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Charcoal and pastel drawing of three robed figures in an oval frame, one raising a torch against a pale disk.

Decorative Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Four brown ink and wash studies of mythological scenes with nude figures, putti, a centaur, and a winged lyre player.

Glauco and Scylla, study after Agostino Carracci

Felice Giani, 1820

Watercolor embroidery design of purple flowers, red poppies and wheat beside a looping gold ribbon with tassels.

Design for the Embroidery of the Top Part of a Man's Coat, Pattern No. 1410 of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Pen and grey wash drawing of a kneeling saint gazing up at a cross in clouds, with angels and cherubs in an arched frame.

A Saint's Vision of the Cross

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, 1830

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated classical woman and a winged child beside an ornate flaming oil lamp.

Oil lamp

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Brown ink drawing of an urn vase with satyr masks and grape vines on an octagonal pedestal with sphinx figures.

Design for a Vase on an Octagonal Pedestal

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Loose pencil sketch of a seated man with crossed legs, plus small studies of a shoe and hand on cream paper.

Figures

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate ewer with a bird on its spout, putti reliefs, fruit garlands and vine foliage.

Design for a panel decoration showing a ewer, for a plate in the "Recueil d' Ornements"

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1780

Pencil and wash sketch of a seated figure in a wide-brimmed hat on a wooden wagon bench under a curved canvas cover.

Back of an Army Wagon

Winslow Homer, 1860

Graphite sketch of dancing women in flowing draperies, with studies arranged in a chain across the top and groups below.

Study for a dancing women, “Moods to Music,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Watercolor design sheet of two andirons with sphinx heads, a Medusa mask, winged figures and an urn on a green panel.

Design for two andirons

Tournai Lefebvre Manufactory, 1800

Hazy brown and green mountain slopes with trees in the foreground under a pale, cloudy sky, painted in oil on paper.

Mountains of Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketches of two heraldic shield designs with scrolled ornament on a pale sheet of paper.

Coat of Arms

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Ink and wash drawing of classical ruins with columns, urns, and small figures bathing beneath trees.

Architectural Fantasy with Figures Bathing

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pencil sketch of two women in period dress, one seated and one standing, with downcast faces and loose drapery.

Standing Woman

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of classical ruins with fluted columns, an urn, and small figures among receding arches.

Ruin Fantasy

Louis Joseph le Lorrain, 1770

Pencil study of the Virgin and Child with a winged angel standing at left, drawn in loose sketched lines on pale paper.

The Virgin and Child with an Angel

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pen and ink architectural drawing with a front elevation of an arched building above a circular ground plan and small figures

Project for a building; point de vue in a park

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch on cream paper of a monkey's head with a crouching monkey study below and the word What written beside it.

Monkey

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Sepia ink and wash drawing of a seated putto leaning on a stone tomb beneath feathery trees and plants.

Angel with Tomb

Minardi Tommaso, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a candelabrum topped by a draped female figure on a classical pedestal with a wreath.

Candelstick

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Graphite sketch of a seated woman with head tilted up, arm resting on a ledge, hand gathering drapery.

Sketch for a Portrait of a Seated Woman

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing in two scenes: a seated queen receives two warriors above, and figures with cupids in a rocky land

Aeneas and Achates before Dido; the Love of Aeneas and Dido

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown wash drawing of a tiered funerary monument with mourning reliefs, a cross on top, and flaming urns on each side.

Funerarl Decorations for Louis XVI of France

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pencil study of a kneeling nude man with clasped hands, drawn on tan paper as preparation for a painting.

Nude Male Figure, Study for "Communion of the Sick"

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Watercolor design drawing of an ovoidal tureen with draped female supports, scroll handles, a shield crest, and a figural fin

Design for an Ovoidal Tureen

Pietro Belli, 1800

Pen and wash design drawing of a Baroque altar with Corinthian columns, angels, putti and a monogrammed cartouche.

Design for an altar of the Virgin

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Pencil study of a right hand resting on the edge of a book, with a striped sleeve and faint sketch lines below.

Study of Right Hand on a Book

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and brown ink drawing of an architectural monument with a seated reading figure in an oval niche and a putto.

Design for a monument

Corrado Giaquinto, 1740

Pen and wash design drawing of a lidded silver coffee urn with a lion head ring handle, spigot, and fluted legs.

Design for a Silver Coffee Urn

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820