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Pen and ink sketch of a shell-shaped cartouche with two seated cherubs at its base and a small figure above.

Tablet bearing the coat of arms of Pope Benedict XIV with shell as background

Filippo Marchionni, 1740

Brown ink sketch of a wooden house by the water with beached dories and horizontal hatched sky and sea.

House at a Railing with Beached Dories

Winslow Homer, 1880

Faint pencil sketch of low rolling hills receding under an empty sky on tan paper.

Clouds

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil and chalk drawing of Bash-Bish Falls with figures resting on a rock ledge in the foreground.

Bash-Bish Falls, South Egremont, Massachusetts

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a river valley with wooded hills and ruined castle towers on a rocky height at right.

A Valley in Mountainous Country

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1790

Ink and wash design for a rococo escutcheon with an empty central field, shell crest and scrolled fluted sides.

Design for an escutcheon

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Pencil sketch on cream paper in an album mount, showing a rough figure, an animal form, and handwritten notes.

The Extra Ration

Winslow Homer, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of architectural cornices, a carved mask pediment, a drapery swag and a walking man in a tricorn hat.

Architectural Details and Figure Study

Filippo Marchionni, 1760

Pencil sketch of a steamship with a trailing smoke plume crossing rough sea under a cloudy sky.

Fishing Trawler

Winslow Homer, 1890

Sunset over a river with red clouds, dark mountains beyond, and a small figure on the grassy bank at lower left.

Sunset, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of mountains and a foreground hill with handwritten color notes such as blue, brown, and cloud on cream paper.

Mountains, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Ink and wash architectural design of an altar with columns, a coffered arch, a niche statue, and a floor plan below.

Design for an altar for St. Anthony of Padua

Andrea Pozzo, 1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of five vertical pilaster strips with medallions, garlands, and small standing figures.

Design for the Decorations of Five Pilaster Strips

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Graphite and white chalk sketch of boulders in the foreground with mountain ridges receding into the distance.

Sketch from Mount Chocorua

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Red chalk sketch of angels with a diagonal cross and draped shroud, showing overlapping figure studies on a pale sheet.

Angels Carrying the Holy Cross and Shroud

Mattia Preti, 1660

Pencil and white gouache sketch of snow-capped alpine peaks and steep slopes on brown paper, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Basin of the Obersee, near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash architectural drawing of a domed mausoleum with elevations, a plan, and measurement notes.

Design for a Mausoleum

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Reclining nude woman with red hair resting on a round mirror, draped in white cloth, against an ochre background.

Reclining Nude

Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Two watercolor studies of resting brown and white calves, one lying under a tree and one asleep in grass.

Studies of Calves, Stockbridge

Samuel Colman, 1870

Watercolor drawing of an octagonal gazebo with twisted columns, garlands, broad stairs and statues on terraces.

Gazebo

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1810

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a rocky mountain peak with boulders, a bare tree and distant ridges on grey paper.

Looking South, Mount Mansfield, Vermont

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing of a robed figure kneeling at an altar as a priest gestures toward rising smoke, with onlookers.

Ceiling Design for the Consecration of Numa, Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a bare tree with exposed roots on a rocky slope, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Königssee Tree, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink sketch of a row of classical columns, sphinxes, an obelisk and a domed pavilion on a terrace.

Design for a Table Centerpiece

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pencil sketch sheet of five sheep in varied poses, several with heads lowered to graze, on a light tan paper.

Studies of Sheep

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude figure bound to a column while two men raise whips in a colonnaded hall.

Sketchbook Page: Flagellation of Christ

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a leafless tree with spreading bare branches, with handwritten colour notes along the bottom edge.

Study of a Dead Oak Tree

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pale white stylized flowers and leaves on brown paper, with a repeating floral border along the bottom edge.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1810

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling with a central winged figure, scrolling foliage, and small mythological scenes in fra

Project for a Painted Square Ceiling

Luigi Rossini, 1820

Brown ink drawing of rowing boats attacking a whale in a harbor, with a crowd on the quay and classical buildings behind.

Whale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius at Ostia

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Watercolor stage design of classical arches, colonnades, towers and a statue in a plaza, with ship masts beyond.

Stage Design, Group of Buildings Near Port

Angelo Toselli, 1800

Pencil and white gouache sketch of rocky mountain ridges with handwritten notes on pale green paper.

Gulf of Corinth, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch on tan paper of seagulls, a white-sailed boat on water, and a small pine tree.

Seagulls, Sailboats, and a Tree, Mount Desert, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil drawing of old timber farmhouses with pitched roofs, a wooden water trough, and mountains in the distance.

Old Farmhouses

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1830

Pencil sketch of distant mountains above a lake with handwritten color notes on tan paper.

Mountains and Lakes, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Ink and wash drawing of a winged putto reclining with a garland of flowers in a lunette-shaped design.

Autumn, Lunette for Ceiling of the Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Reclining woman in blue gown with lace cap and green parasol, draped over pink and green decorative scrolls on peach paper.

Female Monkey with umbrella

Christophe Huet, 1890

Colored design drawing of a square ceiling with a central radiating medallion and classical scrolls, urns, and a winged figur

Design for a Painted Ceiling

Charles Percier, 1800

Pencil sketch of rugged mountain peaks and rocky cliffs on tan paper, with a diagonal line and handwritten label.

Mountain Peaks

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of tangled tree roots descending over a cliff, with handwritten note reading Recollection of Roots on the face

Recollection of Roots, Galloway Hill, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of Zeus enthroned at the center of a council of gods, with a winged figure and warriors around him.

Zeus Deciding on the Destiny of Troy, Palazzo Gessi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Grey chalk drawing of a stone staircase, ruined archway, urn on pedestal and receding arcades in a Gothic ruin setting.

Stage Design, Gothic Ruins

Vincenzo Mazzi, 1770

Watercolor design of a waistcoat embroidery with pink flowers, green sprigs, gold scalloped borders and sunburst motifs.

Design no. 948 for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Loose painted sketch of autumn trees in red and orange foliage before a rolling hillside and meadow.

Autumn Colors, Vermont

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of classical architectural details including capitals, a caryatid, a dolphin and a seated figure.

Classical and Pseudo-Classical Architectural Details

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Pen and wash design drawing of a symmetrical cruet frame with two urns, a central Medusa head, serpents and a Greek key base.

Design for a Cruet Frame with Alternative Suggestions

Giovacchino Belli, 1800

Two oval ink and wash drawings of a hunter with a bow and a shepherd playing pipes beside a cow.

Man the Hunter, Man the Shepherd, Design for Vaulted Ceiling, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo Conti-Sinibaldi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a windswept seacoast with scrub pines, a rocky outcrop, and surf breaking on sand.

Seacoast with Scrub Pines, Prout's Neck, Eastern Point

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil drawing of riverside houses on wooden supports, rowboats on a river, and a church with spires across the water.

Poissy, Seine-et-Oise

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1830

Pencil sketch of a distant London skyline with spires and domes above trees, with handwritten color notes below.

City of London, United Kingdom, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of a seated man in a dark suit, arms folded, head bowed, on a wooden chair.

Young Man, Seated, from Scribner's "Eighty Drawings including the Weaker Sex"

Charles Dana Gibson, 1900

Watercolor and pencil design with rose and heather bouquets and oval embroidered floral motifs on a pale blue ground.

Design for the Embroidery of the Lower Front Part of an Overskirt of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Ink and grey wash drawing of a ruined arched aqueduct in a wooded rocky valley with a wooden fence in the foreground.

Stage Design, Aqueduct

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a rocky outcropping beside birch and hemlock trees, with handwritten labels on pale paper.

Rocky Outcropping with Trees, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown ink landscape drawing of figures crossing a wooden bridge over a stream, with trees, a distant house, and clouds.

Landscape with Bridge

Felice Giani, 1820

Pen and ink design for a frieze with a blank oval cartouche, seated woman, putto, garlands and scrollwork.

Design for Frieze Decoration, with Alternative Suggestions

Mauro Antonio Tesi, 1800

Pencil sketch of cloudy skies over mountain ridges, with handwritten color notes along the bottom edge.

Cloudy Skies over Mountain Ridges near Hacienda Chillo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Men

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a tree branch with twigs and a small perched bird on a tan sheet of paper.

Tree Branch

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and wash design drawing of a dish stand with extending arms, scrolled supports, and a central spirit lamp.

Design for a Dish Stand with Extending Arms and a Small Spirit Lamp

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1810

Ink sketch of a spear-carrying rider on a camel leading a caravan, with faint pencil figures of other camels behind.

Desert Caravan, Palestine or Syria (Israel or Jordan)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Small sketch of lightning striking through rose-tinted storm clouds above a dark treeline and distant hills at dusk.

Storm over the Hudson Valley, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing split into two scenes: Erminia with a shepherd above, and Atalanta hunting a boar below.

Erminia and the Shepherd [above]; Atalanta hunting the Calydonian Boar [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of a palm tree with spreading fronds and handwritten notes on the right side of the page.

Botanical Sketch of a Palm Tree, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850