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Loose pencil sketches by various artists capturing figures, faces, and landscapes, representing the creative process and experimentation.

Sketchbook Page, Kenyon Cox, American, 1856-1919, Graphite on paper, Sketch of a face, cancelled out., USA, 1875, albums (bound) & books, Sketchbook folio, Sketchbook folio
Sketchbook Page, Kenyon Cox, American, 1856-1919, Graphite on paper, Sketch of a face, cancelled out., USA, 1875, albums (bound) & books, Sketchbook folio, Sketchbook folio
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Twelve men's heads who show different ways to wear a hat, Bernard Picart (workshop or), After Bernard Picart, 1710 print Paris paper etching head (human). styles of hairdress (ALLONGE). head-gear: tricorn (+ men's clothes)
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Hand with Fakkel and Ruiten, Leo Gestel, 1939 - 1941 drawing tracing paper. pencil. chalk hand. torch
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Slapende Gulliver, anonymous, c. 1895 - c. 1905 drawing Gulliver is sleeping on his back on the floor. A group of lilliputters watches at his boot. One boy sneaks by in the foreground. paper. India ink (ink). pencil pen Gulliver. sleeping on the ground
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Preparatory study for engraving: entry of Henri IV in Paris (TF)
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A pencil sketch by Franz Alt from September 12, 1845, showing figure studies in Triest, recorded in his sketchbook.
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Sailing ships on calm water for a coast, 1780 - 1848 Page 52 Verso from a sketchbook with 53 sheets. paper. pencil. ink. watercolor (paint) pen / brush sailing-ship, sailing-boat. coast
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Fortress construction, ideal design in two figures to plant a bastionian attachment,
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Photo production of a drawing, representing John Colenso, Professor Jowett and Professor Monsel in the allegory of the cave ..
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Abklatsch of the chalk drawing on page 33, c. 1886 - c. 1903 Page 32 from sketchbook XXXII with 92 pages. Amsterdam paper
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Female act lying on the back, Gustav Klimt -, artist
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Prince at Rest. India, Delhi, Mughal empire, early 19th century. Drawings. Ink on paper
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De Bouwers, Donald Shaw Maclaughlan, 1904 print Cart pulled by two horses is loaded by a number of workmen with wooden sticks or posts, probably intended for a building jetty. The print in a light blue paper cover with title and name manufacturer with on the front left the mention 'The Artist Engraver Plate XVII'. France paper etching scaffold (~ building activities). (farm) wagon, freight wagon, cart
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Floral ornament sketch by Leopold Bauer executed in pencil in 1898, depicting flower forms and patterns.
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Drawing, Iceberg with Strange Resemblance to a House; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826-1900); USA; graphite, brush and white gouache on light brown paper; 11.4 x 21.0 cm (4 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. )
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Klomp Johannes Franziskus (1865-1946), unaffected drawings and travel sketches (0-0): Capital and Ornament of the Bonn Münster and the Church in Andernach. Light break on paper, 15.2 x 21.5 cm (including scan edges) Klomp Johannes Franziskus (1865-1946): Unzugeordnete Zeichnungen und Reiseskizzen
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Enthusiastic company, Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, 1794 print Berlin paper etching crowd, mob. commemoration, jubilee. altar
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Die Eroberung von Mexico: Illustration, 1919. Max Slevogt (German, 1868-1932). Lithograph;
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The Elephant King Wrestles a Crocodile: Illustration from a Gajendramoksha Series. Culture: India (Rajasthan, Kotah). Dimensions: Image (sight): 16 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (41.3 x 41.9 cm)Framed: 24 x 26 in. (61 x 66 cm). Date: late 19th century.The sketch illustrates the story of the king Gajendra, who had been cursed and transformed into an elephant. One day, a crocodile seized his leg, and it was not until Gajendra appealed to Vishnu that he was saved and reached a state of moksha. This story is a metaphor likening the ignorance of the king to that of an elephant and suggests it is overcome only through unfettered devotion (bhakti). Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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A 1914 pen drawing by Paul Klee on paper mounted on cardboard depicting an abstract plastic composition, emphasizing form, lines, and spatial arrangement.
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Study of Hemlock, 1871 (from Sketchbook) ca. 1870 Daniel Huntington American The leading portraitist in New York during the post-Civil War period--and president of the National Academy of Design from 1862 to 1870 and from 1877 to 1890--Daniel Huntington was a conservative painter, a man highly respected by his clients and colleagues throughout his long career. Although he traveled widely and frequently during the mid- and late nineteenth century, he shunned new artistic concepts and styles. As a staunch academician in technique and manner, Huntington understood that proper draftsmanship was at the core of accomplished painting. He sketched throughout the course of his life and his extant drawings number over a thousand. This page is from one of Huntingtons sketchbooks that contains forty-one drawings in graphite, some in a panorama format. The sketches are primarily of scenic locations in New York State including, Cornwall, Walton, and Mohonk subjects. Many of the drawings are dated 1
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Turkey, Pieter van Loon, 1811 - 1873, draughtsman: Pieter van Loon, 1811 - 1873, paper, brush, h 153 mm × w 253 mm
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Monte Rosa from Gorner Grat (from "Splendid Mountain Watercolours" Sketchbook). Artist: John Singer Sargent (American, Florence 1856-1925 London). Dimensions: 16 x 10 7/8 in. (40.6 x 27.6 cm). Date: July 3, 1870. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Hunter on Lake Nipissing; Lake Near Sudbury (from Sketchbook). Artist: Albert Bierstadt (American, Solingen 1830-1902 New York). Dimensions: 4 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (12.1 x 19.7 cm). Date: 1890. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Sketchbook John Singer Sargent (American, born Italy, 1856-1925). Sketchbook, 1871-1872. Graphite, charcoal, watercolor and white chalk on paper, Sketchbook: 9 3/16 x 11 7/8 x 1/2 in. (23.3 x 30.2 x 1.3 cm). Regarded as one of the leading portraitists and watercolorists of the Gilded Age, the expatriate John Singer Sargent was also a consummate draftsman. He drew prolifically and precociously from a young age, as evidenced by this sketchbook, which he used while traveling in Germany in 1871-72, at age fifteen. Sargent filled many of the pages with his exercises in copying classical statuary from the famous plaster cast collection of Dresdens Albertinum museum. The sketches show a variety of approaches, from broad, linear strokes to refined tonal modeling. American Art 1871-1872
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Birch. Brandt, Józef (1841-1915), draughtsman, cartoonist
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Tinted pen and brush drawing by Paul Klee depicting a market scene, executed wet-in-wet on paper mounted on cardboard, 1910.
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James Ensor's color print on Van Gelder paper shows the Holy Family, depicting Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus with symbolic gestures and serene composition.
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A man ferries a boat full of barrels while another sleeps. Men ferry cattle and sheep. Morland, George, 1763-1804. Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769-1843. Prints, Drawings. 1819. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Clothing and dress , British, Figure drawing , Technique, Landscape painting , Technique, Country life in art, Rural population , Great Britain , Clothing
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Bird Landscape. Artist: Paul Klee (German (born Switzerland), Münchenbuchsee 1879-1940 Muralto-Locarno). Dimensions: 16 1/2 × 22 5/8 in. (41.9 × 57.5 cm). Date: 1925. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Klomp Johannes Franziskus (1865-1946), unaffected drawings and travel sketches (0-0): Consoles on Sainte Chapelle, Paris. Light break on paper, 20.6 x 33.8 cm (including scan edges) Klomp Johannes Franziskus (1865-1946): Unzugeordnete Zeichnungen und Reiseskizzen
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Sievers Carl (1834-1891), ornamental studies from Berlin: Altes Museum on the Museum Island, Berlin (1853-1853): Ancient vessels. Pencil on paper, 25.3 x 36.2 cm (including scan edges) Sievers Carl (1834-1891): Ornamentstudien aus Berlin: Altes Museum auf der Museumsinsel, Berlin
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Study magazine with hands and arcing, Anthonie Willem Hendrik Nolthenius de Man, 1803 - 1842 print Nijmegen paper etching hand
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Study sheet with flags and streamers, Hendrik Abraham Klinkhamer, 1820 - 1872 drawing paper. pencil brush flag, colours (as symbol of the state, etc.). decorative use of flags, etc.; dressing of ship. ship's portrait
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A Man's Head (in Sketch Book With Drawings on Twenty-six Leaves). Artist: Frederic, Lord Leighton (British, Scarborough 1830-1896 London). Dimensions: Sheet (page): 7 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (20 x 27.6 cm). Date: ca. 1849. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 24 cm x 32 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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Leaf with indefinable representation. Draughtsman: Leo Gestel. Dating: 1891 - 1941. Measurements: h 90 mm × w 113 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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The Little Lagoon. James McNeill Whistler; American, 1834-1903. Date: 1879-1880. Dimensions: 225 x 151 mm (plate); 228 x 151 mm (sheet). Etching, with drypoint cancellation, in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Magua goes to the Delwaren, p.168,North America, Magua (lit.), Partage Plus, Sachs, Carl (1868-1943), Sachs, Carl (1868-1943) - collections, Schlesisches Museum der Bildenden Künste (Wrocław - 1880-1945) - collection, unkas (lithium .), Illustrations, literature, modernism (style)
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Edelfelt, Albert, work, Sketch book, drawing, 11.5 cm x 14 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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Folded Linen Shawl from Wah's Mummy ca. 1981-1975 B.C. Middle Kingdom. Folded Linen Shawl from Wah's Mummy. ca. 1981-1975 B.C.. Linen, ink. Middle Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Wah (MMA 1102), Mummy of Wah, MMA excavations, 1920. Dynasty 12
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Study for a Bust Portrait of a Young Man (from Sketchbook). Artist: John Quincy Adams Ward (American, Urbana, Ohio 1830-1910 New York). Dimensions: 8 1/16 × 5 1/16 in. (20.5 × 12.9 cm). Date: ca. 1860.Ward, a student of Henry Kirke Brown, became known as the "Dean of American Sculpture." This page is from a sketchbook, which provides an intimate look at the artist's working methods. Ward's sketches include several classically influenced figures mingled with American Indians on horseback as well as a number of bison. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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Nohl Maximilian (1830-1863), Collegio Romano, Rome (April 30, 1859): Details. Pencil on cardboard, 21.9 x 30.1 cm (including scan edges) Nohl Maximilian (1830-1863): Collegio Romano, Rom
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Ten Days. Brice Marden; American, born 1938. Date: 1971. Dimensions: 602 x 375 mm (image/ plate); 760 x 565 mm (sheet). Etching and aquatint in black and burnt umber on cream wove paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Kop van a man, in profile to the left, Johannes Taventraat, 1819 - 1881 drawing paper. ink pen caricatures (human types)
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Lines. Draughtsman: Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof. Dating: 1876 - 1924. Measurements: h 104 mm × w 98 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Mr Gogo will cry bitterly on the Montmartre butt. ... / 39. (registered title) | The adventures of Gogo. (Title of the whole)
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Indian beads.. Irving, Washington (1783-1859). Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Indians of North America, Beads
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Study of an old man with vast arm, Auguste Danse, 1839 - 1909 print Possibly Sisyphus is depicted here. Under the image a remarque: face of an old woman. paper etching anonymous historical person portrayed alone
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Picture photography: Józef Chełmoński (1849-1914), Trójka, 1880, oil, canvas, owned by Antoni Górski painting currently in Zb. Silesian Museum in Katowice; Unknown, Society of Encouragement of Fine Arts (Warsaw; 1860-1940); 1907 (1907-00-00-1907-00-00);
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Design for 4 Seat Sleigh, no. 3810 1883 Brewster & Co. American Brewster & Company HistoryEstablished in 1810 by James Brewster (1788-1866) in New Haven, Connecticut, Brewster & Company, specialized in the manufacture of fine carriages. The founder opened a New York showroom in 1827 at 53-54 Broad Street, and the company flourished under generations of family leadership. Expansion necessitated moves around lower Manhattan, with name changes reflecting shifts of management-James Brewster & Sons operated at 25 Canal Street, James Brewster Sons at 396 Broadway, and Brewster of Broome Street was based at 372 & 374 Broome Street with a repository (showroom) on 14th Street & Fifth Avenue. By 1874, Brewster & Company had 400 employees and combined warehouse and factory facilities at 47th & 48th Streets and Broadway. Brewster successfully branched out to produce their own automobiles, as well as supplying bodies for Rolls Royce at their Long Island City location. Notable clientele included Alf
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Design for 4 Seat Sleigh, no. 3666 1881 Brewster & Co. American Brewster & Company HistoryEstablished in 1810 by James Brewster (1788-1866) in New Haven, Connecticut, Brewster & Company, specialized in the manufacture of fine carriages. The founder opened a New York showroom in 1827 at 53-54 Broad Street, and the company flourished under generations of family leadership. Expansion necessitated moves around lower Manhattan, with name changes reflecting shifts of management-James Brewster & Sons operated at 25 Canal Street, James Brewster Sons at 396 Broadway, and Brewster of Broome Street was based at 372 & 374 Broome Street with a repository (showroom) on 14th Street & Fifth Avenue. By 1874, Brewster & Company had 400 employees and combined warehouse and factory facilities at 47th & 48th Streets and Broadway. Brewster successfully branched out to produce their own automobiles, as well as supplying bodies for Rolls Royce at their Long Island City location. Notable clientele included Alf