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Pencil and white chalk sketches of four sloops on tan paper, one with a bright sail and reflection.

Four Sketches of Sloops

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridges with a handwritten note reading Brownish warm gray stripes at top left.

Landscape Study, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown wash drawing of a desert waterhole with horsemen, trees, and a distant mesa under a cloudy sky.

Waterhole in the Desert, Utah

Thomas Moran, 1870

Red chalk design for a symmetrical decorative panel with draped nymphs, garlands, scrolls and a flaming urn.

Design for a Decorative Panel (with Nymphs and Garlands)

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1780

Pencil sketch of a towered Gothic Revival building among trees, with a tall bare trunk on the right.

View of Olana

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Two brown ink and wash designs of oval escutcheons with crowns, putti, laurel fronds and drapery on a pale sheet.

Escutcheons

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and ink sketch of a woman carrying a jug beside arched stone buildings and doorways.

Woman with a Water

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1650

Pencil sketch sheet of canoes and paddlers in hats, drawn in loose studies on buff paper.

Canoeing, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a landscape with tall grasses, a small figure on a path, distant hills, and handwritten color notes.

Landscape Scene near Velletri, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged putto holding a flower wreath while flying among clouds, in a lunette shape.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch on tan paper of rigging lines and a ship's bell form, with handwritten notes Right and Green at upper right.

Sketch of a Boat Deck and a Ship's Bell

Winslow Homer, 1900

Pencil sketch of a river valley with rocks, trees and distant mountains under a pale sky.

Ammonoosuc River and White Mountains, N.H.

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a mountain peak above rolling hills, a calm creek in the foreground, trees and small figures at right.

Mount Chocorua, From the Creek

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a palm-lined riverbank across water with handwritten colour notes, opposite Guayaquil.

East Bank of the Guayas River, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of rolling hills and a distant volcano near Popayan, with handwritten color notes in the margins.

View near Popayan with the Volcano Purese, Cauca River, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Red chalk sketch of a martyrdom scene with soldiers, a central figure, flying angels, and a distant city.

Martyrdom of a Saint

Andrea Sacchi, 1700

Watercolor elevation of a brick building with arched bays, green doors, and a tiled roof, with a small tower at left.

A Warehouse of the 16th Century in Pisa, Italy

Whitney Warren Jr, 1890

Pen and brown wash drawing of a colonnaded amphitheatre with arches, columns, and small figures along the top terrace.

Amphitheatre

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

White painted nosegay design with blossoms, feathery sprays and leaves on a brown textured ground.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Nosegay of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Anatomical Sketches of Heads

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Graphite sketch of a woman in period costume with a fitted bodice, wide skirt and sleeves, on tan paper.

Sketch of Woman in Period Costume

James Wells Champney, 1880

Pencil sketch of the Catskill Mountain House, a large multi-story building on a sloping mountainside, on cream paper.

Catskill Mountain House

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Ink and wash sketches of several cattle heads and horns on a cream sheet, with small pencil studies of legs at top.

Sketches of Cattle, Irvington

Samuel Colman, 1870

Painting of a woodland stream with a waterfall under a fallen mossy log, leaves floating on dark water in late autumn.

Woodland Stream, Late Autumn

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and wash sheet of sketches: a nude youth raising a goblet, a putto, a bearded mask, a heraldic shield and cartouche desig

Sheet with Sketches

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1800

Pencil sketch of tall eroded rock formations and cliffs above a foreground ridge and gully, with handwritten notes.

Rio Virgin River with Large Rock Formations

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a bonnet and dress, with extra studies of hands and a bag and handwritten notes.

Sketch of Julia Wells for "My Cousin in Blue"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil sheet of small figure sketches of people in hooded and layered clothing, with handwritten colour notes.

Figure Sketches around Athens, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Faint pencil sketch of a distant mountain ridge outlined on cream paper with an empty sky above.

The Catskill Mountains, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Ink drawing of four ornamental columns labeled Ariosto, Goldoni, Dante and Alfieri, decorated with masks, books and a lyre.

Four Columns to Italian Renaissance Writers

Felice Giani, 1820