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Painting of a girl reading in a hammock under leafy trees, with sunlight and shadow dappling the grass.

Sunlight and Shadow

Winslow Homer, 1873

Oil study of a brown and white cow standing before a reddish barn wall, with loose brushwork and warm earth tones.

Painting, Studies. Cows, August 1876

Samuel Colman, 1876

Painted study of a seated woman holding a telephone receiver, with white cords wrapped around her, on a gold background.

Painting, The Telephone and the Ticker; study for Manufactures Building, 1891-92

Carroll Beckwith, 1891

Two fishermen in blue shirts cast lines from rocks at a calm cove, with a wooded hill and glowing sky behind.

Lobster Cove, Manchester, Massachusetts

Winslow Homer, 1869

Loose oil study of a brown and white cow standing in a sunlit field with a blue-green background.

Drawing, Studies. Cows, August 1876

Samuel Colman, 1876

Watercolor of an 1860 artist's studio with red curtains, an easel, marble busts, and a woman seated at a piano.

Artist's Studio in Berlin

Karl Wilhelm Streckfuss, 1860

Painting of two girls in white sunbonnets in a field with grazing sheep and a cloudy sky.

Two Girls with Sunbonnets in a Field

Winslow Homer, 1877

Loose painted seascape of breaking waves on a sandy beach beneath a dark, cloudy sky.

Sandy Beach with Breakers

Winslow Homer, 1869

Oil painting of a farmyard with a gray barn, wooden cart, ducks and chickens under a cloudy sky.

Farmyard with Ducks and Chickens

Winslow Homer, 1872

Painting of three boys in a grassy field eating watermelon, with a wooden fence and distant trees behind them.

The Watermelon Boys

Winslow Homer, 1876

Young woman in a blue dress seated on a garden chair, holding a fan, with butterflies in a sunlit lawn.

The Butterfly

Winslow Homer, 1872

Painting of a bearded man with a knapsack and walking stick standing in a red autumn field.

Man with a Knapsack

Winslow Homer, 1873

Dusky landscape of a wooden farmhouse behind a stone wall, with two figures walking a path under a blue evening sky.

Robert Junkins' Garrison House, York, Maine

Winslow Homer, 1875

Painting of a barefoot boy in a dark hat leaning on a wooden fence, with daisies and leafy trees behind him.

A Country Lad

Winslow Homer, 1873

Oil painting of autumn treetops in red and green foliage with a hazy mountain ridge and pale sky beyond.

Autumn Tree Tops

Winslow Homer, 1873

Painting of a boy in a hat holding autumn maple leaves on a sunlit forest slope with red and orange trees.

Gathering Autumn Leaves

Winslow Homer, 1877

Young woman in a white ruffled dress stands before a stretched hammock against dark green foliage.

Summer Afternoon

Winslow Homer, 1872

Painting of a child beside a wooden frame in a sunlit farmyard with a stone doorway, thatched banks and red flowers.

The French Farmyard

Winslow Homer, 1867

Painting of a woman in a dark dress picking apple blossoms beneath a flowering tree in an open field.

Girl Picking Apple Blossoms

Winslow Homer, 1879

Oil painting of children beside a trough in a farm field, with haystacks, a grazing horse, and a wooden fence behind.

Haystacks and Children

Winslow Homer, 1874

Watercolor of a French Restoration bedroom with blue sofa, chairs, draped curtains, wooden chest and patterned rug.

A French Restoration Bedroom

Watercolor interior of a sitting room with framed prints, a fireplace, upholstered sofas, and a patterned carpet.

George James Drummond's Room at Oxford, 1853

George Pyne, 1850

Watercolor of a green and red Second Empire salon with a crystal chandelier, marble statue, and receding doorways.

Second Empire Salon

French School, 1850

Architectural elevation drawing of columns, arch, and cornice with plan views and scale bar, by Adolph Bordeaux, 1880.

Elevation of Section of a Wall with Columns and Arch at Left

Adolph Bordeaux, 1880

Watercolor of a library with bookshelves, classical columns, coffered ceiling, striped sofas, and a blue carpet.

The Library at Dingestow

Charlotte Bosanquet, 1840

Watercolor of a glass winter garden conservatory with palms, white flowers, statues, wicker furniture and hanging lamps.

A Russian Winter Garden

Vasily Semenovic Sadovnikov, 1830

Pen plan of a double spiral staircase with a central landing, numbered treads and red and green construction lines.

Plan View of a Double Spiral Staircase with Central Landing

Adolph Bordeaux, 1880

Watercolor of an Elizabethan room with carved fireplace, stained glass windows, and figures playing lute beside a sleeping do

An Elizabethan Room at Lyme Hall, Cheshire

Joseph Nash, 1870

Watercolor of a domestic music party with a harpist, violinist, cellist, pianist and a seated spaniel in a panelled room.

The Music Party

Watercolor of a sunlit music room with a grand piano, caned chairs, gilt-framed paintings, and tall windows.

The Music Room of Fanny Hensel (née Mendelssohn)

Julius Eduard Wilhelm Helfft, 1840

Watercolor of a 19th-century salon with portraits on the walls, a gilded chandelier, and a seated couple by the windows.

A Salon in a Residence of the Duke of Leuchtenberg

Otto Wagner, 1850

Pen drawing of a spiral staircase with elevation, circular plan with numbered radial divisions, and detailed tread sections.

Elevation and Plan View for a Spiral Staircase

Adolph Bordeaux, 1880

Watercolor of a red-walled Roman interior with green curtains, marble floor, ornate ceiling and a framed painting.

Sala del Thorvaldsen, Rome

Franz Heinrich, 1840

Watercolor of a 19th-century drawing room with blue curtains, a chandelier, a piano, and figures seated around a table.

Drawing Room

English School, 1840

Watercolor of a Gothic dining hall with paneled walls, stained glass, portraits, a laid table, and figures in period dress.

View of the Dining Hall in Magdalen College, Oxford

Joseph Nash, 1850

Watercolor of a circular neoclassical room with a large chandelier, columns, and three women in white dresses.

The Circular Dining Room at Carlton House, London

Charles Wild, 1810

Sepia interior of a man reading a letter at a desk by lamplight, with a child and dog by the fireplace.

Interior with a Man Reading at His Desk

A. L. Leroy, 1820

Watercolor of a salon with blue drapery, gilt chandelier, framed landscapes, sculptures, and a piano, seen through open doors

A Salon in Restoration Taste

Hilaire Thierry, 1820

Painted study of ruined columns of a temple rising over a green plain with distant mountains under a pale sky.

Study of the ruins of the Temple of Olympian Zeus

Lockwood de Forest, 1870

Watercolor of a 19th-century man's living room with green drapery, a patterned rug, framed pictures and a bed.

Interior of a Man's Living Room

S. Tolstoi, 1850

Watercolor of an ornate bedroom with a canopied bed, painted domed ceiling, gilded columns and sunburst floor.

Bedroom of King Pedro IV of Portugal (Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil), Palace of Queluz

Ferdinand le Feubure, 1850

Watercolor of a grand salon with a pipe organ, woman at the keys, swagged drapes, chandelier and fireplace.

Large Salon with Organ

English School, 1830

Watercolor of an ornate palace picture gallery with crystal chandeliers, portraits and a man in a dark coat on a marble floor

View of the Picture Gallery at the Château d'Eu (Vue de la Galerie au Château d'Eu)

Alexandre-Dominique Denuelle, 1840

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 pink damask sitting room with striped chairs, gilt chandelier, lace-curtained windows and a framed painting.

A Room in the Governor's Residence, Hermannstadt (?)

Watercolor interior of a formal salon with three crystal chandeliers, blue chairs, tall windows and classical wall decoration

The Salon in the Montpensier Wing, Palais Royal

Jules Frédéric Bouchet, 1820

Watercolor of an ornate sitting room with gilded coffered ceiling, portraits in gold frames, and a bay window.

Salon Particulier de la Reine au Palais de Buckingham. (The Queen's Sitting Room at Buckingham Palace)

James Roberts, 1840

Watercolor of a dressing room with a tented ceiling, patterned curtains, upholstered chairs, and gilt-framed paintings on the

Interior of a Dressing Room with Tented Ceiling

François Etienne Villeret, 1840

Watercolor and pencil interior of a drawing room with a reclining man, a seated woman at a green-draped table, and a piano.

Interior

French School, 1820

Watercolor of a blue-curtained drawing room with two children playing on a parquet floor beside a toy cart.

Salon Siebleben, near Gotha, Germany

Countess Schoenberg, 1850

Watercolor of a cluttered study with bookshelves, stained glass windows, a fireplace, a daybed and a green-topped table.

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's Study, Townshend House, London

Anna Alma Tadema, 1880

Watercolor of a 19th-century drawing room with blue upholstered furniture, a bookcase, and framed horse paintings on the wall

Drawing Room of a Sportsman

Moravian/Czechoslovakian Emanuel Stöckler, 1850

Sepia drawing of a small salon with piano, round table, sofa and windows opening onto a distant town view.

The Artist's Drawing Room on Lake Constance

Louise Cochelet, 1810

Watercolor of a paneled room with a draped table, blue armchair, bookshelf, mounted antlers, and framed prints.

Pynson Wilmot Bennitt's Room, Trinity College, Oxford

Arthur Frederick Payne, 1850

Wash drawing of a columned classical mausoleum with arched niches, flanked by urns and trees under a cloudy sky.

The Mausoleum for Czar Paul I (1754-1801) in the Park of Pavlovsk, near Saint Petersburg, Russia: Side Elevation

Thomas de Thomon, 1810

Watercolor of a green salon with a crystal chandelier, blue-striped chairs, round table, fireplace and white drapes.

A Salon in the Palazzo Satriano, Naples

Pen and brown wash drawing with several classical scenes, including seated figures, nudes, cherubs, dogs and an architectural

Design after Paintings by Raphael and Paintings in Bologna by Albani, Francia, Parmigianino; Monument Verso: Anatomic…

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor interior of a room with patterned tile floor, inlaid desk, framed painting, potted plants, and a view to a garden

The Study of Prince Karl of Prussia

Eduard Gaertner, 1840

Watercolor of a paneled great hall with coffered ceiling, stone fireplace, staircase, organ and a seated woman.

The Interior of Hall Place, Leigh, near Tonbridge, Kent

Henry Robert Robertson, 1870

Watercolor of a man writing at a desk in a richly furnished study with chandelier, drapes and framed paintings.

The Study of King Louis-Philippe at Neuilly

James Roberts, 1840

Watercolor interior of a library with arched windows, red drapery, bookshelves, framed paintings, and figures seated at desks

The Interior of the Library at Cassiobury

Augustus Charles Pugin, 1810

Watercolor interior of a sitting room with a marble fireplace, green striped walls, lace curtains, and a round table with boo

Sitting Room, 7 Owen's Row, Islington

Richard Parminster Cuff, 1850

Watercolor of a decorated interior with blue drapery and bird wallpaper, opening onto a conservatory with a statue.

The Interior of the Chinese Room, Looking toward the Conservatory, Middleton Park, Oxfordshire

William Alfred Delamotte, 1840

Watercolor interior of a bedroom with striped wallpaper, green daybed, folding screen, and green curtained windows.

Bedroom in a Country Dacha

Russian School, 1830

Watercolor interior of a Gothic-style library with bookshelves, a carved fireplace, statues, and an arched doorway.

A Library in Gothic Style

Charles James Richardson, 1860

Watercolor of an ornate Moorish smoking room with a painted ceiling, chandelier, columns and a seated man on a striped sofa.

A Moorish Smoking Room

Emmanuel Coulange-Lautrec, 1850

Watercolor interior of a 19th-century drawing room with green sofa, patterned wallpaper, fireplace and framed pictures.

An Interior

Mary Ellen Best, 1830

Watercolor interior of a room with a tiled stove, writing desk, round table, sofa and a hanging military uniform.

A Prussian Officer's Quarters

German School, 1830

Watercolor of a furnished study with a large desk, crowded framed pictures, oval portraits, and arched doorways.

A Study Interior at St. Polten

Matthäus Kern, 1830

Watercolor of a green drawing room with gilded mirror, chandelier, and a woman playing piano by the windows.

The Green Drawing Room of the Earl of Essex at Cassiobury

William Henry Hunt, 1820

Watercolor interior of a 19th-century sitting room with a red-draped table, fireplace, writing desk and framed prints.

A Sitting Room with a Writing Table

Wilhelm Amandus Beer, 1860

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

Watercolor of a 19th-century salon with a chandelier, marble fireplace, and a man reading on a sofa by the window.

A Salon, probably in Stuttgart

Caspar Obach, 1850

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

Watercolor of a paneled hall with carved fireplace, coffered ceiling, suits of armor, and armchairs on a tiled floor.

The Entrance Hall, East Sutton Place, Kent

Charles James Richardson, 1840

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

Watercolor interior of a 1820 French drawing room where women and children take an art lesson beneath a crystal chandelier.

An Art Lesson

French School, 1820

Watercolor of a rococo concert room with gilded ceiling, mirrors, blue chairs, and a checkered floor.

Concert Room of Sanssouci Palace, Potsdam, Germany

Eduard Gaertner, 1850

Watercolor of a Gothic Revival sitting room with stained glass screens, a chandelier, gilt-framed paintings, and a window wit

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna's Sitting Room, Cottage Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

Estonian Eduard Petrovich Hau, 1830

Watercolor of a formal salon with a crystal chandelier, red velvet curtains, a chaise longue and gilded candelabra.

A Small Salon in the Montpensier Wing, Palais Royal

Jules Frédéric Bouchet, 1830

Watercolor interior with two seated figures at a table by a window, a white dog on a parquet floor, and an open doorway behin

A Room in the Reuss Palace, Dresden

Polish C. M. Fredro, 1830

Watercolor of an ornate chinoiserie salon with a dome ceiling, lanterns, and figures near garden doors.

The Japanese Salon, Villa Hügel, Hietzing, Vienna

Rudolf von Alt, 1850

Watercolor of an 1840 drawing room with two seated women, framed portraits, a tiled stove and a chandelier.

Interior in the House of Lord Chamberlain O'Neill, Strandraede, Copenhagen

Danish Christian Olavius Zeuthen, 1840

Watercolor of an ornate Chinese-style room with a blue starred ceiling, crystal chandelier, and porcelain vases.

The Chinese Room in the Royal Palace, Berlin

Eduard Gaertner, 1850

Watercolor of a richly furnished library with bookshelves, brass chandelier, green armchairs and busts, by Rudolf von Alt.

The Library in the Apartment of Count Lanckoronski in Vienna, Riemergasse 8

Rudolf von Alt, 1880

Watercolor of an 1850 artist's studio with an easel, stove, seated woman on a green sofa, and framed paintings.

An Artist's Studio

Julie Bayer, 1850

Watercolor elevations of two ornamented orchestra pavilions with conical roofs and decorated bases, drawn by Félix Duban.

"Orchstres places aux Champs elysees, dans le gran carres"

Félix Duban, 1830

Italian girl

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Pencil and chalk drawing of a carved stone capital beside a column with radiating rib vaulting, on tan paper.

Two studies of Architectural Details

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Ink and pencil floor plan of a proposed Episcopal church showing nave seating, chancel, altar, pulpit, and choir areas.

Floor plan, Episcopal church at Friendship, N.Y.

John C. Wolf, 1900

Pencil sketch of tall climbing ivy foliage on tan paper, with handwritten height note in the lower right.

Study of foliage

William Trost Richards, 1860

Watercolor of brown and red-sailed boats in a harbor beside a stone arched bridge under a cloudy sky.

Boats in Trouville

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of a wooded riverbank with bare trees on a hillside, a small seated figure on the shore, and still water.

Study of landscape, Delaware River

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Grey wash drawing of a man crouching on a plank scaffold beside a vertical post, with stone blocks behind him.

Vignette: Man Crouching on a Scaffolding

Walter Appleton Clark, 1890

Pencil sketch of rocky sea cliffs with a distant buoy, two seated figures in the foreground, and a small inset study of the c

Otter Cliffs

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor study of a rocky ravine with ruined stone walls, a broken tower, arches, and small figures on a grassy path.

Study of landscape

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850