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Watercolor elevation of a neoclassical salon wall with mythological painted panels, gilded pilasters, and a sofa below.

Elevation of a Salon Wall, for the Palace of the Prince of Hesse

Etienne Dubois, 1800

Brown ink sketch of two dories being launched into shallow surf, with figures wading beside them.

Two Dories Being Launched, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen drawing of a formal room with coffered ceiling, a throne at the far end, and robed figures seated on both sides.

Pope Benedict XIV in a Consistory with Cardinals

Carlo Marchionni, 1740

Pen and ink drawing with an ornamental title cartouche of silkworms above and figures tending silkworms in an interior below.

Title Page [above]; The Incubation of Silkworm Eggs [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of a dancing female figure with raised arms, flowing hair and drapery, with extra arm studies, on aged paper.

Sketches for a Bacchante

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Ink and wash drawing of the Virgin rising with angels above kneeling apostles gathered around an open tomb.

Assumption of the Virgin

Luca Giordano, 1700

Pencil sketch of a tall hemlock tree with layered branches above undergrowth and a distant shoreline, on aged paper.

Study of Hemlock near White Lake

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pen and brown ink sketch of an ornate candelabrum with a winged figure, scrolls and foliage within a border.

Candelabrum Sketch

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of three putti with flower garlands and looping ribbons on a vertical pillar strip.

Pillar strip, three putti with ribbon and garlands

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a heavy sea breaking over rocks with spray rising under a streaked, stormy sky.

"Spoondrift," Heavy Sea, Prout's Neck

Winslow Homer, 1900

Pen and brown wash drawing of a fork and two spoons with female figure handles and a scallop shell bowl.

Design for a Fork and Two Spoons

Giulio Romano, 1600

Pen and wash drawing of a jewelry earring design with a scalloped round top, a flower cluster, and a teardrop pendant.

Design for an Earring

Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi, 1800

Brown-toned drawing of a man in a fur cap and collar, with curled hair and a clasp at his neck.

Portrait of a Man

Francesco Bonsignori, 1500

Brown ink drawing of sea gods and nude nymphs in churning waves, with a trident at upper left.

Study of the Landing of Maria de' Medici to Marsala, after Peter Paul Rubens

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Nativity with Mary holding the infant Christ and a bearded man gesturing from a platform.

The Nativity

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate panel with putti, lions, and a mythological forge scene in the center.

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, Design for a Sideboard Panel

Jean-Bernard Turreau, 1700

Pen and ink oval sketch of Ulysses and Penelope embracing beside columns and a balustrade, with an inscription below.

Ulysses and Penelope Embracing Each other

Felice Giani, 1800

Two pencil and white chalk studies of hands on tan paper, one reaching outward and one with extended fingers.

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

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of calves' heads, a standing calf from behind, and a hog on a pale paper ground.

Studies of Cattle, Heads of Sheep and a Hog

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil and watercolor study of Siena Cathedral's interior with striped columns, monks and a kneeling woman at left.

Study for Watercolor, Siena Cathedral

Walter Shirlaw, 1860

Brown wash drawing of a reclining woman with a winged cherub, a ship approaching on the sea at right.

Study for an Overdoor Painting, Ariadne Viewing the Approach of Bacchus' Ship

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1700

Pen and watercolor design of a rococo cartouche framing a lagoon scene with a tower, sailing boats and small figures.

Decorative Cartouche with a Lagoon Capricco

Francesco Guardi, 1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of a veiled seated woman with a torch and two winged putti, labeled Castita.

Chastity

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged figure pouring water from a jar among clouds, in a curved lunette format.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a lace-trimmed blouse beside a chair, with handwritten colour notes in the margins.

Sketch for Portrait of Miss Astor

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil sketch of a snaphunce long gun with handwritten labels for iron, steel, and brass parts.

Snaphunce long gun

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Brown ink drawing of a female figure with a shield among fallen warriors on a battlefield, with advancing soldiers behind.

Spiritus Fortitudines

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pen and ink design sketch of a rococo rocaille cartouche with scrolls, foliage and a blank central panel.

Design for Panel Decoration with Rocaille Ornament

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1730

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a young man leaning back and pulling a rope, with a hand study at lower right.

Young Man Pulling a Rope

Details of Donkey Heads, South America

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850