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Historical Sketches of Landscapes

A collection of graphite sketches showcasing serene landscapes, structures, and groups of people, with a focus on natural beauty and antiquity.

Landscape with a group of people in the foreground, In the foreground demonstrating a greyish man among seated and kneeling people., Night patrol, street, Amsterdam, anonymous, 1675 - 1700, paper, chalk, h 273 mm × w 424 mm
Landscape with a group of people in the foreground, In the foreground demonstrating a greyish man among seated and kneeling people., Night patrol, street, Amsterdam, anonymous, 1675 - 1700, paper, chalk, h 273 mm × w 424 mm
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Cave of the Golden Calf: City Street with Omnibus, Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878-1914, British, 1912, Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper, Sheet: 12 x 10 3/4 inches (30.5 x 27.3 cm), animal art, antlers, architectural subject, attack, bridge (built work), buildings, cabaret, calf (animal), cityscape, dancing, decorative, design, figure study, figures (representations), lion, nightclub, omnibus, street, theater design, worship, City of Westminster, England, Europe, London, The Cave of the Golden Calf, United KingdomAquatint by Anton Herzinger depicting a shepherdess milking a goat in a ruin landscape, created between 1780 and 1826, showing rural life, domestic animal care, and 18th-19th century scenery.The Ripetta in Rome verso. Dated: 1752/1756. Dimensions: overall: 12.4 x 18 cm (4 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Augustin Pajou.Victor Hugo (1802-1885). "Château de Chaumont". Graphite pencil on woven paper. 1834. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. Hauteville House. 74627-7 Boat, graphite pencil, chateau, drawing, romantic movement, vellum paper, landscape, romanticism, 19th centuryView of the rear part of the garden at the Palais des Tuileries in Paris, 1685 - 1695 print View of the rear part of the garden at the Palais des Tuileries in Paris. In the foreground a group of riders. Print is part of an album. print maker: Northern Netherlandsafter design by: Parispublisher: AmsterdamThe Hague paper etching / engraving garden. French or architectonic garden; formal garden. garden fountain Tuileriep-palpalBetween West Cowes and Newport, 20 February 1826, Capt. Thomas Hastings, 1778-1854, British, 1826, Graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 3/4 inches (11.4 × 19.7 cm)Edward Lear, 1812-1888, British, Near Beer El Abt, 1867. Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on thick, rough, beige wove paper.Edward Lear, 1812-1888, British, Abu Simbel, 1:10 pm, 9 February 1867 (385), 1867. Watercolor with pen and brown ink and gouache over graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper.Schöner Brunnen in Nuremberg. In the background the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk. In the foreground figures. Leaf 16 Verso from a sketchbook with 37 sheets.Drawing booklet: Landscape very slightly indicates and red stamp sales Corot (page 12) Camille-Jean-Baptiste Corot (1796-1875). Drawing sketch book: Landscape very slightly indicated and red stamp sale Corot (page 12). Pencil.From Dolina Kościeliska. Schouppé, Alfred (1812-1899), draughtsman, cartoonistA travel sketch by Valentin Wagner from 1634 depicting Lichtenberg Castle in Hesse, executed in ink and feather.Joseph Pennell, The Statue, New York Bay, 1910 The Statue, New York BayPronk, Cornelis, Rhenen, Haen, Abraham de (II), Ruins of Ter Horst Castle, handwritten in gray pen, Sheet 59 recto from a sketchbook with 78 sheets., sketchbook sheet, drawings, Ruine Van ter Horst.1731.cp., 1707-04-06 - 1748-08-08, draughtsman, draftsman, 1731 - 1731, second quarter 18th century, paper, ink, pencil, pen, Northern Netherlands, 1691-12-10 - 1759-09-29Detail of Procession Fresco in palace of Knossos , Archaeological sites, Castles & palaces, Antiquities, Paintings, Palace of Knossos Knossos. Nicholas Catsimpoolas CollectionGolden sunsets: cards with poems by Longfellow; depicting sailboats, rowboats, sunsets, birds, a lighthouse, ocean and coastline.. Harlow, Louis K. (Louis Kinney) (1850-1913). Proofs, Cards. 1865 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Sunrises & sunsets, Oceans, SailboatsHeavenly phenomena, 1729, Anonymous, 1729 - 1735 Heavenly phenomena observed November 16, 1729 by Conrado Zumbach de Croesvelt, possibly above Haarlem or Leiden. Special rays, clouds, planets and stars in the sky above a lake and a village. It is probably Northern Lights. Part of an atlas with 223 maps of countries and cities and war scenes in Europe in the period ca. 1690-1735. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching Leiden Heavenly phenomena observed November 16, 1729 by Conrado Zumbach de Croesvelt, possibly above Haarlem or Leiden. Special rays, clouds, planets and stars in the sky above a lake and a village. It is probably Northern Lights. Part of an atlas with 223 maps of countries and cities and war scenes in Europe in the period ca. 1690-1735. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching LeidenRock Bridge at the Scuola di Virgilio, William Marlow, 1740-1813, British, undated, Gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 5 1/8 × 7 3/8 inches (13 × 18.7 cm) and Mount: 6 3/8 × 8 3/4 inches (16.2 × 22.2 cm), arch, boat, bridge (built work), buildings, landforms, landscape, rocks (landforms), rocks (landforms), rowboat, Tower, water, Campania, Europe, Italia, Napoli, PosíllipoCharles Bowman, Sampler, c 1940 SamplerVerona, Print made by John Woods, active 1836-1860, after G. F. Sargent, active 1842-1860, British, 1841, Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paperLord Yoritomo Traveling to Kyoto in 1190. Utagawa Sadahide (Japan, 1807-1873). 1862, 10th month. Prints; woodblocks. Color woodblock print triptychJohn Sell Cotman, 1782-1842, British, Brecon Bridge, ca. 1803. Gray and black wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper.Borne monument, near the barrier of Maine.Sampler. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 44 x 51.6 cm (17 5/16 x 20 5/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 18" long; 15" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Bowman.Desert Burg Littitz in Koeniggraetzer Circles, painted by Johann Venuto 1792.Photo collection Government information service. Delta works, maps and models, painting. undatedUshijima, Nakataya. Katsushika Hokusai (Japan, 1760-1849). circa 1802. Books. Single-page book illustration; color woodblock printEdna Kaulbach, active 1874, At Oxford, 1874. Black chalk and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper.John Baverstock Knight, 1785-1859, British, Dartmouth Castle, undated. Pen and black ink, graphite and gray wash on medium, rough, beige wove paper.Lepère, Auguste (n.1849-11-30-D.1918-11-20), Chalands Study on the Seine: Rouen boat (dummy title). Pencil. Carnavalet museum, history of Paris.Zeehevericht, 1882 Drawing in a frame. Page 53 Recto from a sketchbook with 54 sheets. paper. pencil sea (seascape)George Somers Clarke, 1825-1882, British, Design for Cowley Manor, Gloucestershire, between 1855 and 1860. Watercolor, gouache on smooth, moderately thick, cream laid paper.Capt. Thomas Hastings, 1778-1854, British, Eagles' Nest, Killarney, 1841. Graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.Views in the Levant: Men Loading a Small Sailing Boat With a View of Building and Large Moored Boat, unknown artist, ca. 1785, Pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on moderately thickm smooth, brown, wove paper, Sheet: 4 13/16 × 7 7/16 inches (12.2 × 18.9 cm), bank, boat, boats, buildings, islands, marine art, men, moored, palm trees, LevantChamp des morts, Ispahan.. Flandin, Eugène (1809-1876). Prints. 1851 - 1854. General Research Division. Iran, Iran , AntiquitiesThe Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Four: The Confluence of the Huai and Yellow Rivers (Qianlong nanxun, juan si: Huang Huai jiaoliu). Artist: Xu Yang (Chinese, active ca. 1750-after 1776) and assistants. Culture: China. Dimensions: 27 1/8 x 431 1/4 in. (68.8 x 1096.17 cm). Date: dated 1770.This oversize scroll is the fourth in a set of twelve commissioned by the Qianlong Emperor to document his first tour of southern China, made in 1751. The scroll portrays Qianlong inspecting flood-control measures along the Yellow River. He stands beside the spillway that directs the clear, blue waters of the Huai River into the silt-laden Yellow River, diluting its sediment content and helping to flush the silt out to sea. The remainder of the scroll depicts various flood-prevention techniques, including double-sluice gates to reduce the force and flow of water into the Grand Canal, pounded-earth and stone-faced levees, and large bundles of sorghum used for repairing breaches iView From the Garden of ye Inn at Mantes, Henry Swinburne, 1743-1803, British, undated, Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, wove paper, Mount: 16 3/8 × 11 1/8 inches (41.6 × 28.3 cm) and Sheet: 4 9/16 × 7 inches (11.6 × 17.8 cm)Samuel Davis, 1757-1819, British, Calcutta, undated. Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, moderately textured, cream, wove paper.Watercolour - The Clyde George Heriot (1759-1839)Album 11, David, Jacques-Louis, 1748-1825, pencil, charcoal, ink and wash, 1775-1785Coastal Scene with Boats and Fishermen, c. 1850, Attributed to John Burgess Jr.; Artist: Formerly attributed to George Townley Stubbs, 1756 - 1815, 6 3/16 x 9 3/4 in. (15.72 x 24.77 cm) (image), Watercolor over graphite, England, 19th century, At the end of a day of fishing, the catch is being loaded into a horse-drawn cart. One man lies down next to a beast that may have been used to pull boats onto the shore. Two small groups of women sit mending the nets. Behind them rises a cliff whose crags seem to have fascinated the artist.Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, Castel Fusano: Landscape - vast lawn andtrees, Watercolor and graphite on gray paper mounted on composition board, 37.5 × 54.4 cm (14 3/4 × 21 7/16in.), Made in United States, American, 19thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolorsHochbeam fountain with Schwarzenbergpalais, Franz Alt -, artistA View of the Bay of Naples, Looking Southwest from the Pizzofalcone towards Capo di Posilippo; Giovanni Battista Lusieri (Italian, about 1755 - 1821); Naples, Italy; 1791; Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and pen and ink on six sheets of paper; 101.8 x 271.9 cm (40 1,16 x 107 1,16 in.)Bathing machines , Beaches, Bathhouses, Windmills, Carts & wagons. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and DrawingsImaginary Landscape (Hungarian Landscape in Veszprem), by Lorenzo di Pietro also known as Il Vecchietta, Tommaso di Cristofano Fini known as Masolino da Panicale, 1435, 15th Century, fresco. Italy, Lombardy, Castiglione Olona, Varese, Palazzo Branda Castiglioni. Detail. Landscape Veszprem reliefs mountains hills tops valleys town walls fortress buildings castles towers.Ilustracje Z L’Estafette” March 29, 1880: Autograph portrait & sketch of Philippe Rousseau” i View of the Quai Henri IV, in Paris Drawing by Robert Mols Unknown, Yves & Barret (Fl. 1870 1880), Mols, Robert (1848 1903), Rousseau, Philippe (1816 1887), imp. Jules Boyer (Fl. 3/4. W. XIX W.), L'EstafetteStadtruinen von Eilethyia (El Kab). Weidenbach, Ernst (1818-1882). 1849 - 1856. Lepsius, Richard, 1810-1884. Prints. General Research Division. Egypt , Antiquities, RuinsGeorge Cooke, 1781-1834, British, Naples, from the Mole, 1819. Etching and engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream, wove paper, with cream, chine colle.Castel Sant' Angelo, Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781-1867, British, 1802-1804, Watercolor, graphite, pen and gray ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, wove paper, Sheet: 13 × 16 3/4 inches (33 × 42.5 cm)China: Qingming Shang Tu or 'Along the River During the Qingming Festival' (detail), from a 1737 Qing Dynasty version based on the Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145) original scroll painting dating from the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)Gelbe Hausecke. Franz Radziwill (1895-1983). Watercolour, pen and ink on brown paper. Signed and dated 1934. 21.9 x 35.9cm.Travellers Crossing a Bridge over an Alpine Gorge, John Sell Cotman, 1782-1842, British, ca. 1828, Graphite and gouache on medium smooth beige wove paper, Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (16.5 x 24.1 cm), bridge (built work), genre subject, mountains, travellers, AlpsDesign for a Gondola Decorated for a Festive Occassion ca. 1750-1780 Anonymous, Italian, Bolognese 18th century artist Italian Design for a gondola, decorated for a festive occassion like an entry parade or a wedding. The boat is decorated with yelllow embroidered draperies with floral garlands and blue tassles. Along the side of the barge are four rocaille ornaments which contain bunches of red flowers (roses). The front and back of the gondola are decorated by large blue leaf masks from which large plants with red roses sprout.. Design for a Gondola Decorated for a Festive Occassion 422493Robert Bremmel Schnebbelie, active 1803-1849, The Whittington Stone by Moonlight, undated. Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.Widok Barbakanu i Bramy Floriańskiej w Krakowie. Bilińska-Bohdanowiczowa, Anna (1854-1893), draughtsman, cartoonistArtist: Alfred R. Waud, American, 1828-1891, Dalles of St.Louis, Graphite with touches of white chalk, 15.2 × 27 cm (6 × 10 5/8in.), Made in United States, American, 19thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolorsWilhelm Marstrand (1810-1873), Southern Garden with a lady at a colossus, 1835Farm with figure in Bois Marteau, c. 1846 - c. 1851 Leaf 9 Recto from a sketchbook with 25 sheets. Hammer paper. pencil farm or solitary house in landscape HammerArtist: John Trumbull, American, 1756-1843, Place de Louis XV, 6 August1786, Graphite, 10.8 × 17.8 cm (4 1/4 × 7in.), Made in United States, American, 18thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolorsMemorial Picture. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 35.7 x 46 cm (14 1/16 x 18 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 5/8" wide; 9 9/16" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Stanley Mazur.The Lamp Lighter 1870s William P. Chappel American The city slumbers as a lamplighter makes his rounds, ladder and lantern in hand, in one of only three evening scenes in the series. The waxing crescent moon casts soft shadows on lower Broad Street, but the tranquility of this work belies potential perils lurking in the dark streets. As early as the 1760s, the citys Common Council attempted to discourage nighttime muggings and robberies by installing whale-oil lamps maintained by municipal lamplighters. It would not be until the 1820s that the dim light from the smoky, unreliable whale-oil lamps was replaced by the luminous glow of a new technology—gas light.. The Lamp Lighter. William P. Chappel (American, 1801-1878). American. 1870s. Oil on slate paperIbsamboul, 1841., 1841., Paris, Egypt. Depicts Ramses II, King of Egypt, along with statues, temples, and archaeological sites in Abû Sunbul. Includes colossi, boats, and rock-cut temples., Platemark 37 x 54.5 cmHugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), morning (title given by the author), 1847. Plume and brown ink wash, black pencil, scratch, striped parts. House of Victor Hugo - Hauteville House.Edward Unger, Yarn Picture, c 1941 Yarn PicturePanicale (Italy, Umbria, province of Perugia), Church of San Sebastiano. Perugino, Martyrdom of San Sebastiano, fresco, 1505. DetailFig. 1. Figuier d'Adam, vulgairement Bannanas; Fig. 2a. Beau Cuprès, au Vieux Caire, b. Poulle de Pharaon, tenuë pour l'Ibis.. Norden, Frederik Ludvig, 1708-1742. Illustrations, Prints. 1780. General Research Division. Egypt , Description and travel, Egypt , Antiquities, Trees , Egypt, Birds , Egypt, Fruit , EgyptBliej Kultury Stanis Awski, Jan (1860 1907)Print made by Thomas Goff Lupton, 1791-1873, British, The Eddystone Lighthouse, 1824-1825. Mezzotint; engraver's proof (Turner's copy).'The Luxembourg Paris loves trees and children.', c1927, (1927). Artist: Henry Franks Waring.Ballianeh, Edward Lear, 1812-1888, British, 1867, Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 12 1/4 x 2 7/8 inches (31.1 x 7.3 cm), figures (representations), landscape, palm trees, sand, Africa, Al Balyana, Nile, Upper EgyptBarnes Common, June 1836, T. E. Jeffers, active 1836, 1836, Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pen and brown ink and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, beige, wove paper, mounted on, thick, slightly textured, brown, wove paper, Sheet: 9 5/8 × 13 5/16 inches (24.4 × 33.8 cm) and Mount: 10 3/4 × 15 5/16 inches (27.3 × 38.9 cm), building, cattle, fence, field, gate, grass, landscape, trees, windmill, Barnes, England, LondonParty Champêtre et halte dance un champ de de blé. 4 Août 1857 ". A hay lass that overturns. Watercolor by Fritz von Dardel. NordicBliej Kultury Stanis Awski, Jan (1860 1907)Galeria Zamkowa Board from the Portfolio: Leon Wyczółkowski, Wawel I. II., Kraków, 19011/1912 Wyczózó Kowski, Leon (1852 1936)Le Pont des Arts. Artist: Paul Signac (French, Paris 1863-1935 Paris). Dimensions: sheet: 11 x 14 1/2 in. (27.9 x 36.8 cm). Date: n.d.. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Lt. Humphrey John Julian, active 1842-1849, Sir William Norris Bungalow, Penang, 1844. Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper.Souvenir des environs de Monaco (2nd state). Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796-1875). 1853 - 1874. Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. MonacoThomas Girtin, 1775-1802, British, Layer Marney Hall, Essex, ca. 1795. Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper.Anne Rushout, ca. 1768-1849, British, Hatfield, July 2, 1832, 1832. Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.Finch, Alfred William, work, Vanha piha in Helsinki, lithography, graphics, sheet width 38.7 cm, sheet height 28, 6 cmRuïne van terras van Venus tempel. Ruïnes d'une Terrasse du Temple de Venus Erycine (title on object). Voyage en Italie, en Sicile et à Malte - 1778 (series title). Draughtsman: Louis Ducros. Dating: 1778. Measurements: h 150 mm × w 205 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Bliżej Kultury Danesi Editore, via Bagni Roma, Calderini, Marco (1850 1941)William Evans of Bristol, 1809-1858, British, The 'Royal' Coach Outside the White Lion Inn, ca. 1845. Watercolor, with pen, in brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, wove paper.A great capture in front of the Paper of the Kalisz Voivodship Committee on the square. Józef in Kalisz, organized on the occasion of the meeting of Emperor Wilhelm I and Tsar Alexander II, a study to the picture; Sacchetti, Antonio (1790-1870); 1835 (1835-00-00-1835-00-00);Aleksander II (Russian emperor-1818-1881), Bersohn, Mathias (1823-1908), Bersohn, Mathias (1823-1908)-collections, Kalisz (Greater Poland Voivodeship), Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw-1860-1940), Society of Zachęta Fine Arts (Warsaw - 1860-1940) - collection, Wilhelm I (German Emperor - 1797-1888), military maneuvers, studies for paintings, state celebrations, city views, armyView of the Schanzel an der Donau , Vue du Schanzel Pres du Danube rd budget, Johann Andreas Ziegler -, Artist, Artaria , Co, Verlag, Publishing HouseSketches G. Hayter, Hayter, Sir George, 1792-1871, graphite, ink, watercolor, 1816Saint Helena. Draughtsman: Jan Brandes. Dating: 31-Mar-1787. Place: Sint-Helena. Measurements: h 155 mm × w 195 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, 1792-1864, British, Bonaparte's Column in Scafolding at Boulogne, France, with Harvesters in a Field, 1818. Watercolor and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.Grave of Captain and Mrs Rich 1800-1899 United States. Watercolor with pen and black and blue ink and pasted collage elements on cream wove paper, laid down on masonite . Unknown artistRiver face with a mill, at night, Caspar Jacobsz. Philips, 1766 print paper etching night ~ landscape (sometimes titled 'Nox'). river bank. windmillIsaac Weld, 1774-1856, Irish, St. Martyns Bruche, ca. 1826. Gray wash, black wash, pen in black ink, graphite, white gouache, and sponging on medium, slightly textured, cream, wove paper.'Aguada de las corbatas en Vavao' - Malaspina Expediton, 1784-1794, Drawing, 30,2 x 59,5 cm. Author: Fernando Brambila. Location: MUSEO DE AMERICA-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.Tebaide, by Paolo Uccello, detail, 1397-1475, Italy, Florence, Galleria dell 'AccademiaEdward Lear, 1812-1888, British, Sowadi, 8:30 am, 4 January 1867 (65), 1867. Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper.DETALLE DEL TAPIZ DE LA CREACION - SIGLO XII - ROMANICO ESPAÑOL. Location: CATEDRAL-MUSEO DIOCESANO, GERONA, SPAIN.Castle of Ostia and Porte Trojan, Isaac Weld, 1774-1856, Irish, 1818, Watercolor, with pen in black ink over graphite, with scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, wove paper, Sheet: 6 7/16 × 18 1/4 inches (16.4 × 46.4 cm)Painting in Drente (Klazienaveen), Bernardus Bueninck, 1900 - 1950 Colored school plate, stuck on cardboard, under title, in the corners of copper fittings, above 4 holes with blue rope; peat excavation. Groningen paper. cardboard printing Netherlands. Klazienaveen. DrentheShrewsbury and the River Severn. Date/Period: Ca. 1720. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 775 mm (30.51 in); Width: 1,816 mm (71.49 in). Author: UNKNOWN ARTIST.