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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Mr. William Waters

Ruth Henshaw Bascom, 1825

Brown wash drawing of four trees beyond a still river, with shrubs in the foreground and a misty sky above.

Landscape - Four Trees beyond a River

Alphonse Legros

Mrs. William Waters

Ruth Henshaw Bascom, 1825

Watercolor landscape of a calm lake, snow-tipped mountains, trees in the foreground and a sailboat on the water.

Mountains Seen beyond a Lake

Alphonse Legros

Ink drawing of closed factory with 'Zu vermieten' banner; two figures in foreground look at gate marked 'Geschlossen'.

"Zu vermieten", "`Soll es wieder so werden?´ - Arbeitslosigkeit 1929"

Karl Wiener, 1933

Pen drawing of closed factory gate with rubble, three onlookers from behind, and a diagonal 'Zu vermieten' banner over a city

"Zu vermieten", "Soll es wieder so werden? Arbeitslosigkeit, Wohnungsnot"

Karl Wiener, 1933

Pen and watercolor drawing of dark trains on diagonal rail tracks under red and green abstract bands, titled Züge an die Fron

Züge an die Front

Karl Wiener, 1923

Brown ink drawing of a flat countryside with a large tree on the left and a cloudy sky above receding fields.

Countryside of Burgundy [recto]

Alphonse Legros

Sepia ink and wash drawing of Venus clinging to Adonis, who holds a spear, with a cherub above in a rocky landscape.

Venus Trying to Retain Adonis

Attributed to Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Pencil drawing of peasants returning with a horse and sack across an open landscape with hills behind.

Return of the Peasants

Alphonse Legros

Oil study of three men in a dim room: a kneeling nude, a clothed man in a dark suit, and a standing nude, with faint grid lin

Study for "Taking the Count"

Thomas Eakins, 1890

Graphite drawing of an elderly bearded man in a buttoned jacket, looking upward, signed A. Legros.

Portrait of an Old Man

Alphonse Legros

Pencil sketch of two women talking in a shadowed doorway beneath a wooden balcony, with steps and a figure on the left.

Two Women Talking in a Doorway

Théodore Rousseau, 1830-31

Pencil portrait of a young boy with short hair and a high collar, drawn on a torn, pale sheet of paper.

Unidentified Boy

George Linen, 1830

Brown ink sketch sheet with reclining male figures, a nude torso, and several heads, by Eugène Delacroix.

Figure Studies related to "Liberty Leading the People"

Eugène Delacroix, 1830

Pen and graphite anatomical studies of a flayed figure and two reclining cadaver figures on a pale sheet.

Écorché: Three Studies of a Male Cadaver

Eugène Delacroix, n.d.

Stephen Decatur

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Thomas Tudor Tucker

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Pencil sketch of a standing man leaning toward a seated woman in an interior with carved chair and classical column.

Hamlet Reproaches His Mother

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1834

Watercolor of a cathedral ceremony with a bishop, candle bearer, and richly dressed courtiers beneath gothic arches.

Ceremony in a Cathedral

possibly Louis Haghe, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch sheet with studies of horses in various poses, plus hands, feet and heads, by Delacroix.

Studies of Horses, Hands, and Feet (recto); Studies of Heads and Figures (verso)

Eugène Delacroix, ca. 1822-27

Charcoal sketch of a bearded man in the foreground with a second figure reclining behind him, on tan paper.

Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Anders Zorn, 1890

Charcoal portrait of a man in a striped suit and dark tie, looking straight ahead on tan paper.

Herbert Hoover

Leo Mielziner, 1910

Watercolor and pencil design study of Spanish-style tiles with flower motifs, a red and green frame and annotated color notes

A Wall Decorated in Spanish Tiles

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long gown beside a boy holding a hat, with a faint child behind her and a stone column.

Study of 3 figures - woman and 2 children

George Linen, 1830

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a courtyard with arched doorways, a figure in a doorway, and a domed building behind.

Figure in a Doorway

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Matthew Calbraith Perry (with Henry A. Adams)

Furukawa Teiryo, 1850

Pencil and watercolor sketches of turbaned men in white robes and red caps, with a reclining figure in red below.

Seven Studies of Moroccan Men's Costume

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Mark Twain

John White Alexander, 1910

Ink and watercolor sketch of a woman in glasses hugging a large tan dog, with a red heart above on peach paper.

Alexander Woollcott

Reginald Bathurst Birch, 1920

Pen and watercolor drawing of a standing young figure in a white headwrap, teal top, red sash and pale blue trousers.

Young Moroccan, Standing

Eugène Delacroix, 1832

Pen and ink sketch of a seated man in a tall hat and cravat, with a sailing ship on water behind him.

Washington Irving

John Wesley Jarvis, 1800