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Painting of a sunlit cumulus cloud rising over a calm sea horizon, with pink wispy clouds in a pale blue sky.

Clouds at Sea

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown wash design for spandrel decoration showing a bearded man with a raised sword and a child within arched frames.

Design for Spandral Decoration

Charcoal drawing of a seated nude woman beside a swan, with a small pencil sketch of a crouching figure below.

Girl with Swan

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Circular painted design of a seated woman in pink drapery raising a cup, with two white doves above, on a gold ground.

Venus (Design for a Wall Painting)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of rocky peaks and a shallow pool of water in a rugged landscape.

Still life

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Pencil sketch of canoes on water, a man rowing in a hat, and a seated figure with a pot on a bank.

Sketches of Canoes and Figures, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil and wash sketch of a hooded woman seated on a grassy hillside, looking to the side under an open sky.

Girl Seated on a Hillside

Winslow Homer, 1870

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate escutcheon with coat of arms, flanked by cherubs and an inscribed cartouche below.

Design of Escutcheon with Coat of Arms

Leonardo Scaglia, 1640

Pencil sketch of wooded riverbanks and tree canopies reflected in water, with handwritten notes naming the Río Magdalena.

Wooded Banks along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash drawing of a symmetrical wall decoration with two arched niches, a woman at an altar, and putti beside a torch.

Painted Wall Decoration

Mauro Gandolfi, 1800

Pen and wash design for a tall painted panel with classical figures, sphinxes, garlands and a central medallion of three wome

Design for a Painted Panel

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1770

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo ornamental frame with scrolls, foliage, and a central urn motif.

Ornament Composition

P. Ludovik, 1730

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures and a crowd beneath arched colonnades in an interior scene.

Christ Healing Paralytics near the Pool of Bethesda

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Pen and watercolor elevation of a neoclassical room wall with green panels, pink drapery, medallions and putti.

Wall Elevation for an Antechamber or Salon

Louis Gustave Taraval, 1780

Study of Dr. Mott for "Scientific Group"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and ink drawing of Thetis dipping infant Achilles into a river among draped women, reeds, and a decorated urn.

Thetis Plunges Achilles in River Styx

Felice Giani, 1790

Colored pen drawing of a coffered ceiling design with a central medallion showing a figure on a sea chariot among cherubs.

Design for Ceiling with Triumph of Galatea

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and wash drawing of six ornate serving utensils and a knife on a pale blue sheet, with laurel and fish motifs.

Cutlery Designs

Pietro Belli, 1810

Pencil sketch of a leafy plant stem with serrated leaves and buds, plus a branch of pinnate leaves, on tan paper.

Plant Sketch

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash study of an ornamental ceiling with coffered panels, a column detail, and a temple facade sketch.

Study for the Sala di Apollo, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate rococo tureen with putti, scrolling handles, garlands and a domed lid.

Design for a Tureen

Giuseppe Gagliardi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a mounted officer leading horsemen, with studies of horse heads and handwritten notes on paper.

Talbot's Battery

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of a woman praying with clasped hands and upturned face, with small sketched animal studies below.

Woman Praying, Study for "Communion of the Sick"

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of two long-beaked birds among acanthus leaves and seed pods on a curving stem.

Two Birds in Foliage with Seed Pods

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a fisherman in a boat on water, with figures and boats near a rocky shore under a pale sky.

Three Boats with Fishermen Setting Out a Net

Winslow Homer, 1880

Study of a Woman's Head for "A Magdalen"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Watercolor and pencil botanical study of buttercups, a sea urchin, and flower details on cream paper.

Buttercups, Mt. Desert

Samuel Colman, 1870

Vertical oil sketch of a glowing orange sunset over purple water with dark green land at the bottom.

Sunset

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a loose robe resting his hand on a book, with a separate hand study in the upper left.

Albert Gallatin Seated, Study of Right Hand

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pencil sketch of a bare dead tree trunk with angular branches extending to the right on cream paper.

Dead Tree Trunk, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870