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Pen and ink drawing of a castle tower on a rocky hill above a river, with dense hatched foliage and sky.

Imaginary Landscape with Castle

Frederic Edwin Church, 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

Brown ink drawing of a wooded landscape with large trees, a pond, a seated figure, and distant hills.

Wooded Landscape with a Pond

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 1650

Pen and wash drawing of an altar elevation with Corinthian columns, a painted angel scene, and draped fabric with a plan belo

Design for an Altar: Elevation, with Trompe l'Oeil Plan Below

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Pencil sketch of a jagged iceberg with layered faces and a low tapering section extending to the right on cream paper.

Iceberg near Belle Isle, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and watercolor sketch of cows grazing and resting in a pasture beside trees, in soft brown and gray tones.

Cows in a Pasture

Winslow Homer, 1850

Pencil sketch of a girl in a dress and striped stockings swinging from a tree branch, by Winslow Homer.

Girl on a Swing

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pencil sketch of rugged mountains under clouds, with handwritten notes reading Silver grey and golden brown.

Mountains in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of ornate candlesticks with tapered candles, putti, a sphinx figure, and obelisk-shaped bases.

Candlesticks

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a domed classical building with colonnade above a columned monument with obelisk spire.

Elevations of a Mausoleum

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of an ornamental stone relief with scrolls and leaves above a ledge, with two round fragments below.

Tomb Decorations in the Museum of Athens, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Grey wash drawing of a theatrical Egyptian temple courtyard with staircases, columns, a winged disk, and braziers.

Stage Design, Courtyard of an Egyptian Temple

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, 1800

Pencil sketch of a man and woman standing close in an embrace, with a small head study at upper right.

Man and woman

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Pencil sketch of mountains and a yellow plain with handwritten colour notes and small clouds above.

Mountains in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Watercolor elevation of a large mansion with steep slate roofs, dormers, arched windows and a balcony, set on a lawn.

Elevation of Mansion

Whitney Warren Jr, 1900

Sepia ink and wash elevation of a classical palace facade with arched doorways, columns, and statues along the roofline.

Elevation of a Palace

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of three men coaling, one thrusting a pole, one standing, one bending with a load, plus a head study.

Coaling Up

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Dense tropical vines with heart-shaped leaves and small flowers climb against a dark brown background.

Philodendron Vines, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridges and hazy hills on cream paper, with handwritten notes in the lower center.

Mountainous Landscape, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

White floral border design on brown ground, with repeated daisy bouquets above and bell-shaped blossoms in a band below.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of two trophy pyramids topped by winged trumpeting Victory figures, with Italian handwritten notes.

Two Designs for a Pile of Trophies Surmounted by a Figure of Victory (or Fame)

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Charcoal drawing of a man in a wide-brimmed hat resting on a rocky ledge, smoking a pipe, with a hazy landscape behind him.

Mountain Climber Resting

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing of an altar elevation in a paneled private chapel, with small figures on the altar ledge.

Elevation of an altar in a private chapel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of a Gothic-style stage interior with pointed arches, statues on pedestals, and a hanging lamp.

Stage Design, A Queen's Apartment from the ballet "Il Conte d'Essex" by Gaetano Gioja, first performed at La Scala in…

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Brown ink wash drawing of the Virgin rising on clouds with angels, while a crowd gazes upward below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of rolling hill ridgelines on tan paper, with faint handwritten notes at top and bottom.

View from Flamstead, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a symmetrical acanthus scroll ornament with small animals and birds among the leaves.

Design for Acanthus Rinceaux with Animals and Birds

Giulio Romano, 1540

Grey ink drawing of ancient Roman tombs with large inscribed urns, carved reliefs and trees against a pale sky.

Stage Design, Ancient Roman Tombs

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Grey ink and wash drawing of an imagined oriental town with tall temple towers, terraces, pavilions and distant mountains.

Stage Design, Oriental Town

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, 1800

Pencil sketch of an alpine valley with snowy peaks, meadows, trees and small farmhouses, inscribed Berchtesgaden.

Near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Grey wash drawing of a circular interior with a ring of columns, arched niches and a coffered ceiling.

Stage Design, Interior of Circular Building

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Loose oil sketch of a snowy winter landscape at sunset with dark clouds, a wooded knoll, and glowing distant hills.

Winter Landscape at Sunset, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Ink and grey wash drawing of an ornate ewer with a scrolling handle, two putti, fruit garlands and swags.

Design for a Ewer

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pencil sketch of a sky over low hills with handwritten colour notes and a date along the bottom edge.

Sunset over the Catskills, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of two mountain peaks above rolling hills and trees, with handwritten place notes along the bottom edge.

Welch Mountain in Waterville and Thornton, New Hampshire, from Sandwich Notch Road, Campton

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Watercolor of a river reflecting pale cliffs and a red-capped rock formation, with cottonwood trees on the left bank.

Green River, Wyoming Territory

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pencil sketch of layered cliffs with horizontal rock strata and handwritten notes on tan paper.

Straits of Belle Isle, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of clouds over a sea horizon and rocky shore, with handwritten colour notes on grey paper.

Clouds

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil and white chalk study of a seated woman in an off-shoulder dress, with studies of hands, a quill and an open book.

Study of Woman for "Philosophy and Christian Art"

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil sketch of five icebergs on a horizon line, with white highlights and handwritten dates July 5th and July 6th.

Five Floating Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and grey wash drawing of two winged female figures flanking an oval cartouche above clouds, one playing a trumpet.

The coat of arms of a prelate

Filippo Marchionni, 1740

Brown ink drawing of a seated robed figure reading a book on clouds, with two winged angels holding palm fronds.

St. Paul in the Clouds with Angels and Palms

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and grey wash drawing of a landscape with ruins, a palm tree and a standing figure, set within an ornate decorative frame

Study for The Fleece of Gideon, Plate 375, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720

Pencil sketch of a rocky plain with boulders, a lone tree, and distant mountains, with handwritten colour notes.

Mountainous Landscape with Boulders, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Trinity above apostles Peter and Paul, with angels, a cross, and clouds.

The Trinity and the Apostles, St. Peter and St. Paul

Gaetano Gandolfi, 1770

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a graveyard with tombstones, a pond with reeds, and a church spire under cloudy sky.

Graveyard

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1870

Pencil sketch of a seated man on a boat deck beside a mast, with sea and rigging sketched in the background.

Man on Deck with Ship's Bell

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pen and brown wash drawing of three ornamental pillar capitals with rams, a mask, scrolls, and a griffin-like figure.

Three capitals of pillars, with alternative suggestions

Filippo Marchionni, 1800

Pen and watercolor design for a ceiling with a central archer goddess, putti, urns, and rococo scrollwork in red and blue.

Design for a Ceiling Decoration

Hubert François Gravelot, 1740

Pencil and white-heightened sketch of tree roots, branches, wispy clouds and wildflowers on tan paper, by Frederic Edwin Chur

The Canadian Bank, Niagara Falls, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor design for an oblong panel with an urn, scrolls, ribbons, a caduceus and floral cornucopias on a pale ground.

Project for the Decoration of an Oblong Panel

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1780

Muted sketch of a mountain rising above a still lake with dark trees along the shore and soft clouds overhead.

Mt. Katahdin from Katahdin Lake, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of rococo scrollwork, acanthus leaves, and a cartouche on a pale sheet.

Decoration of an Oblong Panel and an Escutcheon

Filippo Marchionni

Pencil sketch of a lake with wooded shore in front and mountains behind, with a small boat on the water.

Landscape Sketch, Walker Pond, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Girl Holding a Shell

Winslow Homer, 1870

Grey wash drawing of Vernal Falls cascading past a domed granite peak, with pines and a rocky stream in Yosemite.

Vernal Falls, Yosemite

Thomas Moran, 1900

Architectural elevation drawing of a symmetrical library facade with columns, tall windows and a central entrance on tan pape

Study for the Fifth Avenue Elevation of the New York Public Library

Whitney Warren Jr, 1890

Pen and brown wash drawing of a church facade with pediment, central urn niche, flanking statues and columns at the doorway.

Church, Monte Vergine

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of a bearded herm figure on a scrolled pedestal topped by an Ionic capital, with handwritten notes.

Project for a Herm

Domenico Peruzzini, 1720

Pale sketch of the American Falls at Niagara with snowy rocks, bare trees and mist, drawn in graphite and white highlights.

The American Falls in Snow, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a man seated on a ship deck, head raised, with diagonal rigging lines in the upper right.

Man on a Deck Striking a Ship's Bell

Winslow Homer, 1900

Grey wash drawing of a woodland bacchanal with satyrs, nymphs, a statue, wine jars and grapes beneath trees.

Bacchanalian Scene

Johann Sebastian Bach, 1770

Ink and wash design study with an octagonal central panel of classical figures and a cupid, flanked by two round roundels.

Peace, Vaulted Panel, Sala d' Onore and the Appartmento Napoleonico, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810