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Pencil botanical study of a maidenhair fern with radiating fronds and separate fan-shaped leaflet studies on cream paper.

Maidenhair Fern

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pencil sketch of a child's head with curled hair above a loose landscape of trees, a village and a church spire.

Sketch of C. Waterman with a View of Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch sheet of palm and tropical trees with handwritten notes on leaf color, and small flying parrots at top.

Botanical Sketches with Flying Parrots, Boquia, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown wash drawing of a prison cell with despairing men, chains, a barred window and a kneeling figure.

Death of Count Ugolino and his Sons

Felice Giani, 1810

Loose pencil sketch of a reclining woman with head resting on her arm and one knee bent, on cream paper.

Study for a woman, “Moods to Music,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pencil and wash sketch of standing men with baskets, carts, and horses, framed by a painted green and yellow border.

Figural Studies

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700

Brown ink drawing of Diana seated with a falcon, surrounded by hunting dogs, nets and hunters in a wooded landscape.

The Hunt, Personified by Diana

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pen and brown wash drawing of nude figures in a wooded landscape, one seated woman gesturing toward distant hills.

Diana and Endymion

Leonardo Scaglia, 1650

Pen and blue wash drawing of grotesque ornament with hybrid figures, a central fountain, flowers and birds on an oblong panel

Grotesque for an Oblong Panel

Filippo Marchionni, 1730

Charcoal sketch of a sailor with a raised arm and hat, beside a larger study of a figure's head and shoulders.

Two Studies of a Sailor with Raised Arm

Winslow Homer, 1890

Horizontal twilight study of blue mountains under a peach and gray sky with glowing pink clouds at right.

Twilight over the Catskills, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch on grey paper of five young boys, mostly seated, some in caps, with one standing figure at lower left.

Five Sketches of Young Boys

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pencil and watercolor design of flowering branches with blue blossoms, orange bell flowers, and red berries on cream paper.

Flowering Branches

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Pencil sketch of gnarled bare tree trunks and exposed roots across a woodland floor, by Daniel Huntington.

Maple Trunk, Across Old Logging Road, Dalton

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil sketch of a small thatched hut with a grass roof and wooden door, with handwritten colour notes above.

Houses in Alatico, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash sketch of several men in top hats riding horses across the page, with a white horse in front.

Men on Horseback

Constantin Guys, 1850

Grey wash drawing of a horizontal ornamental frieze with acanthus scrolls, rosettes, putti and a centaur.

Ornamental Panel

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of two oval medallions, one with a lyre player and lion, the other with a kneeling figure at a temple.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Oil sketch of a sunset over a river valley with a golden-edged cloud above rolling wooded hills.

Billowing Cloud at Sunset, Hartford, Connecticut

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of the nine Muses seated in rows with labels, plus tragedy and comedy masks below.

Designs for paintings in Montmorency: The Nine Muses and two masks, Tragedy and Comedy

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and wash design of an octagonal ceiling with hexagonal coffers and a central rosette medallion, with a scale bar below.

Design for Ceiling for the Basement Story, Carlton House, Pall Mall, London, England

Henry Holland, 1780

Engraved horizontal frieze of acanthus scrolls, rosettes and berry clusters on a hatched background.

Frieze with Rinceau

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Graphite study of a right hand and forearm extended to the left, with a folded sleeve at the elbow, on aged paper.

Study of Right Hand for "Lesson of Charity"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Design drawing of two gilt chandeliers with candle arms, one with a lyre motif and one with cherub figures.

Design for Two Gilt Bronze Chandeliers

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, 1770

Pen and ink drawing of Hercules wrestling the river god Achelous, with winged figure and spectators in background.

The Struggle between Hercules and the River God Achelous

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a couple embracing beside two draped standing women, an ornate chair and a pedestal in a classi

The Love of Helen and Paris

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketches of icebergs on tan paper, some highlighted in white, with handwritten notes and a distant coastline.

Floating Icebergs with Coastal View, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Painted blue and yellow butterfly above dark reflective water with a submerged branch at lower right.

Butterfly over Water

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a cow lying down on tan paper, head turned toward the viewer, with horns and hatched shading.

Studying of a Lying Cow

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of a horizontal rococo scrollwork band with interlocking C-scrolls and leaf tendrils.

Design for Wrought-Iron Railing

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1750

Pencil sketch of a fisherman with a long rod beside a boulder on a rocky shore, on a cream paper sheet.

Fisherman by a Boulder, Millinocket Lake, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Graphite and white chalk study of a right hand with a folded cuff on tan paper.

Study of Right Hand, Possibly for Portrait of Alexander Hamilton, Jr.

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of armored soldiers and horsemen battling a giant serpent, with a crowd of figures behind.

The Roman Consul Attilius Regulus Fighting a Giant African Serpent

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of a hall wall with fireplaces, pilasters, a central niche and arched relief panels.

Long wall of a hall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Head of a dolphin

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin ascending on clouds surrounded by angels and putti within an oval.

Design for a Ceiling with the Ascension of the Virgin

Francesco Trevisani, 1700

Pen and wash drawing of two ornate bronze keyhole escutcheon designs with scrolling foliage and garlands.

Design for Two Bronze Key Plates

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Watercolor study of a cow's head facing forward, with white face, brown ears and curved horns on tan paper.

Two Studies of Cattle

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pencil sketches of ornate monstrance designs with oval crystal settings and rococo scrolls, plus a stepped base study.

Monstrance and Crystal Cover

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures, a horseman, and a crowd beneath a canopy, with a distant landscape.

Spiritus Intellectus

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of a man with a scythe in a field, seen from behind, with two distant workers and trees.

Man with a Scythe

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor of figures in colorful traditional Calabrian costumes on a dirt path beside a tree, with headdresses and staffs.

Costumes of South Calabria

Saverio della Gatta, 1820

Pale sketch of clouds over a calm sea with a small distant iceberg on the horizon.

Distant Iceberg at Sea, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged woman driving a chariot of winged horses, with a trumpeting putto in the clouds.

Fame or Victory in a Chariot, Sala di Nike, Palazzo Naldi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Ink and wash drawing of a draped canopy bed alcove with a standing figure in a plumed hat at the right.

Bed Alcove with a Figure

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Painting of a seaport at night with town lights reflecting on calm water, a sailboat, and distant hills.

Night View of a Seaport

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a group of robed standing figures, one bearded man holding a staff at center.

Paul Preaching in Athens, after Raphael

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a youth taming a rearing white horse while a seated figure and soldiers watch.

Alexander the Great Taming Bucephalus

Felice Giani, 1790

Brown ink and wash drawing of Neptune riding a sea chariot over waves, with attendant figures blowing a horn.

Neptune Riding over the Sea in a Chariot

Felice Giani, 1820

Pen and brown ink drawing of an old man kneeling before a seated warrior in a tent, with a banquet table and figures behind.

Priam in the Tent of Achilles

Felice Giani, 1790

Painting of rough surf breaking in white foam against dark rocks on a coast under a grey sky.

Maine Surf, Mt. Desert Island

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink and wash drawing of a winged figure representing Virgo within a semicircular lunette, with clouds and handwritten notes.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and grey wash drawing of a Roman military trophy with armor, shields, spears, an eagle, and S.P.Q.R. banners.

A Trophy of Weapons Intended to be Executed in Painting

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Pencil sketch of tree tops and foliage on tan paper, with the handwritten word Niagara at upper right.

Tree Tops, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a two-masted schooner on calm water with its reflection, and a smaller sailboat to the right.

Two-masted Schooner

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pen and ink design of a winged victory figure with a wreath and trumpet, beside handwritten notes and small figure studies.

Design for Victory holding a Wreath and Trumpet and Studies for Various Decorations

Felice Giani, 1810

Colorful watercolor design of ceiling panels with star patterns, rosettes, acanthus leaves and floral garlands.

Design for Ceiling, City Hall, Vienna, Austria

Friedrich von Schmidt, 1890

Pencil and watercolor sketch of two peacocks on open ground with trees and shrubs behind them, by Walter Shirlaw, 1880.

Two Peacocks in a Landscape

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of a three-masted schooner near a rocky, wave-broken coastline with an oval museum stamp in the corner.

Schooner Near a Rocky Coast

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown wash design drawing of a fireplace mantelpiece with carved putti reliefs, garlands, and pilasters.

Design for Mantelpiece Reliefs, Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and gray wash design for a rococo frontispiece with a central coat of arms, cherubs, flower urns, and garlands.

Design for a Frontispiece

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1730

Ink and wash elevation drawing of an ornamental panel with scrolls, rosettes and acanthus leaves above a fluted pedestal.

Design for a Wrought-Iron Balcony

Jean François Forty, 1770

Watercolor design of a horizontal garland of red and pink flowers with yellow-green leaves, numbered No. 4.

Design for a printed framing, pattern no. 4 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of two ornate monstrance elevations with scrolling frames, draped swags and small figures.

Project for the Elevation of a Monstrance

Luigi Righetti, 1800