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Drawings & Sketches

79,486 works

Pencil drawing of a winged woman seated on draped cloth, looking upward while writing on a tablet with a stylus.

Mnemosyne, Mother of the Muses

Felice Giani, 1810

Drawing of a man with curly hair and a lace cravat, shaded in graphite on cream paper, with a stern direct gaze.

Self-Portrait

Francisco Goya, ca. 1796

Ink architectural elevation of the David Lewinsohn House showing facade, dormers, bay window, porch and annotated details.

David Lewinsohn House, Chicago, Illinois, East Elevation

Fritz Frederick L. Foltz, 1898

Graphite study sheet with a violin, several hands gripping an instrument and bow, a scroll detail, and a shoe.

Study of Hands of a Violin Player

Walter Shirlaw, 1870

Grey wash drawing of a woman on a swing held by ropes, with a man in a long coat raising his arms beside her.

Girl on a swing, a man with his arms raised; folio 21 (recto) from the Madrid Album "B"

Francisco Goya, 1795-97

Brown ink and wash drawing of two octagonal allegorical scenes with seated women, cornucopia, scales, and winged putti.

Two Octagons: Vigilance, Beneficence

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil and watercolor sketch of the snowy peak of Chimborazo rising over an Andean plateau with agave plants in the foregroun

Chimborazo from Riobamba, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man and a woman in a rowboat near rocky cliffs and reeds, with handwritten caption.

Louhi Rescues Väinämöinen ; Original drawing for "Kalewala, Finsk National-dikt, framställd i teckningar af R.W.Ekman"

Robert Wilhelm Ekman, 1859

Grey wash drawing of a weeping young woman in a full skirt, embraced by two men beside a doorway.

Young woman weeping and covering her face with her hands, accompanied by men; folio 17 (recto) from the Madrid Album "B"

Francisco Goya, 1795-97

Ink architectural drawing of the David Lewinsohn House with south and north elevations, a section, and a roof framing detail.

David Lewinsohn House, Chicago, Illinois, North and South Elevations

Fritz Frederick L. Foltz, 1898

Grey wash drawing of a woman in a mantilla seated on a chair, with a companion partly seen behind her.

Maja seated on a chair and two companions behind; folio 18 (verso) from the Madrid Album "B"

Francisco Goya, 1795-97

Ink architectural side elevation of the James S. Norton house with stone base, sash windows, gabled dormer and chimneys.

James S. Norton House, Chicago, Illinois, Side Elevation

Treat and Foltz, 1884

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ecclesiastic stall design with a central arched niche, columns, and seated clergy figures.

Designs for Ecclesiastic Stalls

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil drawing of a farmhouse, barn and outbuildings beside a split-rail fence and a bare tree in a grassy field.

Mr. Shriner's Farmhouse

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1850

Grey wash drawing of a seated man in a jacket beside a woman draped in a dark shawl, resting on a rock.

Lovers Sitting on a Rock; folio 24 (verso) from the Madrid Album "B"

Francisco Goya, 1796-97

Architectural front elevation drawing of the William Bunge house with gabled dormers, arched entrance and conservatory, annot

William Bunge House, Chicago, Illinois, Front Elevation

Treat and Foltz, 1889/90

Brown ink and wash drawing of a coat of arms with six stars, flanked by two winged putti, trumpet, hourglass and garlands.

Coat of arms of Cardinal Vincenzo Maria Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of a gnarled tree beside a road, with a low wall and a figure with a cart in the background.

A Road in Polling, Bavaria

Walter Shirlaw, 1870

Pencil drawing of two gnarled tree trunks with bare branches over grass and rocks, by Hjalmar Munsterhjelm, 1902.

Two Tree Trunks

Hjalmar Munsterhjelm, 1902

Grey wash drawing of a woman dancing with raised arms beside a bull behind a stone wall.

A young woman dancing, her arms raised, a bull in the background; folio 23 (recto) from the Madrid Album "B"

Francisco Goya, 1796-97

Ink architectural drawing of a residence hall and staircase with paneled walls, balusters, and handwritten finish notes.

William Bunge House, Chicago, Illinois, Hall and Main Stairway Details

Treat and Foltz, 1889/90

Pale watercolor of a wide river beneath hazy sky, with sandstone bluffs on the right and a sandbar in the foreground.

Green River from the Ferry, Wyoming Territory

Thomas Moran, 1880

Pencil sketch of a two-masted schooner with dinghies alongside, and a small rowboat with a rower below.

Schooner and Three Dinghies

Winslow Homer, 1880

Grey wash drawing of a wigged charlatan extracting a tooth from a seated patient, with a bent figure and bottles nearby.

A charlatan extracting a tooth from a patient's mouth, figure in the foreground vomiting; folio 68 (verso) from the M…

Francisco Goya, 1796-98

Ink architectural floor plan of a Rathskeller basement in Halle, with labeled cellars, stairs, and boiler rooms.

Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Basement Plan

Peter J. Weber, c. 1887

Pencil sketch of rolling storm waves and clouds with a small distant ship on the horizon, on toned paper.

Combers in a Stormy Sea

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil landscape sketch of a river shoreline with trees and hills, with handwritten tonal notes and numbers on yellowed paper

Goat Island and Horseshoe Falls, Niagara River, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Red and brown ink ground floor plan of the Rathskeller building in Halle, with labeled shops, offices, and staircases.

Rathskeller Neubau, Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Ground Floor Plan

Peter J. Weber, c. 1887

Grey wash drawing of two men drinking together, a white-robed woman raising an arm, and a hooded figure watching at left.

They are getting drunk; folio 67 (recto) from the Madrid Album "B"

Francisco Goya, 1796-98

Pencil sketch of uniformed soldiers in formation with rifles, a sword-bearing officer in the foreground, and figures fading i

Infantry Rifle Drill, Sickles Regiment, Lee's Mills, Virginia

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil and wash sketch of men in hats gathered around a campfire with kettles hanging over the flames.

Campfire with Soldiers

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of two figures, one with a long outstretched arm, plus a small study of a figure with a diagonal pole.

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