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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and brown ink sketch sheet with several figure studies of reclining, struggling and draped figures by Delacroix.

Figure Studies for the Salon du Roi, Palais Bourbon

Eugène Delacroix, 1833-35

Painted poster of smiling Will Rogers with hand on head, blue striped background, and 'Lightnin'' title lettering.

Will Rogers

Louis M. Glackens, 1930

Pen and ink portrait drawing of a man with curled powdered hair and a white cravat, turned to the left.

Alexander Hamilton

Jacques Reich, 1900

Brown wash drawing of a rocky landscape with a fallen log over water, a bare tree at left, and overhanging foliage.

Landscape (after Paul Bril)

Herman van Swanevelt

Pen and ink portrait of an older man in a dark coat and white cravat, with curled side hair, against hatched background.

John Adams

Jacques Reich, 1900

Watercolor interior of a room with green velvet chairs, coffered ceiling, bookcases, lace-curtained windows and a potted palm

Interior of a Smoking-Room or Club-Room

A. Fix, 1878

Brown wash drawing of a wooded landscape with gnarled trees, a grassy path, and a distant hilltop town.

Pool at the Edge of a Wood

Herman van Swanevelt

Graphite portrait in an oval frame of a young woman with long curled hair, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Ellen Home Willis

Francis Alexander, 1840

Pen-and-ink portrait of a balding man with wavy hair, mustache, and bow tie, drawn in cross-hatching on cream paper.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Jacques Reich, 1900

Brown wash drawing of a landscape with a large leaning tree, a path, and rocky cliffs with buildings in the distance.

A Landscape with a Great Tree

Herman van Swanevelt

Charcoal portrait of a bald man with a full beard and cravat, signed Persico Sculptor in cursive below.

E. Luigi Persico

Eastman Johnson, 1840

Caricature drawing of a man in a Bryan hat kicking a shotgun beside a porcupine with a human face labeled Hearst, under a red

William Jennings Bryan and Willaim Randolph Hearst

Peter Sheaf Hersey Newell, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures, including a cardinal in red, viewing a painting in a vaulted cloister corridor.

A Cardinal Examining a Painting in a Cloister

François Marius Granet, first half 19th century

D.W. Griffith

Henry Major, 1920

Grey wash drawing of a man with curly hair in a buttoned coat and cravat, holding an open book.

Thomas Paine

? - Samuel Collings, 1780

Pen and wash drawing of ancient Roman ruins on a hillside with arches, overgrown bushes, and two small figures in the foregro

Sydsidan av Palatinen, Rom

Herman van Swanevelt

Jewelry Design

Eugène Grasset, n.d.

Graphite and wash portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, holding a document beside a column.

Henry Clay

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Ink and wash design for a funeral monument with draped allegorical women, a skull, a trumpeting angel and an inscribed cartou

Design for a Funeral Ticket

Hubert François Gravelot, 18th century

William Cullen Bryant

Jacques Reich, 1900

Watercolor sketch of a woman in a white gown with a pink rose, reclining on a divan with patterned cushions.

Julia Marlowe

Irving Ramsey Wiles, 1900

Pencil and chalk sketch of a curly-haired young boy in a blue tunic with a ruffled collar, holding a ball.

Sketch of a Young Boy

Eugène-Ernest Hillemacher, 1857

Watercolor head portrait of a man with tousled brown hair and a sideways gaze on cream paper.

David Claypoole Johnston Self-Portrait

David Claypoole Johnston, Mar 1799 - 8 Nov, 1820

Sepia drawing of a bearded man in a dark double-breasted coat and bow tie, shown in half-length portrait.

Willis Drummond

L. Wieser, 1880

Watercolor design of a wall with a white peacock, tall cranes, and sunflowers in blue and green tones.

Design for a wall decoration with peacock, cranes, and sunflowers for the restaurant in Hotel Langham (Paris)

Emile Hurtré, 1896-98

Mrs. Thomas G. Hailey

Wallace Morgan, 1910

William Gibbs McAdoo

Henry Major, 1920

Graphite sketch of two seated draped men holding scrolls and a nude upper torso with raised arm.

Study of Figures

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, n.d.

Sepia drawing of a middle-aged man in a dark coat and cravat, shown in bust length against a shaded background.

Edward Livingston

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Leonora O'Reilly

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Oval graphite portrait of an older man in a dark naval uniform with gold epaulettes and braided collar.

Isaac Hull

Louis Jean-baptiste H. Pellegrin, 1840

Pencil drawing of a Chinese vase with a ring handle, cloud and fret patterns, and a lion-mask motif on a pale background.

A Chinese Vase

Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart, mid-19th century