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Narrow oil sketch of a pale iceberg floating on dark sea water beneath a muted brown sky.

Floating Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pastel design drawing of a floral bouquet with orange plumes, teal ferns and sweeping striped leaves along the edges.

Design for the Embroidery of a Lady's Overskirt of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Ink and wash drawing of mourning figures gathered around a reclining body beside an inscribed pedestal and bust.

Mourning Over the Dead Christ

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pen and ink drawing of a fantasy landscape with a castle on rocky cliffs, an arched bridge, a watermill and trees.

Fantasy Landscape with Watermill

Domenico Campagnola, 1530

The Head of a Despairing Young Woman

Andrea Appiani the Elder, 1790

Ink and wash drawing of a symmetrical classical villa facade flanked by obelisks, cypress trees and a carriage.

Project for the Elevation of a Villa

Paolo Posi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a valley with a winding river, distant mountains, and handwritten colour notes along the bottom edge.

Valley of El Arabah, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sketch of green rolling hills under a sunset sky with orange and grey clouds, labeled Jamaica.

Sunset in Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Grey wash drawing of the Virgin and Child giving rosaries to Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine, with cherubs in clouds above.

Design for an Altar Painting, Saint Dominic and Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Rosary from the Virgin and Child

Fedele Fischetti, 1780

Brown ink and wash sketch of a horse pulling a carriage with a top-hatted driver, with distant carriages at left.

A Horse and Carriage

Constantin Guys, 1850

Loose watercolor of rough waves breaking around dark rocks with white foam and a distant shoreline.

Woodland Stream

Winslow Homer, 1890

Watercolor embroidery design with floral sprigs and grasses arranged across a waistcoat outline, 1780.

Design no. 1878 for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Pencil sketch of a coconut palm trunk with ringed bark, fronds and fruit at top, with handwritten color notes on the page.

Coconut Palm, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor embroidery design of a flower-filled urn with roses, an iris, and trailing garlands, with a border of beads and fr

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, pattern 1600 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1780

Faint pencil mountain sketch on brown paper with handwritten color notes and a museum stamp in the lower left.

Chimborazo and El Altar from Riobamba, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a boy in a cap standing on a wooden swing, holding the ropes overhead, with handwritten notes below.

Boy on a Swing

Winslow Homer, 1870

Ink and wash drawing with four panels depicting scenes from the myth of Apollo, including Daphne, Hyacinth and the Python.

Four Drawings of the Myth of Apollo; Decoration of a Wall over a Mantel, Sala di Apollo, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor and ink sketch of a woman in a yellow bodice and blue skirt with a pink shawl and high hairstyle.

A Lady Promenading

Édouard de Beaumont, 1880

Oil sketch of snowy mountains, a ruined columned temple on a grassy hill, and a dark rock outcrop at right.

Imagined Landscape with Ruined Temple

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted temple stage set with a central statue, winged figures, fire urns, and Italian inscriptions o

Stage Design: Interior of a Temple

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of Mt. Hor, a flat-topped sandstone mesa with layered rock, with three camels in the foreground.

Mt. Hor, Jordan

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Black chalk and white heightened study of a seated bearded man in draped robes gesturing with outstretched hands on blue pape

Studies: Two sitting men

Carlo Maratti, 1650

Pencil sketch of two bare trees with twisting branches above loosely drawn foliage on tan paper.

Trees in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Grey wash drawing of a grotesque ornamental figure with a bearded mask in a medallion, garlands, and a seated figure on top.

Grotesque Figure

Filippo Marchionni

Painted landscape of a hillside forest in autumn, with orange and yellow trees, bare trunks, and a grassy meadow below.

Autumn Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of the old town of Visp with a church spire, stepped-gable houses, a bell tower and mountains behind.

Old Town of Visp, Switzerland

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and wash sketch of a uniformed mounted cavalryman in a kepi cap beside a horse, with a second figure at upper right.

Mounted Cavalryman

Winslow Homer, 1860

Oil sketch of a large pale iceberg on dark sea under gray clouds, with smaller icebergs in the foreground.

Icebergs at Sea, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink and wash elevation of a bed alcove with Corinthian columns, draped canopy, balustrade and paneled walls.

Bed Alcove for the Duc d'Orléans, Palais Royal, Paris, France

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1710

Brown ink and wash drawing of a tiered sepulchral monument with an urn top, medallion portrait and figures, under trees.

Sepulchral Monument for Poet Pietro Chiari

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and ink landscape of trees and a road leading to a hilltop town with a dome.

Road Leading to a Mountainous Town

Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Brown ink and wash elevation drawing of a multi-story mansion facade with arcaded tiers, columns and a row of small figures o

Central Section of a Town Mansion

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Oil sketch of tree trunks, a clinging epiphyte and rocks in dense jungle undergrowth, inscribed Jamaica.

Trees in the Jungle Interior, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated woman, a mother with a reclining infant, and a small head study on paper.

Seated Woman, Mother and Child

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650

Pen and brown wash drawing of a domed columned altar canopy topped with a statue and figures, by Giuseppe Barberi, 1780.

Design for an Altar

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Oil sketch of a rain-filled mountain valley under dark storm clouds, with brown hills and scattered trees.

Storm in the Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil drawing of mythological figures battling winged sea monsters in two horizontal friezes, by Felice Giani, 1800.

Triton Combats Sea Monster

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a rocky mountain ridge with layered distant peaks and handwritten notes on the slope.

View from Shoulder of Mount Chocorua

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil sketch of an ornate bay window with a pointed roof beside an arched doorway on tan paper.

Bay window

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of classical temple interiors, a winged trumpeter, architectural plans, and figures in a garden.

Interior of Temple of Glory and Figured Details

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a rocky cliff with a small tower above a river, boulders in the foreground, and a distant treeline.

Horseshoe Falls from the American Bank, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a brook flowing beside two leafy trees and grassy banks, drawn in soft graphite tones.

Brook and Trees

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1840

Sepia drawing of a canal with arched buildings and water wheels beside a Gothic arcade with figures and a cart.

Sketchbook Page, Folio 64: Study after Bolognese Architecture and Sculpture; Verso: Geometric Designs

Felice Giani, 1810

Pale ochre landscape with a winding water channel, scattered shrubs, and purple mountains under a pink sky.

View from Olana, Southwest Across the Hudson Valley

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketches of trees with handwritten notes on foliage, bark and a monkey on a branch, on grey paper.

Botanical Studies, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor design with a column, oval monogram cartouche, pink roses and floral garlands on a pale ground.

Design for the Embroidery of the Right Top Part of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Pencil front elevation drawing of a domed classical library museum with columns, arched niches, sculptures and ornamental doo

Front Elevation, Proposed Library Museum for J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq., New York

Whitney Warren Jr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a wooded Jamaican valley with rolling hills, tropical trees, banana plants and distant mountains.

Wooded Vale, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of a stage set with classical monuments, a triumphal arch, and a tall column along a paved avenue.

Stage Design, Group of Antique Monuments

Angelo Toselli, 1800

Pencil sketch of gnarled trees and rocky ground with handwritten notes about leaves, mosses and airplants.

Trees and Rocks on the Road to Mocha, Ecuador, near Chimborazo

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of two sailboats on water at the center of a pale cream sheet, with faint smudges across the page.

Sailboats

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Pencil and white highlight sketch of a rocky coastline with pine trees, a small cabin, driftwood, and cliffs under clouds.

Long's Eddy at William Cronk's, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a seated draped woman with a reclining figure in an arched architectural setting.

Design for Allegory of Painting

Giacomo Zampa, 1800

Figures

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Faint pencil sketch of a hill ridgeline on cream paper, with the date May 1840 inscribed in the upper right corner.

Wooded Hill, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pen and ink wash sketch of two men in an interior with a draped curtain, a barred window and a plumed hat.

The Beheading of St. John Baptist

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pencil architectural drawing of a pediment with a circular medallion, Corinthian columns, and two small sketched cherubs belo

Design of a Sepulchral Monument for a Cloister

Carlo Marchionni, 1740

Ink drawing of a reclining nude man beside a standing draped figure offering a bow and arrows, with foliage behind.

Hercules adds Bow and Arrow to Philactetes

Felice Giani, 1810

Dance Movement

Carroll Beckwith, 1900

Painting of a forested mountain above a lake with red autumn trees along the shore under a dusky sky.

Mountainside Lake in Autumn

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Grey wash drawing of a country feast with dancing villagers, a flute player, outdoor dining, and cooking over a fire.

Cartoon for cotton printing: The Country Feast [La Fête Champêtre]

Petitpierre & Compe., (Nantes, France, founded, 1800

Pencil drawing of an ornate door frame design with a scrolled pediment and central cartouche on pale paper.

Design for a Door Frame

Filippo Barigioni, 1720

Muted study of a painted ceiling section with framed panels, scrollwork cartouches, and a reclining figure.

Study for Section of Ceiling Ornament

Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Ink and wash drawing of a male figure supporting a three-cup candlestick on raised arms, standing on a plinth.

Design for a Candlestick

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820