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Drawings & Sketches

77,228 works

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with conifer trees, a rocky stream, and steep peaks under a pale sky.

On the Road near Landro, Tyrol

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Watercolor of a neoclassical cathedral facade with columns, twin towers, fountains, and trees under a cloudy sky.

The Façade and Suroundings of a Cathedral for Berlin

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1827

Watercolor of pale Indian Pipe plants with drooping bell-shaped flowers and pink-tinged stems on a light background.

Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Watercolor portrait of a man with dark hair, grey collar and white cravat against a pale blue background.

Robert Owen, 1771 - 1858. Pioneer socialist

Mary Ann Knight, 1800

Pencil sketch of old Lausanne houses with steep roofs, chimneys, a domed spire and pedestrians on a cobbled street.

Old Houses, Lausanne

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a man in pince-nez spectacles and moustache, turned three-quarters, on a green ground.

James McNeill Whistler

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Watercolor drawing of a classical cathedral interior with colonnade, coffered ceiling, apse, and small figures by Schinkel.

The Nave, Apse, and Crossing of a Cathedral for Berlin

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1827

Faint pencil sketch of a sailing ship's hull and masts on pale green sketchbook paper, numbered 39.

Blank page. From: An 1876 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1876

Watercolor of two nodding purple American pasqueflowers with yellow stamens, green feathery leaves, and grass at the base.

American Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla ludoviciana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1922

Watercolor of a thorny branch with pink locust flowers hanging among green pinnate leaves on a pale background.

New Mexican Locust (Robinia neomexicana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a cliffrose branch with white flowers, yellow centers, lobed green leaves and feathery seed plumes.

Cliffrose (Cowania stanshuriana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

Brown ink drawing of a market with canopy stalls, wicker baskets, barrels, and figures on a cobbled street.

Torinäkymä

Alexander Lauréus, 1817

Colored pencil drawing of the steamship U.S.S. Tybee in a busy harbor with flags, small boats, and waterfront buildings.

U.S.S. Tybee

William O. Golding, 1930

Model in Yellows

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Watercolor of white northern anemone flowers on slender stems above green lobed leaves, on a pale background.

Northern Anemone (Anemone parviflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two stems of purple Jacob's ladder flowers with feathery green leaves on a pale background.

Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium viscosum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1937

Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1869 - 1928. Architect (study for group portrait The Building Committee of the Glasgow Sch…

Francis Henry Newbery, 1914

Watercolor of an evening primrose with a yellow open flower, several buds and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Evening Primrose (Oenothera lavandalaefolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1931

Architectural drawing with pink wash showing a sectional cutaway of a church beside its west facade with twin towers and an o

Section of the Crossing and the West End of a Cathedral for Berlin

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1827

Charcoal sketch of rugged mountain ridges and slopes in loose diagonal hatching on a sketchbook page numbered 59.

Sketch of hills/peaks from an Otira sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1893

Pastel portrait of a pale figure with wide eyes and a white ruffled collar, set against a yellow and green glowing background

Moon Madness

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of two stems of yellow butterfly weed flowers with narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Butterfly Weed (Ascelpias tuberosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Watercolor of two tall stems with red tubular penstemon flowers, green leaves and buds on a cream background.

Pentstemon (Pentstemon barbatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch on brown paper of a seated woman with short hair leaning forward, arms extended, by Edvard Munch.

Sittende kvinnelig akt

Edvard Munch, 1902

Pencil sketch of moored sailing boats and a domed church across a Venetian lagoon, with rippling water reflections.

Giudecca--Venice

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pastel portrait of a woman with a dark bob, red lips, pearl necklace, and orange shawl against a gray background.

Nightclub

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pen drawing of a colonnaded church interior with Corinthian columns, coffered ceiling, and a sunburst-decorated apse.

The Nave and Apse, without a Transept, of a Cathedral for Berlin

Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1827

Charcoal sketch of a woman raising a lantern while a figure on a ladder and a child stand nearby.

The lampions

Loose pencil sketch of a female figure with one arm raised and head bowed, on cream paper.

Figuuriharjoitelma

Soft pastel portrait of a woman with auburn hair in a red garment against a blurred ochre and blue background.

Reverie

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolour of the steamship Wellington at sea under a pink and grey sunset sky, smoke trailing from its funnel.

Wellington

William Forster, 1870

Pencil sketch with light wash of two young girls standing under a flowing cloak, one with arm raised, beside a faint animal.

Two Girls under a Cloak