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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Pencil sketches of Gothic stone moldings and cornice profiles with handwritten labels for Chartres, Semur and 12th and 13th c

Details of Church, Stonework

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Charcoal drawing of three figures in a dim interior, one reading under a lamp beside a table with a basket and cups.

Bourgeois Interior

Georges Lemmen, 1890/91

Gridded needlework pattern of pink roses in a yellow basket, with floral borders on both sides.

Drawing - T. P. Devrient, 1800

T. P. Devrient, 1800

Pencil sketch of half-timbered houses with steep roofs and dormer windows in Rouen, on tan paper.

Houses in Rouen

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor of a Chinoiserie pavilion with green and yellow tiered roofs, red columns, dragon finials and stone steps.

Chinoiserie Pavilion

Frederick Crace, 1810

Portrait of Lord Beauclerk

Richard Dighton, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of Union soldiers, a cannon, and horses on a road by Pratt's Pea Ridge Store with tents and wooded hills.

The Union Army under General Carr at Pratt's store

Francis H. Schell, 1880

Watercolor and ink design of a room's walls and ceiling with decorative panels, a gilt mirror, fireplace and pink curtains.

Ceiling and Four Walls of a Room

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pencil sketch of a vaulted stone cellar with wooden barrels, a ladder, shelves of jars and a central pillar.

Harjoitelma maalaukseen Munkki viinikellariksi muutetuissa raunioissa

Alexander Lauréus, 1823

Pencil sketch of a bearded face wreathed in grapes and leaves, with faint studies of figures on the same sheet.

Bacchus

Henk Henriët, 1930

Pen and brown wash design for a salt cellar and egg dish with fork and spoon, showing nude figures and swans.

Design for a Salt Cellar and Egg Dish with Fork and Spoon

Ottavio Strada, 1570

Pencil sketch of a laughing thin man in a feathered hat, one finger raised, ruffled collar, on pale paper.

Magere puistige spreker

Henk Henriët, 1930

Sepia drawing of a formal tree-lined park with stone urns, steps, and a domed colonnaded pavilion with strolling figures.

Sketches of Lake Lugano

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of an elderly man in a dark cap raising one finger, drawn on grey paper.

Waarschuwend oud ventje

Henk Henriët, 1930

Charcoal drawing of an elderly woman in a white cap seated by a table with a kettle, in a dim interior.

Boerenvrouw in interieur

Johan Antoni de Jonge, 1885

Ink and wash drawing of vultures on a snowy field with a flock of birds overhead and distant tanks on the horizon.

Aan het front geen nieuws

Willem van Schaik, 1918

Pen drawing of a skeletal death figure with a scythe leading a pack of wolves under a dark sky with bats.

Honger

Willem van Schaik, 1917

Red chalk sketch of a winged figure in prayer, with hatched wings and drapery on pale paper within a ruled border.

Winged figure praying

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil drawing of a surreal landscape with a city silhouette, celestial bodies, and handwritten German text along the bottom.

Ein wüstes Leben führen wir...

Karl Wiener, 1943

Charcoal study on tan paper of three arms and hands in different poses, one pointing, one gripping, one curled.

Three Studies of Arms

Edwin Howland Blashfield, 1910

Pencil sketch of two female heads with high collars and handwritten notes on brows and collar color.

Sketch of Two Female Heads for Chinese Figure in "The Marriage of the Atlantic and Pacific," Mural in the Wisconsin S…

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Pencil sketch of stone masonry blocks, an obelisk, and a leaf-patterned grille on cream paper.

Masonry of Trinity Cemetery, NYC

Arnold William Brunner, 1870

Maid

Isaac Israëls, 1875

Ink drawing of the United States Capitol's domed facade with blue pencil width notes below.

The Capitol in Washington, D.C., for the Weekly Times

James Henry Moser, 1900

Watercolor and pencil study of a wooded hillside with a small cabin, boulders and tall trees, with handwritten notes.

Study for landscape, Hasliberg, Switzerland

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Owen Jones

John Kelt Edwards, 1905

Pen and wash drawing of a timber boat house over water with trees, a land entrance elevation, and a roof plan.

Boat House, Virginia Water; Verso: Scullery, Virginia Water

Jeffry Wyatville, 1820

Pen drawing of a rounded arch on Corinthian columns with ornamental foliate frieze and rosettes above.

An arch

J.D. Woodward, 1890

D. Lloyd George Esq. M.P

John Kelt Edwards, 1905

Watercolor poster sketch of two skiers on a snowy night field under stars, with mirrored lettering reading Seitsemän veljestä

Pakoretkellä Impivaarasta, luonnos kirjan julisteeksi

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Pencil sketch of a small harbor with moored sailboats, masts, a stone archway and tiled-roof buildings along the shore.

Small Fishing Port

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of two arched shopfronts in Bayeux, one with a standing figure in the doorway and one with potted plants.

Sketch in Bayeux

Arnold William Brunner, 1880