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Sketches for Two Angels and Faith

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Pencil drawing of five symmetrical ornamental bracelet designs with scrollwork and central medallions, one inscribed ROMA.

Designs for a Bracelet

Salvatori, 1900

Pencil and watercolor design for stained glass with blue, green and yellow floral medallions in a window grid.

Design for Stained Glass in Music Room in Miss Caldwell's House, Newport, R. I.

John La Farge, 1880

Grey wash drawing of a rococo necklace design with floral scrolls, a pear-shaped pendant and a matching earring.

Design for a Necklace and earring

Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi, 1740

Watercolor design study of an arched church wall memorial with a chi-rho roundel, painted panels, and classical ornament.

Study for a Wall Memorial in the Judson Memorial Baptist Church, New York

John La Farge, 1900

Pencil studies of two hands on tan paper, one larger hand gripping a folded paper edge, with a smaller sketch below.

Two Studies of a Hand

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Watercolor embroidery design with roses, palm fronds, swags and lilac drapery on a pale ground.

Embroidery Design: Man's

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1770

Pencil sketch of a bird wing with handwritten colour notes such as cerulean and greenish on cream paper.

Sketch of a Wing

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Two pencil sketches of a nude male figure with arms raised and legs in motion on tan paper.

Two Sketches of a Nude Figure

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Red chalk study on grey paper of a figure with raised arms and drapery, with a separate hand and forearm study at lower right

Studies of Mourners' Arms, Hands, and Drapery

Giuseppe Passeri

Pencil studies of winged angel figures on tan paper, with overlapping wings and sketched bodies in various poses.

Sketches of Angels

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing in an octagonal frame of Zephyr and Flora making an offering to a statue of Ceres, with cupids nea

Zephyr and Flora Sacrifice to Ceres

Felice Giani, 1795

Two chalk studies on blue paper of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, set within a gray ink border.

Two Studies of the Virgin with Child

Francesco Trevisani, 1700

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure seen from behind, standing with one arm raised on pale paper.

Figural Study

Pietro da Cortona, 1590

Oil study of a bright green lizard seen from above against a warm brown background with the inscription Jamaica June 65.

A Lizard, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and white-highlight drawing of a vine-wrapped tree trunk and branches beside a palm plant, inscribed Jamaica June 1860

Parasite Vine and Palm Plant, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painted study of tall tree trunks, ferns, and a bromeliad in a dim tropical forest with olive-brown tones.

Trees and Undergrowth, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of moonlit bamboo at left and small studies of figures in hats and dresses at right, on tan paper.

Moonlight Bamboo and Figure Sketches, Kingston, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of arching fern fronds on tan paper, with handwritten colour notes in the upper and lower margins.

Botanical Sketch of Ferns, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink drawing of a helmeted female figure with a spear among cannons and weapons, with a town and troops behind.

Arma

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Painting of thatch palms in a dense tropical forest with slender trees and a warm hazy sky at the horizon.

Thatch Palm, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Engraved plate showing a rococo candlestick with scrolling ornament above a small view of a rococo palace with a fountain and

Panneau avec un palais rococo composé de trois salles...des escaliers avec...une fontaine, 6th plate

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plates of two rococo candelabra with tulip-shaped cups, twisted branches, and floral ornament on plinths.

Girandolle à branche de porcelaine garnie d'or (Girandolle with Porcelain Branches Covered in Gold), plate 70, from O…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1690

Engraved page of six Rococo ornament designs of vegetables on shell bases with a central title cartouche, by Meissonnier, 174

Ornament Design with Vegetables over Shell from Livre des Legumes [Series of Vegetable Ornament], pl. 15 in Oeuvre de…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Engraved plate of a rococo candlestick with scrolling arms above an ornamental panel with putti in clouds.

Ornamental Panel, plate 33, from Oeuvres de Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier (Works by Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier)

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1690

Engraved page of rococo ornament designs with vegetable motifs around a central title cartouche for the Livre de Légumes.

Ornament Design with Asparagas, Mushroom and Turnip, from Livre des Legumes, pl. 15 in Oeuvre de Juste-Aurèle Meisson…

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Two etched plates of putti in landscapes: one with a winged child holding a torch, one with a crowned child beside a globe.

Suitte des Groupes d'Enfants

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1770

Engraved pendant design plate with a central figure in a cartouche, scrollwork, ribbon bow, and pear-shaped drops on cream pa

Plate 2, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1610

Engraved rococo cartouche design with winged figures, a mask, a horse, and an empty central panel for inscription.

Design for Cartouche from "Cartouches Nouvellement Inventez"

Charles-Nicolas Cochin the younger, 1790

Engraved pendant design with a nude figure of Justice holding scales and sword, surrounded by birds and ornamental scrollwork

Plate 6, from a series of eight pendant designs with the cardinal virtues

Johann Theodor de Bry, 1610