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Drawings & Sketches

76,778 works

Pen and ink sketch of an insect with curled antenna, round body and segmented abdomen on cream card.

Entomology watercolour

Painting of a large oak draped in Spanish moss above a rail fence and green field under a cloudy sky.

Study for the

William Henry Huddle, 1885

Pastel portrait of a woman in a black dress and lace veil with a red flower, looking upward to the left.

Spanish Woman

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of boys smoking pipes and a cigar around a table in a room with a rocking horse and clock, 1839.

"Everyone smokes" (Satirical depiction of the smoking craze)

Johann Christian Schoeller, 1839

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of a sailboat on a calm lake with distant mountains and rippling reflections.

(Sketchbook) (From Ouchy)

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor study of a lake shore with reeds, a white house with red roof, a rowing boat and a pale evening sky.

Landscape from Louhisaari, Study

Gustaf Wilhelm Finnberg

Sepia drawing of a smiling man in a visor cap and military-style uniform, with the name Paul Pavelka lettered at top left.

Paul Pavelka

John Elliott, 1920

Watercolour of a clifftop with soldiers, a gun emplacement, barbed wire and a flagpole under a cloudy sky.

Coastal defences

Eric Ravilious, 1940

Pencil sketch of foliage and slender branches with hatched shading on aged, stained paper.

Foliage

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Two pencil sketches of a six-petaled flower labeled Back and Front, with stamens visible in the front view.

Framework of the Flower

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil sketch of a female nude with raised arm, draped fabric and loose hatched shading, signed Rodin in the lower left.

Reclining Female Nude

Engraved architectural drawing of a domed chapel showing a cross section with an altar and a facade elevation.

Profile by C.D. = Profile through C.D. ; Facade towards the altar = Facade towards the choir altar

Alexander Glässer, 1756

Watercolor of Mount Rotui's jagged peak above green slopes, with two bays and a sailing ship on Moorea.

Mount Rotui, Cook’s Bay (Pao Pao) and Opunoku Bay, Moorea

Constance Gordon-Cumming, 1877

Small brown wash drawing of a bearded soldier in a cap with a diagonal sash across his chest.

Portrait of a soldier

Cornelis van der Griendt, 1842

Grey wash drawing of the Nieuwe Kerk seen from behind, with a horse-drawn carriage and pedestrians on a cobbled square.

View of the Nieuwe Kerk

Nicolaes Aartman, 1757

Line drawing in fan shape of a cat on a window ledge overlooking a landscape with mountain and fields.

Cat in the window

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1807

Pencil sketch of a ruined hilltop castle above a wooded slope and riverside village, with handwritten notes.

Rheinfels from St. Goarshausen

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of Eton College's towers and windows rising above trees, with a small rowing boat on the river.

Eton College from the River

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a reclining woman with scribbled hair, one knee raised, drawn loosely on tan paper.

Sleeping Woman

Gustav Klimt, 1916

Pencil drawing of a tomb with a recumbent effigy, carved arch, cherubs and two heraldic shields.

Tomb of Barbara of Rożnów in Tarnów Cathedral

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1889

Grey ink wash drawing of a waterbird lying on its side with wings spread, with a small Japanese inscription above.

Dead waterfowl

Yamamoto Shinryo Baiitsu, 1800

Ink and watercolor drawing of a bird of prey with spread wings and yellow talons perched on a rock above waves.

Bird of prey on rock

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Watercolor study of a dead robin lying on its side, with olive-grey back, orange breast and drawn legs.

Dead robin

Yamamoto Shinryo Baiitsu, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of a grey carp swimming upward among green weeds and two small fish, with a signature at lower right.

Carp swimming among weed and three small fish

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Ink drawing of a seated man in robes holding an open folding fan before his face, within a circular vignette.

Seated man, with a fan in front of the face

Totoya Hokkei, 1791

Ink drawing of a black heart pierced by crossed stems, surrounded by thistle stalks and flower heads on a cream background.

Heinäkuun viides päivä -runon välivinjetti

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Loose pen sketch of two wine glasses held in hands, with faint printed text visible on the paper beneath.

Sketches of hands holding wine glasses

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a male and female Cardinal Grosbeak perched on a leafy branch, with handwritten labels below.

Cardinal Grosbeak

John James Audubon, 1810

Watercolour landscape of a river bank with a small boat, a stone monument, reeds, a leaning tree and blue hills.

Stream with ruins

Mrs. Roosevelt Scovel

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

The Fiddling Beggar

William Sidney Mount, 1853

Pencil sketch of three women in Dutch bonnets and long dresses, by James Ensor, on pale paper.

Three Dutch peasant girls