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Drawings & Sketches

76,731 works

Watercolor of snowy mountains above a forested valley with a small lake and two figures in the foreground.

Mountainous Landscape, North Wales

John Sell Cotman, 1802

Pencil sketch of the Rhine gorge with steep cliffs, a castle on a hill, and riverside buildings.

Rhine at the Lurlei

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Brown wash drawing of a Gothic church interior with pointed arches, a lancet window, and stone tomb slabs in the foreground.

Interior of a Church, Looking West from South Aisle

John Sell Cotman, 1804

Pencil sketch of a rocky woodland glen with trees beside a still pool and boulders in the foreground.

Fairy Glen, Bettws-y-Coed

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel drawing of a woman with tousled dark hair looking upward, surrounded by soft green and yellow foliage strokes on tan p

Blossom

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of a ruined Norman church facade with a zigzag-decorated arch, fallen stones, and a broken fence under a cloudy sk

Ruin of a Norman Church

John Sell Cotman, 1825

Graphite study of a cloaked standing figure beside two hooded figures and a sketched castle on a gridded sheet.

Galahad on horseback: study for "Galahad Departs" in The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen drawing of a colonial street in Padang, Sumatra, with pitched-roof houses, walking figures, a rider and a street lamp.

Souvenir à Padang. (Sumatra)

R. Walthert, 1874

Pencil sketch of a river with trees, reeds, and two people in a rowboat, dated September 19, 1848.

Untitled - Daniel Kotz

Pencil sketch on tan paper of an oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair, plus a veiled woman study below.

Two copies of miniature portraits, including Zofia Zamoyska by Jean-Baptiste Isabey

Stanisław Wyspiański

Ink wash drawing of a wooden house with a latticed roof, veranda, fence and trees, with two uniformed men in the foreground.

Atjeh

C.D. Wulf, 1874

Pen and wash drawing of three armed men in headcloths before a stilt house and palm trees, 1873.

Atjehnese troops

C.D. Wulf, 1873

Panoramic drawing of Fort de Kock military camp with barracks, a parade ground and hills behind, dated 1874.

View of Fort de Kock

R. Walthert, 1874

Pencil drawing of an open Gothic south door with studded panels and a carved relief panel above the arch.

South Door, Arminghall Hall, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1811

Watercolor drawing of a standing man in a grey coat and wide-brimmed hat, carrying a walking stick and a knapsack.

Standing Artist

John Frederick Kensett, 1840

Pencil study of a reclining nude woman raising a sphere in one hand, drawn within a faint arch, by Kenyon Cox, 1900.

(Iowa State Capitol Rotunda) (Art, study for panel)

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pastel and chalk study of a female figure with raised arm and billowing drapery on a grey-green background.

Study for figure of 3 pm in "The Hours" ceiling at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1904

Pencil sketch of a ruin on a lake with a tree at left, a rocky bank at right, and two figures in the foreground.

Ruin on a Lake, in the Manner of Richard Wilson

John Sell Cotman, 1820

Ink and wash drawing of a man asleep in an armchair beside a draped desk with a book, inkwell and quill.

Apres l'attentat, Juin '97

Jean-Louis Forain, 1897

Pen and ink drawing of a narrow old town street with steep roofs, dormers, and leaning timber-framed houses on tan paper.

A Small Town Street

William Wentworth Stevens, 1895-1956

Pencil sketch of a seated woman with raised arm beside a reclining woman, on a pale ground.

Seated and Reclining Woman

Edvard Munch, 1917

Brown wash drawing of young men in tall hats gathered around a block, one standing observer at left.

Genre Scene of Young Men Playing a Game

Frederico Zuccaro, c. 1550s-1609

Pencil portrait of an elderly man with long hair and a buttoned coat, turned three-quarters to the left.

Portrait of Christopher Friedenreich Hage. Pre-study for Double portrait of the merchant Christopher Friedenreich Hag…

Wilhelm Marstrand, 1849

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a ruffled dress, head tilted up with mouth open as if singing, against a dark hatched backgroun

Lady Singing

James Ensor, 1880

Pastel set design of a hall with lilac doors, a stool, cushions on the floor, and blue framing curtains.

Hall with Doors (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson

Untitled - Howard Russell Butler

Howard Russell Butler

Blue-toned watercolor of a misty woodland with tall bare trees and dense undergrowth in the foreground.

In Rokeby Park

John Sell Cotman, 1800

Watercolor of Norwich Cathedral's north choir aisle with vaulted arches, columns, a red curtain and a seated figure.

Norwich Cathedral: Interior of the North Aisle of the Choir, Looking East

John Sell Cotman, 1829

Pencil sketch of a man with long hair and a wide-brimmed hat, gazing upward with one hand raised near his chest.

The regents of the Old Men's Almshouse in Haarlem. A figure

Pencil landscape drawing of a river with a large tree, distant mountains, and cumulus clouds in the sky.

Untitled - George Elbert Burr, 1930

George Elbert Burr, 1930

Pastel set design of a heart-decorated royal court interior with a golden throne, pink walls and floral doors.

The Court of Hearts (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland)

William Penhallow Henderson, 1910

Pencil and grey wash drawing of a stone church font on a stepped octagonal base, by John Sell Cotman, 1817.

Font at Caister Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1817