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Pencil drawing of a necklace design with a garland of flowers, berries and ribbon swags and a pendant drop.

Design for a Necklace

Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi, 1770

Red chalk drawing of studies of figures, including a reclining nude, a standing man in a hat, and a robed figure.

Studies of Five Figures

called Maso da San Friano Tomaso D'Antonio Manzuoli, 1580

Charcoal sketch of a sailor with a raised arm and hat, beside a larger study of a figure's head and shoulders.

Two Studies of a Sailor with Raised Arm

Winslow Homer, 1890

Horizontal twilight study of blue mountains under a peach and gray sky with glowing pink clouds at right.

Twilight over the Catskills, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch on grey paper of five young boys, mostly seated, some in caps, with one standing figure at lower left.

Five Sketches of Young Boys

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate ewer with putti, scrolling handle, mask spout and dolphin-supported foot.

Design for an Ewer

Jean-Bernard Turreau, 1700

Brown wash drawing of two rococo escutcheon designs with scrolls, masks, a cherub and laurel foliage.

Design for Two Escutcheons

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Ink and wash drawing of two neoclassical wall panel designs, one with a tree between seated figures and a landscape medallion

Designs for a Wall Panel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil and watercolor design of flowering branches with blue blossoms, orange bell flowers, and red berries on cream paper.

Flowering Branches

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of a vertical panel with a helmet, shield, crossed swords and a fluted column as trophies.

Panel of Trophies

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of gnarled bare tree trunks and exposed roots across a woodland floor, by Daniel Huntington.

Maple Trunk, Across Old Logging Road, Dalton

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil sketch of a small thatched hut with a grass roof and wooden door, with handwritten colour notes above.

Houses in Alatico, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Red chalk drawing of two children with a dog and sheep in a landscape, with an urn and cherub heads above.

Two Children

François Boucher, 1770

Brown ink and wash sketch of several men in top hats riding horses across the page, with a white horse in front.

Men on Horseback

Constantin Guys, 1850

Grey wash drawing of a horizontal ornamental frieze with acanthus scrolls, rosettes, putti and a centaur.

Ornamental Panel

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated robed woman with scrolls, cherubs and an Egyptian-style figure on clouds.

The Philosopher, After Raphael

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and wash drawing of two oval medallions, one with a lyre player and lion, the other with a kneeling figure at a temple.

Orpheus, Ceres, Design for Vaulted Ceiling, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo Conti-Sinibaldi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Oil sketch of a sunset over a river valley with a golden-edged cloud above rolling wooded hills.

Billowing Cloud at Sunset, Hartford, Connecticut

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink design sketch of an ornate candelabra-style scaffolding with candles, scrollwork and garlands, plus smaller studi

Scaffolding for Exhibition of a Revered Painting

Giuseppe Barberi, 1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of the nine Muses seated in rows with labels, plus tragedy and comedy masks below.

Designs for paintings in Montmorency: The Nine Muses and two masks, Tragedy and Comedy

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of a standing bishop in a mitre holding a crozier, one arm outstretched, on pale paper.

Standing Bishop

Belisario Corenzio, 1610

Pencil sketch on paper of several daggers with ornate hilts and blades, with handwritten notes about gold embossed hilts and

Daggers

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Ink and wash design of an octagonal ceiling with hexagonal coffers and a central rosette medallion, with a scale bar below.

Design for Ceiling for the Basement Story, Carlton House, Pall Mall, London, England

Henry Holland, 1780

Pen and brown wash roundel of a chariot with two horses, a winged figure, and the word PACE above.

Triumph of Peace, Roundel, for the Aldini Villa at Montmorency

Felice Giani, 1810

Engraved horizontal frieze of acanthus scrolls, rosettes and berry clusters on a hatched background.

Frieze with Rinceau

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Graphite study of a right hand and forearm extended to the left, with a folded sleeve at the elbow, on aged paper.

Study of Right Hand for "Lesson of Charity"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a decorative urn with putti on the lid, nude figures holding garlands, and winged creatures on

Decorative urn

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Design drawing of two gilt chandeliers with candle arms, one with a lyre motif and one with cherub figures.

Design for Two Gilt Bronze Chandeliers

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, 1770

Pen and ink drawing of Hercules wrestling the river god Achelous, with winged figure and spectators in background.

The Struggle between Hercules and the River God Achelous

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a couple embracing beside two draped standing women, an ornate chair and a pedestal in a classi

The Love of Helen and Paris

Felice Giani, 1810