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Pencil study of frilly hazelnut husks on a branch with serrated leaves, drawn on tan paper.

Study for Illustration: Hazelnuts

Samuel Colman, 1880

Ink and wash lunette design showing figures in a studio interior with a draped curtain and decorated pedestal.

Design for a Lunette with Allegory of Sculpture

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketches of a woman carrying a child, a small child, and a man in a wide-brimmed hat on tan paper.

Figure Sketches, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Grey-wash still life drawing of fish, a lobster, and a parrot beside stone blocks and a hanging fish.

Still-life with Fish and Parrot

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1740

Painted landscape of two pine trees on a rocky slope above a reddish path, with rolling hills and a blue sky.

Two Pine Trees, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of classical gods feasting at a long table, with putti attending and clouds of figures above.

The Feast of the Gods

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a dory crowded with men, with loose lines suggesting waves and water below the boat.

Dory Filled with Men

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor of men gathered on a harbor jetty by a lighthouse, with a central figure in yellow breeches reciting from an open

Water color; Rinaldo Rinaldini is reciting upon the jetty

Saverio della Gatta, 1820

Pencil sketch of a central figure seen from behind, surrounded by smaller figures of women and children on tan paper.

Group of figures

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Anatomical Sketches of Human and Animal Heads

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Oil sketch of a sunset over layered pink and teal hills, with a small orange sun above a pale water band.

Two Views of the Sunset from Olana, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of three draped female figures on clouds, a study by Walter Shirlaw for a bank note design.

Commerce (Motif for Bank Note Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Brown ink and wash lunettes showing Achilles driving a chariot past Troy and Priam pleading before a seated warrior at a banq

Achilles Drags the Body of Hector around Walls of Troy, Priam Pleads for the Body of Hector, Ceiling Designs for the…

Felice Giani, 1800

Drawing of a seated shepherdess playing a flute to a reclining shepherd beside a tree, in black and red chalk.

Shepherdess Piping to a Shepherd

François Boucher, 1770

Pencil sketch of cardamom and arrowroot plants with handwritten colour notes on a tan sheet of paper.

Cardamom and Arrowroot Sketches, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Crouching Dromedary

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of three ornate chalices with baluster stems and decorative bases on tan paper.

Three chalices

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged figure with a charging bull among clouds, in a semicircular lunette shape.

Tarus, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of rocky cliffs and headlands on tan paper, labeled Great Island.

Coastline Cliffs of Great Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Four pen and wash drawings of putti statues on pedestals, labeled with allegorical names like Wisdom and Constancy.

Projects for statues: "Wisdom." "Constancy." "Eloquence." "Cupid Disguised."

Flemish Jan Claudius de Cock, 1720

Pencil sketch of sailing boats moored in a calm harbor with reflections on the water and a rowboat near the center.

View of a Harbor

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a tree-lined lakeshore with loose grasses in the foreground and the date Sep 1876 written in the corner.

Lake View near Mt. Katahdin, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Mrs. Levicz as Peace, Study for "Justice and Peace"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil sketch of icebergs above a horizon line on tan paper, with white highlights suggesting ice, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite pencil sketch of three female figures, one standing with raised arm, in a shaded rocky landscape, study for design.

A Group of Four Nymphs (Motif for Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Watercolor design of two gilt bronze andirons with sphinxes and griffins and a central sconce with a figure holding candle ar

Design for Two Andirons and Sconce of Gilt Bronze

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto aiming a bow from a centaur in a lunette-shaped composition.

Sagittarius, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Two nude children recline on a pale cloth beside a vase, against a green and gold patterned backdrop with foliage.

Drawing - Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Pen and grey wash drawing of an elderly woman in a headscarf seated at a wooden spinning frame, working thread.

An Old Woman Spinning

Claude Louis Desrais, 1810

Ink and watercolor studies of irises on tan paper, some flowers tinted purple, others red and yellow, with buds and stems.

Studies of Irises

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1900

Watercolor study of two drooping chestnut branches with green serrated leaves and pale hanging catkins on a tan background.

Study of Chestnut Tree Branches

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1900

Watercolor and ink study of several irises with purple petals, stems and buds arranged across a peach background sheet.

Study of Irises

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1910

Watercolor study of pink and white sweet pea flowers with green stems on a grey background, signed by Sophia L. Crownfield.

Study of Sweet Peas

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1910

Two pale pink peony studies with yellow centers, one on a green stem, painted on a gray sheet.

Study of Pale Pink Peonies

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1910

Tomb Portrait of Queen Isabella I of Castile

Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta

Pencil study of a nude man bent forward, gripping a long bow, with draped cloth behind him on tan paper.

Study of a Bowing Man Holding a Bow

Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta

Watercolor study of five pansy blossoms on pale paper, four in brown and yellow tones and one small blue-and-white bloom.

Study of Pansies

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1890

Pencil sketch sheet with several studies of roses on stems with leaves and thorns, signed S. L. Crownfield.

Study of Roses

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1910

Pale watercolor study of a curving wisteria branch with pinnate green and brown leaves and thin tendrils on cream paper.

Study of Wisteria Foliage

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1910

Watercolor study of red poinsettia flowers with green leaves and stems on a grey-beige sheet, signed S. L. Crownfield.

Study of Red Poinsettias

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1910

Pencil and ink botanical study of three poinsettia branches with pointed bracts and clustered blossoms on tan paper.

Study of Poinsettias

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1910

Six ink line studies of squash or pumpkin blossoms with ruffled petals and slender stems on pale translucent paper.

Studies of Squash or Pumpkin Blossoms

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1910

Pen and ink botanical study of dogwood branches with blossoms and buds on tan paper, signed by Sophia L. Crownfield.

Study of Dogwood

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1900

Pencil sketch of three men, one kneeling at left and two bowing forward, drawn in loose gestural lines on tan paper.

Three Men, One Kneeling and Two Bowing

Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta

Pencil and ink study of squash vines with lobed leaves, curling tendrils and flower buds on a tan paper sheet.

Study of Squash Vines

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1910

Watercolor sheet of six thistle studies with pink and purple flower heads, green spiny stems and leaves on a pale background.

Six Studies of Thistles

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1900

Watercolor study of three yellow squash blossoms with green lobed leaves and curling tendrils on a pale background.

Study of Squash or Pumpkin Plants

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1910

Watercolor study of white cumulus clouds over blue sea with pink and mauve cloud streaks on a pale sky.

Study of clouds, Rome, Italy

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude figure with studies of a hand, arm, and face on a pale sheet of paper.

Nude Study

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch of several figures straining beneath a large cross, drawn in loose, overlapping graphite strokes on cream paper

Sketch of Figures Bearing a Cross

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketches on tan paper of a reclining man, a seated man resting his head on his hand, and a winged child.

Study for "Zodiac"

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

Brown and white wash study of a seated veiled woman holding an infant, on grey paper, with a small sketched head at upper rig

Study for "Charity," St. Bartholomew's Church, New York, NY

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

Loose pencil sketch on tan paper showing several figures in a rough composition, with a reclining form at lower right.

Sketch of Charity, Faith, and Hope

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Purple wash sketch of heavenly figures in clouds, with a bearded man and two draped women and a head above.

Study of Heavenly Figures

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Brown ink drawing of a seated figure playing a lyre beside a music stand in a semicircular lunette.

Lunette with Music and Poetry

Felice Giani, 1800

Graphite sketch of a reclining female nude with one arm raised behind her head, drawn on toned paper.

Sketch of a Female Nude

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Faint pencil sketch of a foot with hatched shading on a torn tan paper sheet.

Study of a Foot

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch of allegorical figures including a winged figure, a reclining man, a veiled woman, and a cross.

Study for Charity, Faith, and Hope

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

Pencil sketch of a shirtless man reclining with his head resting on one hand and his arm stretched across the page.

Figure Study

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Sketch of Two Female Figures

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen and ink drawing of Hercules seated beside a bull with kneeling women and a figure holding a wreath, on blue paper.

Hercules and Tole

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor design for a memorial tablet with a green inscription band, a laurel wreath medallion, and ochre and red panels.

Design for a Memorial Tablet

John La Farge, 1890

Brown ink and wash drawing of draped figures seated and standing on steps, an audience gathered around a preaching scene.

Saint Paul Preaching, after Raphael

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown wash sketch of ten lunette-shaped scenes with seated muses, each labeled in handwritten Italian.

Ten Lunettes with Muse and Mnemosine

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a diver plunging head first among rocks and seaweed, legs raised, on a pale sheet of paper.

Conch Divers

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and brown wash design drawing of an arched coronet with scrolls, pearl-like orbs, and diamond-shaped motifs on pale paper

Design for a coronet

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of several loosely drawn winged angel figures with flowing drapery on a pale sheet of paper.

Sketch of Angels

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch of a young woman with raised arms and a flower held at her shoulder, signed J. Carroll Beckwith.

Muse

Carroll Beckwith, 1900

Sketch for an Angel

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Pencil sketch of a right foot on cream paper with faint branch-like lines and a purple museum stamp in the lower right.

A Right Foot

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Pencil sketch of draped figures among clouds, including a central figure and several faces, study for an ascension scene.

Sketch of Figural Group for Ascension

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Ink and wash sketch of a bobolink in flight above reeds and a pool of water, on tan paper.

Bobolink

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Pencil sketch of a winged angel with a laurel crown holding flowers, drawn on tan paper with loose arched outlines.

Sketch of Angel with Flowers

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch on tan paper of two studies of a reclining nude male figure, one with an extended leg.

Studies of Nude Figure

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

Brown ink and wash drawing with two hexagonal scenes of Orpheus and Eurydice: classical figures by a building, and figures in

Two Episodes with Orpheus and Eurydice

Felice Giani, 1810

Charcoal sketch of Fortuna, a blindfolded woman on a chariot surrounded by winged figures, on an octagonal sheet.

Fortuna

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a nude figure reclining on one elbow, head resting on hand, legs extended.

Study of Nude Figure

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

Pencil sketch on cream paper of a reclining winged angel in flowing drapery, with a small study in the lower right.

Sketch of an Angel

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated artist at a drawing board beside a bust, within a semicircular lunette frame.

Lunette with Arts and Sciences

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of two hexagonal panels showing classical figures, a lyre player, and musicians among attendants.

Orpheus Among the Muses; Orpheus Playing the Lyre

Felice Giani, 1810

Reddish-brown wash sketch of a winged putto reclining with flowing drapery on tan paper.

Sketch of Putti with Drapery

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Loose charcoal sketch of a female figure with flowing drapery, head turned to the side, on tan paper.

Sketch of Figure with Drapery

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Graphite sketch of a central winged angel with raised arms flanked by other robed angelic figures in loose strokes.

Group of Angels

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Sketches of Two Heads

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen and brown wash drawing of mourning figures around a stone tomb with a lyre, inscriptions in the margins, dated 1800.

The Arts Mourning at the Tomb of Raphael

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and grey wash design for a decorative ceiling with winged putti, garlands and round classical medallions around a blank c

Palazzo Quirinale, Rome;

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude male figure with arms outstretched, study for a Lathrop painting, 1890.

Study for "Diana and Her Attendants among the Constellations"

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

Charcoal sketch of an angel with outstretched arm and draped fabric on tan paper.

Study of an Angel with Drapery

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketches on tan paper of a reclining nude figure with raised arms, plus smaller studies of moving figures.

Sketches of Nude Figures

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketches of a kingfisher wing's outside and inside, with handwritten color notes labeling the feathers.

Wing of a Black-capped Kingfisher

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Sketch of a Woman's Head

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo garden terrace with a seated figure, arcade, trees, and ornate scrolled frame.

Divinité Chinoise

Gabriel Huquier, 1730

Brown ink and wash drawing of armored soldiers and struggling captives in a tangled military scene on stone ground.

Two Groups Captives from the Victory of Leo IV over the Saracens

Felice Giani, 1820

Red chalk study of classical statues and columns in an interior, with a draped figure at right, within a double-ruled border.

Studies with figure of Apollo from Raphel's School of Athens

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pen and wash drawing of an ornamental garden design with scrolling frame, garlands, central fountain and figures in landscape

Gardens of Bacchus

Gabriel Huquier, 1730

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed classical figures, a bearded man with a lyre, and a seated woman holding a book inscribed

Group with Petrarch and Sappho in "Parnassus" after Raphael Sanzio

Felice Giani, 1820