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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Brown wash drawing of cows by a river with trees on the left and a distant town skyline under a pale sun.

Landscape

Anthonie van Borssom

Pen and ink drawing of Saint Catherine, crowned and haloed, leaning on a sword with draped robes.

Saint Catherine Leaning on a Sword

Hans Baldung Grien, ca. 1503-4

Pencil sketch of a castle-like building with a steep roof and tower, with shrubs in front and a dated inscription at lower ri

17., Schloßartiges Gebäude in Hernals

Carl Pischinger, 1846

Pen and watercolor street scene of a cart of prisoners passing a crowd of onlookers beneath an arch, with townhouse windows f

London Scene: Malefactors on Their Way to Tyburn

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Oval pencil drawing of a young woman in a bonnet beside a metal milk churn and rose bush, with a tree behind her.

Perrette, ou la petite laitière

Montbrian De Chateauvieux, 1786

Watercolor drawing of a man on horseback with a plump woman in pink riding behind him, watched by two women near an archway.

Vicar of Wakefield

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Oval drawing of a young woman in period dress carrying a rose basket on her head, with a cherub, urn and cypress trees.

Marton, ou la jeune bouquetière

Montbrian De Chateauvieux, 1787

Watercolor interior of a columned chapel with organ, gallery, painted ceiling, and crowded pews, with a clergyman at a lecter

Study for Royal Chapel, Whitehall, in Micocosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, 1807-10

Ink drawing of a standing soldier in a tricorn hat holding a musket with bayonet, on a rocky ground, brown ink on tan paper.

Standing Soldier

Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, 1812-45

Pencil drawing of an obelisk-topped stone tomb monument surrounded by trees and shrubs, with handwritten inscription lower ri

18., Alter Währinger Ortsfriedhof - Grabmal

Rudolf Pichler, 1920

Brown ink drawing of an imagined palace courtyard with a domed building, arcades, statues, obelisks, and small figures.

Architectural Fantasy

Charles Michel Ange Challe, 18th century

Pencil sketch of an arched grave monument with a cross behind an iron fence, surrounded by overgrown shrubs.

18., Alter Währinger Ortsfriedhof - Grabmal

Rudolf Pichler, 1915

Ink and watercolor of a carved medieval ruin with two figures beside it and church spires in the distance.

Two Figures Beside Medieval Ruins, with Church in Distance

Samuel Prout, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a large pyramid with small temple facades at its base and sailboats on a waterfront at right.

Study of a Pyramid

Jacques-Louis David, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a draped female figure leaning on a stone grave monument with a laurel wreath, surrounded by ivy.

18., Alter Währinger Ortsfriedhof - Grabmal

Rudolf Pichler, 1919

Ink and wash elevation of an ornate gallery wall with columns, painted panels, sculpted niches and paneled doors.

Design for a "Grande Galerie"

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1769

Watercolor of an iron gate between stone pillars, large trees, strollers with parasols, and a classical building in the dista

Entrance to the Avenue from Clare Hall Piece, Cambridge

William Westall, c. 1830

Watercolor of a courtyard with a Gothic-windowed building, a classical brick facade with arched doorways, and a tree.

Remains of the Old Priory and Mathematical School, Christ's Hospital

probably Samuel Ireland, n.d.

Red and black chalk sketch of an ornate classical pavilion with columns, steps, and small figures in the foreground.

Study for a Festival Machine

Laurent Hubert, 18th century

Watercolor of a calm harbor with red-sailed boats, rocky cliffs on the right, and a distant town with a castle.

View on the Tagus

possibly William Havell, n.d.

Ink and wash elevation of a long classical monument with colonnades, a central pyramid roof, and domed end pavilions.

Elevation of a Monument

Jean Jacques Huvé, n.d.

Pencil and watercolor panorama of rolling fields sloping toward a distant city with church spires under a cloudy sky.

18., Blick auf Wien vom Schafberg

Max Suppantschitsch, 1905

Pen and ink drawing of rocky cliffs and palm trees, with riders and a distant domed city on the right.

Caucasian Landscape

Rodolphe Bresdin

Watercolor of Gothic college towers above a green quadrangle, with small figures and spires in the distance.

All Soul's College from the Radcliffe Library

Augustus Charles Pugin, 1810/20

Watercolor view over a historic town with Gothic stone buildings, pinnacles, a large tree and a church tower under a hazy sky

View From Radcliffe Library

Frederick Mackenzie, n.d.

Pen drawing of jagged mountains with castles on cliffs and small figures hauling a rope across rocky ground.

Castles on Mountains

Rodolphe Bresdin

Pencil drawing of a village lane with a cottage, a stone cross monument, wooden fences and bare trees.

18., Cottagegasse

Watercolor of a stone Gothic gateway and tall pinnacled tower, with figures in period dress and a large tree at right.

Magdalen College and Tower, Oxford

George Pyne, 1853

Pencil and wash drawing of the Adoration of the Shepherds, with the Virgin and infant Christ lit at center and kneeling figur

Adoration of the Shepherds

Claude Vignon, ca. 1620-30

Pencil sketch of a curving city street with a church spire, townhouses and a woman walking on the sidewalk.

18., Edelhofgasse - Allgemein - Blick gegen den Turm der Währinger Kirche

Gustav Zafaurek, 1900

Watercolor of Eton College's red brick buildings and Gothic chapel seen from the playing fields, with figures and a large tre

Eton from the Playing-Fields

George Pyne, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a busy old street with gabled houses, shop signs and pedestrians on a sketchbook page.

18., Gentzgasse - Mühlsteinfabrik der Gebrüder Israel (Skizzenbuchblatt)

Gustav Zafaurek, 1890