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Graphite study on grey-green paper of a bent arm with clasped hands and flowing hair, with white highlights.

Study for "A Magdalen"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Charcoal sketch of a stormy sky over a sea, dark rocks in the foreground and a coastal town on the right.

Bay at Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of a tall tree with feathery foliage on a bank, with a faint stream and rocks sketched below.

Tree by a Stream, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch on paper in an album showing loose trees, a house outline, and a diagonal line across the scene.

Burned Trees and Houses

Winslow Homer, 1860

Colored design drawing of an ornate urn on a pedestal with lion masks, garland swags, and a scale bar below.

Urn Design, after the Warwick Vase

Luigi Righetti, 1810

Pencil sketch of a woman in Bethlehem dress with a head veil, annotated with names of garments and jewelry.

Woman of Bethlehem

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil study of two winged putti, one on clouds and one beside a draped urn, on aged paper.

Study of Two Putti

Francesco Solimena, 1690

Pen and ink sketch of a seated draped female figure with one arm raised, framed by a black ruled border.

Sketchbook page: Allegorical Figure

Pietro da Cortona, 1660

Brown wash drawing of an winged old man on a cloud handing an infant to a seated nude woman beside a column.

Time (Chronos) Entrusting Cupid to Venus

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Pen and ink sketch of a kneeling man in heavy draped robes with bare feet, seen from behind, on aged paper.

Kneeling Man

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1650

Pencil sketch of a seated woman with an upswept hairstyle and ruffled dress, hands resting in her lap.

Seated Woman

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of three rococo ornamental designs: a console, a central escutcheon, and a scroll bracket.

Design for a Console and Escutcheon

Filippo Marchionni, 1760

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate footed vessel with scrolled handles and figures supporting the base.

Design for a Vessel (Sauceboat?)

Luzio Romano, 1540

Pencil sketches of a Madonna and Child with studies of faces and a hand, after works in the Uffizi.

Madonna and Child, Sketches after Leonardo Da Vinci and Fra Bartolomeo of Works in the Uffizi, Florence

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pencil drawing of twelve ornate pendant earring designs in two rows, with scrollwork, stones and classical motifs.

Designs for Twelve Earrings

Salvatori, 1860

Watercolor embroidery design for a waistcoat pocket with flower bouquets, blue dotted border, and a small river landscape wit

Design for Embroidery, Gentleman's Waistcoat Pocket

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1770

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling with a central classical figure group, oval medallions, and rococo scrollwork.

Design for a Painted Ceiling

Jan Schtchukin, 1880

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo fountain scene with scrolling ornament, an urn, a staircase and small figures.

Design for a Patch-Box

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1730

Pen and wash drawing of a nude young man running with a billowing cloak beside a large smoke cloud.

A Young Man Running Toward a Fire

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Brown ink and wash lunette study of a winged figure with a fish tail beside a fish, with ruler marks along the edges.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor study of two pink spotted lilies with stamens and pencil border designs on beige paper.

Pink Spotted Lilies and Maple Seeds

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pen and ink study of a muscular man leaning forward with an extended arm, drawn with red chalk underlines on pale paper.

Figural Study of a Man

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1640

Ink and wash drawing with two scenes: a robed man addressing a crowd, and a seated woman speaking with a standing man in a cl

Design for Palazzo Conti

Ink and wash elevation of an interior with a coffered vault, niches, columns and statues on pedestals.

Wall Elevation

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ seated among onlookers as a woman stands before soldiers in an arched hall.

Christ and the Adulterous Woman

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, 1750

Pencil sketch of a line of covered wagons with arched canvas tops on a tan paper sheet with a stamp at upper right.

Outline Sketch of a Wagon Train

Winslow Homer, 1860

Red chalk study of a standing boy with a leafy wreath, holding a small figure near his chest, on pale paper.

Study for standing boy with kid, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Anatomical Sketches of Heads, Faces, and the Ear

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Octagonal ceiling study in brown wash showing Apollo and the Muses among columns and ornamental panels.

Study for "The Triumph of Apollo" for the Ceiling of the Sala delle Muse, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican

Tommaso Maria Conca, 1770

Pencil sketches of palm fronds, hanging foliage and a small bird on grey paper, with handwritten botanical notes.

Botanical Sketches along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850