Figure Studies and Sketches

A collection of dynamic figure studies and sketches focusing on drapery and movement, created in pencil and ink by American artists in the 19th century, emphasizing gestural forms.

Ekman, Robert Wilhelm, work, Kleio, sketch for a theater ceiling painting, drawing, 17 cm x 10.5 cm

Sketch for With Jockey to the Fair,” from Old Songs I (book published by Harper in 1889, previously published in Harper’s Monthly Magazine). Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Gottlob, Fernand-Louis (n.1873-02-23-D.1935-11-10), winter pleasure (title given by the author), 1906. Black Pierre and blue pencil on paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Luce Myrès (Front View) 1895 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec French. Luce Myrès (Front View) 333999

Standing Figure, Number One Julian Alden Weir (American, 1852-1919). , 1899. Etching on laid paper, 7 7/8 x 6 in. (20 x 15.2 cm). American Art 1899

Design for Valkyries costume. Thoma, Hans (1839-1924), draughtsman, cartoonist

Vatea Dancing the SeatedSiva. Artist: Unknown After: John La Farge, American, 1835-1910, M.A. (HON.) 1896

Gallen-Kallela, Akseli, work, Death and flower, 1896, woodcut, graphics, 9.5 cm x 5.5 cm, Akseli Gallen-Kallela 1865 - 1931, a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the national epic of Finland.

Boat Sketch, Thomas Daniell, 1749-1840, British, active in India, William Daniell, 1769-1837, British, undated, Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper; mountd on, moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, wove paper, Sheet: 6 5/8 x 4 1/2 inches (16.8 x 11.4 cm) and Mount: 7 15/16 × 5 7/16 inches (20.2 × 13.8 cm), boat, flag, marine art, sail, sketch

The Toilet 1878 James McNeill Whistler American. The Toilet 360090

Blind Tobias at a door, William James Smith, After Rembrandt van Rijn, 1824 print London paper etching Tobit's blindness (Tobit 2 - 3:6)

Study drawing for mural of woman, no. 3 | Library of Congress

A Woman Spinning (recto); A Woman Holding a Bundle (verso) 18th century Giacomo Ceruti Italian. A Woman Spinning (recto); A Woman Holding a Bundle (verso) 359309

Francisco de Goya y Lucientes / 'Girl dancing to a guitar. Album A, e'. 1794 - 1795. Wash, Indian ink on laid paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Cinderella - Drapery Study, 1862-63. Pencil over brown-red chalk on cream-toned paper. Artist: Edward Burne-Jones

Fragment of a man's portrait, Taco Scheltema (I), 1770 - 1837 drawing paper. chalk anonymous historical person portrayed alone

'Model Resting', 1870, (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler.

Pallas Athena in armor. Pallas Athena stands and wears a helmet, shield and spear. Probably signed to classical example. Leaf 27 Recto from a sketchbook with 94 sheets.

Head of a woman with a hood. Leaf 67 Recto from a sketchbook with 86 sheets.

MUJER DE PIE. Author: ISIDRO NONELL.

Le Mendiant a la Tête Découverte et aux Pieds Nuds (The Beggar with the Uncovered Head and Bare Feet), from Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons (The Beggars, also called the Barons) ca. 1623 Jacques Callot French. Le Mendiant a la Tête Découverte et aux Pieds Nuds (The Beggar with the Uncovered Head and Bare Feet), from Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons (The Beggars, also called the Barons). Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). ca. 1623. Etching; first state of two (Lieure). Prints

John La Farge, Female Torso, c 1890 1891 Female Torso

Man in a long robe, Gustav Klimt -, artist

Afternoon Tea. James McNeill Whistler; American, 1834-1903. Date: 1897. Dimensions: 185 x 157 mm (image); 397 x 243 mm (sheet). Transfer lithograph in various black inks, on tan laid Japanese vellum. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

At the Wall, Commune Episode Made 1893 France. Soft ground etching in red-brown with additions in graphite on cream laid paper . Louis Auguste Lepère

L'Annonciation Carlos Schwabe (Swiss, born Germany, 1877-1926). L'Annonciation, 1893. Lithograph on China paper, 10 3/16 x 14 5/8 in. (25.8 x 37.2 cm). European Art 1893

James McNeill Whistler, Figure Study in Colors, 1890, transfer lithograph printed in black, orange-red, rose-red, and gray-green on paper.

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, Marianne() Willett’s Exploit - [sketch of a horse and carriage, Graphite, Wove, 19.1 × 14.5 cm (7 1/2 × 5 11/16 in.), Made in United States, American, 19th century, Works on Paper - Drawings and Watercolors

Standing woman, holding a handkerchief against her face.

Allegory of August; Thoma, Hans (1839-1924); 1880-1900 (1880-00-00-1900-00-00);Schlesisches Museum der Bildenen Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, allegories, illustrations, calendars, women, months (allegories), seasons (personification), projects, projects, illustration, August (allegories)

Children's study Ren� Marjolin (1812-1895). Child study. Graphite pencil. Paris, museum of romantic life.

Pencil sketches by Anton Romako focusing on women's figures, showing posture, gesture, and proportions.

A Woman Spinning (recto); A Woman Holding a Bundle (verso). Artist: Giacomo Ceruti (Italian, Milan 1698-1767 Milan). Dimensions: 11 5/8 x 7 3/16 in. (29.5 x 18.3 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Sketch for The Reconciliation of the Merhcant Taylors’ with the Skinners’ Company, in the time of Richard the Third” one of a series of paintings executed for the Royal Exchange, London, 1896. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Mademoiselle Marcelle Lender, Standing 1895 France. Color lithograph on cream wove paper . Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Pique-nique , Clowns, Picnics. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). Prints and Drawings

President Chester Alan Arthur Standing, Daniel Huntington, American, 1816-1906, Graphite on light brown wove paper Verso: Graphite and white chalk, Full-length standing male figure with right elbow resting on a ledge or mantel., USA, USA, 1884, portraits, Drawing, Drawing

Pencil drawing by Peter Fendi depicting a young girl and a loud-playing angel from the Liechtensteinalbum, emphasizing figures, gesture, and composition.

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 14.5 cm x 8 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

Pencil drawing by Peter Fendi depicting a young girl with her hands resting in her lap, from the Liechtensteinalbum (Fendi album).

Edgar Degas, Study for Mary Cassatt at the Louvre (recto), c 1879 Study for Mary Cassatt at the Louvre recto

Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), geography game. Barbarism. Thirty-seven number of a suite of 52 pieces. (A. de Vesme 568; Dutuit 117) (main title), 1644. Etch. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

ARTE S. XIX. FRANCIA. PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (1841-1919). Pintor impresionista francés. "LA PROMENADE (EL PASEO) ". Carboncillo. Galería Miguel Espel. Madrid. España.

'I have scarcely closed my eyes all night,' complains the princess, proving that she is a REAL princess, so sensitive that single a pea beneath her mattress keeps her awake.

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, Study of Half Length Figure with Pole (verso), 1849 Study of Half-Length Figure with Pole verso

Girl with Tamborine Robert Anning Bell (British, 1863-1933). Girl with Tamborine, ca. 1890. Lithograph on wove paper, 11 1/8 x 7 15/16 in. (28.3 x 20.1 cm). European Art ca. 1890

Study of a Madonna with child, Nicolaas Cornelis de Gijselaar, After Jan van Eyck, After Dieric Bouts, 1829 print Madonna with child. An apple in the hands of the Christ child. Leiden paper etching Madonna: i.e. Mary with the Christ-child

Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, Miss May Belfort, Large Plate (Miss May Belfort, grande planche), 1895 Miss May Belfort, Large Plate (Miss May Belfort, grande planche)

Girl Carrying a Tray with Four Heads. Artist: William Bell Scott (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1811-1890 Ayreshire). Dimensions: sheet: 10 x 7 in. (25.4 x 17.8 cm). Date: 1825-90. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Katharina, illustration for Act I, Scene i, Taming of theShrew. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Woman with a broom in a doorway, 1837 - 1881 There is a pair of shoes next to the doorway. Page 28 Verso from a sketchbook with 33 sheets and 10 separate drawings. paper. pencil open door. sweeping (~ cleaning the house)

A pencil drawing by Rudolf Weyr showing two drapery studies, focusing on folds, texture, and fabric flow.

Young man wearing long shawl draped around his shoulder and hips. Watson, Stewart, active 1843-1847. 1840. Watson, Stewart, active 1843-1847. Drawings. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Costume , Italy, Grand tours (Education), Shawls, Men , Clothing & dress , Italy

IRLANDAISE. Berret (sic) develours.. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Madonna Pietra - Figure Study, 1874. Artist: Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Page 44 of the sketch book: woman study Camille Corot (1796-1875). Page 44 Sketch book: Women's study, 1868. Pencil on paper.

The Sultane de Transylvania Joseph-Marie Vien (1716-1809). The Sultane de Transylvania. Black stone drawing with white stoves on gray-blue paper, 1748. Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Paris, small palace.

Drawing, The Morse Code, Study for "Electricity as Applied to Commerce," Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL; J. Carroll Beckwith (American, 1852-1917); USA; black chalk and graphite on off-white paper; 62.5 × 47.6 cm (24 5/8 × 18 3/4 in.)

Standing man, Johan Braakensiek, 1868 - 1940 drawing Design for a print. paper. pencil

'Whistler's Mother', c1973, (1904). Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler.

A woman with a dog on her knees; Tami, Czes Aw (1862-1942); around 1900 (1895-00-00-1905-00-00);Young Poland (Styl), Partage Plus, Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944), Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, women, Poland (culture), portraits, female portraits, dogs, Polish drawings, Polish drawings, Polish drawings, Purchase (provenance)

Gilt silver drinking cup in the form of a Moor, David van der Kellen (1827-1895), 1837 - 1895 drawing paper. ink. pencil pen container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tin. Asiatic races and peoples

Design for a print, Portrait of Jacob van Lennep, draughtsman: Dirk Jurriaan Sluyter, after: Johann Georg Schwartze, (possibly), 1821 - 1886, paper, h 376 mm × w 300 mm

Recto - Front. Female - Sketch of Mother breastfeeding her Baby, 1860. Artist: John Everett Millais. Verso: another sketch of a similar subject, mother scrutinising baby.

Waspit at the Lauriergracht in Amsterdam. Page 10 from a sketchbook with 38 sheets.

Standing woman, Rik Wouters, 1892 - 1916 drawing paper. ink pen standing figure - AA - female human figure

Ceres, c. 1701 Ceres wears a cornucopia in her left hand and holds a torch in her right hand. Leaf 19 recto from a sketchbook with 63 sheets. paper. chalk Ceres wears a cornucopia in her left hand and holds a torch in her right hand. Leaf 19 recto from a sketchbook with 63 sheets. paper. chalk

Lover's bed, drawing by Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806).

John Singleton Copley, 1738-1815, American, active in Britain (from 1776), Study for Captain William George Fairfax for the Painting "The Victory of Lord Duncan", ca. 1798. Black and white chalk squared in red chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper.

Plate of Sketches, no. 2. Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen; French, born Switzerland, 1859-1923. Date: 1898. Dimensions: 231 × 151 mm (image/plate); 421 × 308 mm (sheet). Drypoint from a zinc plate printed à la poupée in black and red-brown on ivory laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

'Miss May Belfort Welcoming', c.1895, (1946). Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.

Drawing, Costume Design: Valor for a Ballet; Italy; lead pencil on paper

Lillebil Christensen II 1920 Ernst Oppler German. Lillebil Christensen II. Ernst Oppler (German, Hannover 1867-1929 Berlin). 1920. Etching. Prints

This brown pen drawing by Bernhard Rode depicts a woman in armor, emphasizing figure, posture, and details of armor design.

John Whetten Ehninger, Self Portrait, 1859 Self-Portrait

Eduardo Rosales Gallinas / 'Doña Blanca of Navarre taking her Leave of a Lady-in-Waiting'. Ca. 1868. Pencil on paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Movements from the 'Pieta,' dancer Harald Kreutzberg , Dancers, Dance, Kreutzberg, Harald, 1902-1968. The Massachusetts WPA Federal Art Project Photograph Collection

Pencil studies by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, circa 1827, with sketches of landscapes, objects, and human figures for artistic observation.

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, Figure study for King Arthurs Round Table, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of 15 paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901), Black chalk, Tracing paper, 71 × 42.5 cm (27 15/16 × 16 3/4 in.), Made in United States, American, 19th century, Works on Paper - Drawings and Watercolors

Man in high hat ,. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901). Prints and Drawings

'Woman bending to the right but looking up', mid 18th century, (1928). Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

Emerich Alexius Swoboda pencil sketches of various figures and a bust, showing anatomical details, posture, and preparatory drawing composition.

Eliot, Maurice (n.1862-09-09-D.1945-08-21), Study for the Water Song (Main title). Black stone and white chalk enhancement, colored pencil on paper. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

Järnefelt, Eero, Sketch book, (1910 - 1920), technique text: pencil, charcoal and pastel, drawing, 36 cm x 30 cm, artist : Järnefelt, Eero, (1910 - 1920), pencil, charcoal and pastel, Erik 'Eero' Nikolai Järnefelt 1863 - 1937, Finnish painter and art professor. Known for his portraits and landscapes of the area around Koli National Park in Finland.

Klingholz Fritz (1861-1921), memorial leaf (without date): View. Ink and pencil on cardboard, 32 x 17.9 cm (including scan edges) Klingholz Fritz (1861-1921): Gedenkblatt

Studies of an old woman, Jan Weissenbruch, 1832 - 1880 drawing paper. watercolor (paint). pencil brush old woman

La gamme d'amour, James Ensor, 1929, literary work, 1929, Belgian Art

Dancer Kneeling, Seen from the Back 1880-1885 France. Charcoal with pastel on cream wove paper . Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas

Study sheet with female figure in 19th century costume, and other figures, draughtsman: Rodolphe Bresdin, France, 1832 - 1885, tracing paper, pen, h 212 mm × w 115 mm

Sketch for Old Songs I (book published by Harper in 1889, previously published in Harpers Monthly Magazine); Woman in XVII century costume (verso). Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Gold plated silver drinking cup in the shape of a moor. .

CALABROISE. Voile de foulard.…. Artist: Paul Gavarni, French, 1804-1866

Standing woman with basket on the head, Pieter van Loon, 1840 drawing paper. pencil carrying something on the head or on the shoulders

Standing Soldier: Study for the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul in the Church of Saint-Séverin, Paris 1851-52 Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry French The flowing drapery worn by the model enhances the sense of movement in his pose as he twists his torso and leans weight on his back leg with spear in hand. Biennourry possibly used the grid to reposition his model and produce studies of the same scale (see 2009.521.2) as he worked to determine the final costume and posture for this Roman soldier who features in the artist's mural decorations in the Church of Saint-Séverin.. Standing Soldier: Study for the Chapel of Saints Peter and Paul in the Church of Saint-Séverin, Paris. Victor-François-Eloi Biennourry (French, Bar-sur-Aube 1823-1893 Paris). 1851-52. Conté crayon and red chalk, heightened with white, squared in conté crayon. Drawings

William Daniell, 1769-1837, British, A Young Indian, ca. 1788. Brown wash with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

W Walton after John Flaxman, Statue on the Pediment over the West Front ofa Temple at Egina, published 1829 Statue on the Pediment over the West Front ofa Temple at Egina

William Alexander, 1767-1816, British, A Beggar, undated. Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray laid paper.

Above a man on horseback, who says goodbye to a lady and below a man and a woman, who walk under arm., Above a man on horseback, below a man and a woman, draughtsman: Hendrik Abraham Klinkhamer, Johann Theodor de Bry, (possibly), Michiel le Blon, 1820 - 1872, paper, h 270 mm × w 206 mm

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