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Drawings & Sketches

77,767 works

Watercolor of yellow desert poppy flowers on slender stems above grey-green leaves, with a curled bud at the base.

Desert Poppy (Eschscholtzia glyptosperma)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Stylized pale yellow figure with a large block head and blue eyes standing against an ochre background.

Fantôme d'un génie

Paul Klee, 1922

Pencil drawing of a nude male archer drawing a bow while kneeling on a draped stone pedestal.

Jousella ampuva alaston mies

Anders Ekman, 1845

Pencil and colored pencil drawing of a white flower with green leaf and pink bud, with handwritten dedication below.

Flower

Joseph Stella, 1920

Pencil drawing in oval frame of a dirt road with a tall pine, cottages, a fence, a walking man and dog, and hills.

Otago landscape

Watercolor of a green cab pulled by a brown horse with a striped blanket, driver on top loaded with luggage.

The Cab

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pencil sketch on cream paper with loose contour lines and hatching, signed Jan De Smedt and dated 7-9-41 at lower right.

Baby at the breast

Watercolor drawing of a silvery hatchetfish in side view with detail sketches of fin and scale structures.

Argyropelecus hemigymnus (NZ) - common hatchetfish

Frank Edward Clarke, 1877

Watercolor of fringed gentian stems with purple open flowers, lavender buds and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Fringed Gentian (Gentiana elegana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Watercolor of a pink thistle flower with a green bud and spiny, lobed leaves on a tall stem against a pale background.

Thistle (Cirsium arizonica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a yellow lupine stem with arching clusters of yellow flowers and green palmate leaves on a pale background.

Yellow Lupine (Lupinis arboreus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Watercolor title page with a nude cherub, green drapery and a globe lettered Album de Dibujos de Viajes de Manuel Mayo, 1876.

Title page of Album de Dibujos de Viajes de Manuel Mayo

Manuel Mayo, 1876

Pen and watercolour cover design with an oak branch, stylised VERSJES lettering and a small spider.

Design for cover of album with oak leaf and spider

Edzard Koning, 1879

Watercolor of a barrel cactus with dense spines topped by a bright pink flower with a pale yellow center.

Turkeyhead Cactus (Echinocerus perbellus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pen drawing with yellow wash of a tree branch and spiky sprigs above a ruled line, design for an album back cover.

Design for the back of a cover of an album

Edzard Koning, 1879

Pen sketch on squared paper with a standing man in a long coat, reclining figures, a head study and building facades.

Sketches of farmers and farms

Edzard Koning, 1879

Pen and ink sketch of a uniformed hussar on a horse with lowered head, with faint pencil studies behind.

Sketch of hussar

Edzard Koning, 1879

Pencil sketch of a woman with long flowing hair and draped robes, signed James Ensor in the lower right.

Chinoiserie, a woman

James Ensor, 1885

Pen sketches of uniformed men in helmets, a mounted rider on a horse, and a seated figure on paper.

Sketches of hussars

Edzard Koning, 1879

Pen sketch of a mounted hussar saluting beside two standing soldiers in military coats and caps.

Hussar on horseback, saluting

Edzard Koning, 1879

Pen and ink sketch of soldiers, a reclining figure, and a horse-drawn carriage with a driver on its roof.

Studies of hussars and a carriage

Edzard Koning, 1879

Pen and ink sketch sheet showing two standing soldiers with rifle and sabre, plus loose studies of a horse and rider.

Studies of hussars

Edzard Koning, 1879

Watercolor drawing of a female dog shark in side view with handwritten notes about its size and location.

Mustelus antarcticus (Tas) : Dogfish

Frank Edward Clarke, 1867

Watercolor of a slender plant with narrow green leaves and small yellow flowers clustered at the top of the stem.

Bastard Toadflax (Comandra pallida)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Pen sketch of two carriages, a mounted hussar on horseback, a horse cluster and a fallen figure on a pale sheet.

Studies of carriages, a hussar and a woman

Edzard Koning, 1879

Pen and ink studies of soldiers in uniform, including two mounted riders and figures carrying rifles, on a pale sheet.

Studies of soldiers

Edzard Koning, 1879

Pencil caricature of an elderly man in a top hat raising a cane while two boys in caps point at him.

Karikatyyri vanhahkosta korkeahattuisesta herrasta ja kahdesta pojasta

Anders Ekman, 1845

Pen and ink drawing of a hussar on a rearing dark horse, with loose pencil sketch lines around the figures.

Hussar on horseback

Edzard Koning, 1879

Pen and ink sketches of men with hats, one seated at an easel with a paint box, others standing with cases and supplies.

Studies of an artist with paint box and easel

Edzard Koning, 1879

Watercolor of a branching stem with red four-petaled flowers, buds and green leaves on a pale background.

Farewell to Spring (Godetia amoena lilja)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pen drawing of an urn with swirling smoke framing laurel wreaths, crowns, and a rampant lion holding a sword.

Vinjetti-ehdotus

Albert Edelfelt, 1897

Watercolor of pink skeleton weed flowers on slender green stems with curving leaves, on a cream background.

Skeleton Weed (Lygodesmia grandiflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930