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Watercolor of a palace wall with a Flemish tapestry of a rider, gilt frame, carved cabinet, and upholstered armchair.

Section of a wall showing portion of Flemish tapestry, Tapestry room, Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Floating Icebergs near St. Lewis Bay, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown wash drawing of a garden with a monumental urn, obelisk, cypresses, an umbrella pine and two small figures on a path.

Fantasy of a Garden with a Monumental Urn, Sculptures, and a Fountain

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1730

Pencil sketch of a rugged snow-streaked mountain summit above a forested valley, near Berchtesgaden, by Frederic Edwin Church

Summit of the Watzmann, near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Grey wash drawing of an ornate ewer with scrolled handle, fruit garlands, a central mask, and reclining putti.

Design for a Decorative Ewer

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1760

Pencil sketch of a crowned figure on a spotted horse with figures below, annotated with handwritten color notes.

Ornament with Royal Procession

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of a harbor square with a tall column, arcaded buildings, and small boats on the water.

Port of Ajaccio, Corsica

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Small painted study of a lake at sunset with a sailboat, red sky, mountains and sun reflected on the water.

Maine Lake, Sunset

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Charcoal and white chalk study of a standing draped female figure with heavy folds of cloth on grey paper.

Study for a standing woman with child, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Painted sketch of Horseshoe Falls at Niagara with rocky shore, overhanging trees and a warm sky.

Horseshoe Falls and Goat Island from the Canadian Bank, Niagara Falls, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash elevation drawing of a multi-story town mansion with arches, columns and rows of windows.

Elevation of a Town Mansion

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown wash drawing of an angel leading a seated man past sleeping guards in a prison cell with a niche and column.

Design for St. Peter Delivered from Prison

Abraham Bloemaert, 1640

Brown ink and wash elevation of a classical building with arched windows, sculpted figures and a flight of steps.

Elevation of a Building, Possibly a Kaffeehaus

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Charcoal and white chalk study of a woman's head with a raised arm and an extended hand on tan paper.

Study of the Head and Arms of a Figure

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat with arms gesturing outward, drawn in loose graphite lines.

Actor

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Ink and wash drawing of two trophy designs with tools, drapery and wreaths above an inscribed plinth with flowers.

Designs for Two Trophies: Stonecutters and Goldsmiths

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1780

Pencil sketch of distant hills under clouds with handwritten colour notes about a sunset above the page.

Sunset over the Catskills, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Textile border design with white daisies, pale blue and pink garlands, and fringed swags on a brown background.

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

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pencil sketch of a sloping mountain ridge with hatched shading, shrubs in the foreground and handwritten notes on the page.

Portion of a Mountain Panorama, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a steep mountain valley with a stream, clouds above, and a tree trunk at the right edge.

View of Monte Rosa near Macugnaga, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a riverbank village with a palm tree, a small boat on the water, and handwritten color notes.

Village on a Riverbank, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged putti in four octagons and two circles, surrounded by clouds, by Felice Giani.

Putti in Four Octagons and Two Circles

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor of children in rowboats on calm water, one child waving arms in a straw hat, others in background boats.

Four Rowboats with Children

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and brown ink drawing of two winged putti with wreath and thyrsus staff flying in a circular frame over clouds.

Two Flying Putti with Attributes of Dionysus

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and ink design for a vertical panel with drapery, flower garlands, a central cherub face and birds at the base.

Design for a panel

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1780

Pen and ink sketch sheet with multiple scenes: a knight fighting a dragon, a battle, and classical figures.

St.George and the Dragon by Raphael; Biblical Scene; Disposition by Caravaggio; Ero e Leandro; Love by Lambert Sustri…

Brown ink and wash drawing of a frieze with mounted warriors, rearing horses, shields and spears in combat.

Battle Scene

Giulio Romano, 1540

Pencil sketch of clouds and distant hills with handwritten colour notes such as splendid green blue and luminous.

Sunset over the Catskills, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a hat and long dress, drawn in loose quick lines on cream paper.

Woman

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of a valley with a distant town, rolling hills and layered mountains beneath an open sky.

View of Cartago, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850