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Pencil study of a prison hall with barred windows, benches of seated women, and a pile of cloth in the foreground.

Study for Bridewell Prison, Women's Side, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1808

Brown ink and wash sheet with studies of turbanned men, including a large head study and a group of seated figures.

Sketches of Turbanned Men (recto); Fragment of a Figure and Sketches of Foliated Architectural Ornament (verso)

Attributed to Salvator Rosa, n.d.

Pencil study sheet with horses in full figure, foal, heads, legs and hooves, with a faint brown wash.

Sketches of a Horse

Théodore Géricault, 1813/14

Pencil sketch of a crowded vaulted gallery interior with easels, framed paintings and small figures.

Study for British Institution, Pall Mall, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1808

Pen and ink sketch of six figures in period costume on a street, including men, women and a child, by Giovanni Battista Piran

Sheet of Sketches: Six Figures

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1768/78

Pencil and ink sketch of horses, a groom, and a cavalry battle, with handwritten notes on aged paper.

Sketches of Horses, Groom Holding Horse, a Cavalry Battle

Théodore Géricault, 1813/14

Pencil study of a grand interior with an ornate iron staircase, arched windows, and sculptural decoration above.

Study for The Hall and Staircase, British Museum, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1808

Ink and wash study of a standing man raising his arm on a podium while a crowd gestures around him and clergymen stand at lef

Study for The Oath of the Tennis Court: Bailly Standing on the Desk, Asking for a Vote

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, c. 1804-05

Sheet of Sketches: Greyhounds; A Male and a Female Head in

Théodore Géricault, 1813/14

Pencil study of a neoclassical hall with a domed ceiling, Ionic columns, statues and small figures in period dress.

Study for The Hall, Carlton House, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1808

Pen and wash drawing of crowds with raised arms, seated figures and embracing men in multiple study groupings.

Studies after the Oath of the Tennis Court (recto); Studies after the Oath of the Tennis Court: Group with Maupetit d…

Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, c. 1804

Pencil and wash sketches of trees, dogs and a pheasant in a wooded landscape, with arched panels at lower right.

Sketches of a Wooded Site, Dogs and Pheasants in Landscape

Théodore Géricault, 1813/14

Pencil study of a columned church interior with a vaulted ceiling, gallery balcony, and ornate altarpiece at the far end.

Study for The Roman Catholic Chapel, Lincoln's Inn Fields, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1808

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a young woman in a white dress holding a book, on tan paper.

Sketch of the Portrait of Constance Pipelet (recto); Head of a Woman (verso)

Jean Baptiste François Désoria, after 1797

Pencil sketch sheet of soldiers in helmets and cloaks, cavalry riders on horseback, and a pointing figure.

Sketches of Soldiers and Horses

Théodore Géricault, 1813/14

Pencil study of a colonnaded building facade with ornate capitals and a crowd of standing figures in the foreground.

Study for The Coal Exchange, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1808

Pen and ink sketch of a mounted rider, robed figures, and an ornate scabbard and sword on pale paper.

Sketches of the Emperor John VIII Palaeologus, a Monk, and a Scabbard

Pisanello, 1438

Pencil and brown wash sketches of horsemen and horses in battle, with a larger watercolor study in the upper right.

Four Sketches for a Cavalry Battle

Théodore Géricault, c. 1814

Pencil study of a circular interior with tiered galleries crowded with spectators and tall windows around the walls.

Study for Royal Cock Pit, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1808

Drawing of a nude woman standing by a column and jar, with a serpent at her feet, in brown and red wash.

Pandora

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1767

Pencil sketch of mounted carabiniers in plumed helmets and studies of horse heads on a pale sheet.

Sketches of Mounted Carabiniers and Heads of Horses

Théodore Géricault, 1813/14

Pencil sketch of students drawing from a seated nude model in a Royal Academy studio with a large hanging lamp.

Study for Drawing from Life at the Royal Academy, Somerset House, from Microcosm of London (recto); Study for Drawing…

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1808

Pencil sketch of a mounted officer seen from behind, arm raised holding reins, with the horse's hindquarters and tail.

Mounted Officer from the Back

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Pencil sketches of uniformed officers in tall hats and several horses in varied poses on tan paper.

Sketches of Russian Officers and Horses

Théodore Géricault, 1813/14

Pencil perspective drawing of a prison interior with vaulted ceiling, a water engine and cold bath, and figures below.

Study for Water Engine, Cold-Bath, Field's Prison, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1808

Pencil sketch of three draped classical figures, one holding a scroll and another pointing, with the word Perugia written at

Sketch of Three Classical Figures

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Pencil sketches on paper showing grids of horsemen, rearing horses and battle groups, with brown watercolor stains.

Eleven Compositional Sketches

Théodore Géricault, 1813/14

Pencil study of an ornate interior hall with coffered ceiling, chandelier, classical busts and figures around a long table.

Study for The College of Physicians, from Microcosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1808

Pencil sketch of a bearded seated man in draped robes beside a swaddled child reaching outward.

Seated Man and Swaddled Baby

Jacques-Louis David, c. 1810

Pen and ink sketch of a boating party with a standing oarsman, surrounded by pencil studies of heads, hats and a tree.

Sketches of a Musical Boating Party and of a Woman Wearing a Tall Hat

Théodore Géricault, 1813/14