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Pencil sketch of a lone canoeist on misty, calm water with faint horizon lines and a reflection beneath the boat.

Canoe Rider in the Fog, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of a whitewashed church with a tall bell tower, tiled roofs and a picket fence under a cloudy sky.

Parish Church of Our Lady of Chiquinquira del Cerrito, Chiquinquira, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash drawing of architectural ornaments with an urn, griffin relief, and acanthus scrolls, with handwritten calculati

Architectural Studies and Accounting

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate altar elevation with winged figures, putti, balustrade and carved pedestals.

Design for the Elevation of an Altar with Alternative Suggestions

Francesco Solimena, 1690

Watercolor and ink stage design of a palace interior with arches, columns, and a staircase seen through a large arched openin

Stage Design, Palace Courtyards and Staircases

Bibiena Family, 1800

Pencil study of two cherub heads, one looking up and one sleeping, with sketched feathered wings on pale paper.

Study for Two Cherubim

Francesco Solimena, 1700

Pencil sketch of layered mountains above a valley with shrubs in the foreground and handwritten notes below.

Mountains and Valley, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Drawing of a rococo ceiling design with a central circular medallion, scrollwork panels, garlands, and putti on blue-grey pap

Design for a ceiling

Robert de Cotte, 1720

Pencil and white highlight sketch of a mountain valley with a snow-capped peak, agave plants, and a small hut in the foregrou

View of Chimborazo near Guaranda, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash design with draped curtains, oval medallions, cherubs and columns in a symmetrical decorative scheme.

Decoration for the marriage of Prince Paluzzo Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Watercolor architectural section of a classical villa interior with columns, pediment, reliefs, statues and vaulted cellars.

Section of a Villa

called Le Romain Francois Soufflot, 1770

Pencil sketches on paper of arches, a palm tree, a horseback rider, ornate capitals and a gabled facade, labeled Ceiling of H

Mixed Sketches around Jaffa, Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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

Pencil sketch of a conical mountain peak with rolling ridgelines, with a handwritten note in the lower right corner.

Haystack Mountain from Littleton, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Unfinished watercolor design with floral garlands, wheat stalks and rose vines for a waistcoat embroidery, dated 1780.

Design for the Embroidery of the Left Bottom Corner of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," "Gilet" Design…

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Pencil sketch of a sailboat with full sails above a line of crashing waves on cream paper.

Sailboat and Crashing Wave

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

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

Pencil drapery study of a reclining woman in flowing robes over a squared grid, with an inscription naming the figure Traditi

Study for "The Common Law," "The Reign of the Law," Appellate Division Court House, New York, NY

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Pen and wash drawing of a columned gallery interior with framed paintings, figures at a draped table, and handwritten Dutch l

Diagram of a painting by Gonzales Coques and others, "Interior with Figures in a Picture Gallery," 1672 (Mauritshuis)

Flemish Gonzales Coques, 1700

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

Watercolor design of an angular border filled with pink, purple and blue flowering branches for a waistcoat embroidery.

Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

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

Brown ink plan of a sepulchral building with arched niches and column rows over a pencil grid, by Giuseppe Barberi, 1780.

Plan of Sepulchral Building

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

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

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

Pencil sketch of a seabird, a rowboat with a seated figure, rocky cliffs and a distant shoreline over water.

Sketches from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil drawing on grey paper of folded drapery around a bowed figure, with white chalk highlights on the cloth folds.

Drapery Study for "A Magdalen"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

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

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

Colored architectural drawing of a symmetrical monument with winged Liberty figure atop a central tower, flanked by seated al

Design for a Monument Commemorating Systematization of Weights and Measures in France

Jean-Jacques Lequeu, 1800

Pencil sketch of a mountain range and hills with handwritten color notes on cream paper.

Mountains near Toluca, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketches on paper of two army mules in harness, a wagon with wheels, and a wheel with loose shapes.

Four Small Sketches of Army Mules and Wagon

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil and chalk sketch of a low landscape under rain-streaked clouds, with handwritten notes along the bottom edge.

Landscape with Rain

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of Niagara Falls with cliffs, a treeline, and faint arcs of a double rainbow above the water.

Double Rainbow over Niagara Falls, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

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

Coat of Arms

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of artillery horses with riders and a wagon outline, mounted on a grey sketchbook page.

Artillery Horses with Riders

Winslow Homer, 1860

Grey wash drawing of a veiled woman offering a bowl to a seated bearded man and a boy in classical dress.

Sketch for an Unused Scene for a Cartoon for Cotton Printing: La Vie de Bélisaire

B. M. Lebert, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged figure holding scales of Libra among swirling clouds, in a semicircular lunette format

Libra, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged figure riding a leaping goat-like creature inside a lunette-shaped frame.

Capricorn, Lunette for Ceiling of the Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 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

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

Pen and wash drawing of Piazza del Popolo in Rome with an obelisk, twin domed churches, and pedestrians in the foreground.

Piazza del Popolo, Rome

Jean-Baptiste Lallemand, 1740

Brown ink drawing of a classical tomb with two draped figures, a lion, laurel wreath, cherubs and flaming urns.

Sepulchral Monument for Writer Vecei

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pencil sketch of a young girl with her hair in a bun, seated on a step in a long dress, looking toward the viewer.

Girl Seated on a Step

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of an overdoor design with a star medallion in a garland wreath above an arched pediment on pilasters.

Project for an Overdoor

Carlo Marchionni, 1650

Loose oil sketch of the Acropolis ruins on a hill under a hazy sun, with green slopes and a small white building in the foreg

View of the Acropolis, Athens

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketches of marching infantry soldiers and two standing figures in hats, with practice signatures written along the to

Sketches of Single Infantry Figures and Practice Signatures

Winslow Homer, 1860

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

Standing Woman

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Sunset sketch of Mount Katahdin rising above a pink-reflecting lake with a dark wooded shore at right.

Mt. Katahdin, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

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 sketch of a wooden Swiss chalet with steep shingled roofs, carved gable trim, a balcony railing and a staircase.

Swiss Chalet

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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

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

Pencil drawing of an ancient-style footed krater with scroll handles and a frieze of small classical figures.

A Krater

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of large broad leaves of a plant with handwritten notes, a small standing figure in a hat, and a hair sketch at

Large-Leaved Plant and a Figure, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink drawing of Apollo with a lyre and a winged Cupid in a classical riverside landscape with ancient buildings.

Apollo with lyre and Love

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

Pen and brown wash drawing of bearded Jupiter reclining on clouds, offering a cup to an eagle beside him.

Jupiter

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of two ornamental pedestals decorated with cherub heads, garlands and egg-and-dart moldings.

Pedestal

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Hazy brown and green valley with rounded mountains under a grey sky, with trees in the foreground at left.

Mountainous Landscape, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860