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Pencil sketch on tan paper showing several studies of arms and hands in different gestures, with drapery at left.

Studies of Hands for Dome of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL

Carroll Beckwith, 1890

Grey wash drawing of a victory column flanked by two trumpeting winged figures on military trophy pedestals.

Inkstand with victory column flanked by figures of fame on top of military trophies

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Ink and wash sketch: figures in a colonnade above, and warriors fighting dragons below, with handwritten text between.

David Receives the Holy Bread and Sword of Goliath [above]; Two Dragons Decapitated [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown wash drawing of a rococo ceremonial decoration with scrolls, garlands, and lit candles above a classical cornice.

Design for Decoration of a Ceremony

Carlo Marchionni, 1750

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bound bouquet with tall leaves, flower buds and open blossoms resting on stones.

Bunch of flowers tied with ribbon

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds surrounded by winged angels and cherubs under a pale halo.

The Annunciation of the Virgin, After Guido Reni

Felice Giani, 1810

Grey wash drawing of a keystone with a bearded grotesque mask and scrolls, plus a second loose mask study below.

Design for a keystone and a mask

Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Brown ink drawing of an ornamental frame with scrollwork, a hanging grape garland and a wheat sheaf with a medallion.

Embroidered frontal

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil and wash sketch of a military camp with canvas tents, a cook at a fire, crates and barrels under a makeshift shelter.

Army Cook's Tent

Winslow Homer, 1860

Watercolor elevation of a bedroom wall with a draped alcove bed, plumed helmet, and painted trophies of flags and arms in blu

Elevation of the Wall of a Bedroom with Alcove

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Two oval ink and wash drawings: a seated woman with sheep, and a figure in a serpent-drawn chariot over clouds.

Pales, Triptolemus, Decoration for a Vault, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo Conti-Sinibaldi

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a buttoned overcoat, hands folded, study for a portrait by Daniel Huntington.

Study for Portrait of Hon. Robert C. Winthrop for the Historical Society, Mass

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Brown ink and wash design of draped panels under a flower garland, with a star, a cherub in a wreath, and scrollwork ornament

Design for the Decoration of a Dome

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Oil sketch of a red and orange sunset over a dark, rippling sea beneath a low band of clouds.

Sunset at Sea, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin in glory among clouds and putti, flanked by St. Peter and St. Paul under architectural fra

Virgin in Glory with St. Peter and St. Paul

Francesco Solimena, 1700

Pencil sketch of two artists painting at easels outdoors, one under a parasol, with mountains in the distance.

Artists Sketching in the White Mountains

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of women in robes seated in an interior with vertical screens and a low table, drawn in soft graphite.

Japanese Women

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Four circular brooch designs in red, blue, green and gold watercolor with geometric and floral Byzantine-style patterns.

Four Designs for Brooches in the "Byzantine" Style

Carlo Ansorge, 1860

Brown ink sketch of a man reclining on a couch with a sword as mourners raise their arms beside him under a stormy sky.

Suicide of Marcus Porcius Cato

Felice Giani, 1870

Watercolor sketch of a seated woman in a red blouse smoking, with a smaller standing figure study at upper right.

Two Cheyenne Youth

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of two legs in tall military boots standing in grass, with a sword scabbard between them.

Study of Cavalry Officer's Boots

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and watercolor drawing in a hexagonal frame of Apollo with a bow striding toward a serpent-like python on a rocky ground.

Apollo kills the Python

Felice Giani, 1790

Pen and grey wash drawing of a circular garland with winged putti and a trumpeting winged figure, study for a fresco.

Study for Fresco Decoration, Quirinal Palace, Rome

Francesco Manno, 1810

Charcoal and chalk sketch of two men's shoes and trouser legs on grey paper, study by Daniel Huntington.

Study of Peter Cooper's Feet for "The Atlantic Cable Projectors"

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pen and watercolor ceiling design in an arched gold frame showing Jupiter, Juno, deities on clouds, and putti.

Ceiling with Jupiter, Juno, and Other Deities

Giovanni Odazzi, 1710

Pencil study of a bent arm and relaxed hand on cream paper, by Daniel Huntington, 1850.

Study of an Arm for "Christiana and Her Family Passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a seated child with hair in buns leaning on a boat's edge, with faint rigging lines on cream paper.

Boat

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Graphite and white chalk study of an outstretched arm and hand on tan paper, by Daniel Huntington, 1830.

Study of Hand for Angel Appearing to St. Peter in "Early Christian Martyrs"

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Architectural drawing of an oblong plaster ceiling with oval rosettes and central scrollwork, labeled for the first hall of C

Design for Oblong Plaster Ceiling for the First Hall, Carlton House, Pall Mall, London, England

Henry Holland, 1780

Pencil sketch of four schooners with tall sails on calm water, one large vessel at upper right.

Four Schooners

Winslow Homer, 1880