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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Brown wash drawing of an arched stone doorway with an inscription DOMVS, dimension lines, and handwritten notes beside it.

Doorway for a town mansion

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Ink architectural front elevation of the Victoria Hotel with central clock tower, arched ground floor and dimension lines.

Victoria Hotel, Chicago Heights, Illinois, Front Elevation

Adler and Sullivan, 1892

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a snow-capped mountain and shadowed slopes on tan paper.

Mountain Landscape, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and grey wash drawing of a bishop saint gazing up at a Christ child on clouds, with a mitre and open book below.

Bishop Saint Adoring Christ Child

Corrado Giaquinto, 1710

Ink architectural elevation of the Victoria Hotel facade with arched windows, shingled roof and a clock tower, dated 1892.

Victoria Hotel, Chicago Heights, Illinois, West Elevation

Adler and Sullivan, 1892

Pen and wash drawing of a baroque architectural title page with a saint slaying a dragon and skeleton figures in niches.

Title Page, Part 9, from an Album of Drawings belonging to Don Gaspero Méndez de Haro y Guzman

Gasparo Mendez de Haro y Guzman, 1800

Red chalk and grey wash drawing of several architectural window cases and pediments with scrolled and shell ornaments.

Window Cases with Alternate Suggestions

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Ink architectural elevation drawing of the south facade of the Illinois Central passenger house with gables and dimensions.

Illinois Central Railroad, Oakland Avenue Passenger Station, Chicago, Illinois, South Elevation

Adler and Sullivan, 1886

Graphite sketch of a seated nude woman with one arm raised to her head and legs crossed, on aged paper.

Study of a female figure

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pencil sketch of a mountain ridge over layered foothills, with handwritten color notes and the label Toluca, Feb 23, 92.

Nevado de Toluca, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Ink architectural elevation of Isaiah Temple's west facade with arched entrances, columns, and a rose window with Star of Dav

Isaiah Temple, Chicago, Illinois, West Elevation

Dankmar Adler, 1898/99

Ink and grey wash drawing of a Gothic chapel interior with pointed arches, stone columns, timber roof and carved altar steps.

Stage Design, Interior of Gothic Chapel

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Pencil sketch of rolling hills, a plain, and distant mountains with handwritten colour notes on tinted paper.

View Across the Hills and Plains of Arabah, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor design of a radiant monstrance with angels, clouds, and two kneeling angels supporting a draped cloth below.

Project for a Ostensory

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pencil sketch of craggy mountain ridges above a sloping foreground, with the handwritten label Königsee at lower right.

Mountains over the Königssee, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink architectural elevation of Isaiah Temple's west facade with a rose window, columned entrances and a pediment.

Isaiah Temple, Chicago, Illinois, Alternate West Elevation

Dankmar Adler, 1898/99

Ink and wash drawing of Ceres enthroned under a drape with attendants, plus sketches of figures and ornament on the right.

The Seasons Bring Gifts to Ceres and Triptolemus

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil design sketch of a teapot and two covered sugar bowls with scroll handles on tan paper.

Drawing - George E Germer, 1910

George E Germer, 1910

Ink drawing of two barefoot children beside a log wall, one reaching into a basket of eggs.

The Egg Thieves

Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1907

Pen and ink sketches of ornamental rococo tablet frames with scrolls, urns, shells and moldings on pale paper.

Six Sketches for Tablet Frames

Carlo Marchionni, 1740

Oil sketch of a glowing mountain range at sunset above a grassy meadow with grazing animals and dark trees.

Alpine Landscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of an arched doorway in a building with shadowed walls and loose foliage above, dated 1880.

Doorway

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Graphite and white chalk sketch of a waterfall with cascading water, mist, and rocks on a tan paper ground.

Under Horseshoe Falls, Niagara River, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite drawing on grey paper of a pair of male legs beside a pedestal, with a muscular arm and clenched fist below.

Two Partial Anatomical Studies

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Loose painting of a woman holding a girl in a sunlit Paris garden, with strollers, trees and a stone building behind.

The Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, final study

Albert Edelfelt, 1886

Watercolor design of a gilded neoclassical wall with blue drapery, a chandelier and painted allegorical roundels.

Design for the Wall Decoration for Marie-Antoinette's Apartment at Fontainebleau Palace

Jean-Siméon Rousseau, 1770

Pencil sketch of mountains above a village with houses, trees, and a church tower.

Orizaba, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical title page with two draped women framing an oval portrait medallion.

Title page of a book

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pencil sketch of Tequendama Falls, a waterfall between rocky cliffs and wooded slopes, drawn on grey paper.

Tequendama Falls near Bogata, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink and pencil first floor plan of the David Lewinsohn house with labeled rooms, dimensions and handwritten notes.

David Lewinsohn House, Chicago, Illinois, First Floor Plan

Fritz Frederick L. Foltz, 1898

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate lip-spout pitcher with scrolling handle and a figural relief panel on its body.

Lip-spout pitcher

Auguste Bergeret, 1700

Ink architectural drawing of a dining room with fireplace, paneled door, built-in sideboard, and detail sections.

David Lewinsohn House, Chicago, Illinois, Dining Room Elevations and Details

Fritz Frederick L. Foltz, 1898