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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Ink and crayon caricature of a woman in a flowered hat beside a table and a bearded man in a suit at right.

Erstwhile Susan

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1920

Sepia-toned drawing of an older man in a cowboy hat with a full mustache, shown in three-quarter view against a dark hatched

Cincinnatus Hiner Miller

John Howard Evelyn Partington, 1890

Pen and watercolor drawing of an ornate rococo stage set with an arch, fountains, stairs and a distant landscape.

Study for a Stage Set

Jacques de Lajoüe, 18th century

Pen and ink portrait drawing of a bearded man in a suit and bow tie, mounted on a card.

Abraham Lincoln

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pen and ink portrait of a man in an 18th-century military uniform with epaulettes and powdered curled hair.

Marquis De Lafayette

Jacques Reich, 1900

Pastel portrait of an older man with white hair and beard in a dark suit and bow tie against a brown background.

James M. Edmunds

L. Wieser, 1880

William Jennings Bryan

Henry Major, 1920

Red chalk drawing of a classical palace rotunda with columns, a fountain, statues, and two cloaked figures in the foreground.

Study for the Rotunda of a Palace

Jacques de Lajoüe, n.d.

Theodore Dreiser

Henry Major, 1930

Drawn portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, three-quarter view, on a warm brown background.

James Heaton Baker

L. Wieser, 1880

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a Capuchin tabernacle with fluted columns, urns, and floral swags, dated 1787.

Plan and Elevation of the Capuchin Tabernacle of Luneville

Adrian La Touvenot, 1787

Full-length watercolor portrait of an older bearded man in a dark overcoat and blue polka-dot cravat against grey.

John Milton Hay

Leslie Ward, 1890

Pen and ink portrait bust of an older man in a fur-trimmed cap and fur collar, with dense hatching behind him.

Christopher Columbus

Jacques Reich, 1900

Brown wash design drawing of a tall classical candlestick with acanthus leaves, ram heads and a lion medallion on its base.

Design for a candlestick

Adolph-Jean LaVergne, 1839

Grey wash drawing of a rocky pool with boulders on the right, trees and a fence on the left, and a wooded background.

Rocky Pool

Thomas Monro, n.d.

Sepia wash portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat with arms folded, signed G. Lansing.

Alexander Anderson

Garret Lansing, 1800

Charcoal portrait of a bearded man in a double-breasted uniform with epaulettes, shaded background, signed Buchheister.

Charles Heyer Bell

L. Buchheister, 1850

Architectural ground plans in ink and pink wash for a monument and a guard building, with a toise scale bar and stepped paths

Project for the Monument de la Montagne, Orléans

Claude Mathieu Delagardette, ca. 1794

Rube Goldberg

Henry Major, 1920

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long coat and cap, turned three-quarter view, on tan paper.

Hiram Powers

George Frederic Watts, 1840

Charcoal sketch of a scowling man in shirt, tie and suspenders, one hand raised in gesture.

Clarence Seward Darrow

Henry Major, 1920

Thomas Nast Self-Portrait

Thomas Nast, 1880

Colored design drawing of a symmetrical arabesque with cherubs, grapevines, scrolls, and three recumbent lions at the base.

Design for an Arabesque

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, ca. 1780-93

Charcoal sketch on brown paper of a seated man with dark hair bent over playing a mandolin.

Jan Ponstijn, mandoline spelend

Leo Gestel, 1891

Ink and wash sketch of two wrestlers, one lifting the other over his shoulders, on a tan background.

Twee worstelaars, van wie de een de ander optilt

Henri-Gabriel Ibels, 1877

Watercolor sketch of a stone archway framing a garden with palm trees and buildings, with an ornate iron gate at right.

Poortje in S. Miniato

Martin Monnickendam, 1932

Loose watercolor sketch of the Arch of Titus in Rome, with an inscribed attic, columns, trees and a rubble foreground under b

De boog van Titus, Rome

Martin Monnickendam, 1934

Ink and white heightening sketch of a barefoot juggler in dark costume tossing balls overhead, on tan paper.

Jongleur met ballen

Henri-Gabriel Ibels, 1877

Sepia drawing of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, turned three-quarters, against a hatched oval background.

Lewis Cass

James Barton Longacre, 1820

Chalk portrait of a seated man in a dark coat and white cravat, one hand on a wooden chair arm, by John Vanderlyn.

Joel Barlow

John Vanderlyn, 1790

Pen and wash drawing of a curved garden monument topped by a crown, with a winged trumpeter, allegorical figures and relief p

Design for Garden Architecture

Sébastien Leclerc I, n.d.

Watercolor of a church interior with tall columns, arched vaults, and small figures near a railing in the foreground.

Church Interior

Johannes Bosboom, n.d.