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Pencil and white chalk drawing of rocky coastal cliffs, a calm sea, and a distant sailboat under a streaked evening sky.

Cliffs at Southwest Head, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridges on tan paper, with handwritten notes about light in the lower right corner.

Mountain Landscape on the Road to Mocha, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink drawing of a seated figure in a wide hat with two reclining figures and faint scroll ornament behind.

Designs for Chinoiserie Ornament

François Boucher, 1730

Faint pencil mountain sketch on brown paper with handwritten color notes and a museum stamp in the lower left.

Chimborazo and El Altar from Riobamba, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of tree tops and foliage on tan paper, with the handwritten word Niagara at upper right.

Tree Tops, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Engraving of Christ gesturing to Martha and Magdalen on temple steps, with a crowd below and a small columned temple behind.

Martha and Magdalen Ascending the Steps of the Temple

Georg Matheus, 1570

Pencil sketch of a tall, layered sea rock pillar and jagged boulders on a shoreline, on tan paper.

The Old Bishop, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and white highlight sketch of a rocky coastline with pine trees, a small cabin, driftwood, and cliffs under clouds.

Long's Eddy at William Cronk's, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Colored pencil study of a banana plant with arching leaves, a stem, and handwritten color notes on grey paper.

Banana Plant

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Oil sketch of a forest path with tree trunks and sunlit undergrowth, painted in browns and greens.

A Road into the Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Painting of a large century plant with spiky green leaves and small yellow flowers against a dim brown background of shrubs.

Century Plant, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Graphite and white chalk study of a right hand with curled fingers on a brown-gray paper sheet.

Study of a Right Hand

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Painting of a dense cluster of wildflowers with red, white, and yellow blooms and green grasses on a brown brushed ground.

Wildflowers

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a stone building with arched windows and a conical tower roof, with a small female bust at upper right.

Sketch if Loches and Female Bust

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor interior of a neoclassical room with coffered ceiling, gilt chandelier, framed paintings, and a seated woman at a

The Study of Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna

Josef Sotira, 1830

Pale sketch of a castle with a round tower and flagpole above a riverbank, with faint reflections in the water below.

Windsor (Memorial)

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Charcoal and chalk sketch of Venice's skyline across a lagoon at dusk, with a sailboat and gondola in the water.

Venice

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Etching of a rural landscape with two grazing horses, farm buildings, trees, and a stormy sky.

Landscape with Horses

James McNeill Whistler, 1850

Etching of sailboats in a harbor with children and figures sketched on the shore in loose lines.

Children, Portsmouth

James McNeill Whistler, 1880

Hand-colored engraving of a man lying in bed attended by visitors and a woman in a pink dress in an ornate room.

James A. Garfield

William Allen Rogers, 1880

John Hancock

Unknown artist, 1770

Sepia-toned drawing of a middle-aged man with a full mustache, wearing a dark suit, waistcoat and tie.

James Shields

L. Wieser, 1880

Fantasy

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel portrait of a man in a felt hat holding a pipe, drawn with soft colored strokes on tan paper.

Alec Francis

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pastel portrait of a smiling man with dark hair on tan paper, signed and dated in the lower right.

Camille Gorde

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Charcoal drawing of a skull on stacked books beside a candlestick, with a panel of Rubaiyat verses and faint faces in the sky

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Theology

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Drawing of a winged angel offering a cup to a wreathed woman beneath a stanza of text, by Elihu Vedder.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Cup of Death

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Costume design of the White Queen in a white robe, patterned green crown and tiered yellow skirt, holding a sceptre, on brown

White Queen (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland) 1915

William Penhallow Henderson

Brown and white chalk drawing of a reclining woman with flowing hair above handwritten verses, framed by blossoms and a water

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Invitation

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of a nude bearded man bound to a grey column against a gold background, with a pale cloth draped at his

Christus an der Geißelsäule

Albrecht Dürer

Pen and wash drawing of the Nativity with Mary, the infant Christ, Joseph, a shepherd, an ox and classical ruins.

Geburt Christi

Pen and wash drawing of a sacrifice beneath a round temple with Corinthian columns, a bull, musicians, and a city in the dist

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