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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Pen and ink portrait of an older man in a cross-hatched coat and white cravat, labelled James Monroe.

James Monroe

Jacques Reich, 1900

Engraved bust portrait of a man with wavy hair, dark jacket and bow tie, with a handwritten signature below.

Charles Dexter Cleveland

John Sartain, 1850

Scrapbook page with pencil and ink studies of canopied beds, drapery, griffin ornament and garland swags.

Scrapbook containing Drawings and Prints of Architecture, Interiors, Furniture and Other Objects

André Marie Chatillon, ca. 1804-10

Snowy winter view of a Gothic church tower and roofs, with three children playing in the snow in the foreground.

1., Minoritenplatz - Minoritenkirche im Winter

Maximilian Neubauer, 1900

Martha Carey Thomas

Wallace Morgan, 1910

Watercolor street scene of an old forge with a blacksmith in an apron, smoking chimney and cobbled courtyard.

1., Mölker Bastei / Mölker Steig - Die alte Schmiede

Franz Sager, 1860

Side and front elevation drawings of a canopied bed with red and white drapery and carved wooden details.

Design for a Bed and Canopy

Charles Percier, 18th Century

Van Wyck Brooks

John Butler Yeats, 1900

Charcoal portrait of a man with tousled dark hair and a cravat, set in an oval vignette on tan paper.

John Pendleton Kennedy

Eastman Johnson, 1840

Watercolor drawing of classical ruins with columns, a fountain with statues, arches and small figures in an oval frame.

Architectural Capriccio

Jean Henri Alexandre Pernet, ca. 1780-1800

Loose watercolor portrait of a woman in a dark green dress and yellow-brown hat, with a warm ochre background.

Mary Cassatt Self-Portrait

Mary Stevenson Cassatt, 1880

Pencil design drawing of a bedroom with a draped canopy bed, cherub figures, swags, and panelled walls.

Design for a bedroom

Henri Perron, 19th century

Sepia-toned oval portrait drawing of a balding man in a dark coat and white cravat, against aged paper.

Samuel Slater

James Sullivan Lincoln, 1830

Portrait of a man in a blue-collared gray coat, white cravat and dark sash against a brown background.

William Augustine Washington

James Barton Longacre, 1830

Colored chalk drawing of a rococo cartouche entwined with yellow gourds, green leaves, pink tendrils and small orange flowers

Ornamental Design with Fruit and Flowers (recto); Flower Stalk with Leaves (verso)

Alexis Peyrotte, 18th century

Charles Willson Peale

Titian Ramsay Peale II, 1800

Pencil sketch of a Vienna-style square with carriages, pedestrians, townhouses and a tall church spire in the distance.

1., Neuer Markt - allg. - Blick gegen Norden

Eduard Fehlinger, 1894

Small pencil and watercolor bust portrait of a young man with short light hair and a dark coat, on cream paper.

James Barton Longacre Self-Portrait

James Barton Longacre, 1800

Charcoal portrait of an elderly bald man in a suit and tie against a dark hatched background, signed by Sargent.

Moorfield Storey

John Singer Sargent, 1910

Pen and ink drawing of a mounted moose skeleton on a crate labeled MOOSE EXTINCT, with a uniformed man and a wreath below.

Teddy Roosevelt and Oscar Edward Cesare

Oscar Edward Cesare, 1920

Pencil and brown wash sketch of an older man with curly hair, high collar and cravat, shown from the chest up.

Unidentified Man

James Barton Longacre, 1830

James Riddle

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Charcoal and chalk drawing on tan paper of a bearded man with curly hair gazing upward.

Titian Ramsay Peale II Self-Portrait

Titian Ramsay Peale II, 1840

Charles Stewart

Thomas Sully, 1810

Grover Cleveland

George Burroughs Torrey, 1880

Pastel portrait of a man with grey hair, dark coat and white cravat against a blue-grey background.

Joseph Priestley

James Sharples, 1790

Charcoal portrait of an older man with gray hair in a dark coat and bow tie, turned to the side on tan paper.

William Stone

Ida Story Hammond, 1880

Pencil drawing of a Vienna square with a palace facade, church, horse carriages and pedestrians.

1., Neuer Markt - Palais Schwarzenberg und Kapuzinerkirche

Franz Gerasch, 1890

Ink and wash drawing of Vienna's New City Hall with its tower, a courtyard arcade, a grand hall and ornamental details.

1., Neues Rathaus (Hauptfassade, Hof, Festsaal, Bürgermeisterwohnung)

Rudolf Bernt, 1883

Caricature drawing of a crowned man in a cape facing a donkey with a laurel wreath and feathers.

Andrew Johnson

Thomas Nast, 1870

Pencil portrait of an older man with a mustache in a decorated military uniform with medals, signed Jacques Reich.

Comte Marie MacMahon

Jacques Reich, 1900

Thomas Stone

James Barton Longacre, 1820