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Pencil sketch of large broad leaves of a plant with handwritten notes, a small standing figure in a hat, and a hair sketch at

Large-Leaved Plant and a Figure, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink drawing of a helmeted warrior in a chariot dragging a nude body past onlookers at a city wall.

Achilles Drags the Body of Hector

Felice Giani, 1790

Tan-toned mural design sketch showing a central female figure with shield and staff, flanked by caryatid figures under a clou

Mural Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Hazy brown and green valley with rounded mountains under a grey sky, with trees in the foreground at left.

Mountainous Landscape, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Grey wash drawing of a cemetery stage design with a tall memorial column, urns on pedestals, steps, and small figures.

Design for a Stage: A Cemetery

Pasquale Canna, 1800

Pale floral border design of hydrangea clusters and leaves on a brown ground, an unfinished textile design from 1800.

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

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pencil sketch sheet with small boats, figures, a sail, a church, and handwritten place notes around Pátzcuaro.

Sketches around Pátzcuaro, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of a robed standing figure in a circular medallion framed by classical trophies and ornament.

Design for Overmirror Decoration for the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Grey ink and wash drawing of a classical hall with fluted columns, coffered ceiling, relief friezes and draped curtain.

Stage Design, Interior of Hall in Antique Style

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Graphite sketch of two antlers on the back of a tan card, with faint printed lettering in the upper left corner.

Sketch of Two Antlers

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Watercolor study of an apple tree with branches of green leaves and small apples on a pale background.

Apple Tree (Study for a Decorative Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Brown ink and wash sketch of hunters with pumpkins among ducks, reeds and trees beside a pond.

Hunting Ducks using Pumpkins in the West Indies

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of a curved stone architectural fragment with shaded masonry, a scroll form, and steps at lower left.

Column and Entablature Fragments, Athens

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and wash sketch of a snow-dusted mountain peak emerging from mist, with handwritten notes on the sheet.

From Window of Chalet, Top of Mt. Scheidegg , After a Mist and Storm

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Grey wash drawing of a reclining river god on a monument with putti, a lyre, and inscribed pedestal among trees.

Monument for a poet

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of icebergs on a horizon with rippling sea below and handwritten color notes on the water.

Sketches at Sea near Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of two men sitting in a canoe on water, surrounded by reeds, grasses and evergreen trees.

Two Men in a Canoe

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch of rustic peasant houses with pitched roofs and chimneys in a valley, with trees and a path in the foreground.

Peasant Houses in a Valley

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1830

Oil sketch of Salzburg with a hilltop fortress, church spires, fields, and distant mountains under a hazy sky.

View of Salzburg, Austria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a room with four figure niches and a sarcophagus with a reclining animal beside it.

Design for the Egyptian Room, Palazzo Nuovo, Rome, Italy

Ferdinando Fuga, 1740

Pen and gray wash design for a vaulted ceiling panel with a central figural scene and two small putti medallions.

Abundance, Vaulted Panel, Sala d'onore, Appartmento Napoleonico, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketches of table legs, a scrolled bracket, and a quatrefoil ornament with handwritten notes on cream paper.

Table Sketches, Florence, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash stage design showing oriental buildings, a fluted column, and a fountain set among rocky caves.

Stage Design, Oriental Buildings Amidst Caves and Rocks

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a harbor square with a tall column, arcaded buildings, and small boats on the water.

Port of Ajaccio, Corsica

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of a castle tower on a rocky hill above a river, with dense hatched foliage and sky.

Imaginary Landscape with Castle

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown wash drawing of an angel leading a seated man past sleeping guards in a prison cell with a niche and column.

Design for St. Peter Delivered from Prison

Abraham Bloemaert, 1640

Pen and brown wash elevation drawing of a multi-story town mansion with arches, columns and rows of windows.

Elevation of a Town Mansion

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a jagged iceberg with layered faces and a low tapering section extending to the right on cream paper.

Iceberg near Belle Isle, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Textile border design with white daisies, pale blue and pink garlands, and fringed swags on a brown background.

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

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Brown ink and wash elevation of a classical building with arched windows, sculpted figures and a flight of steps.

Elevation of a Building, Possibly a Kaffeehaus

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780