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Pencil sketch of gnarled bare trees and boulders on a rocky shore under a pale sky.

Study, Trees, Santa Barbara, California

Samuel Colman, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a street with columned palazzo facades, arched doorways, balconies and a tree.

Theatre Design: Streetscape

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil and wash sketch of steep cliffs above a rocky shore with dark shadows over the water, Grand Manan Island.

Effect of Shadows over Cliffs, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Colored elevation drawing of a marble altar with gilded urns, fluted columns and a painted panel, for Santa Maria Maggiore.

Altar Mensa for the Capella Paolina (Borghese Chapel), Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy

Mario Asprucci The Younger, 1750

Pen and ink sheet of architectural interior elevations, decorative panels, a niche, and small figure sketches.

Interior elevation of a building

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Hazy coastal view of a green hillside above a calm sea with a curving sandbar stretching into the distance.

View of the Palisadoes near Kingston, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sheet of seven stylized flower sprays and one naturalistic blossom drawn in grey and red chalk on cream paper.

Sprays of Seven ideal Flowers and of one quasi naturalistic flower

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Brown ink and wash design of architectural frieze with acanthus leaves, acorns, and scrolled ornament in horizontal bands.

Design for ceiling decoration

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Oil sketch of a rounded mountain above dark forest and a grey lake, under a warm cloudy sky.

Pamola Peak and Mt. Katahdin from a Basin Pond, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of a nude putto in a diagonal pose, with faint pencil lines and handwritten notes on the sheet.

Putto

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Brown ink and wash design sheet showing nine ceiling panels with oval medallions, classical figures, putti and scrollwork.

Design for Ceiling Decoration

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Oil sketch of a rocky desert valley with steep cliffs, a carved rock facade, and small figures on the valley floor.

El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of a hillside village framed by large trees, with a small figure in the foreground.

View of a Village in Mountainous Country

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of the goddess Diana reclining with a bow and quiver beside a stag in a rocky landscape.

Diana

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch sheet with a rock outcrop, a leafy tree, and studies of grazing sheep on pale paper.

Mixed Sketches, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of a design for a square with an obelisk, domed classical palace, fountain, and small figures and

Design for a Square with a Palace

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of armored men and a draped standing woman around a nude figure, with a shield at lower left.

The Civil Law, after Perino del Vaga

Felice Giani, 1820

Oil sketch of a sunlit golden autumn tree on a hillside with red foliage, rocks, and distant mountains.

Autumn in Vermont

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of several classical mantelpiece designs with columns, capitals and moldings.

Designs for a Mantelpiece

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and brown ink design drawing of a classical interior with a frieze, three arched niches with figures, altar and incense.

Decorative Design

Pencil sketch of a river landscape with hills, a distant snowy peak, trees, and handwritten color notes below.

View along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink and wash drawing of a pyramid-shaped mausoleum with a columned temple front, stepped terrace, and arcaded colonnade.

Mausoleum

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pen and wash drawing of a decorative frieze with putti, oval shields, a grotesque mask, and small landscape scenes.

Design for the Decoration of a Frieze

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Pencil sketch of fern fronds and bamboo on tan paper, with handwritten color notes and a round museum stamp.

Botanical Sketches of Ferns and Bamboo, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil study of a dense cluster of trees with spreading branches on a sloping hillside, drawn on toned paper.

Study of Trees, North Conway, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and ink sketch of two decorative friezes with rosettes, flowers and a meander ribbon, with handwritten color notes.

Recto: Two Friezes with Flowers Verso: Sketch for a Decorative Painting

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a hilly ridge with clouds and handwritten colour notes on grey paper, Jamaica, 1860.

Mountain Ridge with Clouds, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of two seated nude infants seen from behind, one with both arms raised, on cream paper.

Study for "The Beneficence of the Law," Essex County Courthouse, Newark, NJ

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pen and brown wash sketch of garden fountains with reclining stone figures, a balustrade, and a standing woman in a gown.

Fountains

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a broken carved column capital with acanthus leaves beside a camel head with bridle.

Column Capital and Head of a Camel, as-Samu, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860