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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Watercolor drawing of a bearded man in a gray suit smoking a cigar while seated in a rocking chair.

Ulysses S. Grant

Thomas Nast, 1861

Marcus Loew

Henry Major, 1920

Caricature drawing of a standing man with a curled mustache, fur-trimmed grey coat and walking cane, in watercolor.

Edward Askew Sothern

Unknown artist, 1880

Pastel portrait of an older man with grey hair in a grey coat and pink waistcoat against a dark brown background.

Michael Gratz

William Edward West, 1800

Fisher Ames

James Sharples, 1790

Alexander Hamilton

James Sharples, 1800

Loose oil sketch of figures in dark dresses with red accents playing in surf on a sandy beach.

Beach Study (verso)

Edward Henry Potthast, c. 1910

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

Gouverneur Morris

James Sharples, 1810

Pencil sketch of two men's portraits on tan paper, with handwritten dates beside each head.

Henry Clay and Richard Mentor Johnson

John Neagle, 1840

Captain Meriwether Lewis

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of a mustached man in a top hat leaning on a stone wall, with ships on the water behind him.

Raphael Semmes

Pierre Victor Galland, 1861

Timothy Cole Self-Portrait

Timothy Cole, 1900

Dr. Thomas Parke

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Charcoal drawing of a woman's head and shoulders in three-quarter view with hair pinned up and a lace collar.

Minerva Chapman Self-Portrait

Minerva J. Chapman, 1900

Watercolor of a Dutch canal with a wooden bridge, thatched cottages, a woman with buckets, and a boatman under a cloudy sky.

Dutch Canal, Rijswijk

Jacob Maris, second half 19th century

Zachary Taylor

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil portrait of an older bald man with white side whiskers in a dark high-collared coat, in an arched frame.

Robert Bailey Thomas

James Barton Longacre, 1840

Pencil and white-highlight sketch of Alhambra towers above arched colonnade, fountain, and houses with a seated figure.

Port of the Alhambra from the Dario

possibly Richard Ford, n.d.

Charcoal bust portrait of a woman in a dark hood and pince-nez, turned to the left against a shaded background.

Bust of a Woman Wearing a Pince-nez (Wife of the Artist)

Théodule Augustin Ribot, ca. 1875

Crosshatched drawing of a seated man in a light shirt at a grand piano, face partly shaded by a visor.

Joseph Stella Self-Portrait

Joseph Stella, 1900

Chalk drawing of a woman in a white bonnet and apron spinning flax at a wooden wheel against a dark background.

A Woman Spinning Flax

François Bonvin, 1861

Watercolor of a Vienna boulevard with a grand palace, arcades, a horse carriage and two women with a dog in the foreground.

1., Parkring - Blick gegen Palais Coburg und Gartenbaugebäude

Emil Hütter, 1870

Pencil sketch of a building corner with sloped roof, chimney and hanging shop sign, on tan paper with German handwritten capt

1., Postgasse 4 - Teil des Dominikanerklosters

Maximilian Neubauer, 1900

Pen and ink design for an ornate cartouche showing a religious scene of figures beside a draped curtain.

Design for a Cartouche with a Religious Subject in the Central Compartment

Taddeo Zuccari, 16th century

Pen drawing of a Gothic hall with arches and tall windows, with men and women in formal dress, framed by ornate scrollwork.

1., Rathaus - Volkshalle

August Stefan Kronstein, 1883

Pen and ink drawing of soldiers in tall shakos marching through shallow water with rifles and knapsacks.

Soldiers Marching in Water

Charles-Henri Pille, 19th century

Engraved view of the Rathaus arcades with columns, strolling pedestrians, and a city square with carriages beyond.

1., Rathausplatz 1, Arkaden des Rathauses

August Stefan Kronstein, 1883

Drawing of an ornamental cartouche frame with winged putti, a crowned figure, and a woman holding a mirror around a blank pan

A Cartouche and Two Shields Surrounded by Allegorical Figures

Andrea Lilli, 1570-1631

Pencil landscape drawing of a seated shepherd by a tree with a dog, shrubs and a wide distant view, in a green border.

Landscape with Seated Shepherd and Dog

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of Psyche offering a vessel to Venus among clouds, with a winged figure at upper right.

Psyche Presenting the Phial of Water to Venus

After Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael, 18th century

Pen and watercolor design drawing of andirons with pine cone finials, fluted bases and acanthus scroll relief panels.

Design for Andirons

Jean Louis Prieur le Jeune, late 18th century

Pencil sketch of a Gothic church with a pointed tower beside a busy street with shop signs and a horse cart.

1., Ruprechtsplatz - Ruprechtskirche

Maximilian Neubauer, 1908