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Drawings & Sketches

79,358 works

Sepia wash drawing of cannons, soldiers and an American flag at a battery overlooking a bridge and the ruins of Hampton.

Ruins of Hampton taken from the battery which commands the bridge

Alfred Waud, 1861

Pencil and wash sketch of a wooden steam mill near a field with wagons, horses, soldiers and bare trees.

Steam Mill nr. the battlefield. used as a medical depot

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of soldiers looking at a wooden quaker gun on a hill, with a tree and distant treeline in view.

Rebel Gun at Munsons hill-a regular quaker

Alfred Waud, 1861

Pencil sketch of soldiers around a cannon in a wooded clearing, with rifles stacked and a tent at right.

Spot where Genl. Sedgwick was killed

Alfred Waud, 1864

Brown-toned sketch of mounted soldiers approaching a wooden stockade gate, with cannons on fortifications and smoke in the fo

Stockade and gates closing the approach to the long bridge

Alfred Waud, 1861

Soldiers with rifles cross a grassy field past a split-rail fence toward rows of white tents in a wooded landscape.

Schenks Ohio regiments

Alfred Waud, 1861

Pen and ink drawing of a man gesturing to a woman in robes, with a rider on a camel and mountains behind them.

Udea and her Seven Brothers, by Henry Justice Ford

Henry Justice Ford

Pencil drawing of a riverside town with church spires, a steamboat and rowboats on a winding river.

Ansicht von Wimpfen am Neckar

Heinrich Hasselhorst

Pencil sketch of Rome's ruins and churches with a bell tower, overgrown walls and rooftops under a pale sky.

Das Forum Boarium in Rom

Heinrich Hasselhorst

Pencil sketch of an ellipse with intersecting construction lines and a radiating fan of lines in the upper left corner.

Geometrical sketches

Heinrich Hasselhorst

Pencil drawing of a young woman in a long dress looking down at a small wrapped gift box she holds.

A Christmas present

Frans Schwartz, 1895

Engraving of elegant 19th-century guests in voluminous gowns and formal attire at a drawing room reception.

June - Society at the Drawing Room

Adelaide Claxton

Two girls' heads

Albert Van Dyck, 1948

Red chalk portrait sketch of a young woman with hair in a bun, looking forward, on tan paper.

Gusta

Albert Van Dyck

Charcoal sketch of a woman holding a sleeping infant while another seated figure leans in beside a chair.

Family scene

Albert Van Dyck

Brown ink and wash drawing of a group of standing children, with faint pencil sketches of more figures at left.

Group of children

Albert Van Dyck

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated man pointing among nude figures in a colonnaded hall with statues and a frieze.

The Clemency of Augustus (Corneille, Cinna, V, 3) (recto); Knight Restraining a Female Figure (verso)

François-André Vincent

Engraved portrait of a seated man writing beside an open book of cathedral plates, with a second man behind him.

John Britton, PA05628

Thomas Uwins, 1820

Pastel drawing of two girls embracing on a wooden cart with a toy clown and flower garland, dark architectural background.

The Two Sisters

Richard de Saint-Non

Watercolor of a rider on a galloping red horse across a meadow, with a thatched cottage and trees behind.

Zygmunt Rozwadowski - Czerkies na koniu (1902)

Zygmunt Rozwadowski, 1902

Pen and ink drawing of a man in a top hat sketching outdoors among tall cypress trees, with a palette on his lap.

The Artist Sketching

Portrait of François Reidy de Lagrange

Louis Rolland Trinquesse

Pen and brown wash drawing of a dead Christ supported by two winged angels, with a bearded saint behind.

Design of Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels a Saint

Marco Marchetti, 1553

Studies of Two Helmets and of Two Soldiers Wearing Helmets

Marco Marchetti, 1553

Brown wash drawing of a seated king playing a harp on clouds, with winged angels behind him and red grid lines.

King David with Angels

Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli

Brown wash drawing of the Last Supper with Christ at a long table surrounded by apostles in robes.

The Last Supper

Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli

Pen and watercolor drawing of an epitaph design with a blank cartouche, skull and crossbones, two draped women and two putti.

Presentation Drawing for an Epitaph

Chalk study on grey paper of a nude male figure seen from behind, arms raised, seated beside a stone block.

Study of a Male Nude

Domenico Maggiotto

Pen and ink drawing of a rustic wooden bridge over a stream with boulders and birch trees in a forest.

A Bridge over a Forest Stream

Heinrich Dreber

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saint Lucy's martyrdom, with heavenly figures in clouds above and oxen and figures below.

The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy: Her Last Communion before Being Dragged by Oxen

Alessandro Maganza

Drawing of a young woman with bowed head and closed eyes, wearing a head covering, rendered in white highlights on blue-grey

Bust of a Young Woman

Piero di Cosimo

Watercolor of a rocky mountain massif with snowy peaks under a pale blue sky, with blue-gray foothills below.

The Watzmann seen from the North-East, and Some Sketches of a Mountain

August Heinrich, 1820