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Pencil and chalk sketch of snow-capped volcanic peaks with smoke rising over hills and a lake, with handwritten notes.

Puracé Volcano, Colombia and Mt. Sincholagua, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch on cream paper of fern fronds and leaf studies, with the handwritten word 'fern' above the center.

Botanical Sketch of a Fern, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink design drawing of a quarter ceiling with curved bands, scrolls and floral ornament on pale paper.

Design for One Quarter of a Ceiling

Felice Giani, 1800

Sketch of a red wooden house with a chimney in a field, with blue mountains rising behind it.

House in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a small stone church with a bell tower on a grassy slope, with mountains in the distance.

Small Church in Sion, Switzerland

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Brown ink drawing of figures in procession offering garlands to a nude statue before a classical temple and rotunda.

Worship of Venus in a Classical Landscape

Felice Giani, 1810

Graphite and white chalk study of two hands resting on a toned brown paper, with an inscription below.

Study of Hands for Elderly Woman in "Communion of the Sick"

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Grey wash drawing of a classical triumphal arch with columns, sculpted figures in niches, and trees on each side.

Door in a garden wall

Filippo Marchionni, 1740

Grey ink wash drawing of two female figures beside an anvil and hammer, with handwritten design note below.

Design for Bank Note

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Horizontal strip of grey and black wash showing a lake shoreline, dark water and a distant tree line under pale sky.

Fragment of "Trout Fishing, Lake St. John, Quebec"

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch of a snow-capped volcano above a cloud band, with church towers and handwritten notes on tan paper.

Cayambé, Morning, from the Panecillo in Quito, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

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

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

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

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

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

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

Botanical Sketch, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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

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