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Drawings & Sketches

77,547 works

Watercolor dedication with handwritten verse in a laurel heart, a coat of arms, and two seated female allegorical figures.

Verse for Princess Wilhelmina on the fortieth birthday of Prince Willem V, 1788

Maria Margaretha la Fargue, 1788

Pencil sketch of two sleeping men in coats and boots lying before a shadowed wooden wall, by Julian Fałat.

Sleeping Poleshuks

Julian Fałat, 1887

Watercolor of a Venus flytrap with spiny snap traps and tall stalks of white flowers on a cream background.

Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Ink drawing of a curling floral frieze with leafy scrolls on a central stem, above horizontal ruled lines, on tan paper.

Copy of a floral frieze in the chancel of St. Mary's Church in Cracow

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1889

Wash drawing of a seated woman in a pale blue gown against a faint architectural background with columns.

Portrait of a Lady

Jacopo Amigoni, 1750

Watercolor of a cluster of yellow zinnia flowers with red centers and slender green leaves on a pale background.

Zinnia (Zinnia grandiflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor botanical study of alpine vetch with pink pea-like flowers and pinnate green leaves on a pale background.

Alpine Vetch (Astragalus bourgovii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pen and ink sketch of a standing soldier seen from behind, with a plumed hat, ruffled sleeves and a sword.

Study of a Standing Soldier

Stefano Della Bella

Watercolor of a red buckeye branch with clusters of red tubular flowers and palmate green leaves on a pale background.

Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pencil sketch of a baby's head and torso beside a study of a muscular forearm and fist, on a sketchbook page.

Baby and arm

James Ensor, 1877

Watercolor of an American chestnut branch with long yellow catkins and large serrated green leaves on a pale background.

American Chestnut (Castanea dentata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pointillist study of figures seated and strolling on grass beside a river, with trees and dappled light.

Group of Figures (Study for "Un dimanche à la Grande Jatte")

Georges Seurat, 1884

Watercolor of two lavender western blue flag iris blooms with buds and green leaves on a cream background.

Western Blue Flag (Iris missouriensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of a curved building fragment with an arched doorway, figures at a window, and a seated figure at lower right.

Copy of a fragment of a building from the relief triptych of St. Stanislaus

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Pencil sketch of a winged angel beside a running man in billowing drapery, with French captions, after Raphael.

Drawings of Raphael's paintings: an angel from

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Pencil sketch of two staircases with balusters and a wicker basket at upper right, drawn on a sketchbook page.

Two stairs and basket

Pen and ink sketch of gabled rooftops, chimneys, shuttered windows and a leafy tree on paper.

Sketch of an exterior: buildings and tree

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of seated figures in an interior, a couple in the foreground with onlookers gathered around them.

Sketch of a couple playing a game, surrounded by onlookers, in an interior (?) - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor study of a porcelain cup with a red handle and blue floral pattern, casting a soft shadow on a beige background.

Untitled (Cup)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Caricature of Pierre-Louis Ginguene

François-André Vincent

Watercolor botanical study of a marsh violet with white flower, heart-shaped leaves, roots and a feathery leafy stem on cream

Viola palustris

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pencil and coloured pencil sketch of a pelican with spread wings in a round frame against a blue striped sky.

Pelikaani, luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon lasimaalausta varten

Watercolor and pencil study of a seated man in a dark coat on a dune, looking toward the sea under a blue sky.

Seated man in the hills of Bangsbo, Vendsyssel, May 22, 1833

Martinus Rørbye, 1833

Watercolor of a Dryas plant with three slender stems showing feathery seed plumes, a fruit head, and a bud above toothed leav

Yellow Dryad (fruit) (Dryas drummondii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Brown ink sketch of a lion crouched beside a dead cub inside an arched barred frame.

Leijona kuolleen pentunsa vierellä, luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon lasimaalauksiin

Pen and ink sketch of a draped female figure rising among clouds, with small angelic figures behind her.

Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Giovanni Battista Moroni)

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1883

Watercolor of a red-flowered walkingstick cholla cactus with spiny green stems and buds against a pale background.

Walkingstick Cholla (Opuntia imbricata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Charcoal sketch of seated and standing figures beside a row of bottles in an interior, drawn in loose hatched strokes.

The painter Alfred William Finch - and study with bottles

James Ensor, 1880

Drawing of a dark leather woman's button boot with scalloped top and stitched panels, signed John Cooke, 1937.

Woman's Shoe

John Cooke, 1937

Watercolor of a Northern Butterbur plant with pink and yellow flower heads, lobed leaves, and a horizontal rhizome with roots

Northern Butterbur (Petasites hyperboreus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a plumed sentry with a musket on a wall, a second figure at right, cannon and city skyline behind.

Two sentries atop a fortress wall

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a flowering plant with magenta pea-like blossoms and slender green leaves on a tan background.

Flowers from the Mesa

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880