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Loose oil sketch of a twilight sky with pink and orange clouds over a dark horizon and olive ground.

Twilight, Color Effects

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Painting of a ruined castle on a hill above a valley, with a lit thatched cottage and storm clouds overhead.

Landscape with Castle

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch sheet of Egyptian-style figures in robes and turbans, a veiled woman, a child, and a tower with a domed top.

Sketches of Figures and a Signal Tower, Egypt

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of a trophy with a shield, plumed helmet, spears, axes, arrows and drapery on a base.

Design for Trophy with Military Attributes

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pencil sketch of figures on a shore with a sailboat and bay, and women in long dresses standing near a railing.

Figures Looking Towards a Bay

Winslow Homer, 1900

Pen and ink sketch of three octagonal vignettes of classical figures with Italian captions, study for a Theseus room.

Three Sketches of Theseus Subjects, for the Sala di Teseo, Palazzo Gaddi, Forli

Felice Giani, 1810

Loose pencil sketch of a landscape with a central tree trunk and scribbled shrubs on a cream sheet.

Landscape

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Watercolor of a canyon with rust-colored cliffs, a sunlit rock outcrop, and a dark stormy sky above a shadowed foreground.

Grand Canyon in Stormy Weather, Arizona

Thomas Moran, 1900

Charcoal sketch of two sailing fishing boats on the sea with hatted figures watching from a rocky shore.

Two Fishing Boats with Sails, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and brown ink drawing of dancing women and reclining revelers beside a fountain and classical architecture.

Bacchanalian Scene with Circle of Dancing Figures

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil sketch of coastal views with sailboats, a rocky shore, a wooden shed, and clouds over hills.

Coastal Views, Maine or Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Painted study of a campfire glowing beneath fallen logs beside a stream, with autumn leaves and moss on the forest floor.

Campfire, Maine Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink design for a stage curtain showing a crowd gathered before a classical temple beneath clouds.

Design for Stage Curtain: Hercules Receives Gifts from Nymphys after his Victory over the River God Achelous

Felice Giani, 1810

Graphite sketch sheet of palm trees, tropical trees, a small church, and handwritten botanical labels.

Botanical Sketches with a Church, Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of mountain ranges and hills with trees, annotated with handwritten labels for Mansfield, Stowe and the Adirond

Adirondack from Mt. Mansfield; Mt. Mansfield from Stowe, Vermont

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Watercolor of tarantella dancers in colorful folk costume with a mandolin player and tambourine player.

Water color; Tarantella dancers

Saverio della Gatta, 1820

Oil sketch of misty hills, a tree cluster on a slope, distant mountains in fog, and an orange and blue sunset sky.

Winter Fog in the Hudson Valley, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pen and brown wash drawing of a fortified sea structure with a central tower and small sailboats on rippled water.

Fantastical mausoleum

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a sandy plain, mountain range, shrub, rocks and folding chair, with handwritten colour notes.

Sandy Plain and Mountain Range, Palestine or Syria (Israel or Jordan)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sketch of sailing fishing boats on water near a rocky beach, with a group of people standing on the sand.

Beach Scene with People and Fishing Boats, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of a stage design showing a stone prison interior with a tower, arches, barred gate and hanging lantern.

Stage Design of a Prison Interior

Michelangelo Fasano, 1770

Sepia wash drawing of a desert landscape with rock formations and a lone figure with a staff walking across sand.

In the Desert, Arizona

Thomas Moran, 1870

Ink and wash drawing of a monumental Romanesque hall with arcaded galleries, columns, staircases and a vaulted ceiling.

Stage Design, Romanesque Hall

Antonio Liverani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a Gothic interior stage design with pointed arches, ribbed vaults, and draped curtains.

Stage Design for the Interior of a Gothic Building

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of rolling hills and ridges receding into the distance, with handwritten notes above describing the landscape.

Landscape near San Miguel de Chimbo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of clouds and distant hills with trees and a small building on tan paper.

Cloud Sketch, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Watercolor design of floral embroidery sprigs and garlands framed in a waistcoat outline, with handwritten inscription at top

Design for the Embroidered Decoration of a Man's Waistcoatr, Design 1876 of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Watercolor design for embroidery showing shrubs, pink flowers and grass within a violet waistcoat outline.

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat

Mademoiselle Favel, 1780

Pen and watercolor drawing of a classical woman holding a garland carried by two winged putti, over a grid.

Wall painting

Mauro Gandolfi, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of two arched doorways with ornamented columns and entablatures.

Door frames giving impression of Renaissance works in ruins

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780