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Pencil sketch of a wooded hillside under sky, with handwritten notes on color such as clear blue and smoky yellow.

Wooded Island, near Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of a nude male figure with curly hair standing before classical arches and architecture, with small figures in

Saint Sebastian

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate organ design with pipes, draped swags, cherubs and a finial on top.

Design for an Organ

Giuseppe Barberi, 1810

Pencil sketch of three sailing boats: a schooner on calm water, a small sloop, and a grounded boat on rocks.

Three Sketches of Schooners

Winslow Homer, 1880

Red chalk design for a symmetrical decorative panel with draped nymphs, garlands, scrolls and a flaming urn.

Design for a Decorative Panel (with Nymphs and Garlands)

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1780

Pencil sketch of a towered Gothic Revival building among trees, with a tall bare trunk on the right.

View of Olana

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil and white chalk sketches of four sloops on tan paper, one with a bright sail and reflection.

Four Sketches of Sloops

Winslow Homer, 1880

Two brown ink and wash designs of oval escutcheons with crowns, putti, laurel fronds and drapery on a pale sheet.

Escutcheons

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch sheet of canoes and paddlers in hats, drawn in loose studies on buff paper.

Canoeing, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Graphite sketch of a woman in period costume with a fitted bodice, wide skirt and sleeves, on tan paper.

Sketch of Woman in Period Costume

James Wells Champney, 1880

Ink and wash sketches of several cattle heads and horns on a cream sheet, with small pencil studies of legs at top.

Sketches of Cattle, Irvington

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pen and wash sheet of sketches: a nude youth raising a goblet, a putto, a bearded mask, a heraldic shield and cartouche desig

Sheet with Sketches

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1800

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a bonnet and dress, with extra studies of hands and a bag and handwritten notes.

Sketch of Julia Wells for "My Cousin in Blue"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pen and ink sketches of a staircase, rooftops, a tower-topped building, and a stone wall with handwritten notes.

Architectural Sketches, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of trumpet-blowing angels in clouds above nude figures rising and falling in a crowd.

The Last Judgment

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated sibyl holding a book, with a putto behind her, copied after Michelangelo.

Erythean Sibyl from the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, after Michelangelo

Michelangelo, 1520

Pencil sketch of a mountain and its reflection in a lake, with rocky slopes, shoreline trees and a small boat.

Reflections on the Königssee, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a classical door frame with pediment, fleur-de-lis and bird medallion.

Design for Door Frame

Carlo Marchionni, 1730

Pencil study of a nude woman seated on the floor, seen from behind, with shaded arms and bent legs.

Study for a seated woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Oval brown ink wash drawing of Ulysses and companions escaping in a boat from the Cyclops's cave with sheep.

Ulysses Escapes the Cyclops’s Cave and Embarks with a Companion

Bust Portrait of a Young Woman

Jeanne Dabos, 1780

Graphite study of a raised arm and clenched hand on torn toned paper, by Daniel Huntington, 1850.

Study of an Arm for "Tribute Money"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of a classical door case with columns, an arched pediment, and two putti among scrolls.

Design for a Door Case

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and ink sketches of ornate rococo picture frames with scrolls and shell motifs on a ruled page.

Sketches for Frames

Pencil sketch of two stag heads with branching antlers on a cream sheet, one large and one small.

Study of stag head

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman on clouds with a winged putto holding a tablet and a child.

The Astronomer, After Raphael

Felice Giani, 1810

Sepia ink and wash drawing of obelisks, a column, an arch, a statue, and a fountain with reclining figures.

Fountains; architectural details

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Grey watercolor design of a classical doorway with fluted columns, shell niche, pediment and a window above with urns.

Design for a Doorway

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a Gothic archway and sculpted figures at the Palazzo Ducale in Venice, with small figures in the street.

Porta della Carta, Palazzo Ducale, Venice

Walter Shirlaw, 1870

Pen and brown ink drawing of classical sepulchral monuments with columns, statues, obelisks, and small figures on steps.

Sepulchral monuments

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800