Urban Sketches

Quick sketches capturing architectural and cityscape elements, often with a rough, expressive style that highlights dynamic urban life.

Sketch of two figures, Willem Roelofs (I), 1832 - 1897 drawing paper. chalk

View of the Haarlemmerplein in Amsterdam, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1906 - 1923 View of the Haarlemmerplein in Amsterdam. Page 30 from a sketchbook with 46 sheets made in Amsterdam and Haarlem. Amsterdam paper. chalk. pencil square, place, circus, etc.. urban housing Haarlemmerplein

Bliżej Kultury Stanisławski, Jan (1860 1907)

Study. Page 26 From a sketchbook with 16 sheets.

In addition to a tower-meant sailboats. Leaf 9 Recto from a sketchbook with 95 sheets.

Standing woman with hat, 1875 - 1934 Page 15 Recto from sketchbook LX with 33 sheets. The Hague (possibly) j: paper. pencil adult woman (+ standing)

Architecture Study, George Hendrik Breitner, 1880 - 1882 Page 3 from a sketchbook with 72 sheets. South-Holland paper. pencil architectural detail

Sketch of two figures, Willem Roelofs (I), 1832 - 1897 drawing paper. chalk

Abklatsch of the drawing on page 32 Verso. Leaf 33 Recto from a sketchbook with 43 sheets.

Abklatsch van de Krijts drawing on page 22 Recto, 1890 - 1946 Page 21 Verso from a sketchbook with 47 sheets. paper

Molen, George Hendrik Breitner, 1880 - 1882 Page 92 from a sketchbook with 72 sheets. South-Holland paper. pencil windmill South-Holland

Kalf, c. 1881 - 1888 Page 28 Verso from a sketchbook with 29 sheets. paper. chalk calf

Face in Amsterdam, possibly the Oosterpark, George Hendrik Breitner, 1887 - 1891 Page 20 from a sketchbook with 17 sheets. Amsterdam paper. chalk park. civic architecture; edifices; dwellings Oosterpark

Landscape with elephants, 1897 - 1898 There are figures on some of the elephants. Page 42 from a sketchbook with 62 sheets. India pencil landscapes. trunked animals: elephant

Sketchbook Page, Kenyon Cox, American, 1856-1919, Graphite on paper, USA, 1875, albums (bound) & books, Sketchbook folio, Sketchbook folio

Sailing ship at a quay in a city. Leaf 18 recto from a sketchbook with 56 sheets.

Team for a farm barn. Leaf 26 Recto from a sketchbook with 77 sheets.

Couple who together check the household book, 1822 - 1880 The man controls the book. Also studies of heads and a figure with vast arm. Leaf 3 Verso from a sketchbook with 45 sheets. paper. pencil (lovers) embracing each other, 'symplegma'. head (human). reading

Figures in the dunes. Page 24 From a sketchbook with 23 sheets.

Landscape, George Hendrik Breitner, 1880 - 1882 Page 119 from a sketchbook with 72 sheets. South-Holland paper. chalk landscapes

Poort, possibly a city gate, George Hendrik Breitner, 1880 - 1882 Page 40 from a sketchbook with 72 sheets. South-Holland paper. chalk gate, entrance. city-gate South-Holland

Architecture studies and designs for a desk. Leaf 25 Verso from a sketchbook with 27 sheets.

Study sheet with women, George Hendrik Breitner, 1872 Leaf 46 Verso from a sketchbook with 32 sheets. Rotterdam paper. pencil adult woman. standing figure - AA - female human figure. sitting figure

Capt. Thomas Hastings, 1778-1854, British, At Fishhouse, Isle of Wight, between 1826 and 1830. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper.

Draft into a fireplace attachment, Carl von Hasenauer -, draft

Bombschuiten on the beach, c. 1825 - c. 1829 Page 43 Recto from a sketchbook with 95 sheets. paper. pencil beach (+ landscape with figures, staffage). sailing-ship, sailing-boat

Kyllmann & Heyden, chandelier (without dat.): View. Pencil on paper, 65.2 x 51.7 cm (including scan edges)

A pencil study by Josef Danhauser from 1842 showing ornamental facade details, highlighting architectural patterns, decorations, and textures.

Stairs from a building, possibly a temple. At the portal there are two sculptures of elephants. Some riders in the foreground. Page 90 from a sketchbook with 84 sheets.

Drawing, Street scene; Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857-1903); USA; graphite on wove paper; 13.8 × 23 cm (5 7/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

Trapgevel.Leaf 40 Verso from a sketchbook with 60 sheets.

Sitting woman in an interior. The woman is sitting at a table at a bird cage. In the background a man is in a doorway. Also a study of a man with a top hat. Leaf 57 Recto from a sketchbook with 60 sheets.

Fence, Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857-1903, Graphite on wove paper, Sketch of a fence, exterior wall, and post., USA, 1879, architecture, Drawing, Drawing

Windmill, sailboat and two still lifes. Leaf 41 Verso from a sketchbook with 41 sheets.

View of the Damrak in Amsterdam with boats, George Hendrik Breitner, 1912 View of the Damrak in Amsterdam with boats. Page 26 from a sketchbook with 46 sheets made in Amsterdam. Amsterdam paper. chalk urban housing. canals, waters (in city). ships (in general) Damra

Figures that hoist a sail to a quay.Page 69 from a sketchbook with 80 pages.

John Flaxman, Sheet of Studies Sheet of Studies

Study sheet, possibly with furniture, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1900 - 1901 Study sheet, possibly with furniture. Page 4 from a sketchbook with 46 sheets made in Amsterdam. Amsterdam paper. chalk. pencil cupboard. furniture and household effects

Design for a painting, Sketch of a garden with a pond and a fountain., draughtsman: Elias van Nijmegen, 1677 - 1755, paper, h 268 mm × w 180 mm

Floral motifs. Leaf 13 Verso from a sketchbook with 27 sheets.

Interior of the Mezquita Cathedral of Córdoba. Page 7 from a sketchbook with 30 sheets.

Study sheet with figures and heads, c. 1819 - c. 1870 Among other things, studies of a man with beard, a man with a turban, a child and various figures with headwear. Page 1 recto from a sketchbook with 39 sheets. paper. pencil head (human). head-gear: turban

Design for a piece of furniture, possibly a cupboard, c. 1905 - c. 1910 Leaf 3 Verso from a sketchbook with 27 magazines. paper. pencil furniture and household effects

Bliżej Kultury Stanisławski, Jan (1860 1907)

Pencil drawings from December 10, 1806, in Josef von Führich's drawing book showing figure studies, compositional sketches, and preliminary designs.

Two boats. Page 15 From a sketchbook with 29 sheets.

Standing and seated figures at a gate. Including some beggars at a city gate. Page 93 From a sketchbook with 67 sheets.

Figure studies and architecture. Leaf 20 Verso from a sketchbook with 60 sheets.

Sailboat on a river. In the background trees and a house on the waterfront. Leaf 5 Recto from a cover of a sketchbook with 7 loose sheets.

Study, possibly from a road. Page 17 From a sketchbook with 15 sheets.

Figure on a street along the Rotte, 1876 - 1877 Page 29 Recto from a sketchbook with 41 sheets. Rotterdam paper. pencil river. the usual house or row of houses Broken

Drawing, Medieval Castle, House Cascade; Frederic Edwin Church (American, 1826-1900); USA; graphite, paper

William Paul Childers, Technique Demo (Jacquard Coverlet), c 1941 Technique Demo (Jacquard Coverlet)

Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869), Alhambra, Granada (without Dat.): Details, etc. of ornaments, bow, well (with calculations). Pencil on cardboard, 41.3 x 27.3 cm (including scan edges) Diebitsch Carl von (1819-1869): Alhambra, Granada

Opposite Eouilgunge, Sep. 11. 1788, Thomas Daniell, 1749-1840, British, active in India, William Daniell, 1769-1837, British, 1788, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, blued white, laid paper; mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream, wove paper, Sheet: 4 × 6 15/16 inches (10.2 × 17.6 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 4 5/8 × 7 9/16 inches (11.7 × 19.2 cm), and Mount: 5 3/8 × 8 1/4 inches (13.7 × 21 cm), boats, buildings, figures, houses, landscape, trees, water

The Channel Sketchbook, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851, British, ca. 1845, Graphite on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper, Sheet: 3 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches (9.5 x 15.9 cm) and Binding: 4in. (10.2cm), channel (water body component), marine art, moon, quay, sea, tower (building division), England, English Channel, Europe, La Manche, United Kingdom

Sketch of a Chalice. Artist: Alfred Henry Forrester Alfred Crowquill (British, London 1804-1872 London). Dimensions: sheet: 12 11/16 x 10 1/16 in. (32.3 x 25.5 cm). Patron: Possibly commissioned by Samuel Alcock & Company (British, active ca. 1828-1859). Date: 1845-55. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Furniture, c. 1905 - c. 1906 Page 16 Verso from a sketchbook with 30 sheets. paper. pencil furniture and household effects

Standing figure in oriental clothing. Also an Abklatsch of the chalk drawing on page 12. Page 11 from a sketchbook with 51 sheets.

Studies of the Admiraltypoort in Hoorn, Adrianus Eversen, c. 1828 - 1897 Left studies of the Admiraltypoort in Hoorn. At the bottom right studies of architectural details, including a brickwork. Page 20 from a sketchbook with 52 sheets made in the vicinity of Kampen, Hattem, Hoorn and Zwolle. Hoorn (North Holland) paper. pencil architectural detail. gate, entrance Admiraltypoort (Hoorn)

Landscape with buildings, George Hendrik Breitner, 1880 - 1882 Page 17 Recto from a sketchbook with 10 sheets. The Hague paper. chalk landscapes. architecture

Study sheet with figures, door openings and a farmer's interior, 1837 - 1881 Page 31 Recto from a sketchbook with 33 sheets and 10 separate drawings. paper. pencil anatomy (non-medical). open door. cottage - AA - civic architecture: inside

Fountain, Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857-1903, Graphite on wove paper, Recto: Sketch of a fountain with an ornately designed lion spout, Verso: Sketch of a horse and carriage., USA, n.d., architecture, Drawing, Drawing

Michel Paul sen. (1877-1938), sketchbook. 1898-99 (1899): Frommes picture. Pencil on paper, 13.8 x 20.8 cm (including scan edges) Michel Paul sen. (1877-1938): Skizzenbuch. 1898-99

Skaters on a frozen speed, c. 1825 - c. 1829 Page 12 Recto from a sketchbook with 95 sheets. paper. pencil frost, freezing weather. skates (winter sports)

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey, American, 1852-1911, M.A., 1897, Sketch of abench, Graphite, Wove, 11.7 × 18 cm (4 5/8 × 7 1/16in.), Made in United States, American, 19thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolors

Sketch for a landscape with poplar, recto and verso. Ruszczyc, Ferdynand (1870-1936), draughtsman, cartoonist

Study. Page 46 from a sketchbook with 25 sheets.

Design for a table, c. 1895 Page 16 Verso from a sketchbook with 23 sheets. paper. pencil table

View in Amsterdam and a horse's neck. Page 19 From a sketchbook with 46 sheets.

View of buildings, George Hendrik Breitner, c. 1903 View of buildings. In the distance trees. Page 36 from a sketchbook with 46 sheets. Amsterdam (possibly) paper. pencil urban housing. trees

Street with figures, 1827 - 1891 Page 5 Verso from a sketchbook with 11 sheets. paper. pencil street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)

Round Lutheran church at the Singel in Amsterdam. Leaf 26 Recto from a sketchbook with 47 sheets.

Landscape and a country worker. The worker has been drawn in various attitudes, such as leaning on a shovel. Leaf 24 Recto from a sketchbook with 30 sheets.

Bliżej Kultury Wyspiański, Stanisław (1869 1907)

Hek in een weiland.Leaf 19 Recto from a sketchbook with 32 sheets.

Buildings on one more and three children, 1840 Page 13 Verso from a sketchbook with 33 sheets. paper. pencil city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions. lake. boy (child between toddler and youth). girl (child between toddler and youth)

Study of a Sphinx. .

Pen and pencil study of architectural forms by Rudolf Weyr, highlighting structures, lines, and proportions on paper.

Column marquee and ceiling bulb of the Boutique Fouquet (dummy title)

Figure studies and landscapes with a mill and a moored rowing boat. The figures carry a stick and use it to row. Leaf 25 Recto from a sketchbook with 28 sheets.

Scheppig Carl (1803-1885), sketchbook "Travel notes collected on the Rhine in France and Italy" (1833-1835): Pencil on paper, 16.7 x 9.9 cm (including scan edges) Scheppig Carl (1803-1885): Skizzenbuch »Reisenotizen gesammelt am Rhein in Frankreich und Italien«: Tumba, Köln

The Barber's Shop in the Mews Made 1896 United States. Transfer lithograph in black on cream laid paper . James McNeill Whistler

Workers on two boats, 1890 - 1946 Page 25 Recto from a sketchbook with 50 sheets. paper. pencil ships (in general)

Two motifs with climbing plants and loose leaves, c. 1866 - c. 1900 drawing On the left of the leaf a motif is drawn with ivy and a butterfly. tracing paper. ink drawing

Rysunek został wykonany latem 1810 roku w trakcie pieszej wycieczki, jaką Friedrich odbył z Georgiem Friedrichem Kerstingiem. Widać prześwit w lesie, za którym rozciąga się odległe pasmo górskie. Artysta posłużył się szkicem wykonując akwarelę "Landschaft in Riesengebirge", znajdującą się w prywatnej kolekcji. Zob. "Caspar David Friedrich. The Art of Drawing", kat. wyst., Fundacion Juan March, Madrid, 2009-2010, oprac. Christina Grunt i in., Madrid 2009, s. 106-107, kat. nr 52, il.

Family crest. Leaf 46 Verso from a sketchbook with 77 sheets.

Sketchbook Jan Matejko from a trip to Constantinople. Double sided drawing. Obverse: two views from the sea to the walls and tower of Old Seraj; Part of the drawing, the beginning of which is presented on the reverse of the previous sketchbook card. Reverse: outline of the city walls; Part of the drawing, which continued is presented on the obverse of the next sketchbook card. Matejko, Jan (1838 1893)

Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877), Burgruine Liebenstein near Bornhofen (without dat.): Coal: Perspective view from the valley. Pencil on transparent, 29.4 x 21.6 cm (including scan edges) Quast Ferdinand von (1807-1877): Burgruine Liebenstein bei Bornhofen

Widok Neapolu z pokładu statku; Posillipo - dzielnica Neapolu. Adalbert (książę pruski ; 1811-1873), draughtsman, cartoonist

Around Funchal in Madeira; Adalbert (priests 1811-1873); 1842 (1842-00-00-1842-00-00);Adalbert (Prince Prussian - 1811-1873), Adalbert (Prince Prussian - 1811-1873) - collections, Funchal (Portugal - city), Hessen -Darmstadt (family), Karpniki (Dolnośląskie Voivodeship - Museum Plann - Ante 1945), Karpniki (Dolnośląskie Voivodeship), Madeira (Madeira Archipelago - Island), Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Islands, landscapes, travel, German drawings

Vignette with two putti with a burning heart in a dangerous area ..

View of the temple mountain.Page 58 From a sketchbook with 36 sheets.

Harbor, Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857-1903, Graphite on wove paper, Sketch of a harbor with anchored ships., USA, 1880, seascapes, Drawing, Drawing

Drawing, Earthenware Jar; Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857-1903); USA; graphite on wove paper; 20.7 × 11.8 cm (8 1/8 × 4 5/8 in.)

Figures on a sailboat. Leaf 5 Recto from a sketchbook with 34 sheets.

Horses and people next to a bomb barge on the beach, 1848 - 1888 Leaf 15 Verso and 16 Recto from a sketchbook with 33 sheets. Scheveningen (Possibly) paper. chalk sailing-ship, sailing-boat. beach (+ landscape with figures, staffage)

Ca d'Oro Palace, Venice, Italy, Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857-1903, Graphite on wove paper, Sketch of an exterior column from the Ca d'Oro palace in Venice., Venice, Italy, 1881, architecture, Drawing, Drawing

Presentation furniture for the world exhibition , Carl von Hasenauer -, draft

Sketchbook of ornamental and decorative designs, 18th century, pencil, pen, and wash drawings, Late 18th century, The sketchbook of an unidentified artist, French school, likely dating to the late eighteenth century, contains ornamental and decorative designs for friezes, grotesques, paneling, sections of chimneys, and vases.

Man on a sailing ship, 1780 - 1848 Page 40 Recto from a sketchbook with 53 sheets. paper. pencil. ink pen sailing-ship, sailing-boat. crew ~ ship

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