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Small sketch of a reddish mountain ridge above green and yellow shrubs under a pale blue sky.

Mountain View on the Road to Baalbek, Lebanon

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Neoclassical wall elevation drawing with gilded frieze, pilasters, framed panels, central clock, and marbled base.

Design for a Wall Vestibule

Charles Percier, 1800

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

Watercolor and pencil sketch sheet showing a blue and yellow macaw on a rock with studies of a building and a parrot.

Sketches of Guacamaya, Bogotá, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with an arched bridge, large boulders, and a tree, with handwritten color notes.

Monte Rosa and a Bridge near Pontegrande, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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

Pencil sketch of a lake with hills, mountains, shrubs and trees along the shore, with handwritten notes at the top and bottom

North-South Lake near the Catskill Mountain House, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Watercolor of red sandstone cliffs and mesas above a canyon, with a river gorge in the foreground under a warm, cloudy sky.

Cliffs of the Rio Virgin, South Utah

Thomas Moran, 1870

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

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

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

Oil sketch of twilight clouds with orange sunset glow over dark tree silhouettes at the bottom edge.

Clouds at Twilight

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil and white-heightened sketch of a mountain's south face with snow streaks and forest at its base.

South Face, Mt. Katahdin, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd of robed men standing together in an interior beside a bench.

Apostles after Raphael's "Death of Ananias"

Felice Giani, 1810

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

Child

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Sketch of a marshy landscape with white water reflections, reeds, and a distant tree line on tan paper.

Marshy Landscape near Millinocket Lake, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of four classical fender designs with urn finials, paw feet, garlands and lion heads.

Four fenders

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Graphite and white highlight sketch on brown paper showing a narrow mountain valley with rocky ridges and lit slopes.

Narrow Mountain Valley near Ysapan, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown wash drawing of robed monks and nuns with halos meeting before a vaulted arcade, with a glowing light in the background

Meeting of Saints Francis and Clara

Belisario Corenzio, 1640

Pencil elevation drawing of a symmetrical villa facade with a domed central pavilion, pilasters and statues on the roofline.

Design for the Facade of a Villa

Johann Fischer von Erlach, 1680

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

Pencil sketch on cream paper of spiky, fanning leaves and curving plant stems in loose botanical study.

Botanical Sketch, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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

Pencil sketch of a rock on a hilltop with faint distant hills and ridgelines on cream paper.

Rock on a Hilltop, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

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 brown ink drawing of a frieze with scrolling foliage, a skull, an oval cartouche, and a small creature with annotatio

Design for a Frieze: "Time"

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Faint pencil sketch of landscape forms on aged paper mounted in a grey album page.

Bivouac with Unhitched Army Wagons

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of a riverbank with tropical foliage, a tall palm, and mountains receding into the distance.

Riverbank and Mountains from the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of a stone town gateway with an arched doorway, pediment, finial and small figures on top.

Gateway of a town with alternatives

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

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

Brown wash drawing of a domed classical fountain pavilion with columns, a tall column on top, and small figures around a basi

Desing for a Fountain

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of tall cypress trees with shaded foliage on pale paper, inscribed with a Villa d'Este note.

Cypress, Villa d'Este, After Cropsey

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil drawing of a maple branch with serrated leaves and two buds on a cream sheet, with a handwritten label at left.

Maple Leaves, Mt. Desert

Samuel Colman, 1870

Loose oil sketch of a twilight sky with pink and orange clouds over a dark horizon and olive ground.

Twilight, Color Effects

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Painting of a ruined castle on a hill above a valley, with a lit thatched cottage and storm clouds overhead.

Landscape with Castle

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Painted study of a sunlit hillside with a winding dirt path, shrubs and rounded trees under a pale blue sky.

Hillside, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch sheet of Egyptian-style figures in robes and turbans, a veiled woman, a child, and a tower with a domed top.

Sketches of Figures and a Signal Tower, Egypt

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of a trophy with a shield, plumed helmet, spears, axes, arrows and drapery on a base.

Design for Trophy with Military Attributes

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pencil sketch of figures on a shore with a sailboat and bay, and women in long dresses standing near a railing.

Figures Looking Towards a Bay

Winslow Homer, 1900

Pen and ink sketch of three octagonal vignettes of classical figures with Italian captions, study for a Theseus room.

Three Sketches of Theseus Subjects, for the Sala di Teseo, Palazzo Gaddi, Forli

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink sketch of peasant women, oxen with a cart, a hunter, rabbits and birds among foliage, within a ruled border.

In the Mountains (Decorative Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Loose pencil sketch of a landscape with a central tree trunk and scribbled shrubs on a cream sheet.

Landscape

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Watercolor of a canyon with rust-colored cliffs, a sunlit rock outcrop, and a dark stormy sky above a shadowed foreground.

Grand Canyon in Stormy Weather, Arizona

Thomas Moran, 1900

Pen and ink design drawing of a five-armed chandelier with floral garlands, fluted column, and tassel base.

Design for a Chandelier

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Charcoal sketch of two sailing fishing boats on the sea with hatted figures watching from a rocky shore.

Two Fishing Boats with Sails, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Black chalk sketch of a stooped peasant man in a broad hat and loose clothing, carrying a bag, on tan paper.

Peasant with Bag

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Pen and brown ink drawing of dancing women and reclining revelers beside a fountain and classical architecture.

Bacchanalian Scene with Circle of Dancing Figures

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil sketch of coastal views with sailboats, a rocky shore, a wooden shed, and clouds over hills.

Coastal Views, Maine or Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Painted study of a campfire glowing beneath fallen logs beside a stream, with autumn leaves and moss on the forest floor.

Campfire, Maine Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink design for a stage curtain showing a crowd gathered before a classical temple beneath clouds.

Design for Stage Curtain: Hercules Receives Gifts from Nymphys after his Victory over the River God Achelous

Felice Giani, 1810

Graphite sketch sheet of palm trees, tropical trees, a small church, and handwritten botanical labels.

Botanical Sketches with a Church, Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of mountain ranges and hills with trees, annotated with handwritten labels for Mansfield, Stowe and the Adirond

Adirondack from Mt. Mansfield; Mt. Mansfield from Stowe, Vermont

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Watercolor of tarantella dancers in colorful folk costume with a mandolin player and tambourine player.

Water color; Tarantella dancers

Saverio della Gatta, 1820

Oil sketch of misty hills, a tree cluster on a slope, distant mountains in fog, and an orange and blue sunset sky.

Winter Fog in the Hudson Valley, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Oil sketch of a sunlit rock cliff with red autumn vines beside a river and wooded hills under a pale blue sky.

Autumn Landscape with Large Rock, North Carolina

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Watercolor design of a candlestick with a grey caryatid figure holding a gold urn, flanked by gilded candle arms over a flute

Design for a Candlestick

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pencil sketch of the Virgin seated with the haloed Christ Child beside her in an arched niche, with a vase at lower left.

The Virgin and the Child

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pencil sketch of a small fan palm with a textured trunk and radiating fan fronds, with handwritten color notes beside it.

Small Fan Palm, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink drawing of two friezes showing mythological figures with winged sea serpents and hybrid creatures.

Bythos and Aphros

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of a fortified sea structure with a central tower and small sailboats on rippled water.

Fantastical mausoleum

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800