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Drawings & Sketches

77,573 works

Watercolor costume design of a man in a blue coat, tan waistcoat, breeches and riding boots, with separate glove and breeches

Man's Uniforms

Lillian Causey, c. 1936

Woman Reading

Grayscale drawing of a young child's head with curly hair and a checked collar, shown against cream paper.

Untitled (Head of a Child)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Painting of orange-red flamingoes with curved necks against a pale sky and dark brushed ground.

Red Flamingoes, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Watercolor costume study of a man in a blue military uniform with gold epaulettes, a hat, and a rear view of the coat.

Uniform

Lillian Causey, c. 1936

Pencil sketch of a calm lake with wooded islands, meadows along the shore, and forested hills in the distance.

Näkymä Kuljusta

Magnus von Wright, 1846

Watercolor of a small plant with yellow daisy-like flowers and grey-green leaves on a pale cream background.

Crepis Elegans

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of blue gentian flowers on reddish stems with narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Gentian (Gentiana affinis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Colored pencil costume sketch of a crowned king with a golden scepter, cream embroidered cape and red robe.

King. Costume design for the play

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Watercolor of two pink fleabane wildflowers with yellow centers and green leaves on thin stems against a cream background.

Pink Fleabane (Erigeron jucundus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Red chalk drawing of a mythological festival with revelers, satyrs and a herm sculpture among trees, in three panels.

Study for Festival of the God Pan (La Fete du Dieu Pan)

Claude Gillot, 1707

Pen and ink sketch of a robed man in a cap holding a tablet, signed Conrad Celtes, by Stanisław Wyspiański.

Drawing of Albrecht Dürer's Woodcut Depicting Conrad Celtes before Emperor Frederick III: Conrad Celtes

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Pen and brown ink drawing of a hilly landscape with a tall tree at left, travellers on a path, and distant mountains.

Mountainous Landscape with Travellers

Jan Ruyscher, 1677

Ink drawing of a bearded fisherman in a robe holding a net and lifting a fish, on pale paper.

Fisherman with landing net

Ichirakasai, 1800

Coloured drawing of a sea nymph and merman in water, with a castle on a hill and swimmers behind them.

Das Meerwunder

Albrecht Dürer, 1498

Ink sketch sheet with several loose figure studies, including a standing man, seated figures, and a woman with bobbed hair at

Sheet of sketches

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink sketch of seated figures conversing in an interior with low tables, a screen, and a pine tree outside.

Scholars in conversation

Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1808

Brown ink drawing of a wide river landscape with trees, small figures and distant hills under a pale sky.

Panoramic Landscape with River Logging

Jan Ruyscher, 1677

Self-portrait with bow tie

Leo Gestel, 1891

Pencil sketch of women washing laundry at a riverbank with a wicker basket, hanging cloth, and a bridge in the distance.

Washerwomen by the River Seine

Eero Järnefelt, 1887

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bishop with mitre and crozier standing under a foliate arch, facing left.

Heiliger Bischof mit dem Stab in der Rechten, nach links gewandt unter einem Rankenbogen stehend

Hans von Kulmbach, 1495

Pencil sketch of a country house behind a stone wall, with trees and a wooden fence on tan paper.

Sketch of exterior of a country house with a stone wall foreground

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of Burgess Milkvetch with purple flowers, green leaves and brown seed pods on a cream background.

Burgess Milkvetch (Astragalus bourgovii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a red fireman's helmet with a metal front badge and a pencil sketch of the same helmet below.

Fireman's Hat

William Lang, 1937

Pencil sketch of a crouching man in a coat beside a petroleum can, drawn in loose lines on grey paper.

Crouching man with kerosene can

Watercolor of an orange false dandelion flower on a hairy stem above narrow striped green leaves and a root.

False Dandelion (Agoseris aurantiaca)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Charcoal drawing of a crouched seated man with head in hand, set against a dark rocky slope and hazy mountains.

Primitive Man

Odilon Redon, 1872

Pen and ink sketch of a man on horseback raising his right arm, with faint pencil studies of other figures around him.

Man on Horseback, Raising Right Arm

Stefano Della Bella, n.d.

Painted study of a dark volunteer fireman's cap with green band, gold woven trim, and leather strap on white paper.

Volunteer Fireman's Cap

Alexander Anderson, 1938

Charcoal and white chalk study of a hand gripping a pole on gray paper.

Sketch of one hand grasping a pole

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a Western Yarrow plant with clusters of white flowers and feathery green leaves on a cream background.

Western Yarrow (Achillea lanulosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Southern Bird's Foot Violet plant with purple flowers, lobed green leaves and buds on a cream background.

Southern Bird's Foot Violet (Viola digitata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920