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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

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

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

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

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

A French Restoration Bedroom

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 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 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

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 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 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

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

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 and blue-wash sketch of a stone tower, arched opening and rooftops on city walls.

Buttresses on City Walls; Loches

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Ink drawing of many Rookwood pottery vases and jugs on shelves, decorated with flowers, birds and dragon motifs.

Rookwood Pottery

George Gibson, 1880

Pencil and watercolor design for six stained glass window panels with scrolling ornament and ellipses in muted red, green and

Front entrance group stained glass windows

John C. Wolf, 1900

Pencil sketch of a hotel building with tiled roofs, bare trees, two swans on water, and figures along a low wall.

Hotel Luxembourg, Nîmes - From Our Window

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Pen and ink sketch sheet with a musician playing guitar from behind, surrounded by head studies, a hand and a foot.

Sketches of Heads, a Hand, a Foot, and a Musician

George Charles Aid, 1900

Pencil study of two nude men standing and clasping hands, with guidelines framing the composition on cream paper.

Figure Study for Seal of the University Club, New York

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Watercolor elevation drawings of two decorative festival columns, one rostral with anchors and one with flags and an eagle.

"Colonnes d partmentales,fetes Juillet 1838"

Félix Duban, 1830

Back view of a standing male nude sketched in black and white chalk on grey paper, with a raised arm and a rippling base.

figure study for a fountain design

Elihu Vedder, 1900

Pale watercolor sketch of Granada with terracotta rooftops, cypress trees, a stone wall, and small figures on a path.

Granada

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Cross-section drawing of the Théâtre de l'Ambigu Comique showing tiered balconies, a domed roof truss, and labeled rooms.

Cross-section of the Théâtre de l'Ambigu Comique in Paris

Jacques Ignace Hittorff, 1820

Watercolor of sweet pea flowers in pink, cream and maroon with green vines and tendrils on a pale cream background.

Sweet Peas

Henrietta Benson Homer, 1870

Grey watercolor design of a two-armed candelabrum with ornamented stem and stepped base, signed Anna de Pool.

Design for a Candelabrum

Anna M. de Pool, 1880

Watercolor of a Gothic church tower with a spire and adjoining rooftops under a cloudy sky.

Saint Germain-des-Prés, Paris

Whitney Warren Jr, 1880

Watercolor of a narrow cobbled street in an old town with slate-roofed houses, flower boxes, a tall poplar, and figures.

Bayeux

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Sketch of a barefoot man in rolled trousers holding a lantern while standing on a bench, with an umbrella at his back.

To Explore by that Cheerless Illumination for Leaks

Frank Walter Taylor, 1900

Drawing of bare feet on draped cloth and a twisting fabric fold in graphite and white chalk on mauve paper.

Study of Drapery "Fortune"

Elihu Vedder, 1890