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Drawings & Sketches

79,543 works

Watercolour of a rough timber hut and canvas tent in a forest clearing among tall trees and stumps.

Hut of the "Italian party", old diggings on Buller

James Crowe Richmond, 1862

Pencil and wash drawing of a Toledo landscape with a stone tower, village rooftops and fortified buildings on distant hills.

Gebäudeensemble bei Toledo

Fritz Bamberger, 1857

Pen and ink wash drawing of a seated man in a buttoned coat smoking a pipe beside a table with a glass and decanter.

Benjamin Read

William Hogarth, 1757

Sketch of a seated man in a tricorn hat beside a table with a wine bottle and glass, in brown wash.

Gabriel Hunt

William Hogarth

Pencil drawing of a hilltop castle above dense trees, with village houses, a church tower and a wooden fence in the meadow.

Starnberg

Fritz Bamberger, 1862

Watercolor portrait of a man with brown hair in a dark blue jacket and white cravat, arms folded, against a gray wash.

Portrait of a Man

Jacob Maentel, 1800

Pencil sketches on paper showing two nude warriors, two seated figures and a cherub with a torch, numbered 12 to 15.

Tracings of drawings by Italian masters from book illustrations

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1888

Hand-coloured drawing of a uniformed man with rifle beside a coat of arms with allegorical figures and books.

Das Wappen der academischen Legion

Carl von Borkowsky, 1848

Watercolor of an ornate arched stone doorway with gilded columns, a decorated dark door, and carved figures.

The Madame B Album

Marie-Blanche Hennelle Fournier, 1870

Painted study of a tapered wooden dough bin with dovetailed corners on a turned-leg stand, by William H. Edwards.

Dough Bin

William H. Edwards, c. 1939

Knave of Hearts (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland)

William Penhallow Henderson

Ink sketch on blue paper of a mustached man in a cap and coat, with handwritten note and signature beside him.

Portrait of a soldier

Francis Grant, 1860

Pencil sketch by James Ensor of a cone shape with a rounded animal-like head at center and hatched shading.

Emblem

Watercolor drawing of a wooden dough mixer with a metal hand crank on a shaped stand with a lower shelf.

Dough Mixer

Eva Perry, c. 1941

Pencil drawing of a Gothic tomb effigy with kneeling mourners above, and two Gothic window arches with tracery below.

Renaissance tombstone; St. Mary’s Church windows Kraków

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1883

Pencil sketch of a forest with large trees, a small building in the distance, and two figures on a path.

Water of Leith, near Dunedin

Nicholas Chevalier, 1865

Brown wash drawing of figures boarding a boat, with a woman in a long dress helped by a cloaked man beside armed soldiers.

Mary, Queen of Scots, Embarking

William Lock, 1785

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a seated man with long hair and a draped cloak, head bowed in quiet pose.

H.C. Pollitt

James McNeill Whistler, 1896

Pencil sketch of a theatre stage set with a central altar-like structure and tall side shapes, on Teatr Miejski letterhead.

set design sketch for the play "Protesilaus and Laodamia

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1903

Watercolor drawing of a dark cast iron boot-shaped door stop on an ornate tiered base, signed Sarkis Erganian.

Door Stop

Sarkis Erganian, c. 1939

Pencil drawing of Toledo's hilltop buildings and walls above a steep rocky slope and river, by Fritz Bamberger.

Toledo

Fritz Bamberger, 1857

Pale watercolor landscape of steep rocky mountains above a valley with trees, houses and a winding road.

Surroundings of Trient

Fritz Bamberger, 1856

Pen and ink sketch of two satirical scenes with figures, an easel, and caricatured faces, drawn in brown ink on paper.

Satirical scenes from university life

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Pencil drawing of rolling hills and a distant mountain peak with scattered trees, dated 1830.

Auf der Straße nach Civitella, dem heutigen Bellegra

Friedrich Preller the Elder, 1830

Watercolour of two adjutant storks with long bills and dark plumage standing on a muted purple background.

The Adjutants

Portrait of the Pugilist Johnson

William Lock, 1790

Pencil sketch of a figure in motion on a ladder, with handwritten notes on tan paper.

Sketches of human figures in motion on a ladder

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1884

Pencil sketch of a rugged mountain massif with a higher peak behind it, with handwritten German labels on the sheet.

Das Göllmassiv mit dem Untersberg

Friedrich Preller the Elder

Pastel sketch of a standing orange horse against a smudged grey-blue landscape with dark trees and loose strokes.

Working Horse, study

Pen drawing of a shepherdess with grazing sheep, a mother and child, and a rural landscape with a church spire.

Studie zu dem Wandgemälde: Sommer

Max Liebermann, 1898

Watercolor of a carved wooden eagle with spread wings perched on a rocky base against a blue background.

Wooden Eagle

Henry Murphy, c. 1939

Loose watercolor of a church interior with a blue dome, terracotta arches, columns and a glowing arched doorway.

Church Interior

Thomas La Farge