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Drawings & Sketches

78,002 works

Brown wash drawing of a kneeling bearded man in a hood, hands clasped in prayer with a rosary, on an album page.

Kaffeeklecksalbum Seite 85b: "Phantastische Figur"

Julius Muhr, 1834

Pencil drawing of an old church tower with a tall spire, bare trees and brick houses along a street.

Gezicht op de zuidzijde van de Oude Kerk met de toren

Hendrik Klijn, 1870

Pencil sketch of a child's face with curly hair on lined paper, numbered 23 in the top corner.

Drawing of the Portrait of Napoleon II by Jean-Baptiste Isabey

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1879

Watercolor of a ruined stone castle with arched windows and broken towers above a grassy slope under a blue sky.

Sheriff Hutton Castle, Yorkshire

John Sell Cotman, 1808

Pen and ink sketch of a chapel, a horse-drawn carriage with waving riders, a seated woman, and a dog in a landscape.

Excursion to Pont Neuf, accompanied by Marianne Preindlsberger, Mr Greenough, O.H., and Helene, who is driving the ho…

Helene Schjerfbeck, 1883

Pencil sketch of a ruined castle interior with broken walls, tall chimney stacks, an arched doorway and overgrown shrubs.

Framlingham Castle, Suffolk: Part of Ruined Interior

John Sell Cotman, 1815

Pencil and brown wash sketch of a bull on a hillside with a rope around its body.

Kaffeeklecksalbum Seite 85a: "Stier auf einer Anhöhe"

Julius Muhr, 1834

Watercolor of a castle with a round tower and flag above a river with wooded banks and red rooftops below.

Windsor Castle, England

Cass Gilbert, 1900

Pencil sketch of a river with rowing boats, riverbank trees, windmills and birds under a pale sky.

River scene

Petrus van der Velden

Pen and ink sketch of several men in period dress reading papers together in an interior with wall lamps.

Scene of University Life: Men Reading During a Social Evening

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Brown ink and wash drawing of a wooded landscape with children near a fence, a woman leaning over it, and birds in the sky.

Mailust

Ludwig Richter, 1818

Graphite drawing of a red-sailed fishing boat on choppy water with a distant town on the shore under cloudy sky.

Fishing Vessel off Yarmouth

John Sell Cotman

Pen drawing of calligraphic flourishes and loops framing a block of handwritten script on a pale sheet.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Viel menschen (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Pen drawing of a calligraphic writing sample with German text framed by swirling flourishes and spirals on pale paper.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Den achtbarem unnd volgelartem (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Engraved writing specimen with an oval border of looping flourishes framing a Latin dedication text and signature.

Ontwerp van een schrijfvoorbeeld: Ad doctiss. clarissismumq[ue] (...)

Jan van de Velde, 1609

Sepia watercolour of a tidal estuary with mudflats, two sailing boats, a rowboat with figures, and rocky cliffs.

Briton Ferry, Glamorganshire, Wales

Ornate calligraphic penwork design with looping flourishes around a central text cartouche in multiple languages.

Kalligrafisch ontwerp voor een titelprent

Jan van de Velde, 1605

Watercolor of a rocky mountain gorge with a stream and two small figures on the boulders under a cloudy sky.

Mountain Gorge, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1920

Oil study of a nude young male figure with raised arm against a dark brown wash background.

Study of the Amor Figure to the Painting "Wedding Procession of Amor and Psyche"

Charcoal sketch of a crouching child with bowed head, arms on knees, and one hand reaching out, on cream paper.

Study for Boys Playing on the Shore

Albert Edelfelt, 1884

Watercolor of rolling sea waves breaking on a rocky shore under a cloudy sky, with distant sails on the horizon.

At Pwllheli, N. Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Brown ink and wash drawing of a reclining nude woman on a bed as a winged figure descends from above.

Jupiter and Semele

Gaspare Diziani

Pen drawing of a standing figure in a robe and ruff inside an arched stone niche, with handwritten German notes on the page.

Grabplatte des M. George Steinbreiter, anno 1508

Leopold Ludwig Müller, 1783

Watercolor sketch of a seated figure and dog beside a Gothic arched window inside a church interior.

Errand Boy Asleep in a Church

John Sell Cotman, 1825

Watercolor drawing of a carved octagonal stone font on stepped base, with two paintbrushes lying in the foreground.

Font at Happisburgh Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1811

Watercolour of a river with a hill, tree line, and thatched hut on stilts at right, under a pale sky.

Mount Rochfort from the Buller

James Crowe Richmond, 1862

Grey wash architectural elevation of a Gothic church with a central spire, pointed windows and an ornate portal.

Elevation of the Church of Columbiers, near Valognes, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Loose grey and brown wash sketch of two plumed figures seated on a pale mound under a stormy sky.

Fantastic Figures Seated on a Mound

John Sell Cotman, 1800

Pen drawing of a standing woman in a ruff and long gown within an arched niche, with a German inscription below.

Grabplatte für Carl Ritters Tochter Ana

Leopold Ludwig Müller, 1783

Untitled (Man sitting holding a cricket bat)

Elizabeth Berry, 1926

Sepia drawing of a pale cliff topped by a building, with rock pillars at left and bare trees and shrubs in the foreground.

Mortain, Normandy

John Sell Cotman

Pencil sketch of an Annunciation scene under a Gothic arch, with an angel kneeling before the Virgin and a Latin inscription

Drawing of the 15th-century mural painting in the cloisters of the Franciscan monastery in Cracow depicting the "Annu…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888