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Loose painting of a white house with dark roof among palms and trees under a pink and orange sunset over hills.

A Country Estate, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated female figure crowned with grain inside an octagonal frame, by Felice Giani.

Ceres

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor design for a man's waistcoat embroidery with floral sprigs, vines and decorative borders in green and purple.

Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of Pattern No. 1216 of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Pencil sketch of a young girl seated on a plow in an open field with birds flying overhead.

Girl Seated on a Plow

Winslow Homer, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of six ornamental metal purse frames with scrolls, chains, and face medallions.

Six Metal Frames for Purses

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Pencil sketch of the Franconia Range with a snow-capped peak rising above rolling hills on pale paper.

Franconia Range Lafayette with Snow from Jefferson Hill

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing of two oval medallions, one showing a standing figure and one showing seated Minerva with an owl a

Minerva, Design for Vaulted Ceiling, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo Conti-Sinibaldi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil landscape drawing of a valley with a steep rocky bank, pine trees, boulders, and distant hills and water.

From Cozzens, West Point, Looking South

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a jagged mountain peak over rolling hills and boulders, with a handwritten caption below.

Chocorua, After the Picnic at Lake

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil botanical sketch sheet with tree trunks, a branch, an arum plant and handwritten notes on leaf shapes.

Botanical Sketches, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketches of figures, a donkey with a seated man, and a sailboat on a light paper sheet.

Figure Sketches with a Donkey and Sailboat, Beirut, Lebanon

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of jagged mountain ridges and steep slopes on blue-grey paper, with handwritten notes and labels.

Mountains by the Königssee, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown wash sketch of figures at work or in struggle beside rustic buildings, with trees and a hillside behind them.

Sketch, Exterior Scene with Figures at Work or in Combat

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pen and brown wash design drawing of ornamental panels with rosettes, foliage, and a blank central field.

Design for an Embroidered Frontal

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Watercolor design for a yellow andiron with green panel showing winged cupids, an altar, and urns at each end.

Design for andiron

Tournai Lefebvre Manufactory, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seal net, masted ship, sailboats, rowboat and rocky shore, with handwritten captions for Killick Island.

Sketches from Killick Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch sheet with a distant hilly landscape above and loose studies of foliage and rocks below.

Mixed Sketches, Palestine or Syria (Israel or Jordan)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a snow-capped conical mountain above hatched foothills on cream paper, with handwritten notes.

Snow-Capped Mountain, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Brown ink and wash design for a barrel vault with classical ruins and figures seen through a central arch.

Design for Ceiling Decoration, a Barrel Vault

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a rugged canyon and winding path with a distant village, labeled El Yemen, on tan paper.

Canyon View, El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of a forest waterfall between dark rocks and trees, with a pink foreground and a pale pool of sky.

Mountain Stream, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil landscape sketch of a winding river valley with rocky banks and distant mountains, annotated near Latacunga, Ecuador.

Landscape near Latacunga, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of two schooners and small dories on calm water, with soft reflections on a tan sheet.

Two Schooners and Dories

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch with handwritten colour notes for a landscape, showing faint horizontal bands and small shaded patches on cream

Prairie Landscape, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

The Appeal

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil and chalk drawing of snow-capped Cotopaxi volcano emitting smoke above hatched hills, with Spanish inscription.

A View of the Volcano Cotopaxi from the Hacienda San Antonio, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink architectural drawing of an altar mensa with a central wreath, lion-head brackets, and flanking pilasters.

Design for an Altar Mensa

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1760

Pencil sketch of a railway bridge spanning a rocky mountain ravine, with distant hills drawn in light lines.

Railroad in the Mountains, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of a mountain range with two palm-like plants in the foreground and handwritten color notes on tan paper.

Mountain Range with Palm Trees, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of a hazy distant lake and clouds at sunset, with handwritten color notes along the lower edge.

Sunset in the Hudson Valley, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860