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Pencil sketch sheet with studies of heads, a seated child, and a woman holding a child, with a museum stamp.

Beggars, Venice, Italy

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long dress seen from behind, with smaller study sketches of a piano and figures on tan paper.

Woman Standing Before a Piano

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch sheet of tropical plants including palms, flowering spikes and broad leaves, with handwritten colour notes.

Botanical Sketches near Jorje, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pastel portrait of a young woman with curled hair holding pink and white flowers against a dark blue background.

Portrait of a Woman

Rosalba Carriera, 1710

Brown ink and wash drawing of Apollo in a chariot pulled by winged horses across clouds, within an octagonal frame.

Apollo in his Chariot with Aurora, Sala Ottogonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Graphite sketch of distant mountains, tropical plants, tree trunks, and studies of men in hats, with handwritten notes.

River Bank with Mountains and Clouds, Three Plants, and Men with Hats, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pastel study of a nude woman kneeling, seen from behind, with one arm raised, on pale paper.

Study for a kneeling woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pen and ink ceiling design with an oval medallion, scrolling foliage, small figures, and a decorative border on pale paper.

Design for One Quarter of a Ceiling with a Central Circular Decoration

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil caricature of a balding man with wide eyes, bushy mustache and heavy jaw on tan paper.

Caricature

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of Daniel among lions with a winged angel descending above an arched architectural setting.

Daniel in the Lion's Den

Pietro Novelli, 1640

Woman in a Sunbonnet

Winslow Homer, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of three vertical ornamental pilaster strips with scrollwork, birds, and a central oval medallion.

Design for the Decoration of Three Pilaster Strips

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Decorative embroidery design with yellow leaves, blue flowers, garlands, and birds including a peacock on a pale ground.

Design for Embroidery, Gentleman's Waistcoat Pocket

Mademoiselle Calva, 1770

Colored drawing of a neoclassical salon chimney wall with columns, statues, green central panel and swagged drapery above.

Elevation of Salon Chimney Wall

Pierre Louis Moreau Desproux, 1770

Pen and brown wash drawing of five console table designs with candlesticks and figural supports, numbered 94.

Designs for Five Console Tables, Three with Candlesticks, Probably for Rooms in the Palazzo Altieri, Rome

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornamental cartouche with foliage, putti at the corners and a bird above, blank center.

Designs for Cartouches

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Brown ink drawing of an angel kneeling before an elderly man beside a well, with standing robed figures in an arched architec

Copy after Annunciation of the Angel to Zechariah

Andrea del Sarto

Pencil sketch of a seated draped woman beside a tall urn on a stepped pedestal with a garland.

Study after a Funeral Monument and Study after Frieze

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated nude male figure with one arm outstretched, drawn on brown paper.

Sketch for Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Ink and wash drawing of two friezes with allegorical figures, chariots, horses, and winged putti.

Personification of Two of the Elements

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a kettle drum with tuning keys, a chair and a faint background figure behind it.

Kettle Drum

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a tall tree with bare and leafy branches above rocks, with a small figure at lower left.

Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Charcoal and chalk study on brown paper of a muscular arm and torso, with an inscription reading Il Sansone fece in the corne

Study: The left arm and the neighboring parts of the body of an elderly man

called Il Sansone Giuseppe Marchesi, 1720

Portrait Study of Annie A. Brush, Seated in Profile

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Watercolor design of a gilded candlestick with a winged female figure holding a laurel wreath beside a lit candle.

Design for a Bronze Candlestick

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, 1810

Pen and watercolor drawing of a seated bearded god on clouds with winged figures, musicians, and an altar inscribed PACE.

Olympus

Felice Giani, 1810

Oil sketch of a lake among wooded hills at sunset, with a bright sun reflected on the water and a rounded mountain at left.

Eagle Lake Viewed from Cadillac Mountain, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash design drawing of a bedroom alcove with draped curtains and a frieze of figures above.

Design for Bedroom Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Red chalk study of several heads and a seated child with drapery by Giovanni Battista Naldini, 1570.

Study of man, woman and child heads, sitting child

Giovanni Battista Naldini, 1570

Pencil sketches of robed figures and dogs on tan paper, with handwritten color notes annotating the clothing.

Figure Sketches with Dogs, Port Said, Egypt

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860