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Ink and watercolor design sheet with green gemstone brooches, grey scrollwork, and pink ribbon bows on cream paper.

Design for Six Brooches

Girolamo Venturi, 1730

Oil sketch of a tree trunk with exposed roots over mossy ground and scattered autumn leaves in a woodland setting.

Tree Trunk with Roots

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Portrait of a Man

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Wicar, 1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of Bacchus seated with a thyrsus and panther, within an octagonal frame with a temple behind.

Bacchus

Felice Giani, 1810

Sepia drawing of a fluted water kettle on a tripod stand with a spirit lamp, shaded in grey wash.

Design for a Water Kettle with Stand

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pencil study of a birch tree with white highlights beside a leafy oak on tan paper, labeled birch and oak.

Study of Trees, Birch and Oak

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pencil sketch of a domed sentry box and a cannon on a carriage at a fortification, with hills in the distance.

Study for "Searchlight, Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown ink drawing of allegorical Prudence seated with a hand mirror and two winged putti, inscribed PRVDENZA below.

Prudence

Felice Giani, 1810

Study of a Young Man in Profile for "Tribute Money"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pale iceberg floating on dark calm sea under a warm muted sky, painted sketch by Frederic Edwin Church.

Floating Iceberg, Battle Harbour, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Study of a Woman's Head

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pen and brown wash sketch of two standing men in wide-brimmed hats and two seated figures below.

Four Men

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1640

Small oil sketch of pale icebergs lit by warm sunset light above dark, choppy sea, with a tiny red boat at left.

Icebergs

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of tall trees and undergrowth at a woodland edge, with an open grassy clearing in the centre.

Chestnut Trees at the Water's Edge, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil and white-highlighted sketch of two icebergs on a horizon line, one large and one smaller, on tan paper.

Two Floating Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Dark ink and wash harbor scene with ship masts at right, smoke clouds at left, and reflections in still water.

A Harbor

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate monument with a crown-topped urn, scrolled volutes and garlands, flanked by cypress tr

Design for a Monument

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Graphite sketch of a bearded seated man in glasses holding a newspaper, drawn on gray paper with a handwritten note.

Carl Schurz Seated, Reading a Newspaper

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pencil sketch of a flowering plant with small blossoms and grass leaves, annotated with handwritten notes.

Flowering plant

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Sketch, Portrait of a Man

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of an evergreen tree with a small branch study above, on cream paper with a museum stamp at lower left.

Evergreen Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of two banquet scenes with seated diners, servants, and nude figures in arcaded interiors

Salome given the Head of John the Baptist [left]; Salome offers the Head of John the Baptist to her Parents [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of a reclining animal with pointed ears and folded legs on a cream sheet with a museum stamp.

Dog

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Graphite and white chalk study of a standing woman in a period gown with arms folded, on gray paper.

Study of Mrs. Bingham for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Octagonal ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior with a spear standing over a fallen soldier amid a battle.

Leonidas

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a sea horizon under horizontal cloud bands, with handwritten color notes on the sky.

View at Sea near Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and wash drawing of Venus on a cloud holding an apple, with Cupid and two putti in a ceiling design.

Design for a Ceiling Painting, Venus, Cupid, and Putti

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1700

Pen and ink sketch of an arched cartouche of leaves with small figures supporting the frame, on cream paper.

Sketch of a cartouche

Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Pencil sketch of flower clusters on cream paper with handwritten color notes like light scarlet and dull green.

Flowers

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Ink and grey wash drawing of an ornamental bracket shaped as a helmeted warrior mask with scrolling foliage.

The mask of a warrior

Filippo Marchionni, 1770