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Drawings & Sketches

76,868 works

Pen and wash sketch of a comic landscape with twisted tree-like figures, a stag, and small grotesque figures below clouds.

Comic Scene III

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Soft pastel portrait of a woman with downcast eyes, wearing a green headwrap and pink shawl against a blended green backgroun

Two Faces

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Brown monochrome watercolor of a pale road lined with trees, fields and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Moonlight no. 1

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pen and ink drawing of a helmeted warrior with a spear riding a galloping horse, with a second horse behind, in an oval frame

Two Mounted Warriors

Attributed to John Deare, n.d.

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a scarecrow with a hooded head, dark skirt, red shawl and outstretched arms, with birds sket

A scarecrow

Christen Dalsgaard, 1850

Watercolor of a cucumber tree branch with a yellow-green closed bud and long green leaves on a pale background.

Cucumber Tree (Magnolia scuminata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Grey wash design drawing of a classical ewer and a two-handled footed bowl on a ruled sheet.

Design for a jug and bowl

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1790

Pencil sketch of a standing male nude with one arm raised overhead, on tan paper with faint wash marks.

Nude

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Soft pastel portrait of a woman's head and shoulders in green and blue tones, with blurred features.

A Memory

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Five Sketches of Heads

Samuel Drummond, n.d.

Watercolor of two white wake-robin trillium flowers above broad green leaves on pale stems, signed M.V.W. 1939.

Wake-Robin (Trillium simile)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1939

Pencil sketch of a woman with flowers in her hair looking up at a smiling man in a dark suit and bow tie.

In the theater box

Watercolor self-portrait of a dark-haired man in a blue garment against a red and ochre patterned background.

Self-portrait of Jan Toorop

Jan Toorop, 1881

Charcoal landscape of dark trees on the left, an open field, a faint distant house, and a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Trees

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Thyrsites atun (Tas) : Barracouta

Frank Edward Clarke, 1867

Oil portrait of a balding, mustached man in a dark suit and blue tie, leaning one hand on a ledge against a dark background.

George Nicoll Barnes, 1859 - 1940. Statesman. (Study for portrait in Statesmen of the Great War, National Portrait Ga…

James Guthrie, 1918

Pastel and pencil sketch of a curved fragment with a rainbow band, blue and green fields, and faint figures with yellow rays.

Fragment of the scene

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Pencil study of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat and cloak, sash across his chest, striking a dramatic pose on a step.

Study for Standing Man Wearing Sash and Striking Dramatic Pose

Thomas Duncan, n.d.

Watercolor of a wild pea plant with red and pink blossoms, narrow green leaves, and curling tendrils on a pale background.

Wild Pea (Lathyrus decaphyllus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Pencil drawing of three cows in a meadow, one grazing and two lying down, beside a wooden fence and a tree.

Three cows in a meadow near a gate

Pieter de Goeje, 1809

Grey wash drawing of a helmeted figure in a sand circle facing robed men, with soldiers, a city wall and trees behind.

Popilius Laenas draws a circle around Antiochus IV Epiphanes in the sand

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Grey wash sketch of a theatre curtain design with classical columns, a seated woman, a lute player and putti.

Sketch for a stage curtain in The Hague

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1803

Pen and brown wash drawing of allegorical figures by a column, with ships in a harbor and barrels in the foreground.

Allegory of Shipping, Trade and Abundance

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and brown ink sketch of a theatre interior with a draped curtain, a seated man, and a standing woman beside a pillar.

Sketch for a stage curtain in The Hague, seen from the side

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1803

Portrait of a Cardinal

José Villegas Cordero, 1875

Watercolor and ink landscape of rolling green fields, a pale stone tower on a hill, and distant blue hills.

On the Road to Gaillac

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pen and ink drawing of a thatched cottage in open fields with a walking figure and a grazing cow under clouds.

Poigny

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Watercolour of a valley town with a church spire, rolling hills, grazing cattle and figures on a path in the foreground.

Nelson, 1858

Henry Maplestone, 1858

Pencil drawing of a leaning tree with twisted trunk and feathery foliage above a grassy bank and shrubs.

Tree on Bluff Beside Water

Joshua Wilson Faulkner, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of an organ grinder and a child beside a house, with a sailboat and figures at windows.

Design for the face of a clock with an organ grinder in front of a house

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Grey ink drawing of a seated ruler under a canopy receiving a woman and attendants in a vaulted hall.

A monarch on his throne receives a woman and her entourage

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1752

Pen and grey wash design of a symmetrical facade with a radiant cloud above a central arch inscribed PAX.

Design for a decoration on the building of Felix Meritis

Jurriaan Andriessen, 1802