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Ink and wash design drawing of a table clock with a laurel wreath, fluted column, garlands and urn finials.

Design for a Table Clock

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Pencil sketch of four allegorical female figures on a folding screen design, with color notes labeling each panel.

Allegorical figures

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and red chalk drawing of peasants listening to a harpist beneath large trees, with a dog in the foreground.

Peasants Listening to Itinerant Musicians

Giovanni Andrea Coppola, 1660

Red chalk sketch of several figures on a pale sheet, framed by layered green, yellow and black borders.

Figural Studies

Flemish Gaspar van Wittel, 1710

Pencil sketch of three men playing dominoes at a table beside a teapot, with Chinese scrolls on the wall behind them.

Three Chinese Men Playing Dominoes in a Baxter Street Club-House, New York City

Winslow Homer, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures on a balcony under a colonnade, with a woman carrying a basket and an arched bridge bel

Study of the Visitation, After Peter Paul Rubens

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged angels playing a tambourine, lute and flute among clouds.

Concert of Angels

Felice Giani, 1810

Graphite study of a woman's bare arm bent at the elbow with the hand resting below, on grey toned paper.

Study of an Arm for Portrait of Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Watercolor design of a wall with gold patterned wallpaper, a blue border, and a floral lacquered commode topped by a porcelai

Section of a wall

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Anatomical Study of Male Nude

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Oil sketch of a calm blue sea and pale sky above brown coastal hills, with small clouds along the horizon.

View of the Sea from Bloxburgh, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash sketch of two figures in a rowboat on calm sea, with a distant sailboat on the horizon.

Two Figures in a Rowboat

Winslow Homer, 1880

Oil sketch of a tall tree fern over banana plants and a grassy Jamaican hillside, with a pale blue sky.

Tree Fern, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a circular Navajo war shield with feathers and handwritten color notes labeling light blue, red, and dark ar

War Shield of Navajo

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Study of Seated Woman for "Titian Showing the Entombment to Charles V and Clement VII"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pen and ink sketch of robed religious figures around a central standing figure beneath a small glory motif, within an archite

Glory with Trinity and Saints (recto), architectural plan for the church of Santa Maria d'Itria in Rome

Francesco Manno, 1800

Pencil sketch of a woman and child in capes and bonnets with handwritten clothing notes on cream paper.

Woman and child

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of a flying angel with flowing drapery on pale paper, with an inscription naming Placido Costanzi below.

Sketch for a Flying Angel

Placido Costanzi, 1720

Pencil sketch of a seated figure in draped fabric with an arm resting across a chair back and a hand at right.

Sketches for Portraits

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and brown wash design with two symmetrical ornamental panels featuring oval landscape medallions, scrollwork, putti and d

Design for the Decoration of a Panel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Pencil sketch of two female hands in different poses on cream paper, with the inscription Mrs. McCready at lower right.

Sketch of Hands for Portrait of Mrs. McCready

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing: left, a palazzo facade with windows and doorways; right, an Annunciation scene with an angel and

Elevation of Palazzo Pazzi dell' Accademia Colombaria [left]; Annunciation [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of a tree trunk entwined by strangler fig roots and vines, with branches, a cactus and small plants.

Strangler Fig and its Host, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Two chalk studies of draped standing women on toned paper, one in red-brown and one in grey with white highlights.

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

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pen and wash design drawing of an elongated vessel with shell and claw feet, shaded in soft grey tones.

Design for a Tray for Hors D'oeuvres

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and ink elevation drawing of a decorated passageway wall with draped swags, candelabra sconces, and paneled ornament.

Design for the Interior of a Passageway

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1800

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long dress with studies of hands and handwritten color notes on the page.

Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes Standing, Studies of Arm and Hands

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Chalk study on blue paper of a kneeling veiled woman with drapery and a separate head of a young woman.

Studies: The Cloth of a Kneeling Woman. The Head of a Young Woman

Carlo Maratti, 1650

Pencil sketch on grid paper of a crowded interior with an arched doorway and figures in period dress.

General Plan for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Brown wash drawing of figures in a classical hall reacting as a kneeling man reaches toward an embracing couple near a stone

Joseph and his Brothers

Joseph Bergler the younger, 1780

Ink and wash drawing of two octagonal allegorical panels with seated female figures, winged putti, and a shield with a lion.

Justice and Strength, in Two Octagons

Felice Giani, 1810

Loose red chalk sketch of a horse over a pencil grid on tan paper.

Study for left hand, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Red chalk and graphite sketch of a reclining female nude seen from behind, resting on loosely drawn grass.

Female Nude, Resting on Grass

James Wells Champney, 1880

Pencil sketch of a table with fluted legs in an interior, with windows and cabinetry sketched at left and right.

Table

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pen and ink design sheet with scrolling acanthus, a lion head, winged creature and cherubs in a double border.

Recto, Design for a door handle with alternative suggestions

Jean Le Pautre, 1650

Charcoal study of a rescuer in a cap holding an unconscious woman beneath a hanging rope and life ring.

Study for "The Life Line"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Ink drawing of a reclining hero on a funeral pyre as a kneeling man lights it with a torch, with arrows on the ground.

Philactetes Applies the Torch of Hercules to the Funeral Pyre

Felice Giani, 1800

Grey ink wash drawing of a draped female figure holding a staff beside a celestial globe on a pedestal.

Urania

Filippo Marchionni, 1780

Watercolor of a small boat's stern and oars in rough teal sea with white-capped waves, by Winslow Homer.

Study for "The Gulf Stream"

Winslow Homer, 1890

Oil sketch of a twilight sea with dark water, a horizon line, and a sky glowing pink and yellow with streaked clouds.

Twilight at Sea, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Drawing of a sauce boat with fluted bowl, sphere support, tortoise base and satyr-head handle, in brown wash.

A Sauce Boat

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and brown ink sketch of three nude male figures, two standing and one reclining, in a hatched rocky landscape.

Three Nude men

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1800

Drawing of two bracelet designs: an upper one with interlaced links and oval floral panels, a lower one with braided strands

Design for two bracelets

Roman Augusto Castellani, 1880

Pen and brown ink drawing of two roundels: a winged victory driving a horse chariot, and a winged victory crowning seated Min

A Winged Victory Riding a Chariot; A Winged Victory Crowning Minerva; two roundels

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of men and women unloading a fishing dory on a beach, with boats and a distant sailboat.

Men and Women Unloading a Fishing Dory, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen drawing of a neoclassical plaster ceiling design with central rosette, laurel wreaths, scrolling borders, and a bay eleva

Design for a Plaster Ceiling with Bay

James Wyatt, 1810

Loose brown ink sketch of a seated woman conversing with a standing draped woman, with hatched background strokes.

Figural Sketch with a Seated Girl Conversing with a Standing Girl

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1800

Painted study of a slender palm tree on a grassy slope with rocks and shrubs, against a brown, brushy background.

Palm Trees, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing with an empty ornamental cartouche above and a hunter on horseback attacked by snakes below.

Title page for a Series of Hunting Scenes [above]; Unexperienced Hunter attacked by Snakes [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ill man in a canopy bed attended by a robed figure reading a book in an ornate room.

Infirmity

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Pen and ink ceiling design with a central medallion of a classical figure in clouds, surrounded by winged figures and garland

Design for Ceiling with Aurora as the Central Motif

Felice Giani, 1820

Brown wash drawing of a drawing room wall elevation with vaulted ceiling, two doorways, classical relief panels and benches.

Elevation of Drawing Room Entrance Wall with Vaulted Ceiling

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Study for "Roman Girl", Head of a Woman

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Charcoal study of two sleeping cats, one curled up at upper left and one stretched out at lower right, on tan paper.

Study of Cats

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and brown wash design sheet showing draped curtains around a bed alcove and arched niches in interior elevations.

Designs for Bedroom Decorations

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil drawing of a tall elm tree with a full canopy beside a small cottage and a hill, with handwritten notes below.

Elm near Pitman's, Bartlett, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil sketch of layered hills and water with handwritten color notes like grey, dark purple, and greenish tones.

Sunset Sketch, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Graphite sketch of a cow lying down, seen from behind with head turned to the right, horns visible, on tan paper.

Study of a Lying Cow

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of two scenes: Salome dancing at Herod's banquet above, and Salome presenting John the Baptist's h

Salome Dancing during the Banquet of Herod [above]; Salome Offering Saint John's Head to her Parents [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of Venus mourning the dying Adonis, with cupids, a boar and a hilly landscape behind.

Death of Adonis

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of an officer inspecting uniformed soldiers holding rifles, with handwritten notes naming Colonel Dwight and Si

Col. Dwight Inspecting His Regiment

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of a thatched church, a palm tree, fan-leaf fronds, and rows of shrubs with handwritten notes.

San José de Lapas Church with Botanical Sketches, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a study with a writing desk, armchair, bookshelves and window, inscribed Washington Irving's Library at Sunn

Washington Irving's Library at Sunnyside

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Sketches of Sheep and a Ram, Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850