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Drawings & Sketches

77,670 works

Watercolor of hybrid pitcher plants with drooping maroon flowers, green pitcher leaves and curving stems on a pale background

Hybrid Pitcherplant

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil drawing of a classical marble bust of a woman with curled hair and draped shoulders, with French handwritten notes bel

Engraving of an antique sculpture from Villa Farnesina garden in Rome

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Pencil sketch of a tall minaret with a decorated balcony and domed top beside a building with hanging laundry.

Es Saint

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a thatched cottage, tall tree, and windmill on a grassy rise.

Windmill, St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Watercolor of an orchid stem with maroon-striped yellow flowers above green leaves, on cream paper.

Untitled (Flower Study)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Edward Grey, Viscount Grey of Fallodon, 1862 - 1933. Statesman. (Study for portrait in Statesman of the Great War, Na…

James Guthrie, 1918

Watercolour of Wellington Harbour with a sailing boat, anchored steamships, wharf buildings and hazy hills under a cloudy sky

Wellington Harbour

James Nairn, 1902

Drawing of a kneeling woman with a jug beside poppies and a crescent moon, with a verse panel above, by Elihu Vedder.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) In Memoriam

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a longleaf pine top with reddish-purple cones and long green needles radiating outward.

Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1929

Watercolor of white rhododendron blossoms with pink buds and dark green leaves on woody stems.

Rosebay Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Ink and wash drawing of a winged, muscular deity with outstretched arms and a stern face, flanked by flames and shadowy figur

A Destroying Deity

William Blake, 1820

Charcoal drawing of a chained eagle on a rock under a starry sky, with handwritten verses from the Rubáiyát below.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Limitation

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Ink sketch of two standing men, a gentleman in a bow tie and a figure in a jacket, drawn in loose dark strokes.

Gentleman and waiter

Watercolor of pink mountain heather sprigs with bell-shaped flowers and green needle-like leaves on cream paper.

Pink Mountain Heather (Phyllodoce empetriformis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Blake's watercolor of a red dragon with crowned heads standing over a sea beast with many faces, under a starry sky.

The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea

William Blake, 1805

Pencil and ink sketch of reclining and standing figures, a small animal study, and a shaded form with a raised staff on aged

Moses Commanding the Waters of the Red Sea to Separate

William Page, 1850

Red chalk study sheet with a nude male figure, a seated draped woman, and a kneeling mother with infant, on a grid.

Studies for "Hercules at the Crossroads" and for the "Nativity"

Pompeo Batoni, 1748

Pen and watercolor drawing of a stepped-gable brick facade with chimneys, dormers and an exterior staircase.

Geison stone of the Rondeel in Amsterdam

Johannes Gerardus Horsthuis, 1875

Hand-colored 1858 map of Amsterdam divided into numbered wards, with legend panels and decorative black and brown border.

Map of Amsterdam with division of districts, 1481-1508

Jan ter Gouw, 1858

Pencil sketch of a slender minaret with a domed top rising above pointed arches, with handwritten notes at lower left.

Alexandria, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of two ornate spoon designs with pointed bowls and a third handle design between them, on tan paper.

Two designs for a spoon, with a third design for the handle in between

Luigi Conconi, 1895

Chalk drawing of a wild-haired figure above skulls and bones, with a block of calligraphic verse in the center.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Inevitable Fate

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor view through an iron railing of trees and red-roofed buildings in warm ochre, green and blue tones, by Frances Hod

Market at Concarneau from a window of the Hotel des Voyageurs

Frances Hodgkins, 1927

Watercolor of a sand verbena plant with red stems, green leaves and clusters of pink flowers on white paper.

Sand Verbena (Abronia umbellata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of a palace vestibule facade with colonnade, arched opening and pediment, with bench studies below.

"In the Łazienki Palace (vestibule with colonnade)"

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Watercolor of a moss pink sprig with white five-petaled flowers and green needle-like leaves on a pale background.

Moss Pink (Phlox subulate)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Art Nouveau design with a blue-gowned figure, gilded birds, red flowers, factory chimneys and a Stucchi & C. Milano roundel.

Design for a spoon and a fork

Luigi Conconi, 1895

Soft black chalk drawing of a standing man seen from behind, wearing a wide hat and cloak and holding a staff, on grey paper.

Standing man, seen from the back

Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770

Bent old woman

Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770

Black chalk drawing of a standing man in a hat and cloak, seen from behind, on grey paper.

Standing man with hand on the back, seen from the back

Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770

Grey wash drawing of a standing woman seen from behind, carrying a jug and basket, wearing a wide hat and cloak.

Standing woman with jug and basket, seen from the back

Simon Andreas Krausz, 1770

Ink drawing of thirteen decorative initial letters with foliage, animals, arches and swirling ornament in black and white.

13 alkukirjainta 10. lukuun, Seitsemän veljeksen kuvitusta

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1906