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Drawings & Sketches

79,543 works

Watercolor of Mitella nuda with round green leaves, reddish stems, and slender spikes of small greenish flowers.

Mitella nuda

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

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

Fringed Gentian (Gentiana crinita)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Pencil and watercolour studies of three circular stained glass designs: a dove, a pelican, and a horse and rider.

Pyhä henki ; Pelikaani ; Kuolema ja nälkä. Kolme lasimaalausluonnosta Tampereen tuomiokirkoa varten

Watercolor of an iron flambeau torch basket on a long curved wooden handle, set against a plain cream background.

Flambeau

Ivar Julius, c. 1937

Brown ink sketch of a mustached man with a cigar in his mouth, with a separate study of a raised hand.

Omakuva sikaari suussa

Albert Edelfelt, 1900

Watercolor of a crowberry shrub with dark berries and red unripe berries rising from a mossy base.

Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Painting of three white water lilies with green sepals and brown stems on a tan background.

Water Lilies (Castalia odorata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor of a maroon giant trillium flower with three green leaves and a long green stem on a pale background.

Giant Trillium (Trillium chloropetalum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pen and wash drawing of haloed figures in a columned hall, one bending to an offering basin while others bring baskets and bu

Die ersten Christen bringen den Zehnten dar

Dominik Mosler, 1871

Watercolor of a brown wooden fish net mending tool with a looped handle and forked end on a pale background.

Fish Net Mender

Dorothee L. Bates, c. 1940

Pencil sketch of cows and bulls in a pasture with wooden fences and trees, on pale paper.

Erilaisia luonnoksia lehmistä ja sonneista

Ferdinand von Wright

Drawing of the scene depicting Moses striking the rock (a fragment of the painting in the catacombs of the Saint Pret…

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1887

Watercolor of a red willowweed stem with pink four-petaled flowers, buds and green leaves on a cream background.

Red Willowweed (Epilobium latifolium)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a sidebells pyrola plant with two arching stems of small green bell-shaped flowers and oval leaves.

Sidebells Pyrola (Pyrola secunda)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of yellow nodding glacier lily flowers on curving stems with broad green leaves against a pale background.

Glacierlily (Erythronium grandiflorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1890

Pencil caricature of a man in a wide-brimmed hat and bulging coat holding a cane, with a German caption above.

"Der fabelschwangere Ebersberg." (Karikatur auf den Schriftsteller Joseph Sigmund Ebersberg)

Francisque, 1848

Watercolor of a low mat of white Pyxie flowers with yellow centers and needle-like green foliage on cream paper.

Pyxie (Pyxidanthera barbulata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of yellow violet flowers with green serrated leaves and buds on thin stems against a cream background.

Smooth Yellow Violet (Viola eriocarpa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a spring wildflower with three thin reddish stems, lobed green leaves and small white flowers on pale paper.

Harbinger of Spring (Erigenia bulbosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a gray ragwort plant with slender stems, small white flowers, and rounded basal leaves on white paper.

Gray Ragwort (Senecio canus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Colored pencil costume sketch of a bearded man in a hood holding a patterned shield and sword, 1904.

King's brother. Costume design for the play "Bolesław Śmiały"

Stanisław Wyspiański, 1904

Watercolor of a Fairy-bells plant with red berries and green leaves with yellow edges on a pale background.

Fairy-bells (Disporum hookeri)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor botanical study of a Veronica plant with blue flowers and green oval leaves on thin stems against a pale backgroun

Veronica wormskjoldii

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a yellow-budded wake-robin plant with three broad green leaves on a tall pale stem.

Wake-Robin (Trillium underwoodii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a Western Green Alder branch with serrated green leaves, purple catkins, and brown cones on reddish stems.

Western Green Alder (Alnus sinuata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rustic room with a beamed ceiling, wooden table, ladder-back chair and door.

Room with beamed ceiling

August von Pettenkofen

Ink drawing with two decorative headpieces: a seated figure with galloping horses, and a cauldron over fire beside stacked di

Lauri hongan latvassa

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Brown wash drawing of a headscarfed peasant woman leaning toward a wooden cart, with pencil underdrawing visible.

Ungarische Bäuerin im Begriff, von der Seite her auf ein Fuhrwerk zu steigen

August von Pettenkofen

Painted study of a carved wooden chest with iron hinges, a side handle, and floral oval panels on a cream background.

Chest

Elizabeth Curtis, c. 1936

Watercolor of red tubular Carolina pink flowers with yellow stamens and green leaves on a pale background.

Carolina Pink (Spigelia marylandica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a farmer holding wheat with two children in a golden field under a cloudy blue sky.

Our Good Earth

John Steuart Curry, 1940

Pen and wash drawing of a warship's carved prow, bowsprit and rigging, with a distant harbor tower and another ship beyond.

Study of a Warship's Prow with British Warships and Naples Harbor Beyond

Joseph Vernet, c. 1748