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Watercolor study of a crouching brown camel with a saddle and bridle on a cream sheet of paper.

Crouching Camel, Syria or Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash design of two symmetrical trophies with armour, laurel wreaths, swords, drapery and a crown on paper.

Design for Two Trophies

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1740

Red chalk study on blue-grey paper of a robed figure with raised arm, plus hands holding a lantern and a box.

Portrait of a Cardinal

Giuseppe Passeri

Brown ink and wash design sheet showing a low domed ceiling, garland swags, and a floral scroll border with a lyre.

Designs for a Low Domed Ceiling

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a frock coat and bow tie, turned to the left, resting his hands in an armchair.

William E. Dodge Seated

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil sketch of two coconut palms on cream paper, one standing above a thatched hut and one leaning, with a museum stamp.

Coconut Palm, Two Views

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a nude woman riding a sea beast with a winged child, a lion head and sea monsters below.

Thetis and Cupid Riding Fish

Fortunato Duranti, 1800

Graphite sketch of a standing nude woman with short bobbed hair, one hand raised to her chest, on cream paper.

Standing Female Nude

James Wells Champney, 1880

Pencil sketch of a standing woman raising a torch beside a seated figure, with clouds and drapery, a study for bank note desi

Motif for Bank Note Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna on clouds handing a rosary to a kneeling saint, with angels and putti around them.

Madonna Appearing to Saint

Rodriguez, 1640

Two brown ink and wash elevations of a bedroom alcove with draped curtains, balustrade, urns and doorways.

Designs for Bedroom Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Charcoal sketch on tan paper of four soldiers' heads in kepi caps, one smoking a pipe, in varied poses.

Four Studies of Soldiers' Heads

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of a bare, leafless tree with spreading branches on cream paper, with a handwritten date at upper right.

A Leafless Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate monstrance with a winged female figure holding an oval frame, flanked by lions.

Monstrance

Pietro Belli, 1820

Pen and wash design sketch for a church ceiling showing clouds, heavenly figures above and a crowd of figures below.

Design for a Ceiling in a Church

Matthäus Günther, 1700

Charcoal and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a standing drummer in a cap and coat, seen from the side.

Side View of a Drummer

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of three horse heads on tan paper, one larger above two smaller studies, with a museum stamp below.

Horse

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Watercolor design of vertical wall ornament with gilded monograms, crowned cartouches, and painted floral scrollwork in blue,

Detail: Wall Decoration, Palace of Fontainebleau

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Study of Nathaniel Bowditch for "Scientific Group"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and wash design drawing of a candelabrum with a draped female figure on a marbled column pedestal.

Design for a Candelabrum

Johann Jacob, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of two draped bed canopies with fringed valances, tassels and feather plumes on top.

Two bed canopies

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and wash design drawing of a spherical water urn on a stand with lion handles, cupid, and figural supports.

Design for a Water Urn with Stand

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Red chalk drawing of shepherds adoring an infant in a basket, within an arched frame with columns.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Antonio de' Dominici, 1720

Graphite sketch on gray paper of an elderly man with white highlights, leaning forward to read a letter held in both hands.

Portrait of the Artist's Father

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Oval pen and brown wash drawing of a high priest raising a rod over a seated woman before a temple altar.

The High Priest Punishes a Vestal Virgin, Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sheet with multiple figure studies showing outstretched hands, arms, a leaning male figure, and a sketched head.

Studies of Hands and Figures

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of two left hand studies, one curled above and one open below, with handwritten name inscriptions.

Albert Gallatin, Two Left Hand Studies

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pen and grey wash design for an ornate rococo frame with an empty oval, drapery, a sword, a crown, and a courtly scene below.

Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset

Hubert François Gravelot, 1730

Drawing of a silver fruit bowl stand with three fluted columns, winged griffins, a central eagle and a grapevine-carved bowl.

Design for the Silver Mount for a Glass Fruit Bowl

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Portrait of an Elderly Woman, Hartford, Connecticut

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Watercolor sketch of a bowing man in blue and a woman in yellow and red beside a table, with French handwritten dialogue belo

The Shirtmaker

Édouard de Beaumont, 1850

Pen and brown ink sketch of several robed figures, one raising an arm above a pedestal and another seated below.

Four Sketches of a Saint

Francesco Manno, 1800

Graphite drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, turning his head, one arm extended, foot resting on a block.

Male Nude

Luigi Calamatta, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate candlestick with a female figure and satyr supporting the shaft.

Elevation of a Candlestick

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, 1800

Drawing of a standing male nude with raised arm, shaded in chalk and white highlights on tan paper.

Study of a Male Nude

Nicola Consoni, 1840

Girl

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a bowler hat and dark suit, hands resting on a table.

Portrait of a Man

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman with a child, a lamb, and a rocky landscape with a tall tree.

Madonna and Child with St. Anna and Lamb, after Leonardo

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a seated figure in a jacket with lace collar, hands in lap, on aged paper.

Sketch for a Portrait

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Red chalk study on blue paper of a kneeling draped figure with several sketched heads and hands around it.

Studies for a Kneeling Monk

Giuseppe Passeri

Graphite study on grey-green paper of a bent arm with clasped hands and flowing hair, with white highlights.

Study for "A Magdalen"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a tall tree with feathery foliage on a bank, with a faint stream and rocks sketched below.

Tree by a Stream, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate candelabrum with scrolled candle arms and a radiating finial on a monogrammed pedestal

Candelabrum, Probably for Rooms in the Palazzo Altieri, Rome

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Colored design drawing of an ornate urn on a pedestal with lion masks, garland swags, and a scale bar below.

Urn Design, after the Warwick Vase

Luigi Righetti, 1810

Pencil sketch of a woman in Bethlehem dress with a head veil, annotated with names of garments and jewelry.

Woman of Bethlehem

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil study of two winged putti, one on clouds and one beside a draped urn, on aged paper.

Study of Two Putti

Francesco Solimena, 1690

Pen and ink sketch of a seated draped female figure with one arm raised, framed by a black ruled border.

Sketchbook page: Allegorical Figure

Pietro da Cortona, 1660

Study sheet of horse legs and hooves in brown and white wash with pencil, labeled fore feet and hind feet.

Studies After Cattle

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pen and ink sketch of a kneeling man in heavy draped robes with bare feet, seen from behind, on aged paper.

Kneeling Man

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1650

Pencil sketch of a seated woman with an upswept hairstyle and ruffled dress, hands resting in her lap.

Seated Woman

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil sketches of a Madonna and Child with studies of faces and a hand, after works in the Uffizi.

Madonna and Child, Sketches after Leonardo Da Vinci and Fra Bartolomeo of Works in the Uffizi, Florence

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling with a central classical figure group, oval medallions, and rococo scrollwork.

Design for a Painted Ceiling

Jan Schtchukin, 1880

Pen and ink study of a muscular man leaning forward with an extended arm, drawn with red chalk underlines on pale paper.

Figural Study of a Man

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1640

Ink and wash drawing with two scenes: a robed man addressing a crowd, and a seated woman speaking with a standing man in a cl

Design for Palazzo Conti

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ seated among onlookers as a woman stands before soldiers in an arched hall.

Christ and the Adulterous Woman

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, 1750

Red chalk study of a standing boy with a leafy wreath, holding a small figure near his chest, on pale paper.

Study for standing boy with kid, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Anatomical Sketches of Heads, Faces, and the Ear

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Grey wash drawing of a victory column flanked by two trumpeting winged figures on military trophy pedestals.

Inkstand with victory column flanked by figures of fame on top of military trophies

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Ink and wash sketch: figures in a colonnade above, and warriors fighting dragons below, with handwritten text between.

David Receives the Holy Bread and Sword of Goliath [above]; Two Dragons Decapitated [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bound bouquet with tall leaves, flower buds and open blossoms resting on stones.

Bunch of flowers tied with ribbon

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Grey wash drawing of a keystone with a bearded grotesque mask and scrolls, plus a second loose mask study below.

Design for a keystone and a mask

Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Brown ink and wash design of draped panels under a flower garland, with a star, a cherub in a wreath, and scrollwork ornament

Design for the Decoration of a Dome

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of two legs in tall military boots standing in grass, with a sword scabbard between them.

Study of Cavalry Officer's Boots

Winslow Homer, 1860

Charcoal and chalk sketch of two men's shoes and trouser legs on grey paper, study by Daniel Huntington.

Study of Peter Cooper's Feet for "The Atlantic Cable Projectors"

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pen and watercolor ceiling design in an arched gold frame showing Jupiter, Juno, deities on clouds, and putti.

Ceiling with Jupiter, Juno, and Other Deities

Giovanni Odazzi, 1710

Pencil study of a bent arm and relaxed hand on cream paper, by Daniel Huntington, 1850.

Study of an Arm for "Christiana and Her Family Passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown ink sketch of a draped female statue on a pedestal, holding a scroll and looking downward.

Sketch of an Allegorical Statue

Melchiorre de Gregorio, 1820

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a woman seen from behind with raised arms, with hand studies in the upper corners.

Woman With Hands Raised

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Loose oil sketch of a dark-haired woman embracing a fair-haired child who rests against her shoulder.

Study for "Portrait of Mrs. James Robb and her Three Children," Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA

Thomas Sully, 1840

Red chalk study of a maenad figure with one arm raised and draped body, on tan paper.

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

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pencil sketch of a man in a light headwrap, head and shoulders turned toward the viewer, on tan paper.

Japanese Man

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Grey wash drawing of an architectural memorial with draped curtain, trumpeting winged figure, portrait medallion and classica

Study for the Memorial to Giovanni Domenico Milano, Duca di San Giorgio, in the Sacristy of S. Domenico Maggiore, Nap…

Giacomo del Pò, 1700

Pencil sketch of figures at a stone wall, including a robed reader, a bearded man, and a seated figure.

Jews at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink sketch of a draped canopy on columns, with two small cherub heads and scrolled ornament sketched around it.

Studies of Heads

Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Pencil study of a man's right arm with clenched hand, drawn on cream paper.

Study of Right Arm for "Christiana and Her Family Passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Sepia wash drawing of a neoclassical vase with swan-head handles, leaf bands and a scroll frieze on a plinth.

Design for a Vase

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of an ornate classical helmet with laurel and rosette decoration and acanthus ornaments b

Helmet

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor design of a hanging altar lamp with flames, chains, seated figures and garlands, with a scale bar below.

Altar Lamp

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pencil sketch of a dead birch tree trunk with peeling bark rising from the ground on a cream sheet.

Trunk of a Dead Birch Tree, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of Christ on a bordered cross with four small framed figures beside him on aged paper.

Medieval Crucifix

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketches of three women's heads in headdresses, with handwritten notes about double lining and velvet and satin.

Headdress

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a standing officer in military uniform and kepi cap, holding a sword at his side.

Standing Officer

Winslow Homer, 1860

Portrait of a Man

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, 1800

Sepia drawing of a fluted water kettle on a tripod stand with a spirit lamp, shaded in grey wash.

Design for a Water Kettle with Stand

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Study of a Young Man in Profile for "Tribute Money"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Drawing on tan paper of a lion, a recumbent dog, and a reclining animal, with handwritten French annotations.

Fountain Design with Three Bronze Animals

Charles Le Brun, 1680

Pen and brown wash sketch of two standing men in wide-brimmed hats and two seated figures below.

Four Men

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1640

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate monument with a crown-topped urn, scrolled volutes and garlands, flanked by cypress tr

Design for a Monument

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Pen and ink sketch of a winged angel with swirling drapery on pale paper, by Felice Giani.

Angel

Felice Giani, 1800

Graphite sketch of a bearded seated man in glasses holding a newspaper, drawn on gray paper with a handwritten note.

Carl Schurz Seated, Reading a Newspaper

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pencil sketch of a flowering plant with small blossoms and grass leaves, annotated with handwritten notes.

Flowering plant

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Sketch, Portrait of a Man

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Graphite and white chalk study of a standing woman in a period gown with arms folded, on gray paper.

Study of Mrs. Bingham for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Octagonal ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior with a spear standing over a fallen soldier amid a battle.

Leonidas

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and wash drawing of Venus on a cloud holding an apple, with Cupid and two putti in a ceiling design.

Design for a Ceiling Painting, Venus, Cupid, and Putti

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1700

Watercolor and ink sketch of a woman in a dark cloak and a man in a top hat walking, with a figure seen from behind at right.

The Promenade

Constantin Guys, 1850