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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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

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

Mountains near Toluca, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

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

Pen and grey wash drawing of two winged female figures flanking an oval cartouche above clouds, one playing a trumpet.

The coat of arms of a prelate

Filippo Marchionni, 1740

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

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a graveyard with tombstones, a pond with reeds, and a church spire under cloudy sky.

Graveyard

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1870

Pencil sketch of a seated man on a boat deck beside a mast, with sea and rigging sketched in the background.

Man on Deck with Ship's Bell

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch of Niagara Falls with cliffs, a treeline, and faint arcs of a double rainbow above the water.

Double Rainbow over Niagara Falls, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and watercolor design for a ceiling with a central archer goddess, putti, urns, and rococo scrollwork in red and blue.

Design for a Ceiling Decoration

Hubert François Gravelot, 1740

Pencil sketch of a lake with wooded shore in front and mountains behind, with a small boat on the water.

Landscape Sketch, Walker Pond, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Loose oil sketch of the Acropolis ruins on a hill under a hazy sun, with green slopes and a small white building in the foreg

View of the Acropolis, Athens

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Architectural elevation drawing of a symmetrical library facade with columns, tall windows and a central entrance on tan pape

Study for the Fifth Avenue Elevation of the New York Public Library

Whitney Warren Jr, 1890

Pen and brown wash drawing of a church facade with pediment, central urn niche, flanking statues and columns at the doorway.

Church, Monte Vergine

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Sunset sketch of Mount Katahdin rising above a pink-reflecting lake with a dark wooded shore at right.

Mt. Katahdin, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a man seated on a ship deck, head raised, with diagonal rigging lines in the upper right.

Man on a Deck Striking a Ship's Bell

Winslow Homer, 1900

Ink and wash design study with an octagonal central panel of classical figures and a cupid, flanked by two round roundels.

Peace, Vaulted Panel, Sala d' Onore and the Appartmento Napoleonico, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a wooden Swiss chalet with steep shingled roofs, carved gable trim, a balcony railing and a staircase.

Swiss Chalet

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash design drawing of a lidded tureen with lion finial, snake handles and grapevine decoration on a footed base.

Design for a Tureen

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate door knocker with acanthus scrolls, plus two rosette knob designs.

Designs for two doorknockers

Richard de Lalonde, 1770