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Drawings & Sketches

77,643 works

Watercolor of a large black lace parasol with a ribbon bow and curved wooden handle, with a smaller parasol below.

Parasol

Lillian Causey, c. 1941

Watercolor of a yellow stonecrop stem with clusters of yellow flowers and blue-green succulent rosettes on dark brown.

Yellow Stonecrop (Sedum stenopetalum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Charcoal sketch of a café interior with seated men at tables, a standing waiter, and a man drawing.

Terrace of a café-restaurant, with drawing artist

Johan Braakensiek, 1889

Wash drawing of a woman holding a candle over a bearded man lying in a draped bed in a dim room.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: Doux pays (...)

Johan Braakensiek, 1911

Drawing of a cloaked man in a fur cap walking past a stone sign reading PAPENDRECHT under a moonlit sky.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: 't Juridisch element in de Eerste Kamer

Johan Braakensiek, 1911

Drawing of a kneeling man raising his arm toward a swirl of caricatured faces floating in a gray-blue sky.

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: "Vijf en twintig jaren

Johan Braakensiek

Watercolor of a Clintonia borealis plant with broad green leaves and a stem topped by four dark blue berries.

Blue Bead (Clintonia borealis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Charcoal drawing of a pale ghostly figure facing men in dark suits, one bespectacled man gesturing toward it, by Johan Braake

Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: The forgetting of Schimmel in the New Year's wish of the Municipal Theatr…

Johan Braakensiek, 1907

Pencil and coloured crayon design for a stained glass window with a face and flowing hair inside a pointed arch, gridded.

Design of the stained glass window

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1897

Color drawing of three small ornate objects: a hanging locket pouch with chain, a scrolled pouch, and a perfume vial.

Locket for Perfume

Harry G. Aberdeen

Charcoal drawing of two cloaked figures in misty grey light; the figure on the right has a halo and reaches out a hand.

Unidentified representation: Rembrandt and Christ (?)

Johan Braakensiek

Watercolor of a squirrel corn plant with feathery green leaves, drooping white flowers, and yellow tubers with roots.

Squirrel Corn (Bikukulla canadensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Drawing of a horizontal band of embroidered blue and pink flowers, grape clusters and small birds on gridded linen.

Bed Hanging

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, c. 1942

Watercolor of snowy Andean peaks rising above a sea of clouds in soft pastel tones.

The Almighty's Own, An Impression of the High Andes

William Henry Holmes, 1910

Horizontal strip of pale fabric with embroidered pink, blue and yellow flowers, buds and green leaves on a scrolling vine.

Bed Valance Detail

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, c. 1939

Watercolor of a Virginia bluebell stem with blue and pink drooping flowers and green oval leaves on white paper.

Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of blue Quakerlady flowers with yellow centers on thin green stems rising from a small mound of soil.

Quakerladies (Houstonia caerulea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Brown ink and wash drawing of riders and fallen men under a light beam from a figure in clouds above mountains.

Conversion of Paul

Hermann Weyer, 1596-1630

Pencil sketch of a circular stained glass design with a grid and central square, plus a faint pelican study in the lower righ

Pyhä henki, Pelikaani. Luonnokset Tampereen tuomiokirkon lasimaalauksiin

Pencil sketch of two haloed saints in tall panels, labeled Św. Bazyli and Św. Kosma, by Stanisław Wyspiański.

Saint Basil and Saint Cosmas from the doors of church of the Holy Spirit in Rohatyn

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Painted study of a neoclassical chamber with red drapery, gray columns, a vaulted ceiling, and a raised rostrum at left.

Study for The House of Representatives

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1820

Pencil sheet with three panels: a cubist portrait, a smoky ruined city with pirate and white flags, and bombers over anti-air

Bomb war

Karl Wiener, 1940

Breton Woman Wearing a High Headdress

Watercolor drawing of a pieced quilt with red, blue and brown patchwork blocks, triangular borders and a handwritten inscript

Pieced Quilt

Douglas Campbell, c. 1939

Watercolor of a cranberrybush branch with red berries and lobed green leaves on a pale background.

Cranberrybush (Viburnum pauciflorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a slender plant with small white flowers, oval green leaves and buds on a cream background.

Moehringia laberiflora

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Painting of a male wood duck with green head and white neck stripe floating among lily pads on dark water.

Male Wood Duck in a Forest Pool, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Pencil caricature of an elderly balding man with large eyes resting his hand on a bound book, on tan paper.

Leo Mechelin, karikatyyri

Watercolor study of two Indian paintbrush stems with red bracts and green leaves on beige paper.

(Untitled--Plant Study)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor drawing of an arched window grid in brown tones, labeled Skala 1:10 and Södra väggen, a study for stained glass.

Tampereen tuomiokirkon ikkunan puitteiden jäsentelyluonnos mittakaavassa Elämän puu-lasimaalausta varten

Black and white ink design for a title page with symmetrical scrolls, Greek key motifs and the word Charivaria in bold letter

Design for title page of Charivaria, 2nd volume

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet, 1874

Pencil sketch of a man in a tall top hat and overcoat, head bowed, with blurred figures in the background.

Gentleman with top hat