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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Pencil sketch of a hillside village of closely packed houses and rooftops with trees, inscribed Villeneuve from Old Château.

Villeneuve from Old Château

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Charcoal study of a standing nude woman seen from behind, head turned over her shoulder, against a sketched background.

Academic Study of a Female Nude

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Red and black chalk study of several men in long coats and tricorn hats, shown in varied standing and bending poses.

Sketches of a Gentleman

Jacques-André Portail

Decorative wall design with a pagoda landscape, a serpent, a gilded pillar, a bird, and a fan of orange and purple folds.

Design for the North Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Drawing of a standing male nude with one arm raised to his head, rendered in graphite and white chalk on grey paper.

Academic Study of a Male Nude

Giuseppe Longhi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a bearded man seated by an open window beside a small table, with handwritten inscription below.

Billy Martin - Farewell Sketch at Quebec

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of a cathedral interior with draped black fabric, an arched opening, and a circular medallion above.

Funeral of James Cardinal Gibbons at Roman Catholic Cathedral, Baltimore, MD

Griffith Baily Coale, 1920

Handwritten satirical notice about soap prices with a watercolor sketch of a hand pinching a nose above the text.

"Expected--alarming rise in the price of soap!"

George Cruikshank

Watercolor ornament designs showing two decorated Roman standards flanking a white scrolling foliage panel on a brown ground.

Ornament Design, Panel and Roman Standards

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Study of a woman

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Charcoal and white chalk study of a woman with curly hair and closed eyes, head bowed, on gray-green paper.

Study for woman

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Pencil sketch of a man in a wide-brimmed hat fishing beside a bucket, with a leafy tree and foliage at right.

Study of a man

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Pencil design drawing of a classical two-handled urn on a panelled pedestal with a small relief figure.

Design for an urn on a stand

John Nash, 1810

Red chalk drawing of a bound bearded saint tied to a tree while three men surround him.

Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew

Vespasiano Strada, 1590

Pencil study of a classical helmeted head of Athena, shaded on the right, with handwritten notes on the sheet.

Head of Athena (from a cast)

S. D. Pratt, 1900

Pencil sketch of a nude woman rising between two winged angels with radiating light lines, inscribed from the Book of Enoch.

The Descent of the Angels to One of the Daughters of Men

William Blake, c. 1824/1827

Dog barking at ducks by a lake with flying birds, willows and a wooden fence in a misty landscape.

A dog and ducks by a lake

Johannes Bronckhorst, 1600-1700

Pencil sketch of a bearded officer in a tall hat gesturing to a group of rough soldiers with rifles.

Sotavanhus. Kuvitusta Vänrikki Stålin tarinoihin

Robert Wilhelm Ekman, 1869

Pencil sketch of a nude woman beneath a winged angel with entwining forms and foliage on a tan ground.

An Angel Teaching a Daughter of Men the Secrets of Sin

William Blake, c. 1824/1827

Pencil sketch of a hilltop town with fortified walls, a castle, churches and waterfront buildings with small moored boats.

Study of landscape, Spezia, Italy

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Pencil design drawing of an arched gate with iron bars and two hounds shown in the upper arched panel.

Design for a Gate, Two Hounds

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Pencil sketch of a nude woman with raised arms, a scaled serpentine figure, and a reclining figure on pale paper.

The Daughter of Men Becomes a Siren

William Blake, c. 1824/1827

Pencil sketch of Florentine riverfront buildings with tiled roofs and small rowboats on the water below.

From my Window, Florence

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of a robed, seated figure with closed eyes under a canopy, labeled Book of Enoch, on tan paper.

Enoch before the Great Glory

William Blake, c. 1824/1827

Red chalk drawing of three bishops in mitres and robes, standing close together, with loose hatched shading.

Three bishops

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil drawing of an old tiled-roof cottage row with open doors beside a large tree, by Tinus de Jongh, 1919.

Gezicht op buitenplaats Amstelvliet

Tinus de Jongh, 1919

Pen sketch of a bearded man on horseback in swirling clouds, with a winged figure above and armed men on a rock.

The Shooting of Väinämöinen, sketch for a Kalevala-themed drawing series

Robert Wilhelm Ekman, 1859

Pencil sketch of a standing nude figure surrounded by swirling winged forms, labeled Book of Enoch.

The Vision of the Lord of Spirits

William Blake, c. 1824/1827

Pencil study of an ornate Corinthian column capital with acanthus leaves above a fluted shaft and stepped base.

Study of a Capital and Base

Arnold William Brunner, 1870

Pencil sketch on tan paper of seated women and children in loose drapery, one figure leaning forward in the foreground.

Study of women

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Sketch for Praying Maiden

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1907

Grey wash drawing of an elderly monk in a hooded robe seated on church steps beside a column, with a crowd behind him.

Old Monk

Arnold William Brunner, 1880