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Drawings & Sketches

79,663 works

Hand-coloured caricature of a shopkeeper selling pistols and blunderbusses to an armed man in a blue coat, with a caption.

Young Ireland in Business for Himself

John Leech, 1850/59

Architectural drawing with chapel interior, building elevations and radial floor plan with French handwritten notes.

Architectural Drawing for a Chapel and Hospital

de la Maire, ca. 1767

Pastel drawing of a hazy city view with church spires, green hillsides in front, and billowing clouds over distant mountains.

19., Blick von der Himmelstraße auf Wien

Fritz Klatt, 1942

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of a costumed male figure with a sword, framed by radiating drapery and an ornate border.

A Costumed Actor in Front of a Curtain

Ink and wash drawing of a stormy forest with lightning, a standing rider and a fallen dead horse in the foreground.

A Rider and a Dead Horse in a Landscape

Watercolor of red-coated riders and hounds chasing across a golden field past bare trees.

Fox Hunt

Henry Alken, n.d.

Ink and wash drawing of a crouching grotesque figure reaching toward a cat, with a standing woman and an older man looking on

The Pampered Idiot (Niño zangolotino)

Leonardo Alenza y Nieto, 1807-45

Watercolor of a fox hunt with red-coated riders, a pack of hounds, and bare trees on rolling hills.

Hallali

Attributed to Henry Alken, 1840/51

Pencil sketch of a stone arch bridge with figures, surrounded by trees and houses on a hill, labeled Unterdöbling.

19., Döbling - Allgemein - Partie aus Unterdöbling

Nikolaus Kofler, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical scene with a reclining man surrounded by a crowd beneath an arched portico.

The Death of Socrates

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, ca. 1749

Pen and watercolor sketch of a woman, boy and groom in a stable with horses, one white horse saddled.

A Sketch from the Stand at Scarboro

John Leech, 1850/60

Pencil sketch of a rural farmhouse with dormer windows, a wooden fence and gate, and trees and shrubs in a garden.

19., Döbling - Allgemein - Unterdöbling beim Krottenbach

vermutlich: Nikolaus Kofler, 1820

Colored pen drawing of men in a station with an insurance accidents poster, captioned Pleasant Prospect: A Day with the Stag.

Pleasant Prospect: A Day with the Stag

John Leech, n.d.

Watercolor of a courtyard with a brick church, small tower, gabled buildings, grassy paths and a few figures under a cloudy s

Gezicht op de binnenplaats van het Bethaniënklooster

Hendrik Spilman, 1731

Watercolor of a convent courtyard with a gothic church, gabled houses and robed figures walking across the paved yard.

Gezicht op het binnenhof van het Cellezustersklooster

Hendrik Spilman, 1731

Watercolor of a convent courtyard with brick buildings, a spired church on the right, and figures walking past garden beds.

Gezicht op het oude Nonnenklooster

Hendrik Spilman, 1731

Watercolor of a sunlit Viennese-style street with a horse-drawn cart, a tram, pedestrians, and a two-storey building with sho

19., Döblinger Hauptstraße 76-78, Casino Zögernitz

Karl Wenzel Zajicek, 1880

Watercolor caricature of a seated servant in livery cleaning a tall black boot in a kitchen, with a dish rack behind.

Pride Humbled or Jenkins is Compelled to Clean Masters

Attributed to John Leech, 1840/50

Watercolor drawing of a Gothic church with a tall spire beside a row of gabled houses, with small figures in a square.

Gezicht op de Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekapel

Hendrik Spilman, 1731

Watercolor drawing of St. Jacob's chapel with a spire, gabled houses, a horse-drawn cart and pedestrians on a street.

Gezicht op de Sint Jacobskapel

Hendrik Spilman, 1731

Pen drawing of the Leprozenhuis in Amsterdam with gabled houses, a wooden fence, trees and figures on the street.

Gezicht op het Leprozenhuis te Amsterdam

Cornelis Pronk, 1701

Grey wash drawing of herdsmen with cattle, sheep and a goat resting in an Italianate landscape with trees and hills.

Herdsmen with Cattle and Sheep in Italianate Landscape

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, mid-17th-late 17th century

Pencil drawing of an ornate baroque gateway with reclining figures, looking through the arch onto an Amsterdam street.

Gezicht op de poort van het Binnengasthuis te Amsterdam

Hermanus Petrus Schouten, 1757

Watercolor of holidaymakers wading and clinging to posts as the tide rises, with a rowboat and sailboats on the sea.

Overtaken by the Tide-Margate

John Leech, 1840/50

Grey wash drawing of a receding colonnade with Corinthian columns, a niche statue, and small figures in a courtyard.

A Temple in a Courtyard (Pool of Bethesda)

Adam Elsheimer, late 16th-early 17th century

Pencil sketch of a garden restaurant with bare trees, tables and chairs, and a church spire behind rooftops.

19., Gastgarten in Heiligenstadt

Hans Stalzer, 1920

Watercolor caricature of a stout butcher in a teal coat seated among hanging carcasses with 9d price tags and a newspaper.

Our Butcher

John Leech, c. 1840

Black chalk study on blue paper of a standing peasant man in a fur hat and long coat, leaning on a ledge.

Study of a Standing Peasant

Adriaen van Ostade, 17th century

Watercolor of a snowy Viennese-style street at dusk with a church tower, lit lantern, and two men walking in the foreground.

19., Greinergasse

Franz Kopallik, 1914

Pencil sketch of a family gathered around a table drinking, with a woman in an apron standing at right and a dog below.

A Family Carousing

David Teniers the Younger, 17th century

Watercolor interior of a woman in a gown with two children, a girl beside her and a toddler gesturing from a sofa.

The Little Lecturer

Hablot Knight Browne, n.d.

Colored drawing of a snowy street with a villa behind a gate, boys playing in the snow and a man walking.

19., Greinergasse 19, im Winter

Franz Kopallik, 1915