation

Richard Dadd, 1855

Watercolor sketch of a seated figure in a patterned robe holding a curved sword, with a bald head peering from a brick archwa

Sketch to Illustrate the Passions: Treachery

Richard Dadd, 1853

Watercolor sketch of an armored knight with a plumed helmet and sword, facing a crowd before a hilltop walled city.

Sketch for the Passions: Pride

Richard Dadd, 1854

Watercolour of an archer in green drawing a longbow beside a bear in an autumn forest with a waterfall.

Sketch of Robin Hood

Richard Dadd, 1852

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a seated woman in a long dress with birds at her feet, signed Carroll Beckwith.

Seated Woman with Birds

Carroll Beckwith

Brown wash drawing of a nude standing figure beside reclining figures in a turbulent, cloudy composition.

The Chastisement of Luxury

Lucas Velázquez, 1817

Engraving of a mule-drawn covered wagon escorted by mounted soldiers across a plain, with a bearded driver and a dog.

Ejecting an "Oklahoma boomer" - drawn by T. de Thulstrup from a sketch by Frederic Remington

Frederic Remington, 1885

Pen drawing of men quarreling over cards at a table in a dim New Mexican ranch room lit by a hanging lamp.

A quarrel over cards-a sketch from a New Mexican ranch

Frederic Remington, 1887

An East-Side Politician

Frederic Remington

Engraving of cowboys resting by a campfire as a mounted rider with a rifle gestures across an open hilly landscape.

Cow-boys of Arizona--roused by a scout 1882

Frederic Remington, 1882

Engraving of a mounted rider in a wide-brimmed hat chasing a leaping pronghorn antelope across hilly terrain.

Hunting the prong-horn antelope in California by Frederic Remington 1889

Frederic Remington, 1889

Engraved interior scene of a dentist extracting a tooth from a patient at a window, watched by a woman, a servant and a cat.

The London Dentist by Robert Dighton

Wash drawing of a cavalry battle with mounted soldiers firing pistols, rearing horses, smoke and fallen men in the foreground

John Augustus Atkinson - A 17th Century battle scene - Atkinson-K05880

John Augustus Atkinson

Pen sketch of two heads, a curly-haired man on the left and a child with a fringe on the right, with a Holbein inscription.

Ambrosius Holbein and Hans Holbein

Hans Holbein the Elder

Pen and pencil sketch of two draped classical women, one seated and one standing with a lyre, with faint studies around them.

Classical Figures Drawing

Thomas Stothard

Pen and graphite sketch of muscular male figures in action poses, two grappling, with faint grid lines and underdrawing.

Sketch of Classical Figures in Action

Thomas Stothard, 1755

Pencil sketch page with a horse and rider, a reclining dog, a soldier's head in a military cap, and an eye study.

Page of Sketches (equestrian, dog, soldier’s head)

Théodore Géricault, 1814