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Red chalk drapery studies on blue-grey paper, with folded cloth and a smaller sketch at upper right.

Studies for a Young Man, Drapery

Giuseppe Passeri, 1700

Watercolor design for a gilded candlestick with a central clock, seated figures, and blue plinth, by Luigi Righetti.

Design for a Candlestick with a Clock

Luigi Righetti, 1770

Pen and brown wash drawing of two decorative festoon designs, one with a crown and ribbon, one with a shield and plumes.

Two Designs for Festoons

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1770

Pencil sketch of a latticed window in an interior corner with a patterned cornice and shaded wall.

Window

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Red chalk drawing of three ornamental designs: a draped pedestal, a stacked urn column, and a fluted pillar with a foliate to

Cabinet, fountain and pillar

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of waves breaking on a rocky shore under a wide, empty sky with a distant horizon line.

Seashore, Newport, RI

William Trost Richards, 1880

Red chalk drawing of a standing draped female figure with flowing robes, framed by a black and orange border.

St. Mary of Egypt from St. Peter's colonnade

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pen and brown ink drawing of a three-tiered wall design with columns, niches, reliefs, and statues.

Design for a Wall

Lattanzio Gambara, 1570

Pen and ink sketch of two top-hatted dandies talking, one with a cane and cigar, with a crowd of figures behind them.

Two Dandies in Conversation

Daniel Carter Beard, 1890

Watercolor of a floral-papered study with a portrait in uniform, grand piano, mirror, and bronze sculpture.

The Study of Grand Duchess Cecilia von Oldenberg

Ernst Christian Anton von Lautzow, 1830

Watercolor of a Rome studio with a painted ceiling, sculptures, and two men working by an open window.

A Studio in the Villa Medici, Rome

Joseph-Eugène Lacroix, 1830

Watercolor interior of a neoclassical room with coffered ceiling, mythological medallions, gilded doors, and a writing desk.

The Dressing Room of King Ludwig I at the Munich Residence Palace

Franz Xaver Nachtmann, 1830

Pen drawing of a rococo design with a lion mask, floral swags, ribbon bow and a circular medallion showing a dog in a landsca

Design for a Decorative Swag

Clément Pierre Marillier, 1770

Watercolor design of an ornate Moorish smoking room with carved ceiling, green sofas, and a woman in blue.

Design for a Moorish Smoking Room [Tabagie]

Léon Feuchère, 1840

Watercolor of a red-walled interior with a gilded chandelier, patterned carpet, table, pianoforte, and a blue room beyond the

The Red Room, Schloss Fischbach

Friedrich Wilhelm Klose, 1840

Watercolor of a drawing room with blue drapes, bird-patterned wallpaper, a fireplace, wicker furniture and a hanging birdcage

The Drawing Room at Middleton Park, Oxfordshire

William Alfred Delamotte, 1830

Architectural drawing with elevation and plan of a spiral staircase, colored with pink and grey wash, numbered treads.

Elevation and Plan for a Staircase Model in the English Style

Françoise Gillet, 1830

Watercolor of an ornate 19th-century room with columns, a marble fireplace, gilt mirror, chandelier and upholstered furniture

An Interior in Moscow

Dominique Hagen, 1850

Watercolor interior of a sitting room with green velvet curtains, upholstered chairs, framed pictures and a patterned carpet.

Interior with a Curtained Bed Alcove

Austrian School, 1850

Grey wash drawing of a decorative arrangement with a lyre, torches, urn, sword, and ribbons on a neutral paper ground.

Design for a Decorative Motif

Carlo Bianconi, 1770

Pencil sketch of a reclining figure with one leg raised, with brown wash stains and handwritten inscription on cream paper.

Gainger en Répose

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of two men resting on a hillside, one smoking a pipe, with distant hills and a sailboat.

Men Resting on Catskill Hillside

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Grisaille painting of a crowded 17th-century parliament chamber with men in ruffled collars gesturing around a central table.

Scene in the House of Parliament, March 2, 1629

Frederick Coffay Yohn, 1890

Red chalk sketch of a seated putto with wings and drapery, framed by a double ruled border on pale paper.

Seated putto

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pale blue sheet with four small colored garden vignettes: a fountain, a potted topiary urn, a yellow house, and a pink garden

Drawing - Louis-Albert DuBois, 1810

Louis-Albert DuBois, 1810

Colored design drawing of a Gothic stained glass window with floral tracery, three figural panels, and a heraldic shield.

Design for Stained Glass Window

Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, 1850

Charcoal and white chalk study of a nude woman with raised arms, hands in her hair, on tan paper.

Study for "Venus"

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Watercolor of a kneeling boy before a priest holding a crucifix in a doorway, with a second boy lying in bed at left.

On Your Knees and Swear It

Albert Lynch, 1890

Watercolor of a tall brick tower and palazzo in Siena with horse riders on a curving track in the foreground.

Horse Race, Siena, Italy

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Red chalk drawing of a candelabrum, a flame-like ornament and a decorated urn on a cream sheet with a thin border.

Study of balusters and candelabra

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770