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Oil study of a brown and white cow standing side on in a sunlit field, with blue-green background.

Study of a Standing Cow

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pen and ink sketches of putti, a draped woman, and a globe with cherubs, with an inscription naming painting, poetry and astr

Sketches for wall paintings: Arts and Sciences

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1800

Pencil sketches of plants and foliage with a poplar branch on the right, annotated with handwritten color notes.

Plant Sketches with Poplar Tree

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor sketch of a cathedral choir interior with an artist at an easel and two figures in long dresses.

Lower Part of the Choir, Siena Cathedral

Walter Shirlaw, 1860

Brown ink frieze drawing of two winged women with wreaths flanking two seated bulls and a central urn with garlands.

Design for a Symmetrical Frieze

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor design of a classical chimneypiece with two green satyr caryatids and a frieze of lions and scrolls.

Design for a Chimneypiece

Luigi Righetti, 1810

Three circular brown ink and wash drawings depicting scenes of Bacchus with attendants, dancers, and satyrs before classical

Three Bacchus Subjects: Bacchus Worshipped

Felice Giani, 1800

Blue sheet with white chalk strokes showing waves, foam and a seagull in flight over the sea.

Seagull and Waves

Winslow Homer, 1900

Watercolor and pen drawing of boys in a rocky forest clearing with large boulders and tall trees.

Setting a Squirrel Trap

Winslow Homer, 1850

Ink and wash design drawing of an oval gallery tray with a central decorative frieze and four alternate border studies.

Design for an Oval Gallery Tray, with Alternate Suggestions

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Brown ink and wash design with two circular medallions of classical chariot scenes surrounded by winged figures and ornament.

Design with Classical and Winged Figures

Felice Giani, 1820

Nine circular brown-wash designs of Greek mythological scenes with handwritten Italian labels, including Leda, Neptune, and G

Design for Nine Circular Paintings in the Bathroom of the Aldini Villa, Montmorency, France

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a lagoon with a distant city skyline, a tall spire, and boats with figures in the foreground water.

View from Venetian Lagoon

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a lichen growth on pale paper with handwritten color notes and the date July 1844.

Lichen, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Study of a Mule

Samuel Colman, 1870

Ink and wash elevation drawing of an ornate neoclassical interior wall with a central chimneypiece, columns, and cherub relie

Elevation of an Interior Wall with Chimneypiece

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pencil sketch of a leaning evergreen on a rocky coast with a small lighthouse at left, dated July 1850.

Coastal Evergreen and Lighthouse, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures harvesting grapes under a vine arbor beside a wooden wine vat.

Winemaking

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a gnarled willow tree with twisting trunk and spreading bare branches on a pale sheet.

Willow on the Rhône, Geneva, Switzerland

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Sketches of Four Heads in Caricature

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Grey wash drawing of the Pentecost with the Virgin Mary and apostles kneeling beneath a dove and rays of light, with angels a

Scene from Acts of the Apostles, after Stradanus

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1700

Loose graphite sketch of several dancing female figures with raised arms and flowing drapery on cream paper.

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

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pen drawing on blue paper of two ceiling schemes with rosette medallions and a fireplace wall with pilasters.

A Fireplace Wall and Two Alternative Ceiling Schemes

Felice Giani, 1810

Graphite drawing of a nude woman with closed eyes, hand on chest, reclining on gray paper with faint background strokes.

Figure Study of Mercy for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Graphite sketch of two women with a dog and a flock of sheep in a grassy pastoral landscape.

Pastoral Scene

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1780

Pen and ink sketch of decorative ceiling panels with ornamental borders, rosettes, an arched niche and a small figure.

Sketches for the Painted Decoration of Ceilings

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of an ornate palace wall with niches, classical statues, arched windows and decorative friezes with putti.

Sculpture Gallery: Project for the Decoration of a Hall in a Palace during the Reign of the Emperor Napoleon as King…

Brown ink and wash design for a wall decoration with arched niches, draped swags held by two female figures and foliate garla

Wall decoration

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Red chalk drawing of three goats, one standing, one lying down, and a head study at left, on tan paper.

Three Goats, after an etching from Berchem's "Animalia" (Animals) [ Animalia ad vivum delineata et aqua forti aeri im…

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1650

Pen and brown wash design drawing of a wall with a draped alcove and a classical frieze of small figures above.

Design for Wall with Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Painted design of stylized multicolored flowers, leaves and berries with a black ruled border, for embroidery.

Design for Embroidery, Corner of Gentleman's Waistcoat

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1780

Brown ink and wash sketch of a chariot race in a classical arena with horses, charioteers, and colonnaded buildings.

Project for Wall Paintings, as Decoration of a Frieze

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil study of frilly hazelnut husks on a branch with serrated leaves, drawn on tan paper.

Study for Illustration: Hazelnuts

Samuel Colman, 1880

Ink and wash lunette design showing figures in a studio interior with a draped curtain and decorated pedestal.

Design for a Lunette with Allegory of Sculpture

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketches of a woman carrying a child, a small child, and a man in a wide-brimmed hat on tan paper.

Figure Sketches, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Grey-wash still life drawing of fish, a lobster, and a parrot beside stone blocks and a hanging fish.

Still-life with Fish and Parrot

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1740

Painted landscape of two pine trees on a rocky slope above a reddish path, with rolling hills and a blue sky.

Two Pine Trees, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of classical gods feasting at a long table, with putti attending and clouds of figures above.

The Feast of the Gods

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a dory crowded with men, with loose lines suggesting waves and water below the boat.

Dory Filled with Men

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor of men gathered on a harbor jetty by a lighthouse, with a central figure in yellow breeches reciting from an open

Water color; Rinaldo Rinaldini is reciting upon the jetty

Saverio della Gatta, 1820

Pencil sketch of a central figure seen from behind, surrounded by smaller figures of women and children on tan paper.

Group of figures

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Anatomical Sketches of Human and Animal Heads

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Oil sketch of a sunset over layered pink and teal hills, with a small orange sun above a pale water band.

Two Views of the Sunset from Olana, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of three draped female figures on clouds, a study by Walter Shirlaw for a bank note design.

Commerce (Motif for Bank Note Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Brown ink and wash lunettes showing Achilles driving a chariot past Troy and Priam pleading before a seated warrior at a banq

Achilles Drags the Body of Hector around Walls of Troy, Priam Pleads for the Body of Hector, Ceiling Designs for the…

Felice Giani, 1800

Drawing of a seated shepherdess playing a flute to a reclining shepherd beside a tree, in black and red chalk.

Shepherdess Piping to a Shepherd

François Boucher, 1770

Pencil sketch of cardamom and arrowroot plants with handwritten colour notes on a tan sheet of paper.

Cardamom and Arrowroot Sketches, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Crouching Dromedary

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of three ornate chalices with baluster stems and decorative bases on tan paper.

Three chalices

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged figure with a charging bull among clouds, in a semicircular lunette shape.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of rocky cliffs and headlands on tan paper, labeled Great Island.

Coastline Cliffs of Great Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Four pen and wash drawings of putti statues on pedestals, labeled with allegorical names like Wisdom and Constancy.

Projects for statues: "Wisdom." "Constancy." "Eloquence." "Cupid Disguised."

Flemish Jan Claudius de Cock, 1720

Pencil sketch of sailing boats moored in a calm harbor with reflections on the water and a rowboat near the center.

View of a Harbor

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a tree-lined lakeshore with loose grasses in the foreground and the date Sep 1876 written in the corner.

Lake View near Mt. Katahdin, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Mrs. Levicz as Peace, Study for "Justice and Peace"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil sketch of icebergs above a horizon line on tan paper, with white highlights suggesting ice, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite pencil sketch of three female figures, one standing with raised arm, in a shaded rocky landscape, study for design.

A Group of Four Nymphs (Motif for Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Watercolor design of two gilt bronze andirons with sphinxes and griffins and a central sconce with a figure holding candle ar

Design for Two Andirons and Sconce of Gilt Bronze

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, 1770

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto aiming a bow from a centaur in a lunette-shaped composition.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Two nude children recline on a pale cloth beside a vase, against a green and gold patterned backdrop with foliage.

Drawing - Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Pen and grey wash drawing of an elderly woman in a headscarf seated at a wooden spinning frame, working thread.

An Old Woman Spinning

Claude Louis Desrais, 1810

Ink and watercolor studies of irises on tan paper, some flowers tinted purple, others red and yellow, with buds and stems.

Studies of Irises

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1900

Watercolor study of two drooping chestnut branches with green serrated leaves and pale hanging catkins on a tan background.

Study of Chestnut Tree Branches

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1900

Watercolor and ink study of several irises with purple petals, stems and buds arranged across a peach background sheet.

Study of Irises

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1910