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Gridded needlework pattern of pink roses in a yellow basket, with floral borders on both sides.

Drawing - T. P. Devrient, 1800

T. P. Devrient, 1800

Pencil sketch of half-timbered houses with steep roofs and dormer windows in Rouen, on tan paper.

Houses in Rouen

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor of a Chinoiserie pavilion with green and yellow tiered roofs, red columns, dragon finials and stone steps.

Chinoiserie Pavilion

Frederick Crace, 1810

Ink drawing of the United States Capitol's domed facade with blue pencil width notes below.

The Capitol in Washington, D.C., for the Weekly Times

James Henry Moser, 1900

Pencil sketch of stone masonry blocks, an obelisk, and a leaf-patterned grille on cream paper.

Masonry of Trinity Cemetery, NYC

Arnold William Brunner, 1870

Watercolor and pencil study of a wooded hillside with a small cabin, boulders and tall trees, with handwritten notes.

Study for landscape, Hasliberg, Switzerland

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Pen-and-ink drawing of bare trees, brick ruins, a wooden mill with water wheel, and cabins in a winter landscape.

Present Aspect of Gaines's Mill, Looking East

Harry Fenn, 1880

Pencil sketch of two arched shopfronts in Bayeux, one with a standing figure in the doorway and one with potted plants.

Sketch in Bayeux

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of Roman soldiers gesturing at a curtained bed while a woman slumps in a chair in the foreground.

Nero Finding the Body of His Mother, Agrippina

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, 1800

Brown ink landscape drawing of a tall tree, reeds, a thatched cottage, grazing cattle, and distant hills.

Landscape with a Cottage

Remigio Cantagallina, 1610

Pencil drawing of the Rathaus at Dettelbach, a gabled town hall with a central turret and a grand external staircase.

Rathhaus at Dettelbach

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a classical wall fountain with niches, statues, and a plan below.

Wall Fountain Elevation

Pellegrino Sabbatelli, 1790

Pencil drawing of two wall elevations with ornamental panels, one with birds and foliage, the other with a central bird medal

Wall Decoration, Blue (South) Drawing Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1820

Pencil sketch of a ruined hilltop castle with towers and walls above a village and a winding road.

Château at Villeneuve

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Red chalk study of balusters, urns, moldings and acanthus leaf ornaments arranged across a pale sheet.

Study of balusters and sculptural motifs

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor ceiling design of a dove carrying a flower garland through clouds, framed by diamond and rope borders.

Design for Ceiling

Frederick Crace, 1800

Shaded drawing of a reclining male nude modeled after classical sculpture, with a raised arm and draped cloth behind.

Study of Sculpture of Reclining Male Nude

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Pencil sketch of a hillside village of closely packed houses and rooftops with trees, inscribed Villeneuve from Old Château.

Villeneuve from Old Château

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Pencil sketch of a man in a wide-brimmed hat fishing beside a bucket, with a leafy tree and foliage at right.

Study of a man

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Watercolor design of a gilded classical column arch with a scrolled iron grille and serpent finials between pedestals.

Mantelpiece Detail, Music Room

Robert Jones, 1810

Pencil sketch of Florentine riverfront buildings with tiled roofs and small rowboats on the water below.

From my Window, Florence

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of a hilltop town with fortified walls, a castle, churches and waterfront buildings with small moored boats.

Study of landscape, Spezia, Italy

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Watercolor design of a colonnade with four bays showing a cloudy sky above red railings, with decorative gold corner brackets

Wall for Decoration, perhaps for corridor, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Graphite sketch of several jockeys on galloping horses drawn in angular, overlapping lines on pale translucent paper.

Jockeys on Horseback

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Pencil sketch on tan paper of seated women and children in loose drapery, one figure leaning forward in the foreground.

Study of women

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Pencil study of a carved stone capital with lobed leaves beside a second study of a Rayonnant capital with stylized foliage.

Two Studies of Capitals

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil drawing of a bedroom with a figure lying in bed and several men in dark clothing standing beside it.

That's No Good, the Squire Said, Quietly

Walter Appleton Clark, 1890

Triangular watercolor design of pierced grillework with quatrefoils, circles and a central six-pointed star in blue-grey tone

Design for pierced marble grillework

J.D. Woodward, 1890

Pencil sketch of a curving bay with white buildings, trees and hills beyond, inscribed Tangier, on tan paper.

Bay of Tangiers

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Etching of two men in feathered hats gambling and drinking on a rock beside a tree and tiled house.

Landscape with men gambling

Frederick Bloemaert, 1680

Watercolor design of a draped canopy bed with patterned fabric, tassels, and a sunburst medallion behind it.

Design for Bed with Tented Alcove, probably for the Prince of Wales's Bedroom or Boudoir, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Sketches of Two Heads

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Printed textile design with a lower border of pink, blue and orange flowers on a dark ground, with scattered sprigs above.

Printed Textile Design

Louis-Albert DuBois, 1810

Gridded design for wool work with green acanthus scrolls on a red ground and colour swatches below.

Design for Wool Work

Hertz and Wegener, 1860

Pencil sketch of a Virginia village with a church steeple among trees and shrubs, on tan paper.

Milford, Va

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design of an arched window alcove with glazed doors, red and green lattice panels, and decorative patterned side p

Window Alcove for the Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Graphite landscape drawing of a valley with wooded hills, a river in the foreground, distant mountains and two small figures.

Landscape, Germany

William Trost Richards, 1860

Pencil sketches of men seated on steps, standing figures, and two women in aprons on a tan sheet.

Figure Sketches at Blois

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Red chalk drawing of a winged figure and a putto supporting an escutcheon, within a double-ruled border.

Winged figure and putto supporting escutcheon

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of large trees arching over a grassy meadow path with distant figures, by William Trost Richards, 1860.

Landscape, Darmstadt

William Trost Richards, 1860

Pencil sketch of a lakeside town with spired towers, a wooden jetty, a small boat, and trees under hills.

View of Lucerne

Arnold William Brunner, 1870

Red chalk drawing of a winged figure with outstretched wings and flowing drapery, framed by a double ruled border.

Kneeling winged figure holding a crown

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor design of a wall with paneled doors, columns, balcony railings and a sky backdrop.

Wall Decoration and Door with Columns, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Watercolor sketches of ornamental wall patterns with fleur-de-lis and scrolls in terracotta, grey and blue tones.

Sketches of Wall Patterns - Blois

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pen and ink architectural drawing of an altar elevation with fluted columns, labelled marble panels, and a laurel roundel.

Altar mensa

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil and white chalk drawing of an old clapboard house with a porch, bench, and trees on grey paper.

The Old Hopkinson House, Bordentown, NJ

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1880

Pencil sketch of a large paneled room with a fireplace, a seated reader, and a side table with a flower vase.

Sketch of Large Room

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Brown wash drawing of neoclassical mantelpiece designs with caryatid, sphinx, urn, garlands and carved medallions.

Designs for a Mantelpiece

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of conifers along a wooded shoreline with a tall pine at right and handwritten date in lower right.

Wooded Shoreline, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of stone houses with steep roofs, chimneys and turrets, with shrubs in front, on tan paper.

Sketch of Beaulieu

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Brown wash drawing of a symmetrical interior wall with three arches, Corinthian columns, statues and relief panels.

Design for Salon Entrance Wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of gnarled tree roots and branches spreading across pale paper, with a handwritten date in the upper right corn

Tree Roots, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Graphite sketch of a mountain road with trees, a rocky cliff, a distant village and a walking figure.

Mountain Pass and Village

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Ink and pencil sketch of two dancing women in loose gestural poses, with a small scene sketched at the right edge.

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

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a rocky cliff at left and a jagged mountain ridge with rolling hills at right, on pale paper.

Mountain Sketches

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of several architectural column base and molding profiles with hatched shading on cream paper.

Abbey Church of St. Leu d’Esserent. (Oise)

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pen and brown wash elevation drawing of a church facade with columns, pediment, cross, statues and an arched window.

Elevation of a church

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Brown ink drawing of two putti among acanthus scrolls and a large flower within a ruled border, by Francesco Bedeschini.

One of a set of projects for a title page and the decoration of a horizontal panel

Francesco Bedeschini, 1690

Grey wash drawing of classical figures with a three-headed dog and snake-haired women around a bearded god in a lunette.

Psyche Asks Proserpine to Put a Little of her Beauty in an Urn for Venus

Johann August Nahl The Younger, 1770

Pencil and brown wash sketch of Horseshoe Falls on the Niagara River, with a stone tower at left and rocky ledges.

Horseshoe Falls, Niagara River, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Verso of a grey sheet with faint graphite sketches of a right and left hand and a handwritten inscription lower left.

Sketch: A right and a left hand

Donato Creti, 1700

Two octagonal brown ink wash drawings of mythological scenes: Juno nursing Hercules, and Hebe with Hercules aided by Minerva.

Juno Suckling Hercules, Hebe Marries Hercules with Help of Minerva, Designed for Sala di Ercole e Ebe, Palazzo Gaddi,…

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a layered desert canyon with cliffs receding toward distant hills under a pale sky.

Desert Canyon, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of a bound nude man raised among soldiers and onlookers in a classical hall, with a seated judge above.

Martyrdom of St. Andrew

Francesco Coghetti, 1820