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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

Loose pencil and colored chalk sketches of several figures on a peach-toned sheet, with a yellow and gray accent at right.

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

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

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

Red and graphite chalk drawing of a nude woman with raised arm and long hair, with a faint sketch of an arm at upper right.

Female Nude with Left Hand Raised

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Sepia drawing of several ornamental trophy designs with floral garlands, fruit swags, birds, bows, arrows and musical instrum

Designs for Trophies

Pierre Ranson, 1800

Pencil sketch of a young woman's face with tilted head and upward gaze on toned paper.

Sketch for a Bacchante

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil drawing of ruined stone walls and arches among trees, with mountains and a winding path under a cloudy sky.

Ruins at a Lake

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1830

Pencil and white highlight sketch of a smoking volcano above rugged ridges, with plant studies and handwritten color notes.

Sangay Volcano, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a nude Venus holding grapes while a small Cupid clings to her shoulder.

Venus and Cupid

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Brown and white drawing of a young woman in a long dress seated on a grassy slope under clouds, with wildflowers.

Seated Girl

Winslow Homer, 1880

Small sketch of fern fronds in green and grey on a brown ground, inscribed Jamaica AUG 65.

Fern Sketch, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of people gathered at a stone fountain with a carved lion-head spout, with a figure bending over the water.

Fragment of Temple of Vesta

Walter Shirlaw, 1860

Pen and ink design of a vertical panel with an oval medallion, urn, garlands, crossed arrows and scrolling foliage.

Project for the decoration of a vertical panel

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical pedestal with a laurel wreath medallion and hanging garlands.

Pedestal of a column

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil and white chalk study of a woman's bust and shoulders in a draped garment with lace trim, on cream paper.

Bust of a Woman, Possibly Study for Portrait of Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil sketch sheet with several studies of men in hats and jackets on a tan paper, some with handwritten notes.

Men

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Oil sketch of a snow-capped Andean peak over brown hills, green fields, thatched huts, and a figure in red on a path.

Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a thatched church with a bell tower and fence, a small figure in a hat at right, labeled Church at Naré.

Church at Puerto Naré, Rio Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown wash drawing of a church doorway elevation with a coffered vault and two niches holding statues.

The Elevation of a Church Doorway

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Pencil sketch of a wooded hillside under sky, with handwritten notes on color such as clear blue and smoky yellow.

Wooded Island, near Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Brown wash drawing of winged angels holding a draped cloth around an empty cartouche, with a hooded figure and skull above.

Design for a cloth as place of an inscription

Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Pen and ink sketch of a lunette with two reclining figures flanking a standing draped figure, labeled Apollo Mnemosyne Giove.

Design for Lunette with Apollo, Mnemosyne and Jove

Felice Giani, 1810

Oil sketch of a pale iceberg on a dark sea under a peach sunset sky, with a small ice flower splash at left.

Iceberg and Ice Flower, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch sheet with a reclining bull, a bull's head, a tree stump, a rock, and dated handwritten notes.

Bull and Landscape Sketches, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Painted view of a green alpine lake with a rowboat at lower left, framed by forested mountains and rocky cliffs.

Alpine Lake, Bavaria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a nude male figure with curly hair standing before classical arches and architecture, with small figures in

Saint Sebastian

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of layered cliffs and rolling hills in a canyon landscape, with a handwritten note in the lower right.

Canyon and Cliffs, Palestine or Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor elevation of a domed neoclassical oratory with a Corinthian portico and flanking pavilions under a blue sky.

Design for an Oratory (Memorial Chapel)

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate organ design with pipes, draped swags, cherubs and a finial on top.

Design for an Organ

Giuseppe Barberi, 1810

Pencil sketch of layered mountains and an elevated plain with handwritten annotations and numbered features.

View of an Elevated Plain from Mojarras, Colombia, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of three sailing boats: a schooner on calm water, a small sloop, and a grounded boat on rocks.

Three Sketches of Schooners

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil and white chalk sketches of four sloops on tan paper, one with a bright sail and reflection.

Four Sketches of Sloops

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridges with a handwritten note reading Brownish warm gray stripes at top left.

Landscape Study, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown wash drawing of a desert waterhole with horsemen, trees, and a distant mesa under a cloudy sky.

Waterhole in the Desert, Utah

Thomas Moran, 1870

Red chalk design for a symmetrical decorative panel with draped nymphs, garlands, scrolls and a flaming urn.

Design for a Decorative Panel (with Nymphs and Garlands)

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1780

Pencil sketch of a towered Gothic Revival building among trees, with a tall bare trunk on the right.

View of Olana

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Two brown ink and wash designs of oval escutcheons with crowns, putti, laurel fronds and drapery on a pale sheet.

Escutcheons

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and ink sketch of a woman carrying a jug beside arched stone buildings and doorways.

Woman with a Water

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1650

Pencil sketch sheet of canoes and paddlers in hats, drawn in loose studies on buff paper.

Canoeing, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a landscape with tall grasses, a small figure on a path, distant hills, and handwritten color notes.

Landscape Scene near Velletri, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged putto holding a flower wreath while flying among clouds, in a lunette shape.

Spring, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch on tan paper of rigging lines and a ship's bell form, with handwritten notes Right and Green at upper right.

Sketch of a Boat Deck and a Ship's Bell

Winslow Homer, 1900

Pencil sketch of a river valley with rocks, trees and distant mountains under a pale sky.

Ammonoosuc River and White Mountains, N.H.

Daniel Huntington, 1850