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Drawings & Sketches

77,670 works

Pen and wash drawing of a harbour with a sailing boat, rowing boat, stone tower and figures on the quay.

Harbour Scene

Abraham Rademaker

Untitled - James McNeill Whistler, 1890

James McNeill Whistler, 1890

Watercolor of a sand phacelia plant with purple flowers, narrow green leaves and red stems on cream paper.

Sand Phacelia (Phacelia linearis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oil study of an elderly bearded man in a loose coat against a dark background, painted in warm earthy tones.

Study of an Old Peasant

Piotr Michałowski, 1840

Ink drawing of a man's head turned upward to the right, drawn with heavy black brushstrokes on pale paper.

Head of a man looking obliquely to the upper right

Leo Gestel, 1930

Pencil study of a nude male figure resembling a classical plaster cast, standing on a plinth with head bowed.

Akatemiaharjoitelma ; Antiikin nuorukainen, kipsivalos

Arvid Liljelund, 1867

Black ink drawing of a village with a church spire, trees, a grazing horse by a fence, and clouds in the sky.

Vignette for biography of Gestel by Prof. W. van der Pluym

Leo Gestel, 1936

Watercolor of a Southern Magnolia seed cone with red seeds emerging, surrounded by large dark green leaves.

Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pen and ink drawing of collapsed stone ruins with arches and columns among scattered blocks, with hills beyond.

Ruin El Khadin

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Brown wash drawing of the ruined exterior of the Colosseum in Rome, showing arches, broken walls and clouds.

Colosseum seen from the outside

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1793

Pastel drawing of a young child with blonde wavy hair, blue eyes and rosy cheeks, looking upward, signed 1901.

Head of Mietek

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1901

Drawing of a winged figure beside clay pots and a spade, with verses from the Rubáiyát written in a panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Heavenly Potter

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of scarlet mariposa lily stems with red-orange open flowers, buds, and green leaves on a cream background.

Scarlet Mariposa (Calochortus kennedyi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two tall stems of red tubular Fire Pentstemon flowers with green buds and broad leaves at the base.

Fire Pentstemon (Pentstemon eatonii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1927

Painting of a seated man in a dark suit with white cuffs, one hand raised to his head, against a gray background.

Portrait of Józef Czajkowski / Portrait Sketch of a Young Girl - two-sided painting

Olga Boznańska, 1894

Abstract watercolor of overlapping yellow, pink, black and teal triangles and shapes, with teal wavy stripes at lower right.

Abstraction Based on Sails, X

David Kakabadzé, 1921

Watercolor of a blue bead plant with broad green leaves and a stem holding four dark blue berries against a pale background.

Blue Bead (Clintonia borealis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Pencil sketch of the Yellowstone River with trees, reflections, and distant hills, labeled near Rosebud.

Yellowstone River, near Rosebud

Thomas Moran, 1890

Watercolor of white Apache plume flowers with yellow centers and feathery pink seed plumes on slender green stems.

Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Brown ink drawing of a manor house on a shore with sailing boats and a rowboat on the water.

Vy av Sandemar slott i Sverige

Ulrik Thersner, 1799

Watercolor of a sunset over a hazy landscape with palm trees, a ruined arch, and two walking figures on a path.

Sunset in an Oriental Landscape

Gabriel Hippolyte Lebas

Watercolor of white and pink perennial phlox blossoms on green stems with long pointed leaves against a pale background.

Perennial Phlox (Phlox paniculata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a maroon trillium flower with three broad green leaves on a tall pale green stem.

Whippoorwill Flower (Trillium H.)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1937

Woman with hat

Watercolor of two delphinium stems with blue and purple flowers, green buds and lobed leaves on a pale background.

Delphinium (Delphinium scopulorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a plant stem with red tubular flowers with yellow stamens and pointed green leaves on cream paper.

Carolina Pink (Spigelia marylandica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

(Head) from Tomb, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Stormy seacoast with waves breaking on rocks, brown cliffs on the right, and a small boat tossed near shore under gray sky.

A Rocky Seacoast in a Storm

Gabriel Hippolyte Lebas, 1840

Charcoal drawing of a young boy with short hair, head turned slightly, wearing a coat with a turned-up collar.

Raf with jacket

Watercolor botanical study of yellow mariposa lily blossoms with fringed petals, buds, and green stems on a cream background.

San Diego Mariposa (Calochortus weedii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Mt. Olympus

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Dark wash drawing of a graveyard with a brick tomb, a headstone in the foreground, and a white house among trees.

Graveyard Scene

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1940