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Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate fountain with a standing female figure, cherubs, lions and annotated plans.

Inkstand

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Dim night view of Niagara Falls with mist rising over the river and dark trees lining both banks.

Niagara Falls at Night, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Grey wash stage design of a colonnaded classical courtyard with statues and a smoking volcano in the distance.

Stage Design for the opera "L'Ultima giorno di Pompei," at La Scala, Milan, 1827

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Pen and wash drawing of a dying man attacked by demons on the left, and an angel lifting a soul to heaven on the right.

The Penitent Man Choosing Good over Evil [left]; Spirit of the Penitent Man Ascending to Heaven [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of two draped allegorical female figures, one standing with a staff and one seated, as a design study.

Commerce and Another Allegorical Figure (Motif for Bank Note Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Pencil sketch of a gnarled pine shrub with twisting branches beside a lake, with handwritten notes on ruled paper.

Pine Shrub by Lake, Lakewood

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil sketch on grey paper of bamboo, palm fronds and broad-leaved plants with handwritten colour notes.

Botanical and Meteorological Sketches from the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor design of a waistcoat with floral sprigs, roses, cornflowers and swags of orange chain and teal foliage.

Design for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat of Pattern No. 10 of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1780

Pink-toned sunset seascape with rocky shore in foreground, calm water, distant wooded islands and small sailboats on the hori

Mt. Desert Island from Sutton Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with rock formations, pine trees, and handwritten geological notes on tan paper.

Yellowstone, Above Tower Falls

Thomas Moran, 1870

Watercolor of a masquerade ball in a classical hall with caryatid columns, checkered floor, costumed dancers and spectators i

View of a Masquerade Ball

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pencil sketch of Heidelberg street with an arched loggia, steep roofs, and a tower with a clock face.

The Castle yard in Heidelberg

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1830

Pencil sketch of Italian city buildings with a domed church, bell tower, and rooftops, with handwritten notes on the page.

City Buildings, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and watercolor drawing of Hermes beside a draped table of fruit, with nymphs and putti reaching for it in a classical lan

Hermes in the Garden of the Hesperides

Johann August Nahl The Younger, 1770

Pencil sketch of distant mountains and clouds with handwritten colour notes including blue, pink and coppery yellow.

Mountainous Landscape with a Figure, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a large thunderhead over a waterfront with buildings, mast, and handwritten tonal notes on tan paper.

Thunderhead above Buildings, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink drawing of two octagonal panels showing classical gods Mars and Juno, and Mercury and Diana, in reclining p

Mars and Juno; Mercury and Diana set in Diagonal Composition

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of mountain ridges and a valley with trees in the foreground, with handwritten note about hard rain on Mt. Craw

Sketch in "Hard Rain on Mt. Crawford"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Grey ink and wash stage design of an ornate oriental palace interior with columns, arches, drapery and a central fountain.

Stage Design, Interior of Oriental Palace

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1840

Pencil sketch of a narrow alpine lake flanked by steep mountains with snowy peaks in the distance.

View of the Königssee, Bavaria (Germany), Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown wash sketch of a tiered fountain with a tall central jet flanked by two smaller columns of water.

Sketches, a Fountain

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and ink stage design of a colonnaded hall with vaulted ceilings, sphinx statues and urns on pedestals.

Stage Design, Entrance to Antique Hall

Angelo Toselli, 1800

Pencil sketch of a lake valley with jagged mountains and a small standing figure on rocks in the foreground.

Saint Aegidius by the Wolfgangsee, St. Gilgen, Austria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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

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

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