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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 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

Pencil sketch of clouds and distant hills with handwritten colour notes such as splendid green blue and luminous.

Sunset over the Catskills, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

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

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 valley with a distant town, rolling hills and layered mountains beneath an open sky.

View of Cartago, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

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

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 the American Falls at Niagara, showing a cliff edge with falling water and a small structure on the bank.

The American Falls, Niagara River, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

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

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 sketches on tan paper showing a walled hilltop town with a tower, architectural fragments, a cypress, and handwritten

Mixed Sketches, Turkey

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

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

Pencil and white-heightened sketch of a rock face with snowy alpine peaks and a valley beyond.

Rockface near Belalp, Switzerland

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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

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

Loose oil sketch of white clouds over a dark forested valley with distant hills and small evergreens in the foreground.

Clouds over the Hudson Valley, from the Catskill Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

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

Designs for Trophies

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 sketch of the Tiber river with a domed church, villas, and trees along the banks, annotated with place names.

View of the Castel Sant'Angelo, Claude's Villa, and St. Peter's, Rome, Italy, Part One

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

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

Pedestal of a column

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Faint pencil sketch of a dog seen from behind on a cream sheet, with a date inscribed in the upper right corner.

Dog, Shown from Behind

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

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

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 and white chalk sketch of a snow-capped mountain and shadowed slopes on tan paper.

Mountain Landscape, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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

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

Pencil sketch of a mountain ridge over layered foothills, with handwritten color notes and the label Toluca, Feb 23, 92.

Nevado de Toluca, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890