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Painted textile showing elegant figures, a central flower bouquet in a red vase, a cherub, and a lute player.

Senses of Smell and Hearing

Paul Scarron, 1620

Pen and ink sketch in an oval of Mary holding the Christ Child with two cherubs below, shaded with hatching.

Mary with the Child

Donato Creti, 1710

Purple ink sketch of a reclining draped figure with flowing robes and palm fronds at upper right.

Study of Draped Figure with Palm

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Sketches of Three Heads

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Sepia wash drawing of an arched window opening with carved capitals on columns and a decorated keystone.

Design for a Window Opening

John La Farge, 1900

Pencil sketch with radiating clouds, a central figure, a row of small figures below, and handwritten notes on tan paper.

Sketches for a Passion

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen and brown ink sketch of Phaeton approaching Apollo beside a large sun disc, with a city and clouds.

Phaeton Asks Apollo to Drive the Sun Chariot

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown ink sheet with rows of octagonal and round medallions showing classical mythological scenes of Jove and other g

Stories of Jove

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and ink sketch of the Deposition of Christ, with a lifeless body supported by mourning figures behind him.

Deposition of Christ

Watercolor study of the Madonna and Child with two draped attendant figures under an arched niche over a tiled floor.

Madonna and Child

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Graphite sketch of a female figure raising her arm with a dove perched on her hand, beside a reclining figure.

Sketch of Female Figure with a Dove

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Loose pencil sketch on brown paper of a head, shoulders and hands in quick overlapping lines.

Sketch of a Man or Angel with a Book

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Head of a Man

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil and brown wash sketch of a figure frieze above an oval study, with handwritten notes listing objects below.

Sketch for a Wall Panel

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Muted painting of a woman in a flowing gown and a man in red beside a pale tree and dark foliage.

Lulling and Soothing the Mind into a Quietude

Frank Vincent DuMond, 1900

Pencil drawing of a young man in a wide-brimmed hat gazing upward, leaning on a rounded surface.

A Shepherd Boy

Leendert van der Cooghen, 1650

Pencil sketch of two girls in wide-brimmed hats standing beside a hammock, both looking left.

Mary and Eleanor Hague in a Hammock

Mary A. Hallock Foote, 1880

Pencil sketch of two bearded men seated among tall trees and rocks, with a woman reading in the foreground, dated 1860.

Leaf from a sketchbook: T. Addison Richards and Robert O'Brien at High Bridge

Martha S. Day, 1860

Watercolor of pink thimbleberry flowers with green lobed leaves and small red berries on a cream background.

Thimbleberry

Elizabeth C. Field, 1850

Neoclassical design drawing of a decorative frame with swans, a flower urn, scrolls, rosettes, and putti around an empty pane

Design for Metal Frame

Johann Alois Seethaler, 1820

William Hague

Mary A. Hallock Foote, 1910

Graphite study of two bare feet beneath a long skirt hem, shaded softly on tan paper with torn edges.

Bare feet below a skirt

Martha S. Day, 1860

Graphite and white chalk study of a child's head turned to the side, on brown toned paper.

Study of Child's Head

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Three pencil sketches of reclining female nudes on tan paper, labeled Contemplation, in varied poses.

Three Sketches of Female Nudes

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch on tan paper showing three studies of a left hand and forearm in different positions.

Three Studies of a Left Hand

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen and brown ink design of an ornate baroque candlestick with cherub heads, garlands and scrolled feet on a pale sheet.

Design for a Silver Candlestick

Vittorio Maria Bigari, 1720

Passengers on Train to Rome

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Graphite drawing of a bearded man in a head covering and patterned robe, hand raised to his face in a thoughtful pose.

Philosopher

Gilbert Tompkins, New York, NY, USA, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of two octagonal scenes showing Jupiter with Hebe and Apollo with a lyre beside Terpsichore.

Jupiter and Hebe, Apollo and Terspsichore

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a seated winged woman holding a blossoming branch and two birds, labeled Spring.

Spring, Sketch of Winged Figure

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900