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Pen and brown wash drawing of a stone town gateway with an arched doorway, pediment, finial and small figures on top.

Gateway of a town with alternatives

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and wash architectural drawing of an arched portal with a balcony, a seated figure above, and a standing figure at left.

Design for left half of a portal with balcony

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Brown wash drawing of a domed classical fountain pavilion with columns, a tall column on top, and small figures around a basi

Desing for a Fountain

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of tall cypress trees with shaded foliage on pale paper, inscribed with a Villa d'Este note.

Cypress, Villa d'Este, After Cropsey

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil drawing of a maple branch with serrated leaves and two buds on a cream sheet, with a handwritten label at left.

Maple Leaves, Mt. Desert

Samuel Colman, 1870

Loose oil sketch of a twilight sky with pink and orange clouds over a dark horizon and olive ground.

Twilight, Color Effects

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Painting of a ruined castle on a hill above a valley, with a lit thatched cottage and storm clouds overhead.

Landscape with Castle

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Painted study of a sunlit hillside with a winding dirt path, shrubs and rounded trees under a pale blue sky.

Hillside, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch sheet of Egyptian-style figures in robes and turbans, a veiled woman, a child, and a tower with a domed top.

Sketches of Figures and a Signal Tower, Egypt

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of a trophy with a shield, plumed helmet, spears, axes, arrows and drapery on a base.

Design for Trophy with Military Attributes

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pencil sketch of figures on a shore with a sailboat and bay, and women in long dresses standing near a railing.

Figures Looking Towards a Bay

Winslow Homer, 1900

Pen and ink sketch of three octagonal vignettes of classical figures with Italian captions, study for a Theseus room.

Three Sketches of Theseus Subjects, for the Sala di Teseo, Palazzo Gaddi, Forli

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink sketch of peasant women, oxen with a cart, a hunter, rabbits and birds among foliage, within a ruled border.

In the Mountains (Decorative Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Loose pencil sketch of a landscape with a central tree trunk and scribbled shrubs on a cream sheet.

Landscape

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Watercolor of a canyon with rust-colored cliffs, a sunlit rock outcrop, and a dark stormy sky above a shadowed foreground.

Grand Canyon in Stormy Weather, Arizona

Thomas Moran, 1900

Pen and ink design drawing of a five-armed chandelier with floral garlands, fluted column, and tassel base.

Design for a Chandelier

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Charcoal sketch of two sailing fishing boats on the sea with hatted figures watching from a rocky shore.

Two Fishing Boats with Sails, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Black chalk sketch of a stooped peasant man in a broad hat and loose clothing, carrying a bag, on tan paper.

Peasant with Bag

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Pen and brown ink drawing of dancing women and reclining revelers beside a fountain and classical architecture.

Bacchanalian Scene with Circle of Dancing Figures

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil sketch of coastal views with sailboats, a rocky shore, a wooden shed, and clouds over hills.

Coastal Views, Maine or Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Painted study of a campfire glowing beneath fallen logs beside a stream, with autumn leaves and moss on the forest floor.

Campfire, Maine Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink design for a stage curtain showing a crowd gathered before a classical temple beneath clouds.

Design for Stage Curtain: Hercules Receives Gifts from Nymphys after his Victory over the River God Achelous

Felice Giani, 1810

Graphite sketch sheet of palm trees, tropical trees, a small church, and handwritten botanical labels.

Botanical Sketches with a Church, Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of mountain ranges and hills with trees, annotated with handwritten labels for Mansfield, Stowe and the Adirond

Adirondack from Mt. Mansfield; Mt. Mansfield from Stowe, Vermont

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Watercolor of tarantella dancers in colorful folk costume with a mandolin player and tambourine player.

Water color; Tarantella dancers

Saverio della Gatta, 1820

Oil sketch of misty hills, a tree cluster on a slope, distant mountains in fog, and an orange and blue sunset sky.

Winter Fog in the Hudson Valley, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Oil sketch of a sunlit rock cliff with red autumn vines beside a river and wooded hills under a pale blue sky.

Autumn Landscape with Large Rock, North Carolina

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Watercolor design of a candlestick with a grey caryatid figure holding a gold urn, flanked by gilded candle arms over a flute

Design for a Candlestick

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pencil sketch of the Virgin seated with the haloed Christ Child beside her in an arched niche, with a vase at lower left.

The Virgin and the Child

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pencil sketch of a small fan palm with a textured trunk and radiating fan fronds, with handwritten color notes beside it.

Small Fan Palm, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink drawing of two friezes showing mythological figures with winged sea serpents and hybrid creatures.

Bythos and Aphros

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of a fortified sea structure with a central tower and small sailboats on rippled water.

Fantastical mausoleum

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a sandy plain, mountain range, shrub, rocks and folding chair, with handwritten colour notes.

Sandy Plain and Mountain Range, Palestine or Syria (Israel or Jordan)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sketch of sailing fishing boats on water near a rocky beach, with a group of people standing on the sand.

Beach Scene with People and Fishing Boats, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of a standing man in eighteenth-century coat and breeches with one hand on his hip, on cream paper.

Ship's Figurehead of Benjamin Franklin

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite sketch of a horse-drawn covered wagon with a driver, plus smaller studies of a head and figures on paper.

Horse and wagon

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and ink sketches of rococo brackets, consoles and scrolling ornament on a pale sheet, with a museum stamp.

Sketched for a Reliquary

Filippo Passarini, 1690

Pencil sketch of a coconut palm trunk and drooping fronds with a small leaf study and handwritten notes on pale paper.

Coconut Palm, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of a stage design showing a stone prison interior with a tower, arches, barred gate and hanging lantern.

Stage Design of a Prison Interior

Michelangelo Fasano, 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of a tall obelisk on a pedestal with three standing figures and reclining figures around a mask me

Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Sepia wash drawing of a desert landscape with rock formations and a lone figure with a staff walking across sand.

In the Desert, Arizona

Thomas Moran, 1870

Ink and wash drawing of a monumental Romanesque hall with arcaded galleries, columns, staircases and a vaulted ceiling.

Stage Design, Romanesque Hall

Antonio Liverani, 1800

Painted textile border design of white and blue lilac blossoms and green leaves on a rust-brown background.

Design for the Border Motif of a Woven Fabric of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a Gothic interior stage design with pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and draped curtains.

Stage Design for the Interior of a Gothic Building

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of rolling hills and ridges receding into the distance, with handwritten notes above describing the landscape.

Landscape near San Miguel de Chimbo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornamental design with three oval frames, swagged drapery, and cherubs around a central pede

Decoration for portrait of Pope Pius VI and royal couple

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of clouds and distant hills with trees and a small building on tan paper.

Cloud Sketch, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Watercolor design of floral embroidery sprigs and garlands framed in a waistcoat outline, with handwritten inscription at top

Design for the Embroidered Decoration of a Man's Waistcoatr, Design 1876 of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate church ciborium with a cross finial, cherub heads, and seated putti on the base.

Design for a Ciborium

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Two ink and wash drawings of an alcove wall with draped curtains, bookshelves, urns and busts in classical style.

Designs for Bedroom Alcove Wall Elevations

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Graphite sketch of a dancing woman with head tilted back, one arm raised, and flowing drapery, on tan card.

Study for a dancing woman, “Moods to Music,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Watercolor design for embroidery showing shrubs, pink flowers and grass within a violet waistcoat outline.

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat

Mademoiselle Favel, 1780

Pen and watercolor drawing of a classical woman holding a garland carried by two winged putti, over a grid.

Wall painting

Mauro Gandolfi, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of two arched doorways with ornamented columns and entablatures.

Door frames giving impression of Renaissance works in ruins

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and ink sketches of rococo frames, scrolls and an escutcheon on a stained, aged sheet of paper.

Sketches for Frames and Escutcheons

Carlo Marchionni, 1750

Loose sketch of sunlit mountain peak above a shadowed valley and dark evergreen trees under a pale sky.

Mountains near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of tall conifers along a wooded lakeshore with low hills and an empty sky behind them.

Wooded Lakeshore

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch on grey-blue paper of a palm tree and a tree trunk with branches, with handwritten labels.

Botanical Sketches from the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite nude study of a seated male figure holding a tablet, drawn over a faint grid on tinted paper.

Study for "Mathematics," "The Sciences," Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Oil sketch of a large white iceberg above dark green sea, with smaller icebergs in the foreground under a muted sky.

Icebergs of Twillingate, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Vertical border design on rust-brown ground with pale repeating vine, bell-shaped flowers and curling leaves.

Design for a Woven or Embroidered Vertical Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridges on tan paper, with handwritten notes about light in the lower right corner.

Mountain Landscape on the Road to Mocha, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

A Young Woman (St. Mary Magdalene under the Cross)

Marco Pino, 1570

Pencil and white highlight sketch of a river valley with a distant city skyline and handwritten colour notes.

View of Damascus from the Wadi Barada, Syria, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a winding road beside a wooden fence leading into a valley with mountains and trees.

Winding Mountain Road in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of snowy Andean peaks under clouds, with handwritten notes reading Cayambe near Quito at lower left.

Cayambe, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash design of an ornate mantelpiece with a central clock, musicians, putti and scrolling foliage above a fireplace.

Design for a mantelpiece

the elder Jean Berain, 1700

Pencil sketch of a wooded ridge with sunlight rays on cream paper, with a faint blue outline at right.

Sunlight Cresting a Wooded Ridge

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown ink drawing of a classical tomb with an urn and bust, two draped women holding garlands, and an inscription on the plin

Sepulchral Monument for Poet Pietro Giodani

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Hazy Catskill mountains rise above a pastoral valley with white farmhouses, trees, and fields under streaked clouds.

The Catskill Mountains from the Village of Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Watercolor stage design of a Gothic hall with pointed arches, tracery vaulting, columns with gilded statues, and a glowing wi

Stage Design: Gothic Hall

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, 1820

Pen and brown wash design for a symmetrical ornamental panel with scrolling foliage, cherubs, a medallion scene, and a centra

Design for a Painted Panel

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1760

Pencil sketch of a crowned lion-head fountain with carved scrolls, steps, and architectural fragments on tan paper.

Study of a Fountain, Italy

Walter Shirlaw, 1860

Pencil drawing of an ornate ewer design with curling scrolled handle and spout, supported by a seated cherub on a cloud base.

Design for a Ewer

Johannes Lutma, 1620

Graphite sketch on brown paper of a seated nude man with surrounding studies of hands, feet and legs.

Studies of a Seated Nude

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a building at upper left and mountain peaks below, with handwritten notes.

Sketches of a Building and Mountains, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of an artist with an umbrella sketching outdoors beside loose scribbled foliage on a cream page.

Artist sketching outside

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated veiled woman surrounded by angels and musicians on clouds under a radiant arch.

Virgin Ascending with Concert of Angels

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a Mexican landscape with distant mountains, a sun in the sky, and foreground hills and shrubs.

Mexican Landscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Watercolor sketch of a carter and woman in an interior as a man in a red coat recoils, with a clock and chairs.

The Pious Carter

Robert Cruikshank, 1810

Watercolor of tall dark conifers beside boulders, with a misty granite dome and mountains receding behind them.

Half Dome, Yosemite

Thomas Moran, 1870

Ink and wash drawing of a glassmaking furnace beside a coastal landscape with ships, figures, and a rocky peak, in an ornate

Study for The Making of Glass, The Treasure Hid in the Sand, Plate 363, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720

Graphite study of a nude woman seen from behind, leaning forward with one arm extended toward a ledge.

Study for a woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Watercolor of the Grand Canyon with red cliffs, a winding river, and boulders in the foreground under a hazy sky.

View from Powell's Plateau, Grand Canyon, Colorado

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of clouds and a river shoreline with handwritten color notes.

Smoke on the Hudson River, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long dress with one arm extended, on cream paper.

Sketch for a Portrait of Bella Worsham

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil sketch of a craggy mountain above trees and low buildings, inscribed Bavaria, on tan paper.

Mountain in Bavaria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Charcoal sketch of three soldiers in kepi caps holding upright rifles, with faint figures of a drilling formation behind them

Soldiers Drilling

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of ornamental friezes with masks, grapevines, bull skulls, a classical base and scrollwork.

Three Friezes; A Base; An Ornament

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch on graph paper of two arcaded interior scenes with women in long dresses, preparatory study for a painting.

Two Figure Compositions for the Painting "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Loose pencil sketch of a partial figure's head and neck on a beige sheet of paper.

Landscape

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Vertical grey-wash design of a classical pilaster strip with scrolls, acanthus leaves, rosettes and grapes.

Design for the Decoration of a Pilaster Strip

C. C, 1810

Ink and wash drawing of a vaulted stone cellar with receding arches and shadowed niches, in grey tones.

Stage Design, Prison Cellar

Bibiena Family, 1700

Graphite anatomical sketches of heads, necks, shoulders and arms on tan paper, with handwritten muscle labels.

Anatomical Sketches of the Head, Neck, and Shoulders

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a rugged cliff with rock layers, a sloping path, and a fence with cactus in the foreground.

Rugged Cliff, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Small sketch of rose-colored rock cliffs with carved facades, a camel and rider, under a pale blue and pink sky.

Jabal al-Habis, Petra, Jordan

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860