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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and wash sketch of uniformed soldiers and civilians in a crowded room with a wall poster and a cap on the floor.

"The Soldier's Tear"-Old Song

Charles Samuel Keene, ca. 1879

Pen and ink drawing of a dining room with a seated woman, a man at a laden table, and a standing servant.

"So Considerate"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-91

Engraved design of an ornamental urn on a pedestal with floral garlands and a cameo medallion.

ornament

John Edwards, 1780

Grey wash landscape drawing of a dirt road lined with slender trees and shrubs under a hazy sky.

Road at Hérisson

Henri Harpignies, 1911

Pen and ink sketch of a man seen from behind facing a small child gesturing in a scrubby field.

"A Reproof"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Charcoal landscape of leaning trees beside a reflective river, with distant hills and a pale sky.

Landscape

Henri Harpignies, 1911

Watercolor landscape of trees, a stone balustraded building, and a distant dome under a pale sky, dated 1863.

View of the Dome of Saint Peter's, Rome

Henri Harpignies, 1863

Brown ink drawing of a neoclassical plaza with a triumphal arch, domed building, winged lion statue, carriage and figures amo

Monuments of Paris

Régine Carey, ca. 1806

Wood engraving page of Civil War news vignettes: a woman reading a letter, soldiers, sailors, and men grabbing newspapers fro

News from the War

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and ink sketch of a boy handing a paper to a woman in a bustled dress on a city street with onlookers.

"Tract Distributor"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Watercolor of cattle drinking at a wooded pond at dusk, with tall trees and rolling hills under a pale evening sky.

Evening Light on a Wooded Lakeside with Cattle Drinking

Henri Harpignies, 1882

Engraving of Union soldiers in a dense bayonet charge across a smoky field, rifles raised, with a tree and distant troops.

The War for the Union, 1862 - A Bayonet Charge

Winslow Homer, 1860

Watercolor landscape of billowing clouds over a field with trees and small figures walking along a path.

A Landscape with Figures Walking along a Path

Henri Harpignies

Pen and brown wash drawing of a wall design with two standing draped female figures in arched niches beside blank panels.

Design for Wall Decoration with Two Female Figures

Il Pomarancio, 16th century

Engraving of Hercules strangling a lion beside a column, with a castle, tree, shield and bow in the background.

Hercules and the Nemean Lion

Sebald Beham, 1540

Watercolor of three travelers on a wooded path between gnarled trees, framed by a blue border with small figures.

Travelers on a Wooded Path with a Border of Whimsical Figures and Monkeys

Henri Harpignies, 1895

Pen drawing of an architectural wall design with grotesque ornaments, drapery swags, garlands and small birds.

Design for the Decoration of a Wall with Grotteschi in the Antique-Style

Luzio Romano, 1545

Pen and ink sketch of men in overcoats and hats helping a stooped figure along a busy street.

"Happy Thought" (for Punch, December 16, 1876)

Charles Samuel Keene, 1876

Watercolor of a studio corner with a glass vase of pink roses on a table, a yellow patterned cloth, and an easel behind.

A Corner of a Studio

Henri Harpignies

Watercolor still life of a potted fuchsia and white flowers with children's toys on a wooden table against a dark background.

A Potted Fuchsia with Children's Toys

Henri Harpignies, 1877

Pen and ink sketch of three people at an iron fence beside a notice board, two men in top hats and a woman with a basket.

"A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"

Charles Samuel Keene, 1870-1891

Brown wash sketch of two stags running across tan paper, the foreground stag leaping with raised antlers.

Two stags running

Edwin Landseer, 1820-73

Watercolor of a white waterfall cascading through a shadowed rocky mountain gorge with green foliage.

A Cascade in the Mountains

Henri Harpignies, 1870

Brown wash sketch of a stag with antlers standing among several does on a toned paper background.

Stag and does

Edwin Landseer, 1820-73

Hunter with rifle in snowy pine forest at dusk, with a bear walking among snow-covered boulders behind him.

The Indian Bear Hunter

Henry F. Farny, 1911

Engraving of a dancing couple on the left and a walking couple with a sword on the right, dated 1546.

July and August

Sebald Beham, 1540

Chalk drawing on tan paper of a shaggy dog turning its head, with a sketched hand and fabric at the right edge.

Study of a dog

Edwin Landseer, 1820-73

Engraved design of a rococo alcove bed in a paneled niche with swagged curtains and ornate scrolling carved details.

Lit en niche, from Nouveau desseins de Lambris inventees par le Sr Pineau architecte

Nicolas Pineau, 1720

Study of a herding dog facing right

Edwin Landseer, 1810

Study of a feathered saluki, facing left

Edwin Landseer, 1813

Sam Lovill, Porter at the Royal Academy

Edwin Landseer, ca. 1817-20

Pastel drawing of a bouquet of blue cornflowers, yellow daisies and red flowers in a dark vase on a tan background.

Wildflowers

Odilon Redon, 1905