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Pencil sketch of two stag heads with branching antlers on a cream sheet, one large and one small.

Study of stag head

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman on clouds with a winged putto holding a tablet and a child.

The Astronomer, After Raphael

Felice Giani, 1810

Sepia ink and wash drawing of obelisks, a column, an arch, a statue, and a fountain with reclining figures.

Fountains; architectural details

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Grey watercolor design of a classical doorway with fluted columns, shell niche, pediment and a window above with urns.

Design for a Doorway

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a Gothic archway and sculpted figures at the Palazzo Ducale in Venice, with small figures in the street.

Porta della Carta, Palazzo Ducale, Venice

Walter Shirlaw, 1870

Pen and brown ink drawing of classical sepulchral monuments with columns, statues, obelisks, and small figures on steps.

Sepulchral monuments

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash architectural drawing of a column capital with a ram's head, cornice, and stepped moldings.

Upper Corner of a Window Frame

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Brown wash drawing of a classical window case with Corinthian columns, a sculpted pediment, and a draped curtain.

Design for a Window Case

Carlo Marchionni, 1800

Brown ink drawing of a blank papal inscription frame topped by a tiara, crossed keys, and laurel and tassel ornaments.

Frame for a papal inscription

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and grey wash design drawing of an ornate censer with a domed lid, garland swags and chains.

Design for a Thurible

Filippo Marchionni, 1730

Pencil study of a male torso from a plaster cast, showing chest and abdominal muscles with soft shading on gray paper.

Male Torso From a Plaster Cast

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pencil sketch of thistle plants with spiky flower heads and grass, inscribed Nature Study by Walter Shirlaw.

Nature Study

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a classical wainscotted wall panel with arched field, garland, and Greek key frieze.

Design for a Wainscotted Wall Panel

F. Cornille, 1800

Pencil and wash drawing of a seated man in a headwrap resting on a barrel labeled Contraband, titled Dixie.

Dixie

Winslow Homer, 1860

Chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man in a layered turban, looking upward, in black and red chalk on paper.

Head of a Man in Turban

François Boucher, 1750

Pencil and white chalk study of a nude male figure with raised arms and drapery sketches on grey paper.

Nude Angel, Angel's Arm, and Drapery Studies, Study for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a classical column, decorative frieze, and small figure on a cream sheet, study for Vintage Festival by Robe

Study for a kneeling woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Brown ink and wash drawing of a canopied altar with four figural columns, a cross finial, and steps leading up.

Design for an altar

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of a tiered tomb monument with a Madonna and Child, a reclining effigy, and draped swags.

Design for a Sepulchral Monument for a Medici Cardinal

Francesco da Sangallo, 1570

Pencil sketch of a mountain gorge with a wooden trestle bridge, a stream, pine trees and handwritten colour notes on the pape

Gorge between Ceppo Morelli and Macugnaga, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash drawing of a neoclassical doorway with fluted pilasters, a shell pediment, and small figures in a loggia.

Doorway, Loggia, Ground Floor, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Graphite study on toned paper of a seated figure seen from behind, bent over a sloped board with one hand raised.

Study for "Communion of the Sick"

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a robe and turban, with handwritten labels naming his garments and accessories.

Fellah of Bethlehem

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a reclining child in loose shaded strokes, with a small scroll study with tiny figures below.

Child

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of a helmeted soldier raising a sword over a seated man beside classical arches and columns.

The Death of Archimedes

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown ink drawing of two scenes: a crowd around a pedestal above, and a shrouded body carried on a bier below.

Apollonius Curing a Young Athenian Possessed of a Demon [above]; Apollonius Raising a Girl from the Dead in Rome [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Red and black chalk study of a nude elderly man with a leafy wreath, holding a tall staff and seated on draped cloth.

Study of a nude elderly man, Bacchus or one of his companions

Giovanni Battista Merano, 1670

Loose pencil sketch on aged paper showing small figures, possibly children, and animals within a rough composition.

Children

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Chalk drawing of a standing woman in a headscarf holding two children, rendered in black and red chalk on pale paper.

Woman with Two Children

Jérôme-François Chantereau, 1740

Pen and wash architectural drawing of an arched portal with a balcony, a seated figure above, and a standing figure at left.

Design for left half of a portal with balcony

Carlo Marchionni, 1720