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Brown ink and wash drawing of a sarcophagus-style monument with a central medallion portrait and two draped figures.

Project for an Epitaph in High Relief

Vincenzo Gajassi, 1830

Hazy blue mountains rise above a green valley with ferns and shrubs in the foreground under a pale sky.

In the Blue Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sketch of two standing oxen, a hay-laden cart, and a covered cart with a resting ox on tan paper.

Oxcarts, Rome, Italy

Samuel Colman, 1870

Watercolor design sheet with a floral embroidery pattern of leaves, blue blossoms and pink buds for a waistcoat, marked 1691.

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, pattern 1691 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Baulieu, 1780

Pale feathery leaves in a flowing branch pattern on a warm brown-orange ground, an unfinished 1800 textile design sketch.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Fabric of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pencil sketch of farmhouses on a hillside with trees and distant mountains, inscribed Guaranda June 3 37.

Houses in the Mountains of Guaranda, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink and grey wash sketch of a theatrical grotto set with arched colonnade, rock formations and a balustraded terrace.

Stage Design, Grotto

Pietro di Gottardo Gonzaga, 1700

Pencil and watercolor sketch of craggy snowy mountains above a forested valley with a small farmhouse.

Hoher Göll and Hohes Brett from Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash design for a vertical decorative panel with a classical statue, scrolls, foliage and a temple facade.

Design for the Decoration of a Panel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a kneeling soldier giving water to a wounded comrade, with a standing soldier and battlefield b

Soldier Giving Water to a Wounded Companion

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and wash design drawing of a three-armed candelabrum with floral motifs, an urn with figures, and a plan view below.

Design for a Candelabrum

Jean-Louis Prieur the Younger, 1780

Pencil sketch of a domed mosque with a minaret above a city wall, with trees at left and right, dated 1860.

Mosque in Bezetha, Jerusalem, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink drawing of a symmetrical architectural stage backdrop with arches, columns, pediments and oval cartouches.

Design for a stage backdrop with alternative suggestions

Vincenzo Scamozzi, 1600

Graphite study of a seated crowned woman in draped robes holding an open book, with a grid and handwritten colour notes.

Study for "The State," "The Reign of the Law," Appellate Division Court House, New York, NY

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Chalk drawing of a triangular pediment with a central shield-bearing female figure, horses, a chariot, and seated allegorical

Industry and Commerce (Design for Pediment)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Etching of a jester figure with a spear facing a winged serpent on a rock, beside a thatched pavilion and pine branches.

Plate 6, "Suite de douze Pêcheurs et Chasseurs"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1770

Engraved view of the Saint-Germain-en-Laye château facade with a formal parterre, central fountain and strolling figures.

St. GERMAIN EN LAYE

Gabriel Pérelle, 1700

Engraved title page with an oval laurel-wreath border announcing bronze sculpture designs by Jean François Forty.

Title Page

Jean François Forty, 1770

Engraved elevation of an ornate wrought iron sanctuary railing with scrolls and acanthus leaves on a stone base.

Grille d’appui posée a l’entrée du Sanctuaire de l’Eglise du Seminaire de Messieurs de l’Oratoire, executée et compos…

France Gabriel Bonthomme, 1770

Banquette avec des accotoirs

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Chambranle avec colonnes Corinthiens

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Engraved page with two ornate ewers decorated with sea figures, cherubs, masks and strapwork.

Designs for Ewers, from Dessins d'orfèvrerie (Designs for Metalwork)

René Boyvin, 1540

Engraved architectural plate of a decorated door frame, cornice and entablature with acanthus scrollwork and moulded profiles

Porte d'Appartement

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Engraved plate showing Doric entablement, cornice, impost and archivolt profiles with column shaft and scale bar.

Developpement de l'Entablement Dorique avec Corniche, Imposte, Archivolte à l'usage des Portes et Fenêtres

Flemish Jean-François de Neufforge, 1760

Etching of a schoolmaster with a birch rod disciplining boys in a classroom, set within an ornate rococo frame.

L’école des Garçons

Jacques Bacheley, 1740

Etching of a man in a wide hat leaning on a fence beside a tall fern and a flowering plant on a brick pillar.

Man in a Garden

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1770

Engraving of three nude putti by an urn with a bird, and a sleeping child beside a tree in a landscape.

Boys Playing with a Bird

Francesco Bartolozzi, 1770

Etching of three goats resting under a large tree, with rolling hills, distant buildings and cloudy sky behind.

The Three Goats

Claude Lorrain, 1630

Red-ink trophy design with a cross, crown, open book, sword, trumpet and foliage in a double-ruled border.

Trophy Design

P. Moithey, 1780

Oil sketch of a rushing waterfall over rocky ledges with dense trees and a faint rainbow in the lower right.

A Waterfall in Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Engraved dedicatory page with a central text cartouche, allegorical women, coats of arms, and hunting animals along the borde

Dedicatory page of the set "Mediceae familiae rerum feliciter gestarum Victoria et triumphi"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1570

Loose oil study of billowing cumulus clouds lit gold on the left, above a muted horizon and bare paper below.

Cloud Study

Frederic Edwin Church, 1871

Gondole

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Sketch of two church domes, a gilded one with cross motifs and a smaller terracotta dome, above rooftops under grey sky.

Colombia or Ecuador, church roofs

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Engraved plate of six rococo ornament motifs with scrolls, leaves and curls, numbered 169, by Franz Xaver Habermann.

Designs for Ornament Motifs

Franz Xaver Habermann, 1720

Painted sketch of a whitewashed church with a bell tower and terracotta roof, with a rider on a donkey on dry ground.

Colombia, Baranquilla Church

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Etching of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome with a tall column, a domed church, and small figures among ruins.

Arch of Septimius Severus from "Vedute di Roma"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750

Painted study of thatched adobe houses in a dusty street, with a woman standing in a doorway and a wooden fence.

Colombia, Barranquilla, Two Houses

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Two engraved arabesque panel designs with urns, scrolls, doves and draped female figures, on a book page.

Two Arabesque Panel Designs

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1770

Engraved design of a two-candle wall sconce with scrolled arms, laurel wreath and garlands on a printed page.

Bras de Cheminée à la moderne

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1770

Portrait of a young boy with dark hair in a dark jacket, white shirt and yellow bow tie against a grey background.

Colombia, Barranquilla, portrait of boy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Engraved plate of an arched double door with an overdoor scene of putti, flanked by ornate panels, with a scale bar below.

Decoration de Porte a placards dans son chambranle fermé par le haut en anse de panier

Jean Mariette, 1680

Engraved elevation of a multi-story stone house facade with dormer windows, pediments, and shopfronts on the ground floor.

Maison Rue Neuve Notre-Dame; Facade Demolié en 1828

A. Lenoir, 1600

Oil sketch of a snow-capped volcano with brown peaks and rust-colored smoke clouds under a pale blue sky.

Cotopaxi seen from Ambato, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Engraved title page with three putti on clouds above French inscription naming Boucher's fifth book of child groups.

Title Page

Jacques Gabriel Huquier, 1770

Engraving of a formal garden with a domed trellis pavilion, clipped hedges, and strolling figures in period dress.

Le Berceau de L’hôtel de Condé

Adam Pérelle, 1700

Sunset over a lake and wooded hills, with a dark mountain at left and sunlight glinting on the water.

Eagle Lake Viewed from Cadillac Mountain, Mount Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Engraved ornamental vase with dolphin handles, a lion mask at the base, and a relief frieze of nude figures on its body.

Ornamental Vase Design

Edmé Bouchardon, 1730

Red chalk drawing of an ornamental covered urn with lion head handles, acanthus scrolls and a laurel garland with cameo.

Ornamental Vase Design

A. Panier, 1790

Oil sketch of a golden plateau, lavender mountain, and thatched hut under a pale blue sky.

Ecuador ?, mountain plateau with hut

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Engraved plate of muscular angels on clouds blowing long trumpets, some holding open books, from Piroli's Last Judgment serie

Plate, from Le Jugement Universal

Tommaso Piroli, 1800

Engraved design of a stove in an arched niche, with a classical urn of flowers above a decorated base and a scale bar.

Design for a Stove

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Painted landscape of a Victorian house with a tower among trees above a sunlit lawn and stone wall.

House in Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1885

Engraved plate showing a draped bed in plan and side elevation with tassels, bolsters, and a scale bar.

Lit à la Polonaise à tombeau retroussé à la Chinoise

Pierre Ranson, 1790

Engraved plate of oval snuff boxes with ornate rosette lid, plain lid, and a base with a medallion and garlands.

Boëtes ou Tabatieres

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Oil study of a still lake with rocky shore, a pointed mountain and distant ridges under a glowing evening sky.

Mounts Katahdin and Turner from Lake Katahdin, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1855

Engraved allegory of Pallas guiding an infant beside Father Time with a scythe, a nursing mother, books, a globe and a palett

The Education of Infancy by Time and Nature

Hieronymus Sperling, 1770

Engraved plate of a classical urn on a pedestal with a central title panel reading III Suite de Vases.

Iiie. Suite de Vases

Jacques-Philippe de Beauvais, 1760

Landscape study of wooded hills, a meadow with a small house, and a warm orange foreground with pencil rock outlines.

Mt. Desert Island ?, landscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Etching of the Nativity with Mary holding the infant Christ, angels, and an IHS monogram inside an ornate scrolled frame.

Nativity

Johann Evangelist Holzer, 1700

Engraved print of two floral tailpieces: an upper oak branch with acorns and a lower bouquet of roses, grapes and blossoms.

Two Floral Tailpieces or Fleurons

Jean-Jacques Bachelier, 1760

Painted study of a tall coconut palm above terracotta tiled roofs of wooden houses, with two birds perched on its fronds.

Palm Trees and Housetops, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1857

Painted seascape of a rocky shore with evergreens under a red sunrise sky, with distant headlands over calm water.

Schoodic Peninsula from Mount Desert at Sunrise

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Engraved plate of a cylinder desk with a curved roll top, drawers, and floral and trophy decoration on tapered legs.

Grand Secrétaire, ou Bureau à Cylindre

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Engraved design of an ornate urn with female head handles, grapevines, fluted body and floral finial on a stepped pedestal.

Ornamental Vase Design

François Voisin, 1780

Loose oil sketch of a calm sea under a pinkish cloudy sky with a thin distant horizon line.

Seascape with Icecap in the Distance

Frederic Edwin Church, 1859

Engraved print of a classical country house with terraced steps, fountains, statues and trees behind it.

Country Home for a Literary Gentleman

Mario Asprucci The Younger, 1800

Engraved design plate of a crowned heraldic cartouche with scrollwork above a lattice-panelled railing.

Comtesse

Laurent Desboeufs de Saint-Laurent, 1770

Oil sketch of a snow-capped mountain above clouds and dark ridges, with smaller study panels of hills at right.

Studies of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1857

Oil sketch of a snow-capped volcano above brown hills, with green shrubs and a thatched hut in the foreground.

Study of Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1857

Engraving of a seated woman winding yarn in a courtyard with classical columns, laundry, and figures working by a well.

The Italian Yarn-Winder

Jean Baptiste Claude Chatelain, 1750

Engraving of a formal French garden with scrollwork parterres, a central fountain, pavilions, and strolling figures before wo

Veüe du Grand Parterre et de la Demi lune de Richelieu

Adam Pérelle, 1700

Engraved vertical ornament design with winged figures, urns, garlands and a medallion of three classical figures.

Arabesque Ornament Design

Charles Normand, 1780

Engraved plate of a canopied bed, two armchairs and swagged drapery in a paneled room, labeled Tapissier.

Split Interior Elevation Showing Upholsteries

Engraved plate of flintlock gun parts, ornamental scrollwork, and fittings, with a small hunter and dragon motif.

Designs for Firearms Ornament and Fittings

Claude Simonin, 1700

Engraved plate of six ornamental key bows and keyhole escutcheons with floral and wreath motifs, captioned Anneaux de Clefs.

Anneaux de Clefs

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Engraved design of a neoclassical table with a draped female caryatid supporting a scrolled top and an urn with relief figure

Design for Table, Plate 2 from "Six Tables Grecques & Pendules"

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1770

Engraved architectural elevations of a building facade and a courtyard half-moon structure with arches and columns.

Elevation du costé de la Maison et de l’edifice de Monsr. Jabba coe il a esté proietté et comme estoit la premiere pe…

Jean Marot, 1630

Engraved architectural elevation and floor plan of a manor house with towers, dormers and central arched entrance.

Profil de la Maison de Monsieur de Bretonvillers

Jean Marot, 1630

Engraved plate of two candlestick designs, one with carved masks and garlands, the other with crossed ribbon ornament.

Bougeoires

Juste Nathan François Boucher, 1770

Engraved rococo cartouche design with an eagle, peacock, grapes, garden tools and shells around an empty central panel.

Design for a Cartouche Representing the Garden

Jacques de Lajoüe, 1740

Engraved plate of two neoclassical armchairs with carved ornament and fluted legs, titled Fauteuil Antique avec Ornement.

Fauteuil Antique avec Ornement

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Engraved elevation of an ornate wrought iron gate with flanking railings, stone piers, and a carved shield crest above.

Gate Design

Caillouet, 1770

Engraved ornamental cartouche with putti, trophies, a central mask and griffins, on a cream page.

Cartouche Design

Jean-Bernard Turreau, 1710

Engraving of two roosters perched on the rim of a footed bowl decorated with a flower garland and bows.

Design for a Vase

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, 1760

Engraving of an elderly saint carried by two winged angels through an arched hall, with monks watching and Latin text below.

St. Peter Nolasque Carried to Offices by Angels

Claude Mellan, 1620

Engraved plate of a chaise longue and a sofa with carved cabriole legs and floral crest, numbered 8 and 523.

Design for a Chaise Longue and a Sofa

Radel, 1840

Engraved garden plan with labelled parterres and theatre, beside an allegorical dedication panel with cherubs and figures.

Detail du Plan de la partie du Bosquet du Théatre et de la Grande Salle de verdure qui y correspond

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1770

Etching of two rococo cartouches showing children playing on a swing and seesaw, and a game with a dog, with French titles.

La Balançoire / le Jeu du Coupe-Tête

Jacques Bacheley, 1740

Etching of three winged putti among clouds, one holding a flowering branch, after François Boucher, 1740.

Three Putti

François Boucher, 1740

Etched plate of heraldic designs with armour, tents, cannons, banners, a winged trumpeter and mottoes in French.

Heraldic Achievement Designs

Nicolas Guérard, 1710

Etched rococo cartouche with blank central panel, laurel wreath, scrolls, foliage and a fish head ornament.

Cartouche Design

Pierre Philippe Choffard, 1770

Engraved ornamental design of a fountain with cherubs, swans, garlands, and two winged sphinxes at the base.

Arabesque Design

Etienne de Lavallée, 1780

Engraving of two ornamental trophy designs with armor, shields, spears, feathers and laurel branches on hatched backgrounds.

Two Ornamental Trophy Designs

Jacques Dumont, 1720

Engraved print of three stacked ornamental cartouche frames with figures, masks, scrollwork, and garlands around empty center

Three Cartouche Designs

Juan Dolívar, 1690

Engraved title page with two chinoiserie figures, feathery parasol-like foliage, and a draped cartouche reading Cahier de Par

Cahier de Parasols Chinois

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800