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Watercolor design of green draped curtains with tassels beside a painted garden scene of costumed figures and a balustrade.

Design for Portion of Stairway in Château-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island

Charles Salagnad, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of classical figures in two scenes, including a judgement and a flaying, by Felice Giani.

The Judgement of Solomon; The Flaying of Marsyas

Felice Giani, 1820

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate Gothic interior with coffered ceiling, pointed arches, curtains, statues and leaded windows

Stage Design, Gothic Room

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Autumn woodland study with a large oak tree in red and orange foliage, a sunlit grassy path, and a grey-blue sky.

Autumn Foliage

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink sketches of a staircase, rooftops, a tower-topped building, and a stone wall with handwritten notes.

Architectural Sketches, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink drawing of women gathered around jewelry in a room, with a seated man gesturing toward them.

Ulysesses Discovers Achilles in Scyros

Felice Giani, 1790

Pen and wash drawing of a vaulted foundry with workers around cannon barrels, a large wheel, and a furnace.

The Invention of Gunpowder

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of a Doric temple colonnade at Paestum with column studies and handwritten colour notes.

Temples of Hera and Athena at Paestum, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil drawing of a rocky brook with boulders, trees, and distant mountains under a pale cloudy sky.

View of Moat Mountain from Wildcat Brook, Jackson, New Hampshire, Looking Southwest

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a flat landscape with windmills and small buildings along a far bank, with open water in the foreground.

Landscape

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of trumpet-blowing angels in clouds above nude figures rising and falling in a crowd.

The Last Judgment

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated sibyl holding a book, with a putto behind her, copied after Michelangelo.

Erythean Sibyl from the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, after Michelangelo

Michelangelo, 1520

Pencil sketch of a mountain and its reflection in a lake, with rocky slopes, shoreline trees and a small boat.

Reflections on the Königssee, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a classical door frame with pediment, fleur-de-lis and bird medallion.

Design for Door Frame

Carlo Marchionni, 1730

Pencil study of a nude woman seated on the floor, seen from behind, with shaded arms and bent legs.

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

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Brown ink and wash drawing of three designs for sepulchral monuments with pedestals, urns, and relief carvings.

Three Designs for the Elevation of a Sepulchral Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown wash drawing of a river harbor with sailboats, a church spire, hills and mountains under clouds.

Harbor Scene

Jan Griffier, 1700

Pen and brown wash drawing of three ornamental vessels: a putto-supported cup, a two-handled vase, and a draped urn.

Design for a Candlestick, Cup, and Vase

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pen and ink drawing of a sun god in a chariot pulled by winged horses, led by a winged aurora figure over clouds.

Sun God Being Dragged Into Sky and Preceded By Aurora

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a neoclassical domed building with colonnade, surrounded by architectural plan and detail sketc

Design for a Mausoleum or a Kaffeehaus

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Oil sketch of cumulus clouds lit in warm tones above a reddish ground and a distant blue hill at dusk.

Clouds over Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oval brown ink wash drawing of Ulysses and companions escaping in a boat from the Cyclops's cave with sheep.

Ulysses Escapes the Cyclops’s Cave and Embarks with a Companion

Twilight landscape with dark mountains, a glowing orange and pink sunset sky, and a tree in the lower right foreground.

Twilight in the Hudson Valley, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Bust Portrait of a Young Woman

Jeanne Dabos, 1780

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo ornamental frieze with scrollwork, a central mask, and foliate motifs.

Design for a Ceiling Decoration

Giuseppe Maria Rolli, 1720

Graphite study of a raised arm and clenched hand on torn toned paper, by Daniel Huntington, 1850.

Study of an Arm for "Tribute Money"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of a classical door case with columns, an arched pediment, and two putti among scrolls.

Design for a Door Case

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and wash design for a square ceiling with central roundel, garlands, rosettes and octagonal corner panels.

Design for a Square Ceiling

George Richardson, 1770

Pen and ink sketches of ornate rococo picture frames with scrolls and shell motifs on a ruled page.

Sketches for Frames

Study of a nude winged putto seated on a cloud in a blue roundel, holding musical instruments, with a bird on a branch.

Study for Roundel with Putto Holding Attributes of Music

Pierre Victor Galland, 1900