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Pencil sketch of a bare elm tree with a tall trunk and spreading branches on grey paper.

Study of an Elm

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Grey wash design drawing of a draped salt cellar with Egyptian-style head supports on a stepped base.

Design for a Salt Cellar

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Cattle, a Cow Walking and a Cow Crouching

Samuel Colman, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate classical doorway with columns, relief panels, and a curved pediment.

Door Wall Elevation of the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and wash drawing of a crouching sphinx beside a flaming urn, framed by scrolling foliage in a decorative frieze.

Design for a Grotesque Frieze

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of a robed woman, a peacock, and a winged figure above a reclining body, by Jan Luyken.

Juno, Mercury, and the Slain Argus

Jan Luyken, 1700

Brown ink and wash sketch of a bearded man's head above a rearing horse with a rider and swirling tail.

The Head of a Bearded Man, a Man on Horseback

Paolo Emilio Besenzi, 1650

Watercolor study of a mule head with red-tasseled bridle beside an ox head with long curved horns on grey paper.

Head of a Mule with a Bridle, Head of a Buffalo or Ox

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pencil sketch of a sailboat with two figures on calm lake water, inscribed 'Boat of Lake Leman' at the bottom.

Boat of Lake Leman (Lake Geneva)

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing in an octagonal frame showing Ceres and Jupiter with an eagle, mythological scene.

Ceres asks Jupiter for Return of Proserpina

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil drawing of a cow's head with curved horns and shaded fur on tan paper.

Head of a Cow

Samuel Colman, 1860

Pencil and chalk sketch of a beached sailing boat with a seated figure in a hat on the sand in the foreground.

At the shore

Howard Russell Butler, 1880

Pencil and chalk study of a bare leg with bent knee and foot on cream paper, by Robert Frederick Blum, 1890.

Study for the left maenad, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Yellow-toned watercolor design of a mantel clock with a classical archer figure, bow, quiver and lion mask ornament.

Design for a clock

Tournai Lefebvre Manufactory, 1800

Brown ink drawing of Madonna holding the Christ child, with St. Joseph standing behind them at left.

Madonna and Child with St. Joseph

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and grey wash design of an ornamental title frame with a putto, two doves, garlands and laurel branches around a blank pa

Design for decoration of a title page

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Red chalk drawing of a reclining figure supported by draped women before arched colonnades, with children at right.

Figural Study

Giacomo Cavedone, 1640

Pencil design drawing of a garden fountain with cascading water and a relief frieze of reclining mythological figures.

Design for Fountain with Tritone

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor design of a hanging altar lamp with gold chains, flames, two eagles and a garland on an urn-shaped body.

Altar Lamp

Luigi Righetti, 1810

Graphite and white chalk study of draped cloth with deep folds on toned paper, torn edges, inscription lower right.

Study of Drapery

Giovani Gioseffo dal Sole, 1670

Study of a Woman's Head for "Sacred Lesson"

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pen and ink drawing of two hanging censers with ornate scrollwork, chains, and finials on pale paper.

Two Censers

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a tree trunk with a dark ant nest and a small leafy plant growing from it on pale paper.

Ant's Nest on a Tree Trunk, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing of layered swagged drapery with tassels and central rosettes over a decorative base.

Design for Drapery Over Door or Bed

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Red chalk study sheet with three figures: two seated men in hats, a bearded man leaning over a ledge, and a seated figure see

Figural Studies

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1650

Watercolor design of a bronze krater with classical reliefs on a tiered marble pedestal, with a scale bar below.

Bronze Vase with the Sacrifice of Iphigenia (after the Medici Vase)

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pastel study of a nude woman raising her arms beside a stone fountain, with a tree and teal sky behind her.

Study of a Woman at Her Bath

Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Pen and brown wash drawing of four framed allegorical figures representing America, Asia, Africa and Europe in classical inte

The Four Continents: America, Asia, Africa, Europe

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink sketch of the Holy Family with a young John the Baptist beside a seated Virgin and infant Christ.

The Holy Family with John the Baptist

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Grey wash drawing of a winged angel between flaming torches on ornate pedestals, with radiating light behind.

Design for a ceremonial decoration

Carlo Marchionni, 1750

Pencil portrait sketch of an elderly bearded man resting his hand on his cheek, looking to the side.

Portrait of Abram Stevens Hewitt

Carroll Beckwith, 1890

Pencil sketch of two boats on a beach with figures, a sail, and a small dog, by Winslow Homer.

Two Boats on Beach with Figures, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and watercolor sketch of two women in cloaks walking across a town square with a church spire behind them.

On a Square in a Spanish Town

Constantin Guys, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of a tall baroque altar design with columns, a central saint niche, angel statues and a winged figure on

Design for an Altar

Leonardo Scaglia, 1650

Brown ink drawing of two figures holding laurel wreaths above twisted pole forms, one muscular male and one winged female.

Two figures as crests of poles

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure seen from behind, one arm raised to the head, on a tinted paper sheet.

Nudes

Manni, 1710

Loose pencil sketch of two men on horseback, one in a wide-brimmed hat, with faint trees and horizon behind them.

Men on horseback

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and ink sketch of a standing man with a tool and basket beside a bent-over woman working in a field.

Man and Woman Working by a River

Elliott Daingerfield, 1880

Pencil sketch of a man in a bowler hat and long coat seen from behind, with a small head study above.

Figures in a crowd

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto flying among clouds in a lunette shape, with a handwritten inscription above.

Winter, Lunette for Ceiling of Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Graphite study of a draped seated female figure on a squared grid, labeled as a study for the figure of Poetry.

Study for "Poetry," "The Arts," Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Painting of yellow and red zinnias among green leaves on a loose gray-blue background with visible brushwork.

Zinnias

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of a pale iceberg floating on teal water under rosy, cloudy pink skies.

Iceberg Under Cloudy Skies, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Hand-drawn ink map of part of Penobscot County, Maine, showing a river, township grid, and handwritten place names on tan pap

Map of a Part of Penobscot County, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown ink and wash elevation of a vestibule wall with two doorways, carved floral panels and an arched pediment above.

Vestibule wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor design of a gilded candelabrum with two green classical figures beside a patterned pedestal.

Design for Two Candlesticks

Tournai Lefebvre Manufactory, 1800

Brown ink drawing of men hunting crocodiles along a riverbank beneath willow trees, with onlookers at upper right.

Crocodile Hunt in Egypt

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil and white-chalk study of a young woman with lowered eyes and hair swept back, with handwritten notes at the bottom.

Sketch of Carolina Palombo, Study for "The Goldsmith's Daughter"

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged goddess Iris pointing beside an old bearded man, with columns and a distant warrior camp

Iris Encourages Priam to Beg the Body of Hector from Achilles

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a leafy tree with a branching trunk above a wooden fence, with faint smaller tree studies to the right.

Tree Sketches, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Graphite study on gray paper of a seated woman in an off-shoulder dress, head bowed, hands resting in her lap.

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

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Four brown ink and wash designs of draped bed canopies and curtains set within alcoves, arranged in a grid.

Four Designs for Bedroom Alcoves

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of a Coney Island beach scene with small figures, flagpoles, tents, and bathers on tan paper.

Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Red chalk study on blue paper of a seated draped man with a turned head and several sketched arms and hands.

Study for an Evangelist

Giuseppe Passeri, 1700

Three colored design drawings of ornate candlesticks labeled A, B and C, with yellow and grey washes on pale paper.

Three Designs for Candlesticks

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pencil sketch of soldiers gathered in a field, drawn loosely on a page in a maroon sketchbook.

Soldiers in a Field

Winslow Homer, 1860

Sepia ink and wash drawing of reclining Bacchus with grapevines, a satyr and a panther in an oval frame.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Ink sketch in two registers: robed figures and animals above, a crowd confronting a satyr among rocks below.

Apollonius meeting the People and Animals of Ethiopia [above]; Apollonius Quelling the Ghost of a Satyr in Ethiopia […

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Colored design drawing of an Egyptian-style vase clock flanked by green sphinxes, red columns and caryatid figures.

Design for a Vase Clock in Egyptian Style

Luigi Righetti, 1810

Pencil sketch of a standing man with a lantern beside seated figures and rocks, a study for Winslow Homer's The Wreck.

Sketch for "The Wreck"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and wash design drawing of a double door with classical relief scenes, garland swags, and laurel pilasters.

Design for a Double Door with Overdoor

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Brown ink drawing of a winged classical figure inscribing text on an oval shield beside a pedestal and urn.

A Winged Victory Inscribing the Date 1805 on a Shield

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a craggy rocky outcrop and boulders with trees on the ridge, inscribed Study from Nature.

Study from Nature

Thomas Doughty, 1830

Brown ink drawing of Neptune on a shell chariot drawn by sea creatures amid waves and nude figures.

Triumph of Neptune and Galatea

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Ink and wash design drawing of a table clock with a laurel wreath, fluted column, garlands and urn finials.

Design for a Table Clock

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Pencil sketch of four allegorical female figures on a folding screen design, with color notes labeling each panel.

Allegorical figures

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and red chalk drawing of peasants listening to a harpist beneath large trees, with a dog in the foreground.

Peasants Listening to Itinerant Musicians

Giovanni Andrea Coppola, 1660

Red chalk sketch of several figures on a pale sheet, framed by layered green, yellow and black borders.

Figural Studies

Flemish Gaspar van Wittel, 1710

Pencil sketch of three men playing dominoes at a table beside a teapot, with Chinese scrolls on the wall behind them.

Three Chinese Men Playing Dominoes in a Baxter Street Club-House, New York City

Winslow Homer, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures on a balcony under a colonnade, with a woman carrying a basket and an arched bridge bel

Study of the Visitation, After Peter Paul Rubens

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged angels playing a tambourine, lute and flute among clouds.

Concert of Angels

Felice Giani, 1810

Graphite study of a woman's bare arm bent at the elbow with the hand resting below, on grey toned paper.

Study of an Arm for Portrait of Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Watercolor design of a wall with gold patterned wallpaper, a blue border, and a floral lacquered commode topped by a porcelai

Section of a wall

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Anatomical Study of Male Nude

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Oil sketch of a calm blue sea and pale sky above brown coastal hills, with small clouds along the horizon.

View of the Sea from Bloxburgh, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash sketch of two figures in a rowboat on calm sea, with a distant sailboat on the horizon.

Two Figures in a Rowboat

Winslow Homer, 1880

Oil sketch of a tall tree fern over banana plants and a grassy Jamaican hillside, with a pale blue sky.

Tree Fern, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a circular Navajo war shield with feathers and handwritten color notes labeling light blue, red, and dark ar

War Shield of Navajo

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Study of Seated Woman for "Titian Showing the Entombment to Charles V and Clement VII"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pen and ink sketch of robed religious figures around a central standing figure beneath a small glory motif, within an archite

Glory with Trinity and Saints (recto), architectural plan for the church of Santa Maria d'Itria in Rome

Francesco Manno, 1800

Pencil sketch of a woman and child in capes and bonnets with handwritten clothing notes on cream paper.

Woman and child

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of a flying angel with flowing drapery on pale paper, with an inscription naming Placido Costanzi below.

Sketch for a Flying Angel

Placido Costanzi, 1720

Pencil sketch of a seated figure in draped fabric with an arm resting across a chair back and a hand at right.

Sketches for Portraits

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and brown wash design with two symmetrical ornamental panels featuring oval landscape medallions, scrollwork, putti and d

Design for the Decoration of a Panel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Pencil sketch of two female hands in different poses on cream paper, with the inscription Mrs. McCready at lower right.

Sketch of Hands for Portrait of Mrs. McCready

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing: left, a palazzo facade with windows and doorways; right, an Annunciation scene with an angel and

Elevation of Palazzo Pazzi dell' Accademia Colombaria [left]; Annunciation [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of a tree trunk entwined by strangler fig roots and vines, with branches, a cactus and small plants.

Strangler Fig and its Host, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Two chalk studies of draped standing women on toned paper, one in red-brown and one in grey with white highlights.

Study for standing woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pen and wash design drawing of an elongated vessel with shell and claw feet, shaded in soft grey tones.

Design for a Tray for Hors D'oeuvres

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and ink elevation drawing of a decorated passageway wall with draped swags, candelabra sconces, and paneled ornament.

Design for the Interior of a Passageway

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1800

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long dress with studies of hands and handwritten color notes on the page.

Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes Standing, Studies of Arm and Hands

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Chalk study on blue paper of a kneeling veiled woman with drapery and a separate head of a young woman.

Studies: The Cloth of a Kneeling Woman. The Head of a Young Woman

Carlo Maratti, 1650

Pencil sketch on grid paper of a crowded interior with an arched doorway and figures in period dress.

General Plan for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Brown wash drawing of figures in a classical hall reacting as a kneeling man reaches toward an embracing couple near a stone

Joseph and his Brothers

Joseph Bergler the younger, 1780

Ink and wash drawing of two octagonal allegorical panels with seated female figures, winged putti, and a shield with a lion.

Justice and Strength, in Two Octagons

Felice Giani, 1810

Loose red chalk sketch of a horse over a pencil grid on tan paper.

Study for left hand, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890