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Brown ink and wash drawing of a room's paneled wall elevation with oval medallions, decorative friezes, and doorways.

Living room

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketches on cream paper of standing figures in wide-brimmed hats and cloaks, with a small market scene near the center

Figure Sketches, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate rococo architrave with garlands, scrolls, cherub heads and a central lion mask.

Design for an Architrave

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Pencil sketch of three men in hats working together to shear a sheep, with one standing and two crouched.

Three Men at a Sheep Shearing

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Chalk study on blue paper of a muscular male nude in a twisting pose with drapery, a preparatory figure sketch.

Study of Hermes, Preparatory Study for the Fall of the Giants, Ceiling Fresco at the Palazzo Moroni, Bergamo

Gian Giacomo Barbelli, 1640

Pencil sketch of a charred, broken tree trunk lying over a pale granite boulder, with handwritten notes.

Broken Tree upon a Boulder

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketches on paper: a certificate design with papal arms, a standing figure, and studies of cherubs and sheep.

Design for a Printed Certifiate of a Religious Ceremony for Children

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pencil sketch map on blue-grey paper showing hills, an arrow, and handwritten place names including Saugerties.

Map of Saugerties Area, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a rural Japanese village street with thatched houses, a walking figure, a cart, and trees.

View of Japan

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pencil sketch of a domed church with a bell tower among trees, with mountains rising behind and a balustrade in the foregroun

Church of Guapulo, Quito, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash drawing of a classical stage set with columns, a central arch, winged figures and eagle ornaments.

Stage design, a garden loggia

Filippo Juvarra, 1720

Pencil sketch of distant mountains above a garden with a white building, an arched gateway, and a twisted column.

Garden at Quito and Mojanda North of Quito, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated man in a curled wig gesturing toward a book, with wash shading.

Portrait of a Prelate

Salvator Rosa, 1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of a monument with a seated female figure holding a torch, flanked by Corinthian columns.

Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pencil study of a left arm and open hand extending diagonally across a cream sheet, with white highlights.

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

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a wooden hut among trees with a horse's head at left and a man carrying a rifle at right.

Monday's Hut

Homer Dodge Martin, 1850

Pencil sketch of a mountain above a shrubby valley with rocks in the foreground, dated Oct. 1850 at lower right.

Landscape Sketch, Mount Desert, Maine

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of a tiered monument with a bust under a crown, seated allegorical figures, and putti over a drape

Design for Stuart Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pen and brown wash drawing of a tiered sepulchral monument with a warrior statue, flaming urns, lions and mourning figures.

Sepulchral monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of four ornamental architectural consoles with scrolled and fluted profiles and cornice moldings.

Four consoles

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown and gold landscape sketch of sunlit mountain peaks under a dramatic cloudy sky, with a leaning tree in the foreground.

Overlook Mountain with Snow, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown ink and wash elevation drawing of a domed funeral chapel with colonnade, flanking towers and small figures on the roof.

Elevation of a funeral chapel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Grey wash drawing of a towering Gothic castle with crenellated towers, arched windows, and stone balconies.

Stage Design, Gothic Castle

Pasquale Canna, 1800

Pen and red chalk drawing of a domed columned catafalque with steps, a seated figure at an easel inside the arch.

Catafalque of the Bolognese Artist Elisabetta Sirani

Matteo Borboni, 1660

Pencil sketch of a Japanese interior with sliding screens, a wooden doorway, and flowering plants in the foreground.

Interior, Japan

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Loose graphite sketch of a female figure with flowing drapery and a raised arm, on cream paper.

Figure

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of layered mountains and a lake on tan paper, with handwritten notes about light and shadow.

Mountains and Lake, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of a carved mantelpiece with grotesque face, acanthus pilasters, and separate scrolled bracket stu

Mantelpiece

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil and watercolor design with a floral urn, birds and garlands for an embroidered overskirt, partly colored.

Design for the Embroidery of the Lower Part of an Overskirt of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Graphite and chalk study of a standing woman in a long period dress, one arm extended, on gray paper.

Study of Standing Woman for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860