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Brown ink and wash drawing of Adam and Eve in a landscape, with a winged figure above and a serpent at lower right.

Adam and Eve, The Temptation

Felice Giani, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of Alexander and the family of Darius in a tent, with armored men, kneeling women and a child.

Ceiling Design, Alexander and the Family of Darius, the Clemency of Alexander, Sala di Alessandro, Palazzo Naldi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Ink and brown wash drawing of a draped bed alcove flanked by columns, a carved pilaster, and two small figures.

Project for the Decoration of a Bed Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Study for Cleopatra

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Narrow oil sketch of a pale iceberg floating on dark sea water beneath a muted brown sky.

Floating Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Etching of a military trophy with shields, banners, trumpets, helmets and laurel around a central medallion of a chariot with

Trophy of Arms

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Ink and brown wash drawing of tiered pedestals with relief panels, a mask ornament, and a lion on a plinth.

Bases of pilaster stripe

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Grey wash drawing of an elderly monk in a hooded robe seated on church steps beside a column, with a crowd behind him.

Old Monk

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Study for a stained glass window showing an armored knight with a red lion shield and sword under a foliage-filled arch.

Study of "Courage" for Memorial Window to Jacob Dolson Cox, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Etching of a tall shot tower behind riverside warehouses, moored boats on mudflats, and small figures walking at low tide.

The Shot Tower

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Nocturnal harbor scene in brown tones with clouds above, rows of lights on shore and water, and a lighthouse at center.

The Bay, New York

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Watercolor interior of a 19th-century salon with a seated woman, green upholstered furniture, a round window and potted plant

Interior of a Salon

Lithuanian Vladislav Dmochowski, 1840

Etching of a Gothic skyscraper above construction cranes, scaffolding and workers on Vesey Street, with smoke filling the sky

Caissons on Vesey Street

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Watercolor of a crowded salon with framed paintings, a seated reader, draped armchairs, a bust, and an ornate ceiling.

Salon in the Apartment of Count Lanckoronski in Vienna

Rudolf von Alt, 1860

Watercolor of a salon with a man playing violin and a seated woman playing guitar beside open French doors.

Salon Interior with Gabriel d'Arjuzon Playing the Violin and Pascalie Hosten, Comtess d'Arjuzon, Playing Guitar

Achille Louis Martinet, 1810

Pastel portrait of an older man with grey hair in a grey coat and pink waistcoat against a dark brown background.

Michael Gratz

William Edward West, 1800

Mezzotint portrait of Samuel Adams in period dress beside a column, with rolled documents on a table and verse below.

Samuel Adams

Samuel Okey, 1770

Engraved portrait of John Adams seated in a chair with one hand on a book, with a dedication and eagle emblem below.

John Adams

Henry H. Houston, 1800

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a patterned coat and neckerchief, printed on a Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper fro

Jesse James

Alexander Lozo, 1880

Engraving of mourners viewing Lincoln's open casket in a draped City Hall interior, with officers and flags, from Harper's We

President Lincoln's Funeral

Unknown artist, 1860

Pastel portrait of an older man with white hair and beard in a dark suit and bow tie against a brown background.

James M. Edmunds

L. Wieser, 1880

Engraved portrait of a naval officer in uniform with epaulettes, above a vignette of a sailing frigate on water.

Isaac Hull

George Graham, 1810

Pastel portrait of a young blonde woman in a dark garment with a gold necklace, against a red background, with the name Berth

Bertha

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel portrait of a woman in a dark wide-brimmed hat and pale coat, set against swirling green and blue strokes.

The Traveler

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Architectural plan in watercolor of a triangular fountain with a central circular basin between Main Street and West Lane.

(Design for Fountain, Ridgefield, Connecticut)

Cass Gilbert, 1930

Abstract drawing in green, black and grey with a dark rectangular car shape among flattened organic forms.

Car across the Street

Arthur Dove, 1940

Engraving of allegorical figures at a tombstone with a cross, scythe, hourglass and the words Jesus lebt above.

Grabmal mit allegorischen Figuren

Carl Friedrich Holtzmann

Brown ink drawing of a kneeling man writing in the dust while a crowd gathers and a veiled woman stands at right.

Christus und die Ehebrecherin

Pieter van Lint

Pen and blue wash drawing of soldiers on horseback and grieving figures in a town square with an obelisk.

Der Bethlehemitische Kindermord

Pieter Stevens d. Ä.

Engraved half-length portrait of a man in a wig and lace court dress, with a coat of arms and inscription below.

Bildnis Hugo Casimir Edmund Freiherr von Kesselstadt

Johann Philipp Haid