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Brown ink and wash drawing of an elevated bed alcove with swagged curtains, fringed canopy and tasselled pelmet.

Elevation of a Bed Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Watercolor design drawing of a five-armed candlestick with gilt scrolls, green foliage, fluted column and paw feet.

Design for a Candlestick

Luigi Righetti, 1810

Brown ink drawing of two oval Madonna and Child reliefs above a bearded herm and a winged chimera.

Two Drawings of the Madonna and Child in Ovals, Studies after Giambologna and Alfonzo da Ferrero; Herm and Chimera, a…

Felice Giani, 1820

Grey wash drawing of a royal catafalque with draped canopy, crown, oval portrait medallion, candelabra and standing figures.

Catafalque for a king

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Pencil sketch of a rocky valley with cliffs, terraces, and distant hills under an empty sky.

El Yemen Valley, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Graphite study of a bare foot with toes and ankle shaded on grey paper, with handwritten notes in the margin.

Study for Foot of Matthew in "Christiana and Her Children"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ovoid tureen with eagle pedestal, sphinx finial and scroll handles.

Design for a Tureen

Johann Nepomuk Muxel, 1820

Charcoal sketch of a cavalry soldier raising a sword while mounted on a horse, drawn on tan paper.

Cavalry Soldier with Sword on Horseback

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown wash drawing of a knight on a rearing horse lancing a dragon beneath him, with handwritten text along the bottom.

St. George and the Dragon

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Brown ink drawing of four vertical pilaster designs with oval medallions, floral garlands, ribbon bows, open books and foliag

Designs for Decorated Pilasters

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor design of an ornate interior wall with gilded moldings, floral textile panels, and a bronze bust on a marquetry co

Section of a wall, Queen's bedroom

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Brown ink sketch of a monument in a domed church interior, with studies of a kneeling angel, a standing man, and architectura

Sketchbook Page, Folio 64: Study after Bolognese Architecture and Monuments, Including Arch of San Domenico; Verso: G…

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and wash drawing of a small domed pavilion on columns, with a handwritten Italian dedication to Apollo at upper right.

Elevation of a Small Round Domed Room

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a sepulchral monument with a statue on top and two seated female figures flanking the base.

Sepulchral monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Ducks

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Painted study of tall Corinthian columns and fallen stones among grassy ruins under a pale sky.

Pillars of the Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Grey wash drawing of an ornamental lamp with flame finial, fluted pedestal, garland reliefs and stepped base.

Project for a Lamp

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Blue-grey wash drawing of the crowned Virgin Mary on clouds, surrounded by angels and saints in a heavenly scene.

Recto: Coronation of the Virgin

Belisario Corenzio, 1640

Watercolor architectural drawing of a chapel elevation with altar and columns, with a floor plan below and small ornament stu

A Chapel; Elevation and Floor Plan

Felice Giani, 1820

Red chalk sketch of a muscular male figure with arms raised above a reclining figure on cream paper.

Study for a the maenad, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Drawing of six square panels in brown ink showing trophies of armor, helmets, swords, shields and a laurel-topped urn.

Decoration of six panels

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a round castle tower on a hillside with handwritten color notes in the margins.

Corner Tower at Tourbillon Castle, Sion, Switzerland

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a crouching nude woman with bowed head, hands near grass, loose hatched shading in background.

Crouching Female Nude

James Wells Champney, 1880

Brown wash drawing of allegorical figures, a winged woman pointing beside a helmeted seated woman, with a bust and the words

Monument for an Accademia della Pace

Felice Giani, 1810

Red chalk drawing of a standing male figure in draped cloth, with one arm extended, on a torn sheet of paper.

Study of Standing Figure

Study of a Head of a Young Man in Renaissance Attire

Fortunato Duranti, 1800

Graphite and white chalk study of a seated female nude with extended arm, plus sketched hand and leg fragments on toned paper

Female Nude, Study of Peace for "Justice and Peace"

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and ink sheet of decorative studies with putti, garlands, candelabra motifs and coffered ceiling designs with Italian not

Decorative Studies; Verso: Anatomical Studies

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown wash painting of a young girl in a white dress and bonnet beside a spring with water jugs, under a tree.

Young girl getting water at a spring

Thomas Sully, 1830

Pencil and white chalk sketch on blue-grey paper of two bearded older men with studies of their hands.

Two Studies of Daniel Huntington for "The Atlantic Cable Projectors"

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Brown ink drawing of a tall decorative panel with a winged female figure, draped fabric, cornucopia and scrolled ornament.

Design for a Painted Panel

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1770

Circular pen drawing of a sun chariot with horses, winged figures and draped women among clouds, with reclining figures below

The Sun, the Hours, and the Seasons, for Palazzo Gessi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a sarcophagus-style monument with a central medallion portrait and two draped figures.

Project for an Epitaph in High Relief

Vincenzo Gajassi, 1830

Brown ink and wash design for a vertical decorative panel with a classical statue, scrolls, foliage and a temple facade.

Design for the Decoration of a Panel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and wash design drawing of a three-armed candelabrum with floral motifs, an urn with figures, and a plan view below.

Design for a Candelabrum

Jean-Louis Prieur the Younger, 1780

Graphite study of a seated crowned woman in draped robes holding an open book, with a grid and handwritten colour notes.

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

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Etching of a jester figure with a spear facing a winged serpent on a rock, beside a thatched pavilion and pine branches.

Plate 6, "Suite de douze Pêcheurs et Chasseurs"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1770

Engraved title page with an oval laurel-wreath border announcing bronze sculpture designs by Jean François Forty.

Title Page

Jean François Forty, 1770

Engraved plate showing Doric entablement, cornice, impost and archivolt profiles with column shaft and scale bar.

Developpement de l'Entablement Dorique avec Corniche, Imposte, Archivolte à l'usage des Portes et Fenêtres

Flemish Jean-François de Neufforge, 1760

Etching of a man in a wide hat leaning on a fence beside a tall fern and a flowering plant on a brick pillar.

Man in a Garden

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1770

Etching of three goats resting under a large tree, with rolling hills, distant buildings and cloudy sky behind.

The Three Goats

Claude Lorrain, 1630

Red-ink trophy design with a cross, crown, open book, sword, trumpet and foliage in a double-ruled border.

Trophy Design

P. Moithey, 1780

Two engraved arabesque panel designs with urns, scrolls, doves and draped female figures, on a book page.

Two Arabesque Panel Designs

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1770

Engraved design of a two-candle wall sconce with scrolled arms, laurel wreath and garlands on a printed page.

Bras de Cheminée à la moderne

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1770

Engraved plate of an arched double door with an overdoor scene of putti, flanked by ornate panels, with a scale bar below.

Decoration de Porte a placards dans son chambranle fermé par le haut en anse de panier

Jean Mariette, 1680

Engraved elevation of a multi-story stone house facade with dormer windows, pediments, and shopfronts on the ground floor.

Maison Rue Neuve Notre-Dame; Facade Demolié en 1828

A. Lenoir, 1600

Engraved title page with three putti on clouds above French inscription naming Boucher's fifth book of child groups.

Title Page

Jacques Gabriel Huquier, 1770

Engraved ornamental vase with dolphin handles, a lion mask at the base, and a relief frieze of nude figures on its body.

Ornamental Vase Design

Edmé Bouchardon, 1730

Red chalk drawing of an ornamental covered urn with lion head handles, acanthus scrolls and a laurel garland with cameo.

Ornamental Vase Design

A. Panier, 1790

Engraved design of a stove in an arched niche, with a classical urn of flowers above a decorated base and a scale bar.

Design for a Stove

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Engraved plate showing a draped bed in plan and side elevation with tassels, bolsters, and a scale bar.

Lit à la Polonaise à tombeau retroussé à la Chinoise

Pierre Ranson, 1790

Engraved plate of oval snuff boxes with ornate rosette lid, plain lid, and a base with a medallion and garlands.

Boëtes ou Tabatieres

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Engraved allegory of Pallas guiding an infant beside Father Time with a scythe, a nursing mother, books, a globe and a palett

The Education of Infancy by Time and Nature

Hieronymus Sperling, 1770

Engraved plate of a classical urn on a pedestal with a central title panel reading III Suite de Vases.

Iiie. Suite de Vases

Jacques-Philippe de Beauvais, 1760

Engraved print of two floral tailpieces: an upper oak branch with acorns and a lower bouquet of roses, grapes and blossoms.

Two Floral Tailpieces or Fleurons

Jean-Jacques Bachelier, 1760

Engraved design of an ornate urn with female head handles, grapevines, fluted body and floral finial on a stepped pedestal.

Ornamental Vase Design

François Voisin, 1780

Engraved vertical ornament design with winged figures, urns, garlands and a medallion of three classical figures.

Arabesque Ornament Design

Charles Normand, 1780

Engraved design of a neoclassical table with a draped female caryatid supporting a scrolled top and an urn with relief figure

Design for Table, Plate 2 from "Six Tables Grecques & Pendules"

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1770

Engraved architectural elevations of a building facade and a courtyard half-moon structure with arches and columns.

Elevation du costé de la Maison et de l’edifice de Monsr. Jabba coe il a esté proietté et comme estoit la premiere pe…

Jean Marot, 1630

Engraved architectural elevation and floor plan of a manor house with towers, dormers and central arched entrance.

Profil de la Maison de Monsieur de Bretonvillers

Jean Marot, 1630

Engraved rococo cartouche design with an eagle, peacock, grapes, garden tools and shells around an empty central panel.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Garden

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved ornamental cartouche with putti, trophies, a central mask and griffins, on a cream page.

Cartouche Design

Jean-Bernard Turreau, 1710

Engraving of two roosters perched on the rim of a footed bowl decorated with a flower garland and bows.

Design for a Vase

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, 1760

Engraving of an elderly saint carried by two winged angels through an arched hall, with monks watching and Latin text below.

St. Peter Nolasque Carried to Offices by Angels

Claude Mellan, 1620