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Pencil sketch of two studies of a left hand with curled fingers resting on a surface, on aged cream paper.

Two Sketches of a Left Hand

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil sketch of icebergs on a horizon with rippling sea below and handwritten color notes on the water.

Sketches at Sea near Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of Salzburg with a hilltop fortress, church spires, fields, and distant mountains under a hazy sky.

View of Salzburg, Austria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a town mansion facade with Ionic columns, arched doorway, and statues along the upper level.

Left Half of Elevation of a Town Mansion

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing in two scenes: a seated queen receives two warriors above, and figures with cupids in a rocky land

Aeneas and Achates before Dido; the Love of Aeneas and Dido

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketches of table legs, a scrolled bracket, and a quatrefoil ornament with handwritten notes on cream paper.

Table Sketches, Florence, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor design drawing of an ovoidal tureen with draped female supports, scroll handles, a shield crest, and a figural fin

Design for an Ovoidal Tureen

Pietro Belli, 1800

Pen and wash design drawing of a Baroque altar with Corinthian columns, angels, putti and a monogrammed cartouche.

Design for an altar of the Virgin

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Brown ink drawing of a domed chapel seen through a colonnade, with seated figures, sculpture and a coffered ceiling.

Sepulchral Chapel seen through a Colonnade

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil study of a right hand resting on the edge of a book, with a striped sleeve and faint sketch lines below.

Study of Right Hand on a Book

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of a castle tower on a rocky hill above a river, with dense hatched foliage and sky.

Imaginary Landscape with Castle

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and brown ink drawing of an architectural monument with a seated reading figure in an oval niche and a putto.

Design for a monument

Corrado Giaquinto, 1740

Pen and wash design drawing of a lidded silver coffee urn with a lion head ring handle, spigot, and fluted legs.

Design for a Silver Coffee Urn

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Brown ink drawing of a wooded landscape with large trees, a pond, a seated figure, and distant hills.

Wooded Landscape with a Pond

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 1650

Pen and wash drawing of an altar elevation with Corinthian columns, a painted angel scene, and draped fabric with a plan belo

Design for an Altar: Elevation, with Trompe l'Oeil Plan Below

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Pencil sketch of a jagged iceberg with layered faces and a low tapering section extending to the right on cream paper.

Iceberg near Belle Isle, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and watercolor sketch of cows grazing and resting in a pasture beside trees, in soft brown and gray tones.

Cows in a Pasture

Winslow Homer, 1850

Pencil sketch of a girl in a dress and striped stockings swinging from a tree branch, by Winslow Homer.

Girl on a Swing

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pencil sketch of rugged mountains under clouds, with handwritten notes reading Silver grey and golden brown.

Mountains in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of ornate candlesticks with tapered candles, putti, a sphinx figure, and obelisk-shaped bases.

Candlesticks

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a domed classical building with colonnade above a columned monument with obelisk spire.

Elevations of a Mausoleum

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of an ornamental stone relief with scrolls and leaves above a ledge, with two round fragments below.

Tomb Decorations in the Museum of Athens, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Grey wash drawing of a theatrical Egyptian temple courtyard with staircases, columns, a winged disk, and braziers.

Stage Design, Courtyard of an Egyptian Temple

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, 1800

Pencil sketch of a man and woman standing close in an embrace, with a small head study at upper right.

Man and woman

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Pencil sketch of mountains and a yellow plain with handwritten colour notes and small clouds above.

Mountains in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Watercolor elevation of a large mansion with steep slate roofs, dormers, arched windows and a balcony, set on a lawn.

Elevation of Mansion

Whitney Warren Jr, 1900

Sepia ink and wash elevation of a classical palace facade with arched doorways, columns, and statues along the roofline.

Elevation of a Palace

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of three men coaling, one thrusting a pole, one standing, one bending with a load, plus a head study.

Coaling Up

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Dense tropical vines with heart-shaped leaves and small flowers climb against a dark brown background.

Philodendron Vines, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridges and hazy hills on cream paper, with handwritten notes in the lower center.

Mountainous Landscape, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890