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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

White chalk drawing of billowing clouds on tan paper, with soft contour lines and a small brown stain near the center.

Clouds

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Oil sketch of a misty mountain gorge with a tower on a cliff top, peaks lit pink under a golden evening sky.

Castle in the Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Hazy distant hills under a pale sky, with a small bird on a leafy shrub at right and a grassy slope at lower left.

Distant Hills, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Loose painted sketch of autumn-toned rolling hills in reddish and ochre hues under a pale sky, with grass in the foreground.

The Catskill Mountains in Autumn, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of an infantry column marching with rifles across a field, mounted officers at center, bare trees and cavalry i

An Infantry Column on the March

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of distant mountain ridges with a small bare tree and shrubs in the foreground, on pale paper.

Blue Mountain Peak, from Bloxburgh, Jamaica, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor stage design of a garden with a tiered fountain framed by garlanded arches, cypress trees and stone balustrades.

Stage Design of a Garden Setting with Fountains and Arbors

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

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

Pen and brown wash drawing of a two-story villa with a columned portico, set among trees under a cloudy sky.

View of a villa

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Watercolor drawing of turkeys, parrots and cockatoos gathered under oak trees in a woodland clearing, with a wicker basket on

Design for a Tapestry or a Painted Wall Hanging

Daniël Marot, 1720

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

Pencil sketch sheet with five studies of women, four in oval frames and one showing a seated figure in an interior.

Five Representations of Women

Fortunato Duranti, 1810

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

Pencil sketches on a small sheet mounted in an album, showing horses, a wagon, and figures in loose studies.

Sketches, Artillery on the March

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil and watercolor sketch of three long-horned oxen with a yoke and bell, standing on a light brown ground.

Study of Cattle in Tuscany

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a fluted column on a stepped base with domed flanking elements and a circular plan.

Design for a Memorial Structure

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink drawing of a robed woman among clouds with angels and cherubs, beside an oval Madonna and child medallion.

Female Figure Among Clouds; Resurrection, Study after Panetti

Felice Giani, 1820

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

Brown ink drawing of two deathbed scenes, a sick man attended by figures and a penitent man visited by a priest and angels.

The Penitent Man on his Deathbed [left]; The Penitent Man Visited by a Priest and Angels [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil and chalk sketch of mountains under a swirling sky with a small house and handwritten color notes.

Thunderstorm over the Alps

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a gun crew working around a cannon, with soldiers handling a rammer and stacked cannonballs nearby.

Gun Crew Loading a Cannon

Winslow Homer, 1860

Ink and wash elevation of a monumental stone gateway with a central arch, trophy reliefs, and a crowned coat of arms above.

Design for a monumental gateway honoring the arrival of Marie Antoinette at Versailles

Queen of France Marie Antoinette, 1780

Brown wash drawing of a man leading a horse and cart past a stone farmhouse and large trees.

In a Village

Charles Nicolas Ransonnette, 1840

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

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long coat with one hand in his pocket, study for a portrait.

Sketch for Portrait of Mr. Samuel Ward Sr., Standing with Hand in Pocket

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil sketches of a leafy tree and an uprooted tree with exposed roots on cream paper, dated September 1840.

Sketches of Tree and Roots, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

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

Hazy blue mountains rise above a green valley with ferns and shrubs in the foreground under a pale sky.

In the Blue Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sketch of two standing oxen, a hay-laden cart, and a covered cart with a resting ox on tan paper.

Oxcarts, Rome, Italy

Samuel Colman, 1870

Watercolor design sheet with a floral embroidery pattern of leaves, blue blossoms and pink buds for a waistcoat, marked 1691.

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, pattern 1691 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Baulieu, 1780

Pale feathery leaves in a flowing branch pattern on a warm brown-orange ground, an unfinished 1800 textile design sketch.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Fabric of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pencil sketch of farmhouses on a hillside with trees and distant mountains, inscribed Guaranda June 3 37.

Houses in the Mountains of Guaranda, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink and grey wash sketch of a theatrical grotto set with arched colonnade, rock formations and a balustraded terrace.

Stage Design, Grotto

Pietro di Gottardo Gonzaga, 1700

Pencil and watercolor sketch of craggy snowy mountains above a forested valley with a small farmhouse.

Hoher Göll and Hohes Brett from Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a kneeling soldier giving water to a wounded comrade, with a standing soldier and battlefield b

Soldier Giving Water to a Wounded Companion

Winslow Homer, 1860

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

Pencil sketch of a domed mosque with a minaret above a city wall, with trees at left and right, dated 1860.

Mosque in Bezetha, Jerusalem, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink drawing of a symmetrical architectural stage backdrop with arches, columns, pediments and oval cartouches.

Design for a stage backdrop with alternative suggestions

Vincenzo Scamozzi, 1600

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

Chalk drawing of a triangular pediment with a central shield-bearing female figure, horses, a chariot, and seated allegorical

Industry and Commerce (Design for Pediment)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

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 view of the Saint-Germain-en-Laye château facade with a formal parterre, central fountain and strolling figures.

St. GERMAIN EN LAYE

Gabriel Pérelle, 1700

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

Title Page

Jean François Forty, 1770

Engraved elevation of an ornate wrought iron sanctuary railing with scrolls and acanthus leaves on a stone base.

Grille d’appui posée a l’entrée du Sanctuaire de l’Eglise du Seminaire de Messieurs de l’Oratoire, executée et compos…

France Gabriel Bonthomme, 1770

Banquette avec des accotoirs

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Chambranle avec colonnes Corinthiens

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Engraved page with two ornate ewers decorated with sea figures, cherubs, masks and strapwork.

Designs for Ewers, from Dessins d'orfèvrerie (Designs for Metalwork)

René Boyvin, 1540

Engraved architectural plate of a decorated door frame, cornice and entablature with acanthus scrollwork and moulded profiles

Porte d'Appartement

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

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 schoolmaster with a birch rod disciplining boys in a classroom, set within an ornate rococo frame.

L’école des Garçons

Jacques Bacheley, 1740

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

Engraving of three nude putti by an urn with a bird, and a sleeping child beside a tree in a landscape.

Boys Playing with a Bird

Francesco Bartolozzi, 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

Oil sketch of a rushing waterfall over rocky ledges with dense trees and a faint rainbow in the lower right.

A Waterfall in Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Engraved dedicatory page with a central text cartouche, allegorical women, coats of arms, and hunting animals along the borde

Dedicatory page of the set "Mediceae familiae rerum feliciter gestarum Victoria et triumphi"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1570

Loose oil study of billowing cumulus clouds lit gold on the left, above a muted horizon and bare paper below.

Cloud Study

Frederic Edwin Church, 1871