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Pencil drawing of a hunting trophy with a boar head, antlers, horn, spear and foliage, arranged vertically on paper.

Design for a Snuff Box Cover (verso); Trophy of Hunting (recto)

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Pencil sketch of sailing ships at sea on cream paper, with the handwritten inscription 'Mrs E. W. Bethune' at top.

Ships at Sea

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a classical robed figure raising one arm and holding a staff on tan paper.

Classical Figure

Minardi Tommaso, 1900

Pencil sketch of a schooner with raised sails riding choppy waves, with a tree-lined shore on the horizon at right.

Schooner Riding Waves off Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a dead pine tree's bare branches and trunk on beige paper, labeled Pine.

Dead Pine Tree, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of an oval rococo frame with scrolls, shell ornament and two reclining putti.

Design for a Metal Frame

Giovanni Bettati, 1700

Pencil sketch of a town with low buildings, a bare tree, distant mountains, and handwritten color notes.

View of a Town, Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink drawing of a dense cavalry battle above, with loose pen sketches of figures and horses below.

Charles V defeating the Turks near Vienna, 1529 [above]; Battle Scene with King, Elephants, Cavalry and Infantry [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Pencil sketch of a valley with rolling hills, scattered trees, small huts and a winding river.

View near Ibagué, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite and white chalk study of a seated nude woman, eyes closed, one hand on her chest, on grey paper.

Female Nude, Study for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded religious procession with a canopy, soldiers with pikes, and classical buildings.

Procession of the Sacrament

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Ink and wash elevation of a rococo bedroom wall with carved paneling, fireplace, canopy bed and mythological panel paintings.

Wall Elevation of the Bedroom of the Prince de Rohan, Hôtel de Soubise, Paris

Germain Boffrand, 1730

Grey wash drawing of a rococo frame with empty oval center, scrolling foliage, and a reclining cherub at lower left.

Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Francis Russell, Second Earl of Bedford

Hubert François Gravelot, 1730

Brown wash drawing of a frieze with allegorical figures, a putto, scrolls, reeds and a music stand.

Design for a Frieze with the Allegory of Literature

Piat Joseph Sauvage, 1780

Loose oil sketch of a dark sailboat on calm water before reddish hills and a cloudy sky.

The Strait of Messina, Looking towards Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown wash studies of draped bedroom alcoves with swagged valances and curtains on a cream sheet.

Designs for Bedroom Alcoves

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch on green paper with horizontal strokes, numbered tone notes, and handwritten color notes in the upper corner.

Clouds over Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash elevation drawing of a classical building with domed wings, a central tower, and columns.

Elevation of a building

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Oil sketch of a cloudy sunset glowing orange over dark hills, with the word Jamaica written in the lower left corner.

Cloudy Sunset, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped figure reading, putti on steps, and a woman with a basket beside classical architectur

Urban Scene with Draped Figure, Putti, and Woman Carrying Basket

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a uniformed soldier lying dead on the ground, boots extended, on tan paper with grid line

Dead Soldier

Ange-Louis Janet Lange, 1830

Grey wash drawing of an ornate baldacchino over an altar with papal arms, angels, columns and a crucifix.

Baldacchino with Papal Ar

Giuseppe Valadier, 1770

Oil sketch of pink-lit clouds over rolling green hills and trees under a teal sky, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Clouds above the Hudson Valley, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Small painting of two pale icebergs rising above dark choppy sea under a warm tan sky.

Two Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Red chalk study of a standing male figure with outstretched arm and loose sketches of heads and drapery on cream paper.

Study for a group of figures, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Painting of a seated boy in a straw hat and white shirt, viewed from behind, surrounded by tall green grass.

Seated Boy, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown-ground drawing of Christ in glory surrounded by angels, clouds and nude figures, heightened with white and blue.

Christ in Glory with Angels

Belisario Corenzio, 1640

Red chalk architectural elevation of a door, overdoor with a griffin, lion mask, and carved wall panels on paper.

Elevations of a Door, Door Frame, Overdoor, and Adjoining Wall Panel

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1800

Pencil sketch of two figures seen from behind beside reeds and a shoreline, with a seated figure at left.

Stern View of Two Canoes

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pen and brown wash drawing of six designs for bedroom alcoves with draped curtains, domes, and classical columns.

Six Designs for Bedroom Alcoves

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of a tree grove with bamboo leaf studies scattered below, labeled Jamaica Aug 65.

Bamboo Grove, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and wash sketch of a standing mounted officer in a kepi cap, sash and sabre, on aged paper.

Mounted Cavalry Officer

Winslow Homer, 1860

Oil sketch of a flat-topped iceberg above dark water under a muted sky, painted by Frederic Edwin Church in 1850.

Iceberg in Cartwright's Bight, Southwest from Battle Harbor, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of leaning rifles and grass tufts on a yellowed page mounted in a grey album.

Rifles Leaning Together

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of broken tree trunks and branches on tan paper, with the upper part of the sheet left blank.

Broken Tree Trunks

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Painted study of broken fluted columns and stone fragments overlooking a blue sea and distant mountains.

Broken Columns, View from the Parthenon, Athens

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash design drawing of a neoclassical chimneypiece with Ionic columns and a relief frieze of figures and lions.

Design for a Chimneypiece

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of an empty rococo cartouche topped with a papal tiara and crossed keys.

Drawing - Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Pencil sketch of distant mountains and trees with handwritten color notes on cream paper.

Mountain Views from Cuautla, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a figure seen from behind, wearing a cap and coat, on cream paper with a museum stamp.

James McNeill Whistler

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of icebergs and sea, with handwritten notes about colour on pale paper.

Four Floating Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Sunset over Rome with St. Peter's dome and a statue-topped column above rooftops, drawn in loose brown and orange strokes.

The Column of the Immaculate Conception and St. Peter's Basilica, Rome

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing of a classical facade with four standing figures in niches and reclining figures on the pediment.

Entrance to a prison

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Ink and wash stage design showing classical columns, an arcade and a rocky cave with trees under diagonal light.

Stage Design, Cave and Temple

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Pencil study of a standing man in an overcoat with a repeated head, shoulder and outstretched arm on tan paper.

President Chester A. Arthur, Standing, with Separate Head, Shoulder, and Arm Study

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Oil sketch of a forest path with tree trunks and sunlit undergrowth, painted in browns and greens.

A Road into the Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a stone lazaretto with a domed roof, arched doors and a low wall on a hillside.

Lazaretto at Hebron, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Small sketch of a broad plain with rounded hills, forested slopes, cloudy sky and a red path in the foreground.

Liguanea Plain, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and wash design drawing of a tall candlestick with six leaf-shaped candle cups, winged sphinxes, and an ivy-wrapped colum

Design for a Candlestick

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1810

Pencil sketch of the Parthenon temple on the Acropolis in Athens, with ruins and fallen stones in the foreground.

The Parthenon and Erechtheion, Athens, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painted design for an embroidered border with yellow leaf garland, orange drapery swags, fringe and twisted rope on brown pap

Design for an Embroidered Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pencil and paint sketch of a mauve mountain rising over a pale tan plain under a grey-blue sky.

Mountain Landscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Graphite sketch of four monkey head studies on tan paper, one large frontal face and three smaller angled views.

Monkey

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Watercolor of a Venetian canal street with brick buildings, a footbridge, a lantern, and a figure in a dark cloak.

Canal, Venice, Italy

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1880

Pencil sketch of a waterfall and cliff beneath a moon in the night sky, titled Niagara Moonlight.

Niagara Moonlight

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a wooded ridge and leaves on pale paper, with a small bird form and handwritten notes at right.

Wooded Ridge and Leaves, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of rugged mountain peaks and ridges on tan paper, with handwritten color notes and white highlights.

Approaching Mt. Hor

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Two Studies of a Bugler

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a lake with a small boat, clouds above, and trees along the shore.

Imaginary Landscape with a Boat

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Loose oil sketch of a calm sea horizon under a pink and gray streaked sky with soft clouds.

Icebergs in the Distance, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a sphinx tied by rope to an ornate tripod stand with a flaming urn.

Fender

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash sketch of a seated draped figure in a vaulted stone interior with arches and pillars.

Sketch, Seated Allegory in Architectural Setting

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pencil sketch of stone arches, ruined walls and figures in robes on a terrace, with handwritten notes, by Frederic Edwin Chur

Buildings and Figures at as-Samu, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch on brown paper of a landscape with trees, shrubs, rocks and hills receding into the distance.

View of Toche, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink sketch of a shell-shaped cartouche with two seated cherubs at its base and a small figure above.

Tablet bearing the coat of arms of Pope Benedict XIV with shell as background

Filippo Marchionni, 1740

Brown ink sketch of a wooden house by the water with beached dories and horizontal hatched sky and sea.

House at a Railing with Beached Dories

Winslow Homer, 1880

Faint pencil sketch of low rolling hills receding under an empty sky on tan paper.

Clouds

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil and chalk drawing of Bash-Bish Falls with figures resting on a rock ledge in the foreground.

Bash-Bish Falls, South Egremont, Massachusetts

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a river valley with wooded hills and ruined castle towers on a rocky height at right.

A Valley in Mountainous Country

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1790

Ink and wash design for a rococo escutcheon with an empty central field, shell crest and scrolled fluted sides.

Design for an escutcheon

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Pencil sketch on cream paper in an album mount, showing a rough figure, an animal form, and handwritten notes.

The Extra Ration

Winslow Homer, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of architectural cornices, a carved mask pediment, a drapery swag and a walking man in a tricorn hat.

Architectural Details and Figure Study

Filippo Marchionni, 1760

Pencil sketch of a steamship with a trailing smoke plume crossing rough sea under a cloudy sky.

Fishing Trawler

Winslow Homer, 1890

Sunset over a river with red clouds, dark mountains beyond, and a small figure on the grassy bank at lower left.

Sunset, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of mountains and a foreground hill with handwritten color notes such as blue, brown, and cloud on cream paper.

Mountains, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Ink and wash architectural design of an altar with columns, a coffered arch, a niche statue, and a floor plan below.

Design for an altar for St. Anthony of Padua

Andrea Pozzo, 1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of five vertical pilaster strips with medallions, garlands, and small standing figures.

Design for the Decorations of Five Pilaster Strips

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Graphite and white chalk sketch of boulders in the foreground with mountain ridges receding into the distance.

Sketch from Mount Chocorua

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Red chalk sketch of angels with a diagonal cross and draped shroud, showing overlapping figure studies on a pale sheet.

Angels Carrying the Holy Cross and Shroud

Mattia Preti, 1660

Pencil and white gouache sketch of snow-capped alpine peaks and steep slopes on brown paper, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Basin of the Obersee, near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash architectural drawing of a domed mausoleum with elevations, a plan, and measurement notes.

Design for a Mausoleum

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Reclining nude woman with red hair resting on a round mirror, draped in white cloth, against an ochre background.

Reclining Nude

Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Two watercolor studies of resting brown and white calves, one lying under a tree and one asleep in grass.

Studies of Calves, Stockbridge

Samuel Colman, 1870

Watercolor drawing of an octagonal gazebo with twisted columns, garlands, broad stairs and statues on terraces.

Gazebo

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1810

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a rocky mountain peak with boulders, a bare tree and distant ridges on grey paper.

Looking South, Mount Mansfield, Vermont

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing of a robed figure kneeling at an altar as a priest gestures toward rising smoke, with onlookers.

Ceiling Design for the Consecration of Numa, Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a bare tree with exposed roots on a rocky slope, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Königssee Tree, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink sketch of a row of classical columns, sphinxes, an obelisk and a domed pavilion on a terrace.

Design for a Table Centerpiece

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pencil sketch sheet of five sheep in varied poses, several with heads lowered to graze, on a light tan paper.

Studies of Sheep

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude figure bound to a column while two men raise whips in a colonnaded hall.

Sketchbook Page: Flagellation of Christ

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a leafless tree with spreading bare branches, with handwritten colour notes along the bottom edge.

Study of a Dead Oak Tree

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pale white stylized flowers and leaves on brown paper, with a repeating floral border along the bottom edge.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1810

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling with a central winged figure, scrolling foliage, and small mythological scenes in fra

Project for a Painted Square Ceiling

Luigi Rossini, 1820

Brown ink drawing of rowing boats attacking a whale in a harbor, with a crowd on the quay and classical buildings behind.

Whale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius at Ostia

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Watercolor stage design of classical arches, colonnades, towers and a statue in a plaza, with ship masts beyond.

Stage Design, Group of Buildings Near Port

Angelo Toselli, 1800

Pencil and white gouache sketch of rocky mountain ridges with handwritten notes on pale green paper.

Gulf of Corinth, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860