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Eerie Sketched Figures

Ink sketches depicting a variety of figures, including scenes of death and the supernatural, showcasing dynamic poses and expressive line work.

Drawing, Motif for Bank Note Design; Walter Shirlaw (American, b. Scotland, 1838-1909); USA; graphite on cream wove paper; 25.4 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.) Mount: 28 × 22.2 cm (11 × 8 3/4 in.)
Drawing, Motif for Bank Note Design; Walter Shirlaw (American, b. Scotland, 1838-1909); USA; graphite on cream wove paper; 25.4 × 20.3 cm (10 × 8 in.) Mount: 28 × 22.2 cm (11 × 8 3/4 in.)
243 assets in this story
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Drawing by Jakob Gauermann from 1798 depicting a biblical scene with a seated couple, possibly Urias and his wife or Isaac and Rebecca, and a standing boy, Joseph, sold by his brothers, executed in red chalk, feather, paint brush, and black ink.
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Study sheet with figures and a resting fishmonger with pipe Study printwork / Etudes grav, print maker: Jacob Ernst Marcus, Amsterdam, Mar-1808, paper, etching, h 125 mm × w 220 mm
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Race field walk Constantin Ernest Adolphe Hyacinthe Guys (1802-1892), draftsman and French painter. Walk to the race field. Feather, ink and lavis sepia, gray.
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Seated pipe smoker and two lower legs, draughtsman: Dirck Hals, draughtsman: Willem Cornelisz. Duyster, (rejected attribution), 1622 - 1627, paper, brush, h 277 mm × w 178 mm
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Abraham Kuyper and the Senate. Draughtsman: Johan Braakensiek. Dating: c. 1868 - c. 1940. Measurements: h 233 mm × w 181 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 21.5 cm x 17 cm, Edelfelt, Albert, Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt 1854 - 1905, Finnish painter. Painting in a naturalistic style and with a Realist approach to art. He lived in Finland
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Study for cartoon 'Motie of Order van den Lord of Kerkwijk', 1878, Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans, 1878 drawing The politician J.J. Van Kerkwijk is already shooting an arrow at another sitting politician, a minister. Sketch for a cartoon in the Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 16, April 1878. Netherlands paper. ink. pencil pen archer's weapons: bow and arrow. political caricatures and satires Netherlands
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The Lower House members A. Buma, GM van der Linden and A. Gildemeester. Draughtsman: Pieter de Josselin de Jong. Dating: 1887. Place: The Hague. Measurements: h 130 mm × w 110 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, England expects Everyman to -DO- his Duty, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.
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In Krakow region. Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936), draughtsman, cartoonist
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Twice the same farmer's wife with their hands, seeing on the left, Jacques Callot, 1621 - 1624 print A farmer's wife, the hands over each other in front of the lap, seen on the left, shown twice: on the right as a line figure, left more left with shadow parties. A few figures and a tree in the background. This print is part of a series of 16 prints (15 according to Lieure; 17 resp. 16 incl. Title print) with men and women in various postures. These prints may have been intended as drawing examples. Nancy paper etching farmers - AA - female farmer, farmer's wife
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Vincent van Gogh, Postcard with Two Peasants Digging, 1885 Postcard with Two Peasants Digging
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Bella, Stefano della, Four Turkish men with turbans and a dark man in profile, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 83 mm, width 130 mm, Italian, 1610-05-18 - 1664-07-27, print maker, printmaker, 1620 - 1664, paper, papier, etching, etchings, plaattoon
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Singer and Lute Player. Mary Trevor (British, active early 19th century); after Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815). Date: 1818. Dimensions: 242 x 307 mm. Graphite and red chalk with stumping on cream wove paper, tipped onto gray wove paper. Origin: United Kingdom. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Studies of Men and Women in Medieval Dress. Dimensions: overall: 35.6 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 in.). Medium: graphite on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Byam Shaw.
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Sketches of Peasants and Work-Horses, Samuel Prout, 1783-1852, British, undated, Watercolor with pen and ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, Sheet: 6 x 8 1/2 inches (15.3 x 21.6 cm), animal art, aprons, barrels, bonnets, canes, cargo, dresses, figure study, figures, genre subject, harnesses, hats, horses (animals), kerchiefs, men, peasants, scarves (costume accessories), sketches, top hats, trousers, women
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Three scenes with boys and a mountain landscape, Willem Wenckebach, in or before 1894 drawing Four designs for book illustrations with: a standing boy next to a sitting man at a writing table, a boy who stands with a letter in front of a boy sitting on the floor, lying on a dune and a mountain landscape with a village on a river. cardboard. paper. India ink (ink). watercolor (paint). deck paint. pencil pen / brush boy (child between toddler and youth). dune coast (+ landscape with figures, staffage). mountains. writing-table, writing-desk
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Graf Hoyos delivers the news of the death of the crown prince Rudolf to the castle, Theodor Breidwiser Breitwieser, Breidwieser -, Drawer
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Romeo and Juliet in 15th century costume, in embrace standing on the threshold of a portal, Romeo and Juliet in 15th century costume, draughtsman: Rodolphe Bresdin, France, 1832 - 1885, tracing paper, pen, h 166 mm × w 106 mm
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A pencil and watercolor sketch by Franz Alt from August 18, 1844, depicting traditional figures in Bozen, recorded in his sketchbook.
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The barber's customers. Illustrations. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
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Design for illustration in De Amsterdammer: a man with a belt standing in front of a woman on clogs (6 April 1918). Draughtsman: Johan Braakensiek. Dating: 1918 - before 6-Apr-1918. Measurements: h 381 mm × w 290 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Untitled (Six Figure Studies) (recto) and Untitled (Seven Figure Studies) (verso) Thomas Sully (American, born England, 1783-1872). Untitled (Six Figure Studies) (recto) and Untitled (Seven Figure Studies) (verso), ca. 1830s. Iron gall ink and watercolor on beige, medium-weight, moderately textured antique laid paper, recto: 8 13/16 x 11 1/2 in. (22.4 x 29.2 cm). American Art ca. 1830s
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Mr Roosevelt's Visit to Europe, a Souvenir. Max Beerbohm (1872-1856). Watercolour and pencil. Dated 1910. 8 x 12 1/2in
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Bliej Kultury Stanis Awski, Jan (1860 1907)
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Family piece consisting of a man, woman and two children with a lamb, Jan van Noordt (1623-1676), 1644 - 1676, draughtsman: Jan van Noordt (1623-1676), 1644 - 1676, paper, h 204 mm × w 362 mm
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Two Equestrian Figures, Possibly a Study for "George IV, Prince of Wales" ca. 1803-13 John Singleton Copley American. Two Equestrian Figures, Possibly a Study for "George IV, Prince of Wales" 10541
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La gamme d'amour, James Ensor, 1929, literary work, 1929, Belgian Art
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Bareback Rider, c. 1895. Maurice Prendergast (American, 1858-1924). Color monotype;
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Et...ta femme - toujours avec l'aut'e! ,. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). Lithographs and Other Works
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Photograph of 'The Wolf's Den' by Millais, from an album compiled by Sir John Everett Millais, Rupert Potter (Manchester, England, 1832 - 1914) c.1863
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Alexander the Great in the Apelles studio Norblin, Jan Piotr (1745 1830)
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(From Sketchbook) 1810-20 Thomas Sully American. (From Sketchbook). Thomas Sully (American, Horncastle, Lincolnshire 1783-1872 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). American. 1810-20. Ink, wash, on paper
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Various methods of Arab women wearing pitchers with water; Pierre Toussaint Frédéric (1810-1889), Rifaud, Jean-Jacques (1786-1852), Charlet, Nicolas Toussaint (Paris; Litographic Plant; Fl. 1830-1855), Ory, François Antoine (Paris; . Ca 1833-1846); 1829-1830 (1829-00-00-1830-00-00);
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Urker Woman and a decorated place name sign with the name 'Delft', 1875 Page 3 Recto from a sketchbook with 38 sheets. Urk paper. pencil adult woman. folk costume, regional costume. ribbon, scroll, banderole ~ ornament
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Caricature - M Czyzna and Winia; Zausig, Amand (1804-1847); 1843 (1843-00-00-1843-00-00);Schlesisches Museum der Bildenen Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, Wiese, Erich (1891-1979), caricatures, German drawings
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Honoré Daumier, Mme Greluche Oh Gustave, qu'elle est bonne!, 19th century Mme Greluche: Oh Gustave, qu'elle est bonne!
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Study of women in foot, dancers skirts, one to califur on a chair, the other standing supported on the edge of a table, around 1785. Constantin Ernest Adolphe Hyacinthe Guys (1802-1892), draftsman and French painter. Study of women in foot, dancer skirts, one with califuron on a chair, the other standing leaning on the edge of a table, around 1785. Feather, greyish wash.
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Bliej Kultury Stanis Awski, Jan (1860 1907)
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Episodes from White Chapel Life 1845-1855 England. Graphite on blue wove paper . John Leech
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A member of each of the Three Orders in the National Assembly during the French Revolution is shown forging a New Constitution.
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Three Servant Women Artist's working dates 1822-1892 France. Pen and brown ink, with brush and watercolor, over graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper . Constantin Guys
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FRONTISPICE OF THE COPY OF THE CONTREPATIONS OF MADAME HUGO Louis Boulanger (1806-1867). Frontispiece of the copy of the contemplations of Ms. Hugo. Watercolor on parchment. Paris, Victor Hugo House.