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Pencil sketch of a classical Venetian doorway with paneled door, molded cornice and worn stone steps on tan paper.

Doorway - Venice

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Dim monochrome sketch of men in 17th-century dress gathered in a wood-paneled room around a seated figure.

The Assassination of the Duke of Buckingham by Felton

Frederick Coffay Yohn, 1900

Portrait of a Woman

Philip Leslie Hale, 1900

Red chalk sketch of a helmeted bust on a pedestal with draped figures and an inscribed cloth, within a ruled border.

Detail of tomb monument

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Ornament design sheet with two terracotta urns and a green triangular panel showing white doves and scrolling foliage.

Ornament Design, Urns and Triangular Panel with Doves

Michel Angelo Pergolesi

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of rooftops, a turreted stone tower, dormer windows and townhouse facades in Bourges.

Bourges

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pen and ink sketch of a rococo ceiling design with cartouches, scrollwork and garlands, plus corner ornament studies.

Ceiling Design for the Salone di Stupinigi (Main Hall of the Hunting Lodge)

Filippo Juvarra, 1720

Pencil landscape drawing of tall trees before a steep rock cliff, with small figures at lower right.

Landscape, Silberhorn, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

William Trost Richards, 1860

Watercolor of half-timbered medieval houses with slate roofs and a woman with a pitcher beside a brick wall.

Street Scene with Medieval Houses

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Grayscale painting of mounted soldiers raising swords and singing in a grassy field, with a dark horse in the foreground.

Cromwell and His Men Singing the 117th Psalm at the Battle of Dunbar

Frank Craig, 1890

Brown ink drawing of allegorical women with scales, a staff and olive branch beneath classical columns, with playing children

The Beneficence of the Law, Design for Mural at Essex County Court House, Newark, New Jersey

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Pencil sketch of an interior corner with a paneled cabinet, a flower vase, a lattice window and a wall sconce.

Interior at Chenonceaux

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pen-and-ink drawing of a rustic farmhouse with a porch and stone chimney behind a picket fence, framed by trees.

Farmhouse of H. P. Bottom Near Rousseau's Position

Harry Fenn, 1880

Watercolor of rugged cliffs, breaking waves, and a sea stack along a pebbled shore under a pale sky.

Study for "Moulin Huet Bay, Guernsey"

William Trost Richards, 1890

Red chalk sketch of a seated hooded figure holding a staff and a tablet, with hatched shading behind.

Seated figure with tablet

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor elevation of a Chinoiserie pavilion with three pagoda-style roofs and spires, set among trees with steps and raili

The Fishing Temple, Virginia Water, England

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pen and brown ink sketch of a group of angels with wings gathered on a cloud bank, heads turned in various directions.

Group of Angels on a Cloud Bank

Angelo Michele Colonna, 1650

Red chalk drawing of a standing man in a flowing cloak, mounted on a grey mat with a printed label below.

Standing Cloaked Male Figure

Matteo Rosselli, 1610

Pencil design drawing of an ornate arched doorway flanked by medallions with winged creatures and decorative friezes.

Design for Entrance Hall, East Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pencil and wash design drawing of an ornate classical vestibule furniture piece with caryatids, putti, and urns.

Design for Meuble de Vestibule

Alexandre-Eugène Prignot, 1870

Watercolor design for a Gothic stained glass window with a central angel, Madonna and child, and heraldic shields.

Design for Stained Glass Window

Sir Andrew Orr, 1860

Watercolor ornament design with a central purple arabesque panel flanked by two decorated Roman-style standards with medallio

Ornament Design, Arabesque Panel between Roman Standards

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Watercolor of Tangiers on a hillside with white houses, a minaret, city walls, sea and mountains under cloudy skies.

Tangiers

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Graphite sketch of a nude woman bending forward with one arm raised, with smaller studies of a draped figure beside her.

Study of Bending Nude Figure

Louis Schaettle, 1900

Pen and ink drawing of a mountain gorge with a stone arched bridge, a domed church, olive trees and a stream.

Source of the Gordicchio

Joseph Pennell, 1890

Pencil sketch of a two-masted sailing vessel and small rowboats on a sandy shore, with a figure standing near the boats.

Study of boats on the coast

William Stanley Haseltine, 1880

Pencil study of a seated robed woman holding balance scales, drawn within a circular frame on a tan ground.

Study for "Justice," Lunette in Hudson County Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Red chalk drawing of a standing male figure wrapped in drapery, framed by a double ruled border.

Standing male figure wearing himation

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Charcoal and white chalk study of a seated female nude leaning forward with hands resting on draped cloth, on brown paper.

Study of female model

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Oil study of cumulus clouds lit pink and gold above dark mountain silhouettes at dusk.

Study of clouds

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Watercolor design of gothic arched stained glass windows with floral scrolls and a leaded glass pattern.

Stained glass window: right pane of three part design

John C. Wolf, 1900

Pencil sketch of tiled rooftops, a stone wall, cypress trees and a small arched building with distant hills.

Garden Wall, Granada

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Pen and brown wash drawing of a curly dog lying on a cushion atop a pedestal under a draped canopy with tassels.

Design for Memorial to a Dog

Giulio Romano, 1530

Pencil sketch of a Baltimore skyline with rooftops and spires, grid panels and handwritten colour notes, 1920.

Baltimore Skyline

Griffith Baily Coale, 1920

Pencil sketch of sailboats on calm sea with a smoking volcano behind, and masts and seated figures in the foreground.

Last Glimpse of Vesuvius

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Ink and wash elevation drawing of an ornate domed royal catafalque with statues, columns, candelabra and a central niche.

Elevation of a Royal Catafalque

Luca Arinelli, 1800

Watercolor elevation of a bank main entrance with green double doors, a clock flanked by winged figures, and a pedestrian.

Design for main entrance door for the Bankers' Trust Company, New York, NY

Christian Francis Rosborg, 1920

Pencil and wash drawing of an ornate coffered ceiling with a central panel of allegorical figures and cherubs among clouds.

Ceiling of Courtroom, Federal Building, Cleveland, OH

Arnold William Brunner, 1910

Watercolor design for an oval stained glass hall window with pink, yellow and red floral motifs and a teal border.

Stained glass: hall window

John C. Wolf, 1900

Watercolor of low tide flats with a figure carrying a rifle, marsh grass, and a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Low Tide, Annisquam

Walter Shirlaw, 1910

Pencil sketches of architectural mouldings, capitals with volutes, cornice profiles, and handwritten colour notes on paper.

Sketches of Mouldings on Capitals

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Painted floral textile design with white and blue flowers, multicolored lobed leaves, and grey branches on a dotted dark grou

Floral design for printed textiles

Louis-Albert DuBois, 1800

Soft graphite and chalk study of a muscular male arm ending in a clenched fist, on a pale sheet with handwritten notes.

Male Arm

Flora M. Dow, 1900

Pencil study of two carved architectural pieces, a foliate capital and a curved Byzantine arch moulding, on tan paper.

Architectural Details

Arnold William Brunner, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of the dead Christ held by mourning figures in a shadowed interior.

Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Watercolor elevation of a Victorian-style house with a tower, gabled bay, balcony and ornate roof trim.

Architectural project for the house of P.J. Hetzel

Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, 1880

Pencil sketches of a porch with a hammock and wicker chair, and a window with shutters labeled Scott Cottage.

Two Sketches, Scott Cottage

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil drawing of two women confronting on a street before a millinery shop, one holding a crying baby and an umbrella.

Lux et Veritas

Louis M. Glackens, 1910

Red chalk drawing of a classical armory, a carved mask, and foliage garlands arranged in three stacked sections.

Armory, mask and a garland

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketches of architectural details including a balustrade, gargoyle, buttress base, and carved column from Caen.

Architectural Sketches in Caen

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design for a rug with a cream central field of stylized flowers and multiple blue, red and orange decorative borde

Design for a rug

Cooper Union Art School, 1900

Red chalk drawing of three ornamental urns with scrolled handles, garlands and pedestal bases on a cream sheet.

Three urns

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of a stone tower and arched bridge above a harbor with two sailboats on the water.

Villefranche

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design of a blue and gold ewer flanked by two oval brown cameo panels with classical figures and cherubs.

Ornament Design with Ewer and Cameos

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Red chalk drawing of a seated allegorical female figure with raised arm, spear and shield on a pedestal.

Seated allegorical figure

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of half-timbered houses with steep roofs and dormers on a street, with small figures in the foreground.

Sketch of Lisieux

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design of a Chinese-style wall with an arched sky niche, lattice borders, paneled doors and red latticework.

Wall Decoration, Entrance Hall, North Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Red chalk study of stacked architectural corbels with carved scrolls and foliate ornament on a cream sheet.

Study of corbels

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of Bar Harbor with sailboats on calm water, a wooded shoreline, rowboats, and a small framed sailboat inset.

Bar Harbor, Maine

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Ink drawing of a cherub in an ornate chariot with an eagle shield, sunburst rays and a 1917 banner.

Study for cartoon "Welcome in the Year 1917"

Winsor McCay, 1910

Red chalk sketch of a muscular bearded male figure raising one arm beside a draped female figure, on cream paper.

Christ and Mary from Last Judgment

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Sketches in Pompeii

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design of a Gothic church chancel with a gilded altar, blue vaulted ceiling, and a painted Virgin figure in a nich

Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York City, Chancel Decoration

John La Farge, 1890

Watercolor design of a lobby with paneled wooden double doors, gold lattice walls, a red carpet and an oval glazed side panel

Design for Lobby, Possibly the Ante Room to the Music Room

Frederick Crace, 1810

Three Studies of Man in a Habit

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Drawing of a classical two-handled urn in red-figure style with female head handles and a seated woman scene.

Ornament Design with Urn

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Drawing of a seated man beside a reclining older woman on a floral sofa, in a room with a chandelier and framed portrait.

He Sat Still, Studying His Mother's Strong, Lined Face

Elizabeth Shippen Green, 1910

Pencil sketch page showing multiple loose figure studies of standing and seated robed men and bearded heads.

Figure Sketches at St. Peter’s

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Study of figure

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Watercolor of a rocky coastal headland with a small sailboat, wind-bent pines and boulders under a hazy sky.

Mackerel Cove

William Trost Richards, 1890

Pencil sketch of a wooden chapel with a tall spire and bell tower, a gabled roof, and surrounding trees on tan paper.

Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Sylvia

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor rendering of a domed stone mausoleum with steps, balustrade, topiary and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Rendering for Bliss Family Mausoleum

Hughson Hawley, 1900

Watercolor of a fallen robed man surrounded by daggered togaed figures in a Roman interior with a she-wolf relief.

The Death of Julius Caesar

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, 1800

Watercolor sketch of the Moulin de la Galette windmills in Paris, with an arched dance hall entrance and figures on the stree

Moulin de la Galette, Paris

Whitney Warren Jr, 1880

Watercolor of a man leaning toward a woman in a pink dress reading a letter in a sloped-roof attic beside a desk and trunk.

"He is the image of you"

Arthur Ignatius Keller, 1910

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a young woman with closed eyes and hair in a bun, on grey paper with blue shading.

Portrait Sketch of a Young Woman with Closed Eyes

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Watercolor of a dark silhouetted town with church spires under an orange sunset, with tidal flats and pilings in the foregrou

Sunset, Nantucket

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Red chalk sketch of a man's head and shoulders on tan paper, with wavy hair and a slight smile.

Study for portrait, Bell Tilghman

Harriet Blackstone, 1920

Watercolor drawing of a white azalea with brown leaves, a purple ribbon, and a trailing floral garland border.

Azalées (Azaleas)

Louis Apollinaire Sicard, 1900

Sketches of Heads

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Hand-colored floral textile design with pink, red and blue flowers and green leaves in a corner border on pale paper.

Floral design for printed textile

Jean DuBois, 1800

Graphite and white chalk study of two hands gripping tubular objects, drawn on grey paper.

studies of two hands holding flutes (?)

Elihu Vedder, 1900

Pen and watercolor design drawing of an ornate multi-armed lighting fixture with blue bands and floral details, dated 1810.

Design for a Lighting Fixture

Frederick Crace, 1810

Watercolor of a formal salon with blue walls, gilt mirror, red upholstered furniture, and Corinthian columns.

Salon Interior

A. Redkovsky, 1850

Watercolor ornament sheet with two laurel and myrtle wreaths framing a purple band of pink acanthus scrolls.

Ornament Design, Foliate Panel between Roman Myrtle and Laurel Crowns

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Pencil sketch of a tower with a pointed roof above rooftops, with twisted wooden posts drawn below on tan paper.

Sketches at Lausanne

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Red chalk drawing of two muscular nude male figures embracing, drawn in loose hatched strokes on cream paper.

Figures from Last Judgment

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of a fountain design with reclining river gods and an ornate octagonal basin.

Recto: Fountain Design with Oceanus and the River Gods Arno and Tiber

Jacopo Zucchi, 1580

Grayscale shaded drawing of a plaster head tilted upward on a stepped pedestal, with the name M. Alice Travers inscribed at u

Vertical rectangle. The head of a woman tilted upward and facing left. Signed in charcoal, upper right: "M. Alice Tra…

M. Alice Travers, 1890

Pencil sketch of a fishing village with rooftops, chimneys, and small sailboats on water in the distance.

Fishing Village

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor ornament sheet with a triangular panel of two winged lions, a laurel wreath, and a crown with ribbons.

Ornament Design, Triangular Panel with Winged Lions and Two Roman Crowns

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Design drawing of a trellised ceiling opening to a cloudy sky, with climbing roses, drapery and a floral urn.

The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Ceiling Design: a trellised balustrade, opening to the sky, possibly for entrance hall

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pencil sketch of a tall stone castle tower behind a stone wall and bare trees, with small figures on a path.

Nuremberg Castle, Germany

William Trost Richards, 1860

Charcoal study of an elderly bearded man with a balding head wearing a buttoned overcoat, looking over his shoulder.

Portrait of a Man: Study from Life

Coralie E. Feilner, 1880

Pencil sketch sheet showing a stone frog on a pedestal, a farmhouse with chimneys, a sleeping cat, and ornamental scrollwork.

Sketch of Stone Frog and Farm House

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Charcoal and chalk figure studies on gray paper: a female head and shoulders, an arm, a leg, and a foot.

details of figure studies

Elihu Vedder, 1890