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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Painted study of a seated woman wrapped in white electric cables, holding a telephone, against a gold background.

Study of Pendentive Figure for Electricity, Dome of the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exp…

Carroll Beckwith, 1890

Pencil drawing of a man walking toward a village of gabled houses under a flock of birds in the sky.

Zeichnung

Karl Wiener, 1921

Oil painting of heavy green ocean swells breaking over dark rocks, with white surf and a distant headland under a pale sky.

Heavy Swells

Howard Russell Butler, 1910

Oval portrait of an older woman in a lace cap and red shawl with fur trim, set in an ornate gilt frame.

Portrait of Sarah Amelia Cooper

B. C. Porter, 1890

Charcoal sketch of a standing man in a flowing cloak, one hand gathering the fabric at his chest, on tan paper.

Man Wearing a Cloak [recto]

Édouard Manet, 1852

Three boys in a grassy field eating watermelon beside a whole melon, with a wooden fence and cloudy sky behind them.

The Watermelon Boys

Winslow Homer, 1870

Oil sketch of fallen fluted column drums and stone blocks among grass on a hilltop, with distant hills under a pale sky.

Broken Column, Parthenon

Lockwood de Forest, 1860

Painting of a woman in a dark hat and yellow jacket smelling a blossom beneath a flowering tree in a green field.

The Yellow Jacket

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pastel drawing of a seated woman in a pink blouse in a wicker chair, with a table and bowl beside a curtained window.

Seated Woman in Pink

Elmer Livingston MacRae, 1900

Brown ink sketch of a seated couple at a restaurant table, with other diners and a wooden partition behind them.

The Railway Restaurant

Édouard Manet, 1879

Watercolor of dark clouds with a glowing break over a lake, framed by trees and a wooden fence at dusk.

Dark Clouds

Louis Eilshemius, 1900

Watercolor of a ruined castle tower beside trees on a lake shore, with two figures beside a rowboat and hazy hills behind.

A Ruined Castle on a Lake

William Leighton Leitch, 1881

Pencil sketch of a truss bridge over a river with a stone pier and reflections in the water.

Drawing Of Girard Avenue Bridge/Verso Sketch Of An Oar

Thomas Eakins, 1860

Woman in white dress and hat sorting prints at a table beside a staircase, with framed pictures on the wall behind.

In the Studio

William Merritt Chase, 1890

Ink architectural elevation of two cathedral bell towers with Gothic spires and a central rose window, dated 1837.

Élévation des clochers de la cathédrale de Mende 1837

Aymon Mallay, 1837

Hand-colored site plan of Belley Cathedral and its surroundings, with pink, blue and grey building zones and a scale bar.

Plan des abords de la cathédrale de Belley

Antoine-Marie Chenavard, 1851

Charcoal drawing of a dense crowd in a night city square lit by a searchlight and street lamps, by George Wesley Bellows.

Election Night Times Square

George Bellows, 1900

Watercolor section drawing of a soil trench beside a cathedral wall, showing layers of earth, skulls, bones and brick foundat

Sondage des fondations de la cathédrale de Belley

Antoine-Marie Chenavard, 1836

Pencil and wash drawing of two standing female figures seen from behind, one nude and one in underwear, arms raised.

Two Figures

Auguste Rodin, 1880

Portrait Sketch of Louis M. Eilshemius

Robert Lindner, 1900

Pen and watercolor architectural section of a bell tower with two bells on a timber frame inside a Gothic church.

Projet de beffroy pour le clocher de la cathédrale de Belley

Antoine-Marie Chenavard, 1842

Watercolor study of a veiled statue in green and blue robes with gold patterns, beside a green ornament swatch with handwritt

Statue of the Black Madonna retrieved in a tour of the Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral

Aymon Mallay, 1851

Watercolor of a seated woman on a pier at dusk, with a dark boat at left and steamships on a harbor under a glowing sky.

Girl on a Pier

Louis Eilshemius, 1900

Ink drawing of an ancient sarcophagus relief showing a procession of draped figures and a small shrine at right.

Sarcophage antique de la cathédrale de Clermont-Ferrand

Graphite sketch of a seated woman with spectacles and shawl, bent over her knitting in a long skirt.

Knitting

Louis Eilshemius, 1880

Pencil self-portrait of a bearded man in three-quarter view, with a small figure sketch above, on tan paper.

Self-Portrait [recto]

William E. Winner, 1880

Pastel seascape with streaked blue and yellow clouds over blue-green water and brown rocks near the shore.

Seascape

Elmer Livingston MacRae, 1900

Pen and ink drawing of a woman and a man on horseback at a hunt, with other riders and trees in the background.

Man and Woman Riding Horses at Hunt

Francis Arthur Fraser, n.d.

Watercolor of a steam train and wooden buildings on a plain at dusk, with blue mountains and a yellow-grey sky.

Train Landscape in Arizona

Louis Eilshemius, 1890

Clarissa

Elmer Livingston MacRae, 1900

Ink and wash plan of the cathedral grounds at Le Puy with a central staircase, lettered legend, and scale bar, 1847.

Plan des abords de la cathédrale du Puy (1847)

Aymon Mallay, 1847

Ink drawing of a standing female nude with hatched shading, head resting on one hand, on an ochre paper ground.

Standing Female Nude

Elie Nadelman, 1910