Historic Urban Views

Pencil sketches of urban landscapes featuring buildings and street scenes, emphasizing a sense of place and historical ambiance.

Castle on a Hill, 1775/80, black chalk on light green-gray laid paper, Jacques-Louis David (artist) French, 1748 - 1825

Designs for Lamps, 1908 Page 21 Recto from a sketchbook with 25 sheets. paper. pencil lighting; lamps

Castle with a gate. Also a study of a key. Leaf 19 Recto from a sketchbook with 58 sheets.

Sitting boy in an interior with a ladder to a void, 1865 - 1913 A sitting figure can be seen through a doorway. A chicken is scratching in the interior. Leaf 37 Verso from a sketchbook with 39 sheets. paper. chalk interior of the house. boy (child between toddler and youth). sitting figure. ladder. fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.)

View of the Island of Jangerah at Sultanjanj with a Woman Balancing a Jug in the Foreground, William Hodges, 1744-1797, British, ca. 1781, Gray wash and graphite on laid paper, laid down on 19th Century wash mount, Sheet: 17 1/2 x 26 1/16in. (44.5 x 66.2cm)

Moninckx, Pieter, Farm with haystack, Sheet 38 recto from a sketchbook with 39 sheets., sketchbook sheet, drawings, 1606 - 1686, draughtsman, draftsman, 1645 - 1646, second quarter 17th century, paper, papier, chalk, schoken

Design for a Balcony 1700-1780 Anonymous, Italian, Piedmontese, 18th century Italian. Design for a Balcony 365521

Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869), mountain landscape (without dat.): View from a interior decorated with cute and floral ornaments on a arbor. Pencil on paper, 29.5 x 32.6 cm (including scan edges) Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869): Gebirgslandschaft

Thomas Daniell, 1749-1840, British, active in India, Boat Sketch, undated. Graphite on medium, moderately textured, blued white, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, wove paper.

Shipbuilder's Yard, Liverpool 1875 James McNeill Whistler American. Shipbuilder's Yard, Liverpool 372656

Through the Window, Venice. John Marin (American, 1870-1953); printed by L. Fort; published by L'Art Decoratif. Date: 1906-1907. Dimensions: 195 x 138 mm (plate); 280 x 199 mm (sheet). Etching from the steel-faced plate, selectively wiped, on cream mechanically laid paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Thomas Daniell, 1749-1840, British, active in India, Calcutta, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper.

Chteau Fort de Lourdes, Henry Swinburne, 1743-1803, British, undated, Pen and brwon ink, and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, wove paper, Mount: 16 3/8 × 11 1/16 inches (41.6 × 28.1 cm) and Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 9/16 inches (14.3 × 19.2 cm)

Various sketches by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller in pencil showing studies of figures, animals, and landscapes.

Holmberg, Werner, work, Sketch book, drawing, 24 cm x 30.5 cm, Holmberg, Werner

Draftsman for farm, Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, after Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1765 - 1769 print A draftsman is sitting on a couch in front of a farm. Two people lean on the lower door. The print is loose in an album, see page 58. Amsterdam paper etching draughtsman at work. farm (building)

The terms of Caracalla, Thomas Cool, 1861 - 1904, draughtsman: Thomas Cool, 1861 - 1904, paper, pen, h 89 mm × w 176 mm

Hemelbed and a tapestry, 1819 - 1849 Leaf 41 Verso from a sketchbook with 60 sheets. paper. pencil four poster bed. tapestry

Courtyard, Brussels 1887 James McNeill Whistler American. Courtyard, Brussels 372619

Designs for a cradle, c. 1903 - c. 1904 Leaf 8 Verso from a sketchbook with 17 sheets. paper. pencil cradle, crib

Cocks and Hens, Hôtel Colbert 1891 James McNeill Whistler American. Cocks and Hens, Hôtel Colbert 372818

Two Studies of Women Standing behind Railing, Looking at the Launching of Dories, Cullercoats, England, Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910, Pen and brown ink on off-white wove paper, In upper half of composition, figures of women stand at a railing and watch the fishermen and the sea; at left is a house with a hipped roof and porch; beyond the railing, four dories are drawn up on beach. Framing lines. In lower half: details of three women in a grouping similar to the one on the verso, and one dory with color notations. Verso: drawn in opposite direction: three women and a child stand behind a railing; in background are dories, heads of fishermen, sea., USA, 1881, seascapes, Drawing, Drawing

View of Venice, Italy, Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857-1903, Graphite on wove paper, Sketch of a gondola on the lagoon in Venice., Venice, Italy, 1880-1881, seascapes, Drawing, Drawing

Italian Sketchbook Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880). Italian Sketchbook, 1867-1868. Graphite on tan, medium-weight, slightly textured wove paper, 5 x 9 x 7/16 in. (12.7 x 22.9 x 1.1 cm). This sketchbook served as a travel diary for the Hudson River School landscape painter Sanford Robinson Gifford during his journeys in France, Switzerland, and Italy. In this two-page spread depicting the church of Santa Caterina del Sasso, perched precariously on the edge of a cliff overlooking Lake Maggiore in Italy, Giffords precise and assured lines exemplify his skills as a draftsman. A practitioner of plein air sketching, the artist used these drawings as preparatory studies for paintings executed later in his studio. The small framed motifs that appear on this and other pages of the sketchbook show his initial experiments with composition. American Art 1867-1868

No. 60. Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682. Prints. 1777 - 1819. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Drawing, French

The Laundress: "La Blanchisseuse de la place Dauphine". James McNeill Whistler; American, 1834-1903. Date: 1894. Dimensions: 230 x 157 mm (image); 312 x 202 mm (sheet). Transfer lithograph in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Study for Guild Hall, from Microcosm of London 1807-1808 England. Graphite on ivory wove paper . Augustus Charles Pugin

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 22.5 cm x 29.5 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

Design for a Gothic Desk and Tray early 19th century Anonymous, British, 19th century British. Design for a Gothic Desk and Tray 386941

A Castle (on the Rhine). Artist: Jan van Goyen (Dutch, Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague). Dimensions: sheet: 3 3/4 x 6 1/8 in. (9.6 x 15.6 cm). Date: early 17th-mid 17th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Regent's Quadrant. Artist: James McNeill Whistler (American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834-1903 London). Dimensions: Plate: 6 7/16 × 4 3/4 in. (16.3 × 12 cm)Sheet: 6 7/16 × 4 3/4 in. (16.3 × 12 cm). Date: 1880-81. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Five landscape studies; Verso: a sketch of the composition with three characters; double card from the sketchbook; Czachórski, Władysław (1850-1911); 1872-1876 (1872-00-00-1876-00-00);cities, nocturnes, landscapes, city landscapes, rivers, architectural studies, paintings, sketches, characters sketches, architectural views, purchase (provenance)

Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), Saint-Lô (title given by the author), 1836-06-29. Graphite pencil on woven paper. House of Victor Hugo - Hauteville House. Represents the exterior chair of the Notre-Dame de Saint-Lô church.

Execution in Japan ca. 1865 Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart. Execution in Japan. Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart (French, Paris 1837-1880 Paris). ca. 1865. Etching, second state of three (Gonse). Alfred Cadart (French, 1825-1875). Prints

Deur van Kasteel Assumburg.Also a study of a console to a facade in Beverwijk. Leaf 65 recto from a sketchbook with 67 sheets.

Shipyard (from Sketchbook) Henry Ward Ranger American This sketchbook contains thirty-one undated drawings in graphite and ink of Noank and Lyme, Connecticut subjects.Beginning in 1899, Ranger became a leading member of the artists colony at Old Lyme, Connecticut, where a group of painters influenced by the Barbizon and impressionist styles gathered in the summer at the home of Florence Griswold. Ranger later acquired a country home in Noank, on Long Island Sound, near New London, Connecticut, and did much of his sketching there.. Shipyard (from Sketchbook) 16195

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Railway Station, Voves. Dated: 1887. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER.

Järnefelt, Eero, work, Sketch book, (1897 - 1908), pencil and marker, drawing, 15 cm x 23.5 cm, artist : Järnefelt, Eero, (1897 - 1908), pencil and marker, 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.

Monte Rosso Bay, from Travel Pictures: Italy-South Seas. Max Pechstein (German, 1881-1955); published by Paul Cassirer. Date: 1919. Dimensions: 141 x 198 mm (image); 286 x 364 mm (sheet). Lithograph on ivory wove paper. Origin: Germany. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Decoration project at the base of a column Anonymous. Decoration project at the base of a column. Pencil.

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

A sheet by Alexander Rothaug with architectural and ornamental sketches, a large composition draft, and a subject on page 16V, created with pencil, ink feather, watercolor, and leaf around 1901.

Ruines de lirl Ren� Marjoline (1812-1895). Ruines de lirl. Cruvery and squarele, 8 aoo from 1833. Paris, Museums French Museum.

Figure on a frozen sail next to a ruin. Leaf 64 Recto from a sketchbook with 95 sheets.

The Little Putney, No. 1, 1879. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903). Etching;

Small sailboat in the water near the dunes, Jan Toorop, 1901 print paper drypoint dune coast. sailing-ship, sailing-boat Katwijk aan Zee

Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869), City view Cairo (without date): City view Cairo with a group of people in the foreground on the left. Pencil on paper, 20.2 x 29.1 cm (including scan edges) Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869): Stadtansicht Kairo

Figure Studies, Sailboat, Rainbow, Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826-1900, Graphite on cream paper, Verso: Two Heads, Steamship, Rooftops, Minarets, USA, possibly 1868, figures, Drawing, Drawing

Red House, Paimpol Made 1893 United States. Transfer lithograph from three stones, in black (keystone), red, and gray inks, with scraping, on cream Japanese paper . James McNeill Whistler

Figures with a portal, possible from the Kait Bey mosque in Cairo.Page 68 from a sketchbook with 48 sheets.

Figures on the beach, Charles Leickert, 1826 - 1907 print Beach face with walking figures, there are two sailing ships in the water. paper. etching beach. sailing-ship, sailing-boat

Emilio Sánchez Perrier (Drafstman) / 'Study of Carts in a Street in Seville or Alcalá de Guadaíra'. Ca. 1880. Pencil, Black ink on wove paper. Museum: Museo del Prado, Madrid, España.

Millbank , Waterfronts, Rivers, Embankments. James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs

Drawing, General Palmer's House, Glen Eyrie, Colorado; Thomas Moran (American, b. Britain, 1837-1926); USA; graphite on cream-colored paper; 26.5 x 35.3 cm. (10 7/16 x 13 15/16 in.)

Brasserie, au Lion Rouge , Restaurants, Sitting. Joseph Pennell (1857-1926). Prints and Drawings

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 13 cm x 21 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

Félix Hilaire Buhot, Les Courses du Deauville, 1874 Les Courses du Deauville

Study, 1876 - 1924 drawing paper. chalk

InteriorStudy. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Sketchbook Jan Matejko from a trip to Constantinople. Double sided drawing. Obverse: two sketches of a sailing boat, on one figure. Reverse: fragment of the walls; Part of the drawing, whose continuation is presented on the obverse of the next sketchbook card. Matejko, Jan (1838 1893)

The Rialto Made 1879-1880 United States. Cancelled copper plate . James McNeill Whistler

Bliżej Kultury Stanisławski, Jan (1860 1907)

City or village view, Jan Brandes, 1770 - 1785 drawing Sketch of a cityscape. As a result, pencil sketch from an old man with glasses. Verso A note of a baptism by adoption. Doetinchem (Possible) paper. ink pen street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)

In the town; Brandt, Józef (1841-1915); 1874 (1874-00-00-1874-00-00);Wooden construction, urban landscapes, painting studies, purchase (provenance)

Drawing by Ferdinand Boberg. Södermanland, Oppunda hd., Österåkers sn., Smedby Nordic

Moroccan Horse, c. 1862. Mariano Fortuny (Spanish, 1838-1874). Etching;

Street face with figures, 1890 - 1946 Page 28 Recto from a sketchbook with 75 sheets. paper. pencil street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)

Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 10 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

Interior with figures listening to a lecture. In the foreground is a man behind a catheter. He appeals a group of people. Two soldiers are for this group. Drawing in a frame. Leaf 21 Recto from a sketchbook with 35 sheets.

Lehmmübner Paul (1855-1916), wooden decorations (Simse) (Without Dat.): View. Pencil on cardboard, 26.5 x 38.9 cm (including scan edges) Lehmgrübner Paul (1855-1916): Hölzerne Verzierungen (Simse )

William Simpson, 1823-1899, British, Well in Lahore, 18 March 1860, 1860. Graphite; verso: graphite and watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper.

Jerusalem from the South with Sion and the Mosques of El-Aksa and Omar at Left (Sud de Jérusalem, Sion à guache, la mosquée d'El Aksa et la mosquée d'Omar) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). , 1886-1887 or 1889. Ink on paper, Sheet: 5 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. (14 x 34 cm). European Art 1886-1887 or 1889

Railway-Station, Voves. James McNeill Whistler; American, 1834-1903. Date: 1888. Dimensions: 130 x 220 mm (image, trimmed within plate mark); 130 x 220 mm (sheet). Etching with foul biting in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Brasserie Lafayette , Restaurants, Sitting. Joseph Pennell (1857-1926). Prints and Drawings

Untitled (Sketch identified as Deal, Kent), 1870s , by Nicholas Chevalier. Gift of Mrs Caroline Chevalier, the artist's widow, England, 1912.

Sketch of an interior - architecturaldetails. Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A. (HON.) 1897

Fishing Quay, Ostend 1887 United States. Etching with foul biting in black ink on ivory laid paper . James McNeill Whistler

Old Stone Bridge at Leeds, Catskill Ralph Albert Blakelock (American, 1847-1919). Old Stone Bridge at Leeds, Catskill, n.d. Pen and sepia ink on paper, Sheet (irregular): 6 5/16 x 10 in. (16 x 25.4 cm). American Art n.d.

Wiik, Maria, Sketch book, undateable, drawing, Wiik, Maria, Maria Catharina Wiik 1853 - 1928 a Finnish painter of still life, genre images, landscape paintings and portraits. Lived in Finland

Design for a piece of furniture, c. 1900 Leaf 8 Verso from a sketchbook with 15 sheets. paper. pencil furniture and household effects

Italian Sketchbook Sanford Robinson Gifford (American, 1823-1880). Italian Sketchbook, 1867-1868. Graphite on tan, medium-weight, slightly textured wove paper, 5 x 9 x 7/16 in. (12.7 x 22.9 x 1.1 cm). This sketchbook served as a travel diary for the Hudson River School landscape painter Sanford Robinson Gifford during his journeys in France, Switzerland, and Italy. In this two-page spread depicting the church of Santa Caterina del Sasso, perched precariously on the edge of a cliff overlooking Lake Maggiore in Italy, Giffords precise and assured lines exemplify his skills as a draftsman. A practitioner of plein air sketching, the artist used these drawings as preparatory studies for paintings executed later in his studio. The small framed motifs that appear on this and other pages of the sketchbook show his initial experiments with composition. American Art 1867-1868

Sketch of Landscape with Cathedral. John Sell Cotman; English, 1782-1842. Date: 1802-1842. Dimensions: 69 × 144 mm. Graphite on ivory wove card, tipped onto ivory wove card. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

View of Venice, Italy, Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857-1903, Graphite on wove paper, Sketch of a canal in Venice., Venice, Italy, 1881, architecture, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing by Ferdinand Boberg. Västmanland, Norrbo hd., Haraker sn., Svanå Nordic

Pencil drawing by Anton Hansch made on June 3, 1857, depicting a scene in Neubeuern.

Vauxhall Bridge. James McNeill Whistler; American, 1834-1903. Date: 1861. Dimensions: 68 x 114 mm (plate); 86 x 129 mm (sheet). Etching and drypoint in black ink on ivory laid paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA. Author: JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER.

Horse head, view of a courtyard. Théodore Géricault (French, 1791 - 1824)

Edward Lear, 1812-1888, British, Sorrento, 2 August 1838, 1838. Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, greenish-gray wove paper.

The Swan, Chelsea, 1872, by James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), Etchings

Job's Well (Le Puits de Job, Bir-Ayoub) James Tissot (French, 1836-1902). , 1886-1887 or 1889. Pen and ink on paper mounted on board, Sheet: 7 5/16 x 4 11/16 in. (18.6 x 11.9 cm). European Art 1886-1887 or 1889

A View of the Ascot Heath, Sawrey Gilpin, 1733-1807, British, undated, Graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted on medium, moderatelly textured, blue laid paper, Sheet: 3 1/8 × 7 1/8 inches (7.9 × 18.1 cm) and Mount: 11 5/8 × 10 7/8 inches (29.5 × 27.6 cm)

St, Johann von Gr, Heinrichschlag from nö, Karl Wiener -, artist

Without title Sketch vignette for biography of Gestel by Van der Pluym, face on Woerden with a hand that extends to a winged palette above it; Without title Sketch face on Woerden with hand and flying palette. View of Woerden with a hand that extends to a winged palette

Sri Pada (odcisk stopy) - święte miejsce na szczycie Adams Peak. Hohenzollern, Waldemar von (książę pruski ; 1817-1849), draughtsman, cartoonist

Pronk, Cornelis, Asperden, Haen, Abraham de (II), Klooster Graefenthal aan de Niers te Asperden, handwritten in gray pen, Sheet 43 recto from a sketchbook with 69 sheets., sketchbook sheet, drawings, Nieuklooster, water, 1707-04-06 - 1748-08-08, draughtsman, draftsman, 1731 - 1731, second quarter 18th century, paper, pencil, ink, pen, North Netherlands, 1691-12-10 - 1759-09-29

Henry Swinburne, 1743-1803, British, Bois, France, undated. Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, wove paper.

James McNeill Whistler, Chelsea Shops, 1888 Chelsea Shops

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Sidi Mahad, December 2, 1889, Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 - 1923, 12 3/4 x 8 in. (32.39 x 20.32 cm), Black, blue and white chalk, United States, 19th century

Man and woman diagonally for a church or castle with towers.it may be a couple. Leaf 15 recto from a sketchbook with 35 sheets.

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