Sketches Collection (page 5)

Dottyville again (litho)
8662997 Dottyville again (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dottyville again. Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch)

Shakspeare Illustrated (litho)
8662990 Shakspeare Illustrated (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shakspeare Illustrated. Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch)

Prominent Celebrities, A Sketch in the Park, 1834 (coloured engraving)
8651604 Prominent Celebrities, A Sketch in the Park, 1834 (coloured engraving) by Grego, Joseph (1843-1908); Private Collection; (add.info.: Prominent Celebrities, A Sketch in the Park, 1834)

"All In!" A Sketch at Nelson Street School (engraving)
8642816 "All In!" A Sketch at Nelson Street School (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "All In!" A Sketch at Nelson Street School)

Eustace Carroll's Sketch (engraving)
8636584 Eustace Carroll's Sketch (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eustace Carroll's Sketch)

"A Happy Release" - a rejected sketch (litho)
8675827 "A Happy Release" - a rejected sketch (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: "A Happy Release" - a rejected sketch)

Portrait of a recidivist thief of Milan, 19th century (engraving)
FGL5491973 Portrait of a recidivist thief of Milan, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Plank from the criminology study "The criminal man" (L'uomo delinquente)

Study of a donkey with a bridle and harness, c.1820 (pencil with brown and grey wash on paper)
7342271 Study of a donkey with a bridle and harness, c.1820 (pencil with brown and grey wash on paper) by Streatfeild, Thomas (1777-1848); 6x6.6 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Sketched portrait of Cribben Master of the Pegase, c.1794 (pen, ink, grey)
7342091 Sketched portrait of Cribben Master of the Pegase, c.1794 (pen, ink, grey) by Unknown artist, (18th century); 11.8x9.7 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

A study in graphite of the bridge and trees from the west (verso), 1805 (watercolour, pen, ink, graphite)
7339896 A study in graphite of the bridge and trees from the west (verso), 1805 (watercolour, pen, ink, graphite) by Baxter, Thomas (1782-1821); 13x20.6 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

A view through trees towards a single-storey building (verso), 1802 (graphite)
7339891 A view through trees towards a single-storey building (verso), 1802 (graphite) by Baxter, Thomas (1782-1821); 14.3x9.7 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

The house and grounds at Merton from the south-east, 1805 (watercolour, graphite)
7339883 The house and grounds at Merton from the south-east, 1805 (watercolour, graphite) by Baxter, Thomas (1782-1821); 13x41.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Part of the grounds at Merton with an arbour and trees, 1804 (watercolour, graphite)
7339877 Part of the grounds at Merton with an arbour and trees, 1804 (watercolour, graphite) by Baxter, Thomas (1782-1821); 3.6x29.1 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Part of the grounds at Merton with an arbour and trees (recto), 1804 (watercolour, graphite)
7339875 Part of the grounds at Merton with an arbour and trees (recto), 1804 (watercolour, graphite) by Baxter, Thomas (1782-1821); 3.6x29.1 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Merton, July 1803 (recto), 1803 (pen, ink)
7339874 Merton, July 1803 (recto), 1803 (pen, ink) by Baxter, Thomas (1782-1821); 9.7x15.3 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Study of a pine tree at Merton (recto), 1803 (graphite)
7339873 Study of a pine tree at Merton (recto), 1803 (graphite) by Baxter, Thomas (1782-1821); 14.7x9.7 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Korean sketches
2911177 Korean sketches; (add.info.: 1898 Korean sketches in the style of Kisan's genre by James Scarth Gale (1863-1937) Canadian Presbyterian missionary, educator and Bible translator in Korea

The fictional character of Dr Syntax, 1850
3478970 The fictional character of Dr Syntax, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration of the fictional character of Dr Syntax with the Squire, his wife and sister)

On Tuck's Farm, Tunley, 1925 (ink & w/c on paper pasted on card)
1214275 On Tuck's Farm, Tunley, 1925 (ink & w/c on paper pasted on card) by Rutherston, Albert Daniel (1881-1953); 35.1x24.6 cm; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Carrying of Prince Edward to the Font (engraving)
8632386 Carrying of Prince Edward to the Font (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carrying of Prince Edward to the Font)

The syrens of the sea, a sketch of the pretty bathers on the French coast at Trouville (engraving)
8643240 The syrens of the sea, a sketch of the pretty bathers on the French coast at Trouville (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The syrens of the sea)

Cunningham's Gap (engraving)
8648010 Cunningham's Gap (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cunningham's Gap. Queensland)

Shakespeare Head, Mercury Bay (engraving)
8648047 Shakespeare Head, Mercury Bay (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shakespeare Head, Mercury Bay)

Sketchbook, page 01: Self Portraits with Vignittes, 1859 (graphite)
XOS5878320 Sketchbook, page 01: Self Portraits with Vignittes, 1859 (graphite) by Gifford, Sanford Robinson (1823-80); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Study for "The Hireling Shepherd", 1851 (graphite)
XOS5880747 Study for "The Hireling Shepherd", 1851 (graphite) by Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910); 11.4x18.3 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Drawing by William Holman Hunt)

Sketchbook, page 08: Carter Mountain (?), 1859 (graphite)
XOS5878327 Sketchbook, page 08: Carter Mountain (?), 1859 (graphite) by Gifford, Sanford Robinson (1823-80); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Sketchbook, page 05: "Bethel ME Aug 19th", 1859 (graphite)
XOS5878324 Sketchbook, page 05: "Bethel ME Aug 19th", 1859 (graphite) by Gifford, Sanford Robinson (1823-80); Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Quite another thing (litho)
8663001 Quite another thing (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Quite another thing. Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch)

Gavarni in London: A Sketch for the West-End (litho)
8670138 Gavarni in London: A Sketch for the West-End (litho) by Gavarni, Paul (1804-66) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Sketch for the West-End)

The National Sporting Club, London (litho)
8663020 The National Sporting Club, London (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: The National Sporting Club, London)

Eureka! (litho)
8663013 Eureka! (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eureka! Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch, 1903).); © Look and Learn

Another Mr Weller (litho)
8663004 Another Mr Weller (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Another Mr Weller. Illustration for Sketches from "Punch" by Phil May (Punch)

Brown's Country House, No 2 (litho)
8662995 Brown's Country House, No 2 (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Brown's Country House, No 2)

Rather difficult for him (litho)
8662992 Rather difficult for him (litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rather difficult for him)

Illustration by Gustave Dore 1832-1883 French artist and illustrator for Paradise Lost by John Milton Book IX lines 434
2919896 Illustration by Gustave Dore 1832-1883 French artist and illustrator for Paradise Lost by John Milton Book IX lines 434 and 435 by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection

Grigorii Sarydzhakov, a Hunter From Bai, 1925. Creator: Aleksei Vasilevich Voshchakin
Grigorii Sarydzhakov, a Hunter From Bai, 1925. Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife

Vertumnus and Pomona. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Vertumnus and Pomona

Young man kneeling before a standing man in oriental dress. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Young man kneeling before a standing man in oriental dress

Two studies of one woman. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Two studies of one woman

Three studies of a man seen in profile. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Three studies of a man seen in profile

Three studies of an archer. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Three studies of an archer

Three women in a landscape. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Three women in a landscape

Tobit and Anna with the goat. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Tobit and Anna with the goat

Tobias catches the fish. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Tobias catches the fish

Sleeping lion. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Sleeping lion

Sleeping woman at an open window, c.1655. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Sleeping woman at an open window, c.1655

Seated youth. Creator: Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
Seated youth

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