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Ink and wash drawing of a small domed pavilion on columns, with a handwritten Italian dedication to Apollo at upper right.

Elevation of a Small Round Domed Room

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a sepulchral monument with a statue on top and two seated female figures flanking the base.

Sepulchral monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Ducks

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Painted study of tall Corinthian columns and fallen stones among grassy ruins under a pale sky.

Pillars of the Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Grey wash drawing of an ornamental lamp with flame finial, fluted pedestal, garland reliefs and stepped base.

Project for a Lamp

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Blue-grey wash drawing of the crowned Virgin Mary on clouds, surrounded by angels and saints in a heavenly scene.

Recto: Coronation of the Virgin

Belisario Corenzio, 1640

Watercolor architectural drawing of a chapel elevation with altar and columns, with a floor plan below and small ornament stu

A Chapel; Elevation and Floor Plan

Felice Giani, 1820

Red chalk sketch of a muscular male figure with arms raised above a reclining figure on cream paper.

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

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Drawing of six square panels in brown ink showing trophies of armor, helmets, swords, shields and a laurel-topped urn.

Decoration of six panels

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a round castle tower on a hillside with handwritten color notes in the margins.

Corner Tower at Tourbillon Castle, Sion, Switzerland

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a crouching nude woman with bowed head, hands near grass, loose hatched shading in background.

Crouching Female Nude

James Wells Champney, 1880

Brown wash drawing of allegorical figures, a winged woman pointing beside a helmeted seated woman, with a bust and the words

Monument for an Accademia della Pace

Felice Giani, 1810

Red chalk drawing of a standing male figure in draped cloth, with one arm extended, on a torn sheet of paper.

Study of Standing Figure

Study of a Head of a Young Man in Renaissance Attire

Fortunato Duranti, 1800

Graphite and white chalk study of a seated female nude with extended arm, plus sketched hand and leg fragments on toned paper

Female Nude, Study of Peace for "Justice and Peace"

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and ink sheet of decorative studies with putti, garlands, candelabra motifs and coffered ceiling designs with Italian not

Decorative Studies; Verso: Anatomical Studies

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown wash painting of a young girl in a white dress and bonnet beside a spring with water jugs, under a tree.

Young girl getting water at a spring

Thomas Sully, 1830

Pencil and white chalk sketch on blue-grey paper of two bearded older men with studies of their hands.

Two Studies of Daniel Huntington for "The Atlantic Cable Projectors"

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Brown ink drawing of a tall decorative panel with a winged female figure, draped fabric, cornucopia and scrolled ornament.

Design for a Painted Panel

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1770

Circular pen drawing of a sun chariot with horses, winged figures and draped women among clouds, with reclining figures below

The Sun, the Hours, and the Seasons, for Palazzo Gessi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a sarcophagus-style monument with a central medallion portrait and two draped figures.

Project for an Epitaph in High Relief

Vincenzo Gajassi, 1830

Brown ink and wash design for a vertical decorative panel with a classical statue, scrolls, foliage and a temple facade.

Design for the Decoration of a Panel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and wash design drawing of a three-armed candelabrum with floral motifs, an urn with figures, and a plan view below.

Design for a Candelabrum

Jean-Louis Prieur the Younger, 1780

Graphite study of a seated crowned woman in draped robes holding an open book, with a grid and handwritten colour notes.

Study for "The State," "The Reign of the Law," Appellate Division Court House, New York, NY

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Etching of a jester figure with a spear facing a winged serpent on a rock, beside a thatched pavilion and pine branches.

Plate 6, "Suite de douze Pêcheurs et Chasseurs"

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1770

Engraved title page with an oval laurel-wreath border announcing bronze sculpture designs by Jean François Forty.

Title Page

Jean François Forty, 1770

Engraved plate showing Doric entablement, cornice, impost and archivolt profiles with column shaft and scale bar.

Developpement de l'Entablement Dorique avec Corniche, Imposte, Archivolte à l'usage des Portes et Fenêtres

Flemish Jean-François de Neufforge, 1760

Etching of a man in a wide hat leaning on a fence beside a tall fern and a flowering plant on a brick pillar.

Man in a Garden

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1770

Etching of three goats resting under a large tree, with rolling hills, distant buildings and cloudy sky behind.

The Three Goats

Claude Lorrain, 1630

Red-ink trophy design with a cross, crown, open book, sword, trumpet and foliage in a double-ruled border.

Trophy Design

P. Moithey, 1780