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Anatomical Sketches of Human and Animal Heads

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Oil sketch of a sunset over layered pink and teal hills, with a small orange sun above a pale water band.

Two Views of the Sunset from Olana, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of three draped female figures on clouds, a study by Walter Shirlaw for a bank note design.

Commerce (Motif for Bank Note Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Brown ink and wash lunettes showing Achilles driving a chariot past Troy and Priam pleading before a seated warrior at a banq

Achilles Drags the Body of Hector around Walls of Troy, Priam Pleads for the Body of Hector, Ceiling Designs for the…

Felice Giani, 1800

Drawing of a seated shepherdess playing a flute to a reclining shepherd beside a tree, in black and red chalk.

Shepherdess Piping to a Shepherd

François Boucher, 1770

Pencil sketch of cardamom and arrowroot plants with handwritten colour notes on a tan sheet of paper.

Cardamom and Arrowroot Sketches, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink sketch of four stacked vignettes showing draped classical goddesses, altars, and mythological figures on a pale s

Four Antique Goddesses

Crouching Dromedary

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of three ornate chalices with baluster stems and decorative bases on tan paper.

Three chalices

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged figure with a charging bull among clouds, in a semicircular lunette shape.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Gray monochrome painting of a rooster and hens on a diagonal wooden roost, with chicks gathered in straw below.

Cock and Chickens

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds with angels playing lute and organ, mounted with a study of musician saint

The Assumption of the Virgin

Ventura Salimbeni, 1610

Pencil sketch of rocky cliffs and headlands on tan paper, labeled Great Island.

Coastline Cliffs of Great Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil study of loose drapery folds on aged paper, with an ink signature in the lower left corner.

Study of Drapery

Giovani Gioseffo dal Sole, 1680

Four pen and wash drawings of putti statues on pedestals, labeled with allegorical names like Wisdom and Constancy.

Projects for statues: "Wisdom." "Constancy." "Eloquence." "Cupid Disguised."

Flemish Jan Claudius de Cock, 1720

Pen and ink drawing in an octagon of a banquet with reclining gods, a spilled cup, and a fallen figure on the floor.

Hebe Falls and Spills the Nectar Brought to Jupiter

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of sailing boats moored in a calm harbor with reflections on the water and a rowboat near the center.

View of a Harbor

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil botanical study of oxalis, zinnia, and potato blossom sprigs on pale paper, with handwritten plant labels.

Oxalis, Zinnia, and Potato Blossom, East Hampton

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pencil sketches of two leafy plant branches on tan paper, with a museum stamp at lower left.

Sketches of Plants

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil caricature of a bearded man with round spectacles and tousled hair on a cream sheet with a museum stamp.

Caricature of James McNeill Whistler

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Grey wash sketch of a town square with a tall tower, factory chimney with smoke, and crowds of figures in long clothing.

Town Square (Study for an Illustration)

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Pencil sketch of a tree-lined lakeshore with loose grasses in the foreground and the date Sep 1876 written in the corner.

Lake View near Mt. Katahdin, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pen and brown ink drawing with two scenes: Melchizedek offering bread and wine above, and a unicorn hunt below.

Melchizedek Brings Bread and Wine to Abraham [above]; Unicorn Hunt [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Mrs. Levicz as Peace, Study for "Justice and Peace"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pen and brown wash drawing of a tall fluted column on a stepped base, topped by a standing statue.

Monumental column

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in three-quarter view with handwritten inscriptions naming the sitter below.

Sketch of Peter Richards' Head for his Portrait

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Brown ink sketch of two men with a large instrument walking past a building sign, with musical notes below.

Recto: Three Musicians in Front of the Albergo Della Pace, 1810

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor of a decorated wall with wood paneling, caryatid figures, putti, an oval hunting scene and a wooden chair.

Section of wall, Gallery Francis I, Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pencil sketch of icebergs above a horizon line on tan paper, with white highlights suggesting ice, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite pencil sketch of three female figures, one standing with raised arm, in a shaded rocky landscape, study for design.

A Group of Four Nymphs (Motif for Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880