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Pen and grey wash design for a coffered ceiling with a central frieze of horsemen and winged figures in square panels.

Ceiling Cabinet Dedicated to War, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of women gathered on a beach with sailboats on the water and a seated figure in the lower right.

Groups of Women at Beach, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Small sketch of a pale iceberg on a dark sea under a pink and mauve twilight sky.

Iceberg at Twilight, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite and chalk drawing of a left foot resting on a plinth, with toes shaded on gray paper.

Left Foot From a Plaster

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Brown ink drawing of Numa Pompilius seated with the nymph Egeria in a rocky grotto landscape within an oval frame.

Numa Pompilius and Egeria, Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate covered reliquary with cherubs, scrollwork and a figure on top.

Design for Reliquary

Leonardo Scaglia, 1630

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate silver standing cup with lobed bowl, scrolled stem and figure finial.

Design for a Silver Standing Cup

Moravian Wenzel von Olmütz, 1400

Pen and ink architectural design of two Corinthian columns with arched pediments and faint putti, by Carlo Fontana.

Design for Altar at Santo Spirito dei Napolitani (Holy Spirit of the Neapolitans), Rome, Italy

Carlo Fontana, 1700

Painting of a cardamom flowering spike with pink-tipped white bracts and yellow blossoms against dark green leaves.

Cardamom, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Bust of Man Crowned with Vine Wreath

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Red chalk study of draped fabric folds for a standing woman figure on tan paper, with faint grid lines.

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

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pencil sketch of a woman in a headscarf seated on a grassy bank, with distant boats and trees across a hazy landscape.

Girl Seated on a Tree Trunk

Winslow Homer, 1870

Brown ink and wash sketch of a lancer on horseback holding a long lance, with the horse outlined faintly at right.

Lancer on Horseback

Winslow Homer, 1860

Graphite sketch of tall umbrella pines with spreading crowns, a smaller pine at lower right, labeled Borghese Villa, Rome.

Study of Pines, Borghese Villa, Rome

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Sketch of a seated man smoking a pipe in a red cap and jacket, with two donkeys on a pale background.

Smoking Man and Donkeys

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of two girls standing in tall grass, one in a wide hat with her arm around the other in a bonnet.

Two Girls in a Field

Winslow Homer, 1870

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a shouting sailor in a sou'wester raising his arm, with a ship on the sea behind him.

The Lookout

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch sheet with tree studies, palm fronds, an alligator, and handwritten notes on foliage and bark colour.

Botanical Sketches with an Alligator, Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of two tree trunks with leafy branches framing a woodland opening, drawn on cream paper.

Sketch of Trees

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Ink and wash sketch of a bearded older man in a wide-brimmed hat, mounted on tan board with a red wax seal.

Head of a Bearded Man

William Merritt Chase, 1870

Ink and wash sheet with thirteen roundel and octagonal studies of Apollo mythological scenes, annotated in red ink.

Thirteen Apollo Subjects for Ceiling

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of nude and draped female figures in a landscape beside a classical column and curtain.

Diana and Callisto, after Domenichino

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor design of floral sprigs and ferns in a cartouche with green and violet borders, for an embroidered waistcoat.

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, pattern 1777 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1780

Pencil sketch of a standing male nude with handwritten proportion notes in the margins and along the bottom.

Sketch of a Male Nude with Notations

Winslow Homer, 1850

Pen and ink sketch of a funeral catafalque with an obelisk, flanking draped figures, and ornamental reliefs on a tiered base.

Project for a Catafalque for the Funeral Service for Pope Pius VI in Forli

Felice Giani, 1790

Pen drawing of three vertical candelabrum designs with classical figures, urns, scrollwork and foliage on pale paper.

Candelabrum Designs

Giovanna Benati, 1800

Pen and brown wash design for a wall with arches, pilasters, hanging garlands, draped curtains and candelabra.

Design for Wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a bonnet carrying a basket in a grassy field with trees behind her.

Young Woman Carrying a Basket

Winslow Homer, 1870

Red chalk drawing of a reclining male nude with arm raised behind his head, resting on draped cloth, on worn paper.

Slave from Hero and Leander in the Galleria Farnese, after Annibale Carraci

Annibale Carracci

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of three men, one seated, one standing looking up, one leaning on a ledge.

Three Men

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1640