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Pencil and watercolor study of an ornate stone basin on a carved pedestal beside a striped wall and faint figures.

Study of Basin, Siena Cathedral

Walter Shirlaw, 1860

Oil sketch of the Catskill mountains at sunset with orange and rose sky and dark trees in the foreground.

The Catskills at Sunset, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of a reclining doll with handwritten colour and portrait notes on tan paper.

Sketches for Portrait of Marguerite Burrows

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil sketch of sunbeams radiating over mountain ridges with handwritten colour notes on tan paper.

Sunbeams over Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink drawing of three ornamental arabesque designs with winged figures, swans, urns and garlands.

Design for Ornamental Arabesque Motifs

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1770

Pencil and chalk sketch of rocky coastal outcrops at half tide, with reflections in calm water under a pale sky.

Rocks at the Coast at Half Tide, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite sketch on grey paper of two women seen from behind in period dress, with a seated figure in a bonnet at right.

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

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil study of a female figure's head and torso with surrounding sketches of lily flowers and annotated botanical notes.

Study for female figure and flowers

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a dusty street with thatched-roof houses and streaky clouds in a tan sky.

Calle de Commerce, Barranquilla, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a fountain jet beside colonnade columns and trees in St. Peter's Square, with handwritten color notes.

Bernini's Fountain in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Soft pencil sketch on tan paper of a young woman with a draped head covering and lowered eyes.

Madonna

Carroll Beckwith, 1900

Sheet with a red chalk study of a male torso above a pencil sketch of figures in a columned architectural interior.

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

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pencil drawing of two decorative friezes with rams, candelabra, a shield and swords, and winged sphinxes, griffin and putti.

Two Friezes with Rams, Candelabra, Trophies and Putti

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a wooded island with pine trees in calm water, a sailboat at left, and handwritten notes above.

Wooded Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of a church spire, rooftops, a wooden chair, and faint rocky forms on cream paper, dated Aug 68.

Architecture and Landscape Sketches, Austria or Switzerland

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil study of a dense cluster of trees and foliage on tinted paper, with handwritten inscription in lower right corner.

Study of Trees, Geneva

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long frock coat with a bow tie, one hand resting on a surface.

President Chester Alan Arthur Standing

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Charcoal study of a woman's head turned upward on grey paper, with white highlights and faint grid lines.

Study of Head for "Early Christian Prisoners"

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Brown ink drawing of a classical sepulchral monument with a reclining male figure, lyre, urn, two columns and inscriptions.

Design for a Sepulchral Monument for the Critic Galilei

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch sheet with multiple studies of heads, facial profiles, limbs and seated nude figures, labeled Jupiter and Esqui

Anatomical Sketches of Heads and Torsos

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long gown holding flowers, with a faint second arm study at left.

Sketch for Portrait of a Standing Woman

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil sketch of treetops and branches on cream paper, loosely drawn with open paper around the study.

Treetops, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of figures with a parasol on a sandy beach, wooden posts and a flat horizon in the distance.

Seashore

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Brown ink drawing of ten octagonal and round panels showing classical mythological figures with handwritten Italian labels.

Ten Octagons with Mythological Figures

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch sheet of camels in multiple poses, with a robed figure and the handwritten note 'Against evening sky'.

Camel Studies, Against Evening Sky, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of clouds over a jagged mountain range, with handwritten notes on the sky and peaks.

Clouds over Mountains, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of resting mules tethered near covered wagons, a log cabin and a tree in the background.

Resting Mules Tethered to Wagons

Winslow Homer, 1860

Ink and wash design of a decorated portal with draped fabric, candelabra, lion figures and floral garlands.

Decoration of a portal in honor of a prelate

Paolo Pozzi, 1770

Pen and wash drawing of two hanging trophies of carpentry and cabinetmaking tools, books, and drapery, by Delafosse.

A pair of trophies referring to the crafts of the cabinet maker and the carpenter

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1760

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a fish, a rowboat with figures, and standing figures, with handwritten notes.

Mixed Sketches, Obersee, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash design drawing of an octagonal coffee urn with cherub medallions, classical heads, and a serpent-shaped spout.

Design for a Coffee Urn

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1810

Pencil sketch of a jagged iceberg with fractured edges and hatched shading against a blank sky.

Sketch of an Iceberg

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Grey wash stage design of an oriental temple with a seated statue, twisted columns, and a domed ceiling with carved animals.

Stage Design, Oriental Temple

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, 1810

Pen and wash drawing of a windswept tree beside a classical colonnaded building with statues and a bridge.

Tree in Landscape with Building

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Loose pencil sketch of fallen and diagonal tree trunks over a forest floor with sparse undergrowth on cream paper.

Fallen Trees, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown ink and wash design of vertical wall panels with wheat sheaves, ribbon bows, flower garlands and leafy borders.

Design for Wall Decoration

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Five Grotesque Figures

Pier Francesco Mola, 1610

Pencil sketch of a creek with shrubs, reeds and distant hills, dated Aug 1844 in the upper right corner.

Catskill Creek, Catskill, New York, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Horse

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Sketch of a dusky landscape with a glowing sunset behind orange-edged clouds and a dark rock outcrop at lower left.

Winter Afternoon at Olana, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Mrs. B as Peace, Study for "Justice and Peace"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil sketch on tan paper of mountain ridges and trees with handwritten colour notes like green light and green blue.

Mountains above the Königssee, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash sketches of gateways with arched doorways, pediments, and an inscription, by Giuseppe Barberi.

Sketches for a Gateway for a Prison Erected by Pope Pius VI

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Brown ink and wash drawing in lunette shape: a helmeted figure points at a seated woman and a draftsman at a table.

Lunette with Allegory of Architecture

Felice Giani, 1810

Profile of a Woman with a Braided Knot

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pen and ink sheet with studies of decorative ceiling designs, coffered panels, friezes and handwritten colour notes.

Four Decorative Studies of Ceilings; Verso: Anatomical Studies

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of fishermen hauling a seine net on a beach with a boat and cart, signed E. Hampton.

Fishermen by the Sea, East Hampton, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch with white highlights of boulders beneath a cascading waterfall on tan paper.

Boulders beneath Niagara Falls, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of Horseshoe Falls on the Niagara River with mist and a faint double rainbow above the cascade.

Horseshoe Falls with a Double Rainbow, Niagara River, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a canoe with three men on a river, framed by trees and shoreline, with reflections in the water.

Canoe with Three Men, Ile Maligne, Quebec

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pen and wash drawing of an interior with cooking figures at left, a robed man before a canopied bed at right.

The Discovery of Guaiacum as a Cure for Venereal Disease

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of trees, shrubs and a flock of birds in flight, with handwritten notes about colour and foliage greens.

Birds and Trees along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Sepia drawing of six classical-style oil lamps, several with grotesque human heads and reclining or seated figures as handles

Six Lamps in Classical Style

Giulio Romano, 1540

Brown ink drawing of a galley with oarsmen approaching sirens with serpentine tails in the sea, under clouds.

Odysseus and the Sirens

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pen and wash design drawing of a candlestick with a nude youth holding an urn cup beside a coiled serpent.

Design for a Candlestick

Pietro Belli, 1820

Brown ink and wash design drawing of a candlestick with two putti, acanthus leaves, and an oval cartouche on a pedestal.

Design for a Candlestick

Jacques III Roëttiers, 1770

Red chalk drawing of a seated armored woman with spear and shield in a rococo ornamental panel with garlands and urn.

Designs for Gobelins Tapestry, October (Les Mois Grotesques par Bandes)

Claude Audran III, 1700

Watercolor design of a rose and violet flower spray on a coat lapel outline with thorny stems below.

Design for the Embroidery of the Top Part of a Man's Coat (Lapel), Pattern No. 1510 of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Pencil sketch of a horizon with clouds and sea, with handwritten colour notes and numbered tonal marks across the page.

Sketch of the Sky

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of church spires and rooftops above trees on pale paper, with light blue wash and a handwritten note in the low

City of London, United Kingdom, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a woman with a jar on her head, a seated woman with a child, grass and landscape lines on aged paper.

Figure Sketches, Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of a military trophy with shields, a plumed helmet, spears, a drum, trumpets and a banner.

One set of trophies of weapons of war as a decoration for horizontal panels

Francesco Bedeschini, 1690

Watercolor architectural drawing of a Gothic stone lantern with tracery panels, plus details and a smaller lantern.

Rendering of Two Stone Lanterns, from the Castle in Amboise, France

Whitney Warren Jr, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a monument with a female figure holding a spear, flanked by two lions among trees.

Design for a monument to R. Clefeort

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790