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Drawings & Sketches

76,868 works

Sepia crayon portrait of a man in an aviator helmet with goggles and a fur-collared coat, labeled James R. McConnell.

James R. McConnell

John Elliott, 1920

Watercolour of a ruined stone tower and steps above a hazy blue mountain valley, with small figures in the foreground.

Italian mountain scene

John Ruskin, 1833

Watercolor of a climbing clematis vine with ruffled purple and white flowers, green leaves, and curling tendrils.

Curly Clematis (Clematis crispa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Soft pastel portrait of a young woman with auburn hair, a forehead ornament, and a faint smile against a blurred green backgr

Fragment

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of a craggy island rising from choppy sea, labelled Solander and dated 17 Aug 66.

Solander Island

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Pencil contour drawing of a standing male nude with raised arms and turned head, on cream paper.

Male Nude No. 12

Gaston Lachaise

Pencil sketch of four men seated at a table with a lamp and tea service, with paintings on the walls behind them.

A Meeting in the Academy of Arts: Count Ivan Tolstoy, Painter Vladimir Makovsky, Sculptor Vladimir Beklemishev and Ar…

Ilya Repin, 1890

Pastel portrait of a smiling woman in a red cloche hat and red coat against a tan background.

Hollywood

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Two young men in red caps in a studio with a skull, easels, brushes and a sketch reflected in a mirror.

A young artist (Ditlev Blunck looking at a sketch through a mirror)

Wilhelm Bendz, 1826

Merluccius australis (NZ) : Hake

Frank Edward Clarke, 1871

Mathew B. Brady

James Edward Kelly, 1890

Watercolor of two white prickly poppy flowers with yellow centers, spiny green leaves, and buds on a pale background.

Prickly Poppy (Argemone hispeda)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a yellow flower with red stamens beside a green bud and large leaves, labeled Glacier Park 1939.

Untitled--Plant Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1939

Sketchbook

Albert Edelfelt, 1878

Pencil sketch of two grazing cows with heads lowered to grass on a torn, pale sheet of paper.

Untitled (Two Cows)

Howard Russell Butler

Pastel portrait of a woman with a bob haircut and red lips, wearing a wide-brimmed hat with yellow rosettes and a pale green

Spanish Fantasy II (Juliet Fremont)

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolour of green hills, a river junction with farm buildings, and a blue mountain range under a pale sky.

Junction of Slate and Aorere Rivers, Collingwood Goldfields

James Crowe Richmond, 1869

Watercolor of a prairie thistle with a purple flower head, a side bud, and spiny silvery-green leaves on a pale background.

Prairie Thistle (Cirsium undulatum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor botanical study of a Saskatoon branch with serrated leaves and clusters of red and dark purple berries.

Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Carolina jessamine branch with yellow trumpet flowers and green leaves on red stems.

Carolina Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure playing pan pipes on a rock, with drapery and a shell at his feet.

Polyphemus playing the pan pipes

Johan Tobias Sergel, 1755

Charcoal and chalk study of a tall riding boot and stirrup on tan paper, initialed S.H.B.

Boot, study for Equestrian Statue

Solon H. Borglum, 1900

Pastel portrait of a young blonde girl with a large white bow in her hair against a green background.

Jane

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Painting of a branch with clusters of red winged maple seeds hanging from thin stems, dated 1923.

Carolina Maple (Acer carolinianum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of a California fuchsia stem with red tubular flowers, buds and green leaves on a pale background.

California Fuschia (Zauschneria californica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

Loose charcoal sketch of figures holding long lances beside a dark building, some crouched on the ground.

Young Picards at an exercise with lances

Design study with a gold star motif, stylized leaves and red and blue fills, drawn in pencil and crayon on tan paper.

Star motif. Design for the polychrome of the vault of the crossing bay of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Painting of a woman ironing linen at a table in a sunlit room, with laundry hanging near a window.

Woman Ironing, study for the Washerwomen

Albert Edelfelt, 1888

Pencil sketch of a nude male figure diving head first into water, arms extended overhead.

The Plunge #2

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Watercolor and pencil drawing of Chicago rooftops, chimneys and brick towers with a leafy tree in the lower left.

Chicago, Rooftops near Allerton House

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

The Painter Eugène Delacroix

The White Drake

Joseph Crawhall, 1895