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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pencil sketch of a company of men on horseback and walking in a landscape, with a distant town and church tower.

Gezelschap te paard

Jan Brandes, 1788

Koffievlek uitgewerkt tot prekende dominee op kansel

Jan Brandes, 1770

Grey wash drawing of a village with church tower and windmill across marshland, a sailing boat with figures in the foreground

Gezicht op Bergumerdam, vanaf het Bergumermeer

Pieter Idserts, 1742

Sepia drawing of a bearded man with swept-back hair and dark suit, looking toward the viewer.

Thomas Henry Carter

Ida Story Hammond, 1880

Pen drawing of a chaotic cavalry battle with soldiers in tricorn hats, raised swords, and horses rearing over a fallen rider.

Ruiterslag / Allegorie op de Engelse oorlog

Jan Brandes, 1784

Drawing of a man with curly hair in a caped coat with braided cord, turned to the side against a brown toned background.

Elisha Mills Huntington

L. Wieser, 1830

Pencil drawing of two stylized men in a duel, one with a sword, against a hatched background.

Zweikampf

Karl Wiener, 1921

Caricature of a standing man with grey hair, a cigar and a long dark coat, painted in watercolor on grey paper.

Bret Harte

Leslie Ward, 1870

Elizabeth Lonsdale Kay Daingerfield

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1810

Half-length drawn portrait of an elderly bald man with white hair, dark coat, plaid waistcoat and cravat, on brown ground.

James L. Edwards

L. Wieser, 1880

Watercolor portrait of a dark-haired man in a brown coat and white shirt, with a handwritten signature below.

John Ross

John Rubens Smith, 1840

Ink and pink wash caricature sketch of a man with a thick mustache, scowling brows, and curly hair.

Samuel Clemens

James Affleck Shephard, 1900

Ink caricature of a bespectacled, mustached man in a dark suit holding a cigarette, with a handwritten dedication.

Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell Self-Portrait

Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell, 1910

Pen and ink portrait sketch of an elderly woman with curly hair and a lace collar, signed Jacques Reich.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a man in a dark coat beside a green-faced spider-like creature, dated 1920.

John Barrymore Self-Portrait

John Barrymore, 1920

Pencil drawing of a man in a dark coat and white cravat with powdered hair, set in an ornate scrolled frame.

John Adams

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Pastel portrait of an older woman with curled grey hair in a dark dress and white collar, against a warm tan background.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Dora Wheeler Keith, 1890

Samuel Gompers

Henry Major, 1920

Half-length 1850 drawing of a grey-haired man in a dark coat and cravat, facing the viewer against a brown background.

James Ewell Heath

Unknown artist, 1850

Pen and ink portrait of an older man with swept-back hair and a high collar, rendered with cross-hatching.

James K. Polk

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pablo Casals

Henry Major, 1920

Pencil sketch of a man's head in three-quarter view, eyes looking upward, with curly hair on pale paper.

Winthrop Sargent

John Trumbull, 1790

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly man in a skullcap and spectacles, one hand resting on a table, with ink splatters on his co

Alexander Thomson

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Charcoal and chalk sketch of an elderly man seated at a desk before bookshelves, on tan paper.

John Bigelow

Orlando Rouland, 1910

Amerigo Vespucci

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pen and watercolour drawing of a canal lined with trees and townhouses, with strollers on the path and a boat on the water.

Gezicht op de Keizersgracht

Jan van Huysum, 1692

Abstract drawing of dark wash shapes divided by light curved lines with gold accents, titled Kiemcel II.

Kiemcel II

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1868

Tonal drawing of a bearded older man with long hair, dark jacket and white shirt against a grey background.

Josiah Minot

L. Wieser, 1880

Four framed abstract stained glass design studies in dark grey and beige with black leading lines on a tan backing sheet.

Tapijtontwerp voor raam in het Noordertransept van de Dom te Utrecht

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, 1868

Pen and ink drawing of a man with swept-back hair, high collar and bow tie, in a crosshatched portrait style.

Washington Irving

Jacques Reich, 1900

Nelson Appleton Miles

Jacques Reich, 1861

Pastel portrait of a young man in a powdered wig and grey coat against a blue-grey background.

John Quincy Adams

Izaak Schmidt, 1780