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Brown ink drawing in four panels showing deer attacked by lynxes, a deer hunt, a fleeing group, and horsemen near a cave.

Deer attacked by Lynxes [above left]; Deer Hunt with Hounds Tracking [below left]; Cloelia and her Companions escape…

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Loose grey sketch of two sloops with sails sailing across choppy open water toward a distant horizon.

Two Sloops Sailing

Winslow Homer, 1900

Ink drawing of Hercules raising a club while subduing the three-headed dog Cerberus, with an Italian caption below.

Hercules and Cerberus

Felice Giani, 1800

Still life painting of a whole red pitahaya fruit and a halved one with dark seeds on a pale stone ledge.

Pitajaya Fruit, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of two trees on cream paper, one leafy and one with bare branches, with "July 1844" written in the upper corner

Two Trees, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of bamboo, palms and tropical foliage with a small figure carrying bananas, inscribed Bellevue, Jamaica.

Bamboo Sketches, Bellevue, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Red chalk drawing of the Finding of the Cross: kneeling women, an old man with a staff near wooden beams, and onlookers.

Finding of the Cross

Luca Giordano, 1650

Pencil sketches on tan paper of several soldiers with rifles, some running and one kneeling among grass.

Studies of Soldiers

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of a peaked mountain with dark rocks and pale highlights, with handwritten notes beneath on tan paper.

Cotacachi from Otavalo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch sheet with several studies of a child's feet and toes in different angles on cream paper.

Studies of a Child's Left Foot

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd of robed figures around an altar with a kneeling figure and trumpeters.

Heathen Sacrifice, after Perino del Vaga

Felice Giani, 1820

Pen and brown wash drawing of four horizontal friezes showing crowded classical figures in Bacchic processions and sacrifices

Birth of Bacchus; triumph of Bacchus and Arianna; Triumph of Silos

Pencil sketch of a sailing ship's rigging and sail in the foreground, with a distant Venetian skyline across calm water.

View of Venice, Italy

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Pen and grey wash drawing of a symmetrical rococo ceiling design with a central figure under a canopy and scrolled corners.

Design for the Decoration of an Oblong Octagonal Ceiling

Henri Sallembier, 1780

Brown ink drawing of nude and draped figures at a feast beside a table, with a distant classical temple in the landscape.

Diana and Callisto, Dining Room, Palazzo Rasponi, Ravenna

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of Hercules hurling a figure into the sea, with a stormy sky, rocky shore and classical urn.

Hercules Hurls Lichas into the Sea

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and wash design drawing of a footed salt cellar with female heads, garlands and a scroll border, labeled Salziera.

Design for a Salt Cellar

Giovacchino Belli, 1800

Graphite drawing of a large willow tree with a fence and distant hills in a rural landscape.

Study of a Willow, North Conway, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of two fishermen carrying baskets on a shoreline beside a rowboat with a seated figure.

Two Fishermen, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and wash design sheet with a fringed drapery valance, laurel wreath, lyre emblem, acanthus ornaments and pendant drops.

Project for Drapery

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a coast with a masted sailing ship at left, rocky ground in the foreground, and faint hills on the horizon.

At the coast

Howard Russell Butler, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of a neoclassical monument with a draped female statue, two flaming urns and seated figures.

Inkstand

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate rococo frame corner with scrollwork, an urn finial, and handwritten measurements.

Project for a Frame

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Painted view of a turquoise harbor with ships, framed by a white gate post, lattice fence and palm fronds.

Kingston Harbor from Galloway Hill, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and grey wash design sketch of a vaulted ceiling with a central seated female figure and two circular putti medallions.

Prudence, Vaulted Panel, Appartmento Napoleonico, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and wash sketch of a theatre audience with women in upper boxes and men in dark coats in the stalls below.

At the Theatre

Constantin Guys, 1860

Pencil sketch of a seated woman holding a young child in a bonnet on her lap, with a handwritten caption below.

William Walter Phelps' Nephew and His Mother, Mrs. Steuart Dodge

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pen and ink drawing of a priest administering last rites to a figure in a canopied bed, with attendants in a domestic interio

Extreme Unction

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of a yellow flowering plant beside a rocky island and distant trees over water, Niagara.

Flowering Plant and Goat Island, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Architectural elevation of a red and white chimneypiece with classical reliefs and a scale bar, drawn in ink and watercolor.

Design for a Chimneypiece

Luigi Righetti, 1790

Pencil drawing of three numbered ornate oval pendant designs with beaded borders hanging from necklaces.

Three Pendants

Salvatori, 1880

Watercolor design sheet with pink flowers, garlands, trellis borders and a small figure fishing by a bridge.

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat

Pradei, 1780

Pen and watercolor design for a neoclassical library ceiling with central rosette, garland swags and ornamental panels.

Design for Library Ceiling, Benton House, Northumberland, England

George Richardson, 1770

Pen and wash drawing of two circular plate designs with egg-and-dart, fluted, and Greek key decorative borders.

Designs for Circular Plates

Pietro Belli, 1800

Pen and brown wash sketch of armored warriors in combat beside an altar with a severed head, with fallen figures on the groun

Sketchbook Page: Peruses Transforms Phinaeus into Stone

Felice Giani, 1810

Red chalk drawing of the Entombment of Christ, with mourners lifting a lifeless body onto a draped slab.

Entombment of Christ

Aniello Falcone, 1640

Pen and watercolor sketch of Peace in a chariot drawn by horses, with a winged driver and a putto holding a banner reading PA

Peace in a chariot, Sala di Recezione, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a crowded side-wheeler deck with figures, rigging lines, and a paddle wheel, mounted in an album.

Deck of a Side-Wheeler Army Transport

Winslow Homer, 1860

Charcoal sketch of a stormy sky over a sea, dark rocks in the foreground and a coastal town on the right.

Bay at Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil and chalk sketch of a tall factory building beside a pier with ship masts above rocky shoreline.

Factory at the shore

Howard Russell Butler, 1880

Brown wash drawing of an winged old man on a cloud handing an infant to a seated nude woman beside a column.

Time (Chronos) Entrusting Cupid to Venus

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Brown ink and wash drawing of three rococo ornamental designs: a console, a central escutcheon, and a scroll bracket.

Design for a Console and Escutcheon

Filippo Marchionni, 1760

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate footed vessel with scrolled handles and figures supporting the base.

Design for a Vessel (Sauceboat?)

Luzio Romano, 1540

Pencil drawing of twelve ornate pendant earring designs in two rows, with scrollwork, stones and classical motifs.

Designs for Twelve Earrings

Salvatori, 1860

Watercolor embroidery design for a waistcoat pocket with flower bouquets, blue dotted border, and a small river landscape wit

Design for Embroidery, Gentleman's Waistcoat Pocket

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1770

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo fountain scene with scrolling ornament, an urn, a staircase and small figures.

Design for a Patch-Box

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1730

Pen and wash drawing of a nude young man running with a billowing cloak beside a large smoke cloud.

A Young Man Running Toward a Fire

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Brown ink and wash lunette study of a winged figure with a fish tail beside a fish, with ruler marks along the edges.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor study of two pink spotted lilies with stamens and pencil border designs on beige paper.

Pink Spotted Lilies and Maple Seeds

Samuel Colman, 1880

Ink and wash elevation of an interior with a coffered vault, niches, columns and statues on pedestals.

Wall Elevation

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor study of a clump of broad green leaves with pale edges against a dark wash background.

Botanical Study

Samuel Colman, 1860

Pencil sketches of palm fronds, hanging foliage and a small bird on grey paper, with handwritten botanical notes.

Botanical Sketches along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch on tan paper showing several studies of arms and hands in different gestures, with drapery at left.

Studies of Hands for Dome of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL

Carroll Beckwith, 1890

Brown wash drawing of a rococo ceremonial decoration with scrolls, garlands, and lit candles above a classical cornice.

Design for Decoration of a Ceremony

Carlo Marchionni, 1750

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds surrounded by winged angels and cherubs under a pale halo.

The Annunciation of the Virgin, After Guido Reni

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink drawing of an ornamental frame with scrollwork, a hanging grape garland and a wheat sheaf with a medallion.

Embroidered frontal

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil and wash sketch of a military camp with canvas tents, a cook at a fire, crates and barrels under a makeshift shelter.

Army Cook's Tent

Winslow Homer, 1860

Watercolor elevation of a bedroom wall with a draped alcove bed, plumed helmet, and painted trophies of flags and arms in blu

Elevation of the Wall of a Bedroom with Alcove

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Two oval ink and wash drawings: a seated woman with sheep, and a figure in a serpent-drawn chariot over clouds.

Pales, Triptolemus, Decoration for a Vault, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo Conti-Sinibaldi

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a buttoned overcoat, hands folded, study for a portrait by Daniel Huntington.

Study for Portrait of Hon. Robert C. Winthrop for the Historical Society, Mass

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Oil sketch of a red and orange sunset over a dark, rippling sea beneath a low band of clouds.

Sunset at Sea, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash drawing of the Virgin in glory among clouds and putti, flanked by St. Peter and St. Paul under architectural fra

Virgin in Glory with St. Peter and St. Paul

Francesco Solimena, 1700

Pencil sketch of two artists painting at easels outdoors, one under a parasol, with mountains in the distance.

Artists Sketching in the White Mountains

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of women in robes seated in an interior with vertical screens and a low table, drawn in soft graphite.

Japanese Women

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890