Drawings Collection

Stone-age cave paintings, Chauvet, France
Stone-age cave paintings. Artwork depicting various animals painted on the wall of a cave. These paintings are found in the Chauvet Cave, France

The Kinecar by William Heath Robinson
Double page illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a well-equipped omnibus transporting passengers while they watch a film

Stone-age cave paintings, Chauvet, France
Stone-age cave paintings. Artwork of horses painted on the wall of a cave. These paintings are found in the Chauvet Cave, France, the site of the earliest known cave paintings (as of 2011)

American Flamingo, by John James Audubon
American Flamingo, Phoenicopterus Ruber, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Defence of Chateau de Hougoumont - Battle of Waterloo
Defence of the Chateau de Hougoumont by the flank company, Coldstream GuardsWatercolour by Denis Dighton, 1815Associated with Napoleonic Wars

Louisiana Heron, by John James Audubon
Louisiana Heron, Ardea Ludoviciana, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

PESSOA, Fernando (1888-1935). Portuguese poet. Drawing by Almada Negreiros of 1935. Drawing

British 25-pounder field gun by G. H. Davis
Considered at the time to be the best field gun in the world: the British 25-pounder. Diagrammatic drawings of a famous British weapon

Stone-age cave paintings, Chauvet, France
Stone-age cave paintings. Artwork depicting various animals painted on the wall of a cave. These paintings are found in the Chauvet Cave, France

Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo, 1815. The French, English and Prussian armies were defeated, which implied the fall of the emperor. Drawing

Da Vincis crossbow. Late 19th Century reproduction of a page from a notebook written by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), showing his design for a giant crossbow. Published circa 1894-1904

The Last Caravan by A. E. Bestall
A colour illustration by Alfred Bestall showing a fantasy scene where a group of travellers are being spied on from woodland by a centaur and female imps

A Garden Guide - Extracting a Weed from a Lawn
Illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a typically convoluted method of weeding a garden lawn. A man is hosted by ropes supported by a teepee configuration of poles worked by

Stone-age cave paintings, Chauvet, France
Stone-age cave paintings. Artwork depicting various animals painted on the wall of a cave. These paintings are found in the Chauvet Cave, France

Stone-age cave paintings, Chauvet, France
Stone-age cave paintings. Artwork of fighting rhinoceroses painted on the wall of a cave. These paintings are found in the Chauvet Cave, France

Girls with their books in Balham, SW London
Four girls with their books and drawings, sitting on a pavement in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Playtime at Wimbledon. by William Heath Robinson
The new craze of Jazz Tennis caught in full swing by our extra special artist. A humorous illustration of tennis players dancing the foxtrot on a tennis court

Imperial Airways Poster, four types of plane
Imperial Airways Poster, showing four types of plane, with cutaway drawings of interiors of each class -- Heracles and Hannibal, Scylla, Atalanta, and Scipio. 20th century

Virgils Tomb (1785). Wright, Joseph of Derby 1734-1797. Wright travelled in Italy from 1774-76 and produced many fine drawings of classical subjects and geological curiosities

Snowy Owl, by John James Audubon
Snowy Owl, Strix Nyctea, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Wedding Feast by William Heath Robinson
Finely detailed colour illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) showing a wedding feast amid a rural setting. Robinson would follow this image with two more in subsequent years

Blue Jay, by John James Audubon
Blue Jay, Corvus Cristatus, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452-1519). Anatomic studio. Drawing

Newtons telescope, historical artwork
Newtons telescope. Historical reproduction of a sketch by Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) of a reflecting telescope and its components

Eve Before The Fall. By A. E. Bestall
A scene beside a waterfall of four girls in their bathing costumes. The girls are watching the waterfall, prehaps resting after swimming

Draughtsmen at work
Draughtsmen prepare technical drawings for an electronic wiring system, in a large open plan room, with plenty of essential natural light. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

NOSTRADAMUS, Michel de Notre Dame (1503-1566). French physician and astrologer, author of book of predictions Astrological Centuries (1555). Illustration in card of 18th century. Drawing

Medicine, Anatomy, L'Ange anatomique, The Anatomical Angel, or Dissection of a Woman's Back, 1746
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, anatomic, anatomical, angels, art work, arts, artwork, artworks, back muscle, back muscles, backs, black, black-and-white, black-white, bodies, body, body parts

Youth Brandishing a Cutlass, Maso Finiguerra (1426-1464)
Iron gall ink on laid paper, Italian School, 15th century. Tommaso Finiguerra was born in Florence, Italy, into a family of goldsmiths

Attack on the British Squares by French Cavalry, Waterloo
Attack on the British Squares by French Cavalry, Battle of Waterloo, 1815.Watercolour by Denis Dighton, 1815. Associated with the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleonic Wars

Reconstruction of the Templo Mayor complex in the city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, founded in 1325. It was the capital of the Aztec Empire until its occupation in 1521 by Hernᮠ Cort鳠 during

German gliders in Battle of Crete by G. H. Davis
Landing air troops: German gliders of the Battle of Crete during the Second World War. By the use of gliders, parachutes and mass-produced aeroplanes for crash landings

Tropic Bird, by John James Audubon
Tropic Bird, Phaeton Aethereus, by John James Audubon (1785-1851). A colour plate in The Birds of America: From Original Drawings. Date: 1827-1838

Ballet Petrouschka. Vaslav Nijinsky
Ballet Petrouschka, music by Igor Stravinsky (1911). Illustration by Georges Lepape with the dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. Art Deco. Drawing

In Possession. By A. E. Bestall
Three girls sat on a bank by a stream watching a crab under the water. Alfred Bestall (1892-1986) is best-known as the artist who drew Rupert Bear for thirty years

de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk G-AOUO of Air Service Training. AOUO was purchsed by the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association in the early 1970s and converted to a Supermunk

New German incendiary bomb by G. H. Davis
Details of the new German explosive incendiary bomb produced during the Second World War. Explanatory drawings showing how the bomb is constructed, and the proper methods of tackling it. Date: 1942

German U-boat by G. H. Davis
The battle of the Atlantic: explanatory drawings of German U-boats (submarines), and how they operate when at sea. Various aspects of undersea activities during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Hidden away in rocky overhangs in a ten kilometer stretch of hillside, this prehistoric rock art is the most impressive in India. These hunting scenes are believed to date from around 8000-5000 BC

Arcus Constantini Allaeq Antiquitates Proxmae, The Arch of Constantine and its Ancient Surroundings
1 person, 17th-century, altertum, amphitheatre, ancient civilizations, ancient times, ancient world, antica, antiquity, arch, arches, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white

Citrus fruit, Pomo dAdama cedrato and Scheuerlischengarten in der Bucherstrasse, Nuremberg Hesperides
accurate, animal feed, animal feeds, baroque, bavarian, bayern, citrus, citrus fruits, crop, cultivated plant, cultivated plants, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitally, dish, dishes

The House of Marcus Tullius Cicero, M. Tullius Cicero or the House of Marcus Tullius Cicero is located
17th-century, antica, attraction, attractions, b.c. before christ, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, central italy, characteristic, cicero, cities, city portrait, city scape

Citrus fruit, Cedrato con fior e Sugo doppio and Garden of Doctor Falchner, Nuremberg Hesperides, Nuremberg Hesperides
accurate, animal feed, animal feeds, baroque, bavarian, bayern, citrus, citrus fruits, crop, cultivated plant, cultivated plants, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitally, dish, dishes

Citrus, Aranzi del grand Sorte and Herrnhuetten, Spitalhof, Schoppershof, Maierhof and Schibelberg
accurate, animal feed, animal feeds, baroque, bavarian, bayern, building, buildings, cabin, citrus, citrus fruits, crop, cultivated plant, cultivated plants, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital

Citrus Fruit, Pompelmus and Bergschanz, Lead White Garden and Lazerett, Nuremberg Hesperides, Nuremberg Hesperides
accurate, animal feed, animal feeds, baroque, bavarian, bayern, citrus, citrus fruits, crop, cultivated plant, cultivated plants, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitally, dish, dishes

The Church of Santa Maria in Vallicella, Chiesa Nuova, is a baroque church in Rome from the late 16th century
16th c. 17th-century, attraction, attractions, baroque, baroque church, baroque churches, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, central italy, chiesa, church building, churches

In the Palm House, Palmengarten in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a
black, black-and-white, black-white, botanic garden, botanical gardens, contemporary, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's, exterior

British six-pounder gun by G. H. Davis
The British six-pounder gun: explanatory drawings. It was an efficient field and anti-tank gun of high velocity, used for example against Rommels German army in the desert, Second World War

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From the intricate Kinecar by William Heath Robinson to Stone-age cave paintings in Chauvet, France, they have captivated us throughout history. They tell stories of our past and present, like the American Flamingo beautifully depicted by John James Audubon or the Defence of Chateau de Hougoumont during the Battle of Waterloo. G. H. Davis's British 25-pounder field gun showcases technical precision while Audubon's Louisiana Heron captures nature's elegance. A. E. Bestall's The Last Caravan takes us on a journey through imagination, while extracting a weed from a lawn becomes an art form in A Garden Guide. Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa expressed his soul through sketches, just as Da Vinci did with his crossbow design and can windows into history and creativity; they allow us to witness Napoleon commanding troops at Waterloo or appreciate Leonardo da Vinci's genius beyond painting.