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Grey wash drawing of a timber-framed farm interior with a staircase, hearth, barrels, and small figures gathered by the fire.

Stage Design, Ruined Farm Building Interior

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, 1810

Ink and wash sheet of octagonal and round mythological medallions with winged cupids, a central chariot procession, and red h

Chariot with the Hours

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of bare winter trees and distant hills with handwritten color notes, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Winter Landscape with Barren Trees, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of two studies of a left hand with curled fingers resting on a surface, on aged cream paper.

Two Sketches of a Left Hand

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of a town mansion facade with Ionic columns, arched doorway, and statues along the upper level.

Left Half of Elevation of a Town Mansion

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a lone canoeist on misty, calm water with faint horizon lines and a reflection beneath the boat.

Canoe Rider in the Fog, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Brown ink drawing of a wooded landscape with large trees, a pond, a seated figure, and distant hills.

Wooded Landscape with a Pond

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 1650

Brown ink drawing of a domed chapel seen through a colonnade, with seated figures, sculpture and a coffered ceiling.

Sepulchral Chapel seen through a Colonnade

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a whitewashed church with a tall bell tower, tiled roofs and a picket fence under a cloudy sky.

Parish Church of Our Lady of Chiquinquira del Cerrito, Chiquinquira, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and watercolor sketch of cows grazing and resting in a pasture beside trees, in soft brown and gray tones.

Cows in a Pasture

Winslow Homer, 1850

Grey wash drawing of a theatrical Egyptian temple courtyard with staircases, columns, a winged disk, and braziers.

Stage Design, Courtyard of an Egyptian Temple

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, 1800

Pencil sketch of layered mountains above a valley with shrubs in the foreground and handwritten notes below.

Mountains and Valley, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Watercolor elevation of a large mansion with steep slate roofs, dormers, arched windows and a balcony, set on a lawn.

Elevation of Mansion

Whitney Warren Jr, 1900

Sepia ink and wash elevation of a classical palace facade with arched doorways, columns, and statues along the roofline.

Elevation of a Palace

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil and white highlight sketch of a mountain valley with a snow-capped peak, agave plants, and a small hut in the foregrou

View of Chimborazo near Guaranda, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of three men coaling, one thrusting a pole, one standing, one bending with a load, plus a head study.

Coaling Up

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

White floral border design on brown ground, with repeated daisy bouquets above and bell-shaped blossoms in a band below.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pencil sketches on paper of arches, a palm tree, a horseback rider, ornate capitals and a gabled facade, labeled Ceiling of H

Mixed Sketches around Jaffa, Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Charcoal drawing of a man in a wide-brimmed hat resting on a rocky ledge, smoking a pipe, with a hazy landscape behind him.

Mountain Climber Resting

Winslow Homer, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of a Gothic-style stage interior with pointed arches, statues on pedestals, and a hanging lamp.

Stage Design, A Queen's Apartment from the ballet "Il Conte d'Essex" by Gaetano Gioja, first performed at La Scala in…

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a sailboat with full sails above a line of crashing waves on cream paper.

Sailboat and Crashing Wave

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of a symmetrical acanthus scroll ornament with small animals and birds among the leaves.

Design for Acanthus Rinceaux with Animals and Birds

Giulio Romano, 1540

Grey ink drawing of ancient Roman tombs with large inscribed urns, carved reliefs and trees against a pale sky.

Stage Design, Ancient Roman Tombs

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seabird, a rowboat with a seated figure, rocky cliffs and a distant shoreline over water.

Sketches from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Grey ink and wash drawing of an imagined oriental town with tall temple towers, terraces, pavilions and distant mountains.

Stage Design, Oriental Town

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, 1800

Grey wash drawing of a circular interior with a ring of columns, arched niches and a coffered ceiling.

Stage Design, Interior of Circular Building

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a mountain range and hills with handwritten color notes on cream paper.

Mountains near Toluca, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of two mountain peaks above rolling hills and trees, with handwritten place notes along the bottom edge.

Welch Mountain in Waterville and Thornton, New Hampshire, from Sandwich Notch Road, Campton

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Watercolor of a river reflecting pale cliffs and a red-capped rock formation, with cottonwood trees on the left bank.

Green River, Wyoming Territory

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pencil and chalk sketch of a low landscape under rain-streaked clouds, with handwritten notes along the bottom edge.

Landscape with Rain

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880