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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil drawing of a ruined cottage with collapsed thatched roof, exposed timbers, trees behind, and dogs resting in front.

Cottage at Diss

after John Sell Cotman Anonymous

Drawing of a seated king judging a dispute as a soldier raises a sword over a child, with women and courtiers around.

The Judgment of Solomon, after Raphael

Biagio Pupini, 1511-51

Engraving of Saint John seated on an eagle among clouds, writing in a book within a radiating halo of light.

Saint John, writing, seated on an Eagle

Giulio Romano, 1510

Pencil and grey wash drawing of a rocky gorge with a stream and bare tree stumps under a pale sky.

Gorge with Tree Stumps

John Sell Cotman

Brown wash drawing of seated men at a long table with standing and kneeling figures in an architectural interior.

Penitent Woman Anointing the Feet of Christ at the Table of Simon the Pharisee (Luke 7:36-50)

Biagio Pupini, 1511-51

Pencil sketch of a landscape with a stone bridge over a river, a castle tower, and trees on both sides.

Landscape Sketch with Bridge and Castle

John Sell Cotman

Grey wash drawing of the Transfiguration with Christ in glory above and a crowd of gesturing figures below.

The Transfiguration, after Raphael

Biagio Pupini, 1511-51

Watercolor drawing of a patterned snake with pale eggs beside it and a close-up of its head, with Dutch inscription below.

Bitis atropos (Berg adder)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate fountain with a Madonna and Child, winged figures, a lion, and a monkey on the cornice

Design Fragment for the Left Side of the 'Fonte Gaia' in Siena

Jacopo della Quercia, 1415-16

Watercolor of a patterned horned viper in an S-curve with an enlarged head study at left and Dutch captions below.

Bitis cornuta (Hornsman adder)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor of an arched stone bridge over a river, framed by trees, with a ruined tower and grazing cattle.

Bridge at Knaresborough

after John Sell Cotman James Bulwer, c. 1802/1804

Hand-coloured drawing of a horned adder snake with a scale bar, a head detail, and handwritten Dutch annotations.

Bitis caudalis (Horned adder)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Mugil cephalus (Flathead grey mullet)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Fish of the order Mugilidae (mullet)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Liza richardsonii (South African mullet)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Unidentified tropical fish

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Pen and ink drawing of mounted soldiers and a standing warrior before classical architecture, with an S.P.Q.R. banner.

Emperor greeted by a warrior

Marcantonio Raimondi, 16th century

Pencil sketch of a small building, fence, and a cart with horses in a rural foreground.

Sketch of Buildings with Cart and Horses in Foreground

John Sell Cotman

Labeo umbratus (Cape moggel)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Lithognathus lithognathus (White steenbras)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Coracinus capensis (Galjoen)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Clarias stappersii (catfish)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Genypterus capensis (Kingklip)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Cheilodactylus fasciatus (Redfingers)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Watercolor drawing of an ocean sunfish with stippled grey skin, shown beside a numbered scale bar, by Robert Jacob Gordon, 17

Mola mola (Ocean sunfish)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1783

Pencil sketch of a carved wooden chair before a Gothic arch and stone capital in a ruined church interior.

Sketch of Ruined Church Interior with Chair

John Sell Cotman

Watercolor drawing of a hairy brown crab viewed from above, centered on a cream sheet with a double ruled border.

Crab (probably of the Potamon genus)

Robert Jacob Gordon, 1777

Red chalk drawing of a seated Madonna holding the Christ Child, with the infant Saint John at lower left and studies above.

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist; upper left, Study for the Right Arm of the Infant Saint Joh…

Raphael, ca. 1506-7

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a waterfall tumbling over rocks, framed by trees and distant hills.

Waterfall with Rocks

Attributed to John Sell Cotman

Red chalk studies of nude infant figures with heads, arms and legs sketched in multiple poses on tinted paper.

Studies of the Christ Child

Raphael, 1513-14

Pencil drawing of a lattice-sailed windmill on a grassy mound with a grazing cow and birds under a cloudy sky.

Eye Mill in Suffolk

Attributed to John Sell Cotman

Watercolor of a crowd and ladder-climbing figures in a street lit by fire glow, with a bare tree and lantern beside buildings

Brand in een huis

Pieter Bartholomeusz. Barbiers, 1782