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Watercolor of a palace wall with a Flemish tapestry of a rider, gilt frame, carved cabinet, and upholstered armchair.

Section of a wall showing portion of Flemish tapestry, Tapestry room, Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Brown wash drawing of a garden with a monumental urn, obelisk, cypresses, an umbrella pine and two small figures on a path.

Fantasy of a Garden with a Monumental Urn, Sculptures, and a Fountain

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1730

Grey wash drawing of an ornate ewer with scrolled handle, fruit garlands, a central mask, and reclining putti.

Design for a Decorative Ewer

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1760

Pencil sketch of a crowned figure on a spotted horse with figures below, annotated with handwritten color notes.

Ornament with Royal Procession

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of a sloping mountain ridge with hatched shading, shrubs in the foreground and handwritten notes on the page.

Portion of a Mountain Panorama, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of two trophy designs with tools, drapery and wreaths above an inscribed plinth with flowers.

Designs for Two Trophies: Stonecutters and Goldsmiths

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1780

Charcoal and white chalk study of a standing draped female figure with heavy folds of cloth on grey paper.

Study for a standing woman with child, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pen and brown ink drawing of two winged putti with wreath and thyrsus staff flying in a circular frame over clouds.

Two Flying Putti with Attributes of Dionysus

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and ink design for a vertical panel with drapery, flower garlands, a central cherub face and birds at the base.

Design for a panel

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1780

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat with arms gesturing outward, drawn in loose graphite lines.

Actor

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pen and ink sketch sheet with multiple scenes: a knight fighting a dragon, a battle, and classical figures.

St.George and the Dragon by Raphael; Biblical Scene; Disposition by Caravaggio; Ero e Leandro; Love by Lambert Sustri…

Brown ink design sheet with cherubs, a lion, an oval shield, caryatids and a SEMPER banner, for stained glass.

Design for Stained Glass in the Laurentian Library, Florence, Italy

Wouter Crabeth I, 1580

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a hat and long dress, drawn in loose quick lines on cream paper.

Woman

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical domed pavilion with columns, lattice panels, and a flower-crowned head finial.

Centerpiece

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor of a steep mountain gorge with cascading white waterfalls and sunlit cliffs beneath a blue sky.

Toltec Gorge and Eva Cliff from the West, Colorado

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pen and grey wash drawing of a trophy arrangement with a cross, chalice, trumpets, shield, laurel and flowering branches.

Trophy with Symbols of the Virtues

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Pen and wash design drawing of a rococo wall panel and fireplace with a pastoral scene framed by scrolling ornament.

Design for a Wall Panel with Fireplace

Johann August Nahl the Elder, 1740

Pencil study of two bird wings with detailed feather shading on cream paper, with faint guidelines.

Study for "Contemplative Spirit of the East," Minnesota State Capitol, St. Paul, MN

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Oil sketch of a standing Bedouin man in dark robe and yellow headwrap, holding a long rifle against a brown background.

Standing Bedouin Figure

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink studies of ornate candlesticks and candelabra with foliage and putti, with handwritten notes at top.

Candlesticks, Probably for the Palazzo Altieri, Rome

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Loose pencil sketch of a standing figure with a head covering on a pale sheet of paper.

Figure

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of three stacked trapezoid decorative panels with mythological figures, putti, centaurs and flowers.

Decorative Project: Three Trapezoids with Flora and Zefiro

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil study of a woman's left arm and hand reaching toward a coin, with a separate sketch of her right hand above.

Studies of the Left Arm and Right Hand of a Woman

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil study of a swan with spread wing and curved neck beside a column and scrollwork, on pale paper.

Study for "The Sources of Wealth," Union Trust Company Building, Cleveland, OH

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pencil and watercolor sketch of gnarled cypress tree trunks in a grove, with a small building at the right edge.

Cypress Trees of Chapultepec, Mexico

Samuel Colman, 1890

Brown wash drawing of an arched stone doorway with an inscription DOMVS, dimension lines, and handwritten notes beside it.

Doorway for a town mansion

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and wash drawing of a baroque architectural title page with a saint slaying a dragon and skeleton figures in niches.

Title Page, Part 9, from an Album of Drawings belonging to Don Gaspero Méndez de Haro y Guzman

Gasparo Mendez de Haro y Guzman, 1800

Red chalk and grey wash drawing of several architectural window cases and pediments with scrolled and shell ornaments.

Window Cases with Alternate Suggestions

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Graphite sketch of a seated nude woman with one arm raised to her head and legs crossed, on aged paper.

Study of a female figure

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Watercolor design of a radiant monstrance with angels, clouds, and two kneeling angels supporting a draped cloth below.

Project for a Ostensory

Luigi Righetti, 1800