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Drawings & Sketches

77,595 works

Watercolor of a branching clematis stem with drooping pink and purple bell-shaped flowers and green leaves.

Jicarilla (Clematis pseudoalpina)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Watercolor of a parrot pitcher plant with two drooping red flowers and curled, red-veined pitcher leaves on a pale background

Parrot Pitcherplant (Sarracenia psittacina)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of nodding purple fairy lantern flowers with narrow green leaves and buds on slender stems.

Purple Fairy Lantern (Calochortus anoenum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

Watercolor of Mountain Lady's Slipper orchids with maroon twisted petals, white pouch lips and green leaves.

Mountain Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium montanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Architectural drawing of a classical interior with Corinthian columns and an arched mural of angels above a group of men.

A Town Meeting

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Loose graphite and red chalk sketch of hands sewing over dark hatched fabric, by James Ensor.

Sewing hands

Watercolor of a flame azalea branch with orange blossoms, green leaves, and reddish-purple buds on a pale background.

Flame Azalea (Rhododendron speciosum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Watercolor of Ramshead lady's slipper orchid stems with maroon pouch flowers and green pleated leaves on a cream background.

Ramshead Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium arietinum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Loose ink and watercolor sketch of costumed dancers in colorful hats and dresses, signed J. Torres-García and dated 1921.

Artists' Ball: Costumed Dancers

Joaquín Torres-García, 1921

Chalk drawing of a seated spinning woman, a standing woman with a distaff, goats, and a clay jug, with a verse panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Youth and Age

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a clustered hedgehog cactus with bright red flowers and yellow centers against a cream background.

Hedgehog Cactus (Coryphantha arizonica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Watercolor of two pentstemon stems with pale purple tubular flowers, green buds and leaves on a white background.

Pentstemon (Pentstemon macranthus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of the rock-cut Tomb of Helena in Jerusalem with a carved frieze, steps, a seated figure, and a palm tree.

Tomb of Helena, Jerusalem

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Ink drawing of a compass rose with ornate script below reading Levi Mentzer, born May 3, 1811, on aged paper.

Levi Mentzer Born May 3, 1811

n.d Mentzer Family Member, 1810

Colored pencil drawing by James Ensor showing soldiers, flags and a crowd of onlookers in a busy street scene.

The strike

James Ensor, 1888

Pencil sketch of a ruined Gothic castle with a round tower, gabled building, crumbling wall and wayside crucifix.

Ruins of a Gothic castle

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1880

Watercolor of two white Matilija poppy flowers with yellow centers, a bud, a seed pod, and grey-green leaves.

Matilija Poppy (Romneya coulteri)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1931

Watercolor of a balsam fir branch with clustered brown cones and green needles on a pale background.

Balsam Fir (Albies fraseri)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Pencil sketch of rolling hills and a winding river valley at twilight, with handwritten notes along the bottom edge.

Twilight on the Way from Tongue River (Head of Little Big Horn?)

Thomas Moran, 1890

Alaston nainen, malliharjoitelma

Watercolour landscape of deer on rolling hills, with a castle among trees and a hazy plain beyond under cloudy skies.

Arundel Park

Pencil portrait of a man with short dark hair in a jacket and cravat, turned to the left, with handwritten name below.

Lodovico Pasini. Pencil drawing by C. E. Liverati, 1841

Carlo Ernesto Liverati

Oil study of a nude man bending forward, one foot raised on a wooden block, against a dark brownish background.

Study of a man

Achille Etna Michallon, 1803

Loose painted portrait of a bearded man in a tan jacket among green grasses and pink flowers.

Portrait Study (Stanisław Dębicki - Artist, Painter)

Jacek Malczewski, 1914

Watercolor of a fairy-bells plant with bright red berries and green leaves edged in yellow, on a pale background.

Fairy-bells (Disporum hookeri)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Watercolor sketch of ruined stone temple with fallen columns and a row of Ionic columns under a cloudy sky.

Temple of Azani, from South

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Thelma Snowdon

James Owen, 1840

Pencil design drawing of stylized vetch fronds with curling tendril and guide lines on pale tracing paper.

Vetch. Design for painted decoration of the presbytery of the Franciscan church in Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1895

Watercolor of a moss campion cushion with pink flowers, purple buds and green needle leaves on cream paper.

Moss Campion (Silene acaulis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Pencil sketch of a jagged mountain peak above a sloping valley with a winding creek path.

In Camp on Soda Butte Creek, Cook City

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketches of many male faces in varied poses, some wearing caps and hats, with brown wash stains on the sheet.

Faces of Men, sketches for the Manifestation Procession

Henry Ericsson, 1931

Ink drawing of a standing nude woman with dark hair beside a chair, rendered in loose brush outlines on pale paper.

Female Nude, Standing