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Brown ink and wash drawing of four ornate chalices, one supported by a standing male figure holding the bowl overhead.

Four chalices

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Oil sketch of blue icebergs under an orange dusk sky above dark water, painted by Frederic Edwin Church in 1850.

Iceberg at Midnight, Labrador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor and ink sketch of a brown horse pulling a pale blue brougham carriage with a driver in a top hat.

The Blue Brougham

Constantin Guys, 1850

Tethered Donkey and a Style of Fence, South America

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of drooping bromeliad blossoms on branching stems, with handwritten Jamaica inscription on pale paper.

Blossoms of the Bromelia Pinguin, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a plantain plant with broad leaves, a tree study, and a rocky shrub, with handwritten colour notes.

Botanical Sketches, Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a peacock with a long tail in a garden with trees and shrubs.

Peacock in a Garden

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Brown ink drawing of a leopard in an arena beside an open cage, with armed men and crowded spectators in the tiered seats abo

The Emperor Commodus Killing a Leopard

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Study of a Woman in Profile

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Painting of a dense cluster of wildflowers with red, white, and yellow blooms and green grasses on a brown brushed ground.

Wildflowers

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and grey wash drawing of three ornate classical pedestal designs with cherubs, sphinxes, garlands and reliefs.

Designs for Three Pedestals

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Graphite sketch of sailors hauling rigging and working on a pitching ship deck amid spray and waves.

Hard-a-Port

Winslow Homer, 1900

Brown ink and wash stage design of a palace entrance with a large arch, tall column, staircase and statues.

Stage Design: Palace Entrance with Arch

Giovanni Antonio Galliari, 1740

Watercolor and pencil study of red cardinal flower spray with sketched blossoms and vase outlines on cream paper.

Cardinal Flower

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pencil and white chalk study of a seated woman with closed eyes and a separate study of an outstretched hand on blue paper.

Study for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Four-panel brown ink sketch of men fighting a bull and a dragon in arched and wooded settings.

Theagenes taming the Bull in Ethiopia [above left]; Theagenes taming the Bull in Ethiopia [below left]; Dragon Hunt i…

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil study of bamboo stalks and leaves on pale paper, with handwritten colour notes at lower left.

Bamboo, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown wash drawing of an elevated drawing room wall with two doorways, panels, a central pedestal with statues, and console t

Elevation of a Drawing Room Entrance Wall with Alternative Suggestions

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a soldier with a pack on a cream sheet, with loose hatched strokes at upper right, mounted in an album.

Soldier with Pack

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo salon wall with a paneled door, fountain niche, urn and ornate carved decoration.

Project for the entrance wall of a salon with alternative suggestions

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Brown ink and wash sketch of four ornamental designs: a cartouche, draped panel, laurel label, and carved frieze motif.

An escutcheon, a trophy, a label, a decorative motif for a frieze

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Pen and wash design sheet showing a symmetrical set of neoclassical silver tableware with labeled pieces and figural decorati

Design for a Set of Silver Tableware

Pietro Belli, 1810

Pencil sketch of icebergs on calm water with small figures on an ice shelf at lower right.

Icebergs near Belle Isle, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil study of a reclining woman's bare feet on pale paper, with soft shading and faint grass strokes at the left.

Study of the Feet of a Reclining Woman

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Black chalk study of two right hands in different positions on tan toned paper, with white highlights and a signature.

Study: Two right hands, of a woman

Carlo Bononi, 1600

Pencil drawing of a draped white cloth with soft folds and hatched shading over a rounded form.

Drapery Study for "Communion of the Sick"

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Faint pencil sketch of a vessel with rigging and two small soldiers on a pale sheet in a grey album.

Vessel with Two Soldiers

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch sheet of sheep in various poses, grazing and resting on the ground, by Walter Shirlaw.

Sketches of Sheep

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of hands with handwritten colour notes and an inscription on cream paper, study for a portrait.

Sketch for Portrait of Dr. Muhlenberg, Notes on Hugh Baxter

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Sketch of three Middle Eastern men in robes and red caps, one standing and two seated with a rifle and sword, on brown wash.

Three Bedouin Men

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and watercolor design of an illusionistic gilded ceiling with putti, clouds, draped fabric and figures on a balustrade.

Ceiling Design

Philippe Canot, 1710

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated draped figure holding a scroll, with sketched heads at upper right.

Five Figures from Parnassus by Raphael Sanzio

Felice Giani, 1810

Sepia ink and wash sheet with a draped figure bracket and three curved bands decorated with flowers and rosettes.

Door Knocker and Metal Purse Frames

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of a decorative wall dado with garlands, urns, and a central framed panel.

Dado with alternative suggestions

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a large iceberg rising from the horizon on tan paper, with the handwritten note 'July 15th' below.

The Last Iceberg, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Painting of a sunlit cumulus cloud rising over a calm sea horizon, with pink wispy clouds in a pale blue sky.

Clouds at Sea

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown wash design for spandrel decoration showing a bearded man with a raised sword and a child within arched frames.

Design for Spandral Decoration

Circular painted design of a seated woman in pink drapery raising a cup, with two white doves above, on a gold ground.

Venus (Design for a Wall Painting)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of rocky peaks and a shallow pool of water in a rugged landscape.

Still life

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Pencil sketch of canoes on water, a man rowing in a hat, and a seated figure with a pot on a bank.

Sketches of Canoes and Figures, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil and wash sketch of a hooded woman seated on a grassy hillside, looking to the side under an open sky.

Girl Seated on a Hillside

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pencil sketch of wooded riverbanks and tree canopies reflected in water, with handwritten notes naming the Río Magdalena.

Wooded Banks along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash drawing of a symmetrical wall decoration with two arched niches, a woman at an altar, and putti beside a torch.

Painted Wall Decoration

Mauro Gandolfi, 1800

Pen and watercolor elevation of a neoclassical room wall with green panels, pink drapery, medallions and putti.

Wall Elevation for an Antechamber or Salon

Louis Gustave Taraval, 1780

Pen and ink drawing of Thetis dipping infant Achilles into a river among draped women, reeds, and a decorated urn.

Thetis Plunges Achilles in River Styx

Felice Giani, 1790

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate rococo tureen with putti, scrolling handles, garlands and a domed lid.

Design for a Tureen

Giuseppe Gagliardi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a mounted officer leading horsemen, with studies of horse heads and handwritten notes on paper.

Talbot's Battery

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of a fisherman in a boat on water, with figures and boats near a rocky shore under a pale sky.

Three Boats with Fishermen Setting Out a Net

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor elevation of a salon wall with floral garlands, gilded panels, a central mirror and a blue settee.

Elevation of the Wall of a Salon

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Pencil sketches of a horned bull on cream paper, showing a head study with harness and a side view of the body.

Bull Sketches, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Watercolor of two figures in a gray rowboat with oars extended over calm water, reflections below.

Two Girls in a Rowboat

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of a horse's head and a saddle on a cream sheet mounted in a grey sketchbook album.

Head of a Horse and a Saddle

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and brown wash design for a ceiling with circular medallions, winged putti, garlands and coffered panels.

Design for an Oblong Ceiling

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil and white chalk study of a woman's hand with sleeve and cuff on tan paper, inscribed "for Martha reproved".

Study of Hand for "Martha Reproved"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of several sailboats and a rowboat on calm water, with a shoreline at center right.

Six Studies of Sailboats

Winslow Homer, 1880

Oil sketch of a lichen-covered boulder in a woodland clearing with tree trunks behind it, in brown and olive tones.

Mossy Boulder, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate rococo silver tureen with cherubs, scrolling handles, and a lion mask.

The Elevation of a Silver or Silver Gilt Tureen

Vincenzo Belli, 1740

Pen and grey wash ceiling design with coffered panels, figurative medallions and corner spandrels by Felice Giani, 1810.

Ceiling Design for Room in Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of two decorative friezes with winged putti, scrolling foliage, birds, and flowers, with handwritten colo

Two Friezes

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and wash elevation drawing of an ornamented interior wall with a central doorway, oval medallions and an arched cornice.

Elevation, End Wall of the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri, Rome

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketches of several trees with varied foliage and trunks on blue-grey paper, with handwritten annotations.

Sketches of Trees, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a haystack beside a rail fence in an open field with tall posts and distant trees.

Haystack and Rail Fence

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown ink drawing of two round medallions and an octagonal panel showing chariots, winged Victory and a warrior.

Two Circular and Octagonal Painting for Ceiling: Deeds of Alexander the Great

Felice Giani, 1790

Oil sketch of a dark coastline and rippling water under a sunset sky of rose and green, with a handwritten date.

Coast of Newfoundland or Labrador, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil botanical study of a maidenhair fern with radiating fronds and separate fan-shaped leaflet studies on cream paper.

Maidenhair Fern

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pencil sketch of a child's head with curled hair above a loose landscape of trees, a village and a church spire.

Sketch of C. Waterman with a View of Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch sheet of palm and tropical trees with handwritten notes on leaf color, and small flying parrots at top.

Botanical Sketches with Flying Parrots, Boquia, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown wash drawing of a prison cell with despairing men, chains, a barred window and a kneeling figure.

Death of Count Ugolino and his Sons

Felice Giani, 1810

Loose pencil sketch of a reclining woman with head resting on her arm and one knee bent, on cream paper.

Study for a woman, “Moods to Music,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pencil and wash sketch of standing men with baskets, carts, and horses, framed by a painted green and yellow border.

Figural Studies

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700

Brown ink drawing of Diana seated with a falcon, surrounded by hunting dogs, nets and hunters in a wooded landscape.

The Hunt, Personified by Diana

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pen and brown wash drawing of nude figures in a wooded landscape, one seated woman gesturing toward distant hills.

Diana and Endymion

Leonardo Scaglia, 1650

Pen and blue wash drawing of grotesque ornament with hybrid figures, a central fountain, flowers and birds on an oblong panel

Grotesque for an Oblong Panel

Filippo Marchionni, 1730

Charcoal sketch of a sailor with a raised arm and hat, beside a larger study of a figure's head and shoulders.

Two Studies of a Sailor with Raised Arm

Winslow Homer, 1890

Horizontal twilight study of blue mountains under a peach and gray sky with glowing pink clouds at right.

Twilight over the Catskills, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch on grey paper of five young boys, mostly seated, some in caps, with one standing figure at lower left.

Five Sketches of Young Boys

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pencil and watercolor design of flowering branches with blue blossoms, orange bell flowers, and red berries on cream paper.

Flowering Branches

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Pencil sketch of gnarled bare tree trunks and exposed roots across a woodland floor, by Daniel Huntington.

Maple Trunk, Across Old Logging Road, Dalton

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil sketch of a small thatched hut with a grass roof and wooden door, with handwritten colour notes above.

Houses in Alatico, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash sketch of several men in top hats riding horses across the page, with a white horse in front.

Men on Horseback

Constantin Guys, 1850

Grey wash drawing of a horizontal ornamental frieze with acanthus scrolls, rosettes, putti and a centaur.

Ornamental Panel

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of two oval medallions, one with a lyre player and lion, the other with a kneeling figure at a temple.

Orpheus, Ceres, Design for Vaulted Ceiling, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo Conti-Sinibaldi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Oil sketch of a sunset over a river valley with a golden-edged cloud above rolling wooded hills.

Billowing Cloud at Sunset, Hartford, Connecticut

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of the nine Muses seated in rows with labels, plus tragedy and comedy masks below.

Designs for paintings in Montmorency: The Nine Muses and two masks, Tragedy and Comedy

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and wash design of an octagonal ceiling with hexagonal coffers and a central rosette medallion, with a scale bar below.

Design for Ceiling for the Basement Story, Carlton House, Pall Mall, London, England

Henry Holland, 1780

Engraved horizontal frieze of acanthus scrolls, rosettes and berry clusters on a hatched background.

Frieze with Rinceau

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Graphite study of a right hand and forearm extended to the left, with a folded sleeve at the elbow, on aged paper.

Study of Right Hand for "Lesson of Charity"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Design drawing of two gilt chandeliers with candle arms, one with a lyre motif and one with cherub figures.

Design for Two Gilt Bronze Chandeliers

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, 1770

Pen and ink drawing of Hercules wrestling the river god Achelous, with winged figure and spectators in background.

The Struggle between Hercules and the River God Achelous

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a couple embracing beside two draped standing women, an ornate chair and a pedestal in a classi

The Love of Helen and Paris

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketches of icebergs on tan paper, some highlighted in white, with handwritten notes and a distant coastline.

Floating Icebergs with Coastal View, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Painted blue and yellow butterfly above dark reflective water with a submerged branch at lower right.

Butterfly over Water

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a cow lying down on tan paper, head turned toward the viewer, with horns and hatched shading.

Studying of a Lying Cow

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of a horizontal rococo scrollwork band with interlocking C-scrolls and leaf tendrils.

Design for Wrought-Iron Railing

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1750

Pencil sketch of a fisherman with a long rod beside a boulder on a rocky shore, on a cream paper sheet.

Fisherman by a Boulder, Millinocket Lake, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Graphite and white chalk study of a right hand with a folded cuff on tan paper.

Study of Right Hand, Possibly for Portrait of Alexander Hamilton, Jr.

Daniel Huntington, 1860