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Brown ink and wash drawing of winged angels playing a tambourine, lute and flute among clouds.

Concert of Angels

Felice Giani, 1810

Oil sketch of a calm blue sea and pale sky above brown coastal hills, with small clouds along the horizon.

View of the Sea from Bloxburgh, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash sketch of two figures in a rowboat on calm sea, with a distant sailboat on the horizon.

Two Figures in a Rowboat

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of a flying angel with flowing drapery on pale paper, with an inscription naming Placido Costanzi below.

Sketch for a Flying Angel

Placido Costanzi, 1720

Pencil sketch of a seated figure in draped fabric with an arm resting across a chair back and a hand at right.

Sketches for Portraits

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil sketch of two female hands in different poses on cream paper, with the inscription Mrs. McCready at lower right.

Sketch of Hands for Portrait of Mrs. McCready

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing: left, a palazzo facade with windows and doorways; right, an Annunciation scene with an angel and

Elevation of Palazzo Pazzi dell' Accademia Colombaria [left]; Annunciation [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pen and wash design drawing of an elongated vessel with shell and claw feet, shaded in soft grey tones.

Design for a Tray for Hors D'oeuvres

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and ink elevation drawing of a decorated passageway wall with draped swags, candelabra sconces, and paneled ornament.

Design for the Interior of a Passageway

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1800

Pencil sketch on grid paper of a crowded interior with an arched doorway and figures in period dress.

General Plan for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Brown wash drawing of figures in a classical hall reacting as a kneeling man reaches toward an embracing couple near a stone

Joseph and his Brothers

Joseph Bergler the younger, 1780

Loose red chalk sketch of a horse over a pencil grid on tan paper.

Study for left hand, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Red chalk and graphite sketch of a reclining female nude seen from behind, resting on loosely drawn grass.

Female Nude, Resting on Grass

James Wells Champney, 1880

Ink drawing of a reclining hero on a funeral pyre as a kneeling man lights it with a torch, with arrows on the ground.

Philactetes Applies the Torch of Hercules to the Funeral Pyre

Felice Giani, 1800

Oil sketch of a twilight sea with dark water, a horizon line, and a sky glowing pink and yellow with streaked clouds.

Twilight at Sea, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Drawing of a sauce boat with fluted bowl, sphere support, tortoise base and satyr-head handle, in brown wash.

A Sauce Boat

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and brown ink sketch of three nude male figures, two standing and one reclining, in a hatched rocky landscape.

Three Nude men

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1800

Drawing of two bracelet designs: an upper one with interlaced links and oval floral panels, a lower one with braided strands

Design for two bracelets

Roman Augusto Castellani, 1880

Pencil sketch of men and women unloading a fishing dory on a beach, with boats and a distant sailboat.

Men and Women Unloading a Fishing Dory, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ill man in a canopy bed attended by a robed figure reading a book in an ornate room.

Infirmity

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Pen and ink ceiling design with a central medallion of a classical figure in clouds, surrounded by winged figures and garland

Design for Ceiling with Aurora as the Central Motif

Felice Giani, 1820

Brown wash drawing of a drawing room wall elevation with vaulted ceiling, two doorways, classical relief panels and benches.

Elevation of Drawing Room Entrance Wall with Vaulted Ceiling

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Charcoal study of two sleeping cats, one curled up at upper left and one stretched out at lower right, on tan paper.

Study of Cats

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and brown wash design sheet showing draped curtains around a bed alcove and arched niches in interior elevations.

Designs for Bedroom Decorations

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of layered hills and water with handwritten color notes like grey, dark purple, and greenish tones.

Sunset Sketch, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Graphite sketch of a cow lying down, seen from behind with head turned to the right, horns visible, on tan paper.

Study of a Lying Cow

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of Venus mourning the dying Adonis, with cupids, a boar and a hilly landscape behind.

Death of Adonis

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of an officer inspecting uniformed soldiers holding rifles, with handwritten notes naming Colonel Dwight and Si

Col. Dwight Inspecting His Regiment

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of a thatched church, a palm tree, fan-leaf fronds, and rows of shrubs with handwritten notes.

San José de Lapas Church with Botanical Sketches, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a study with a writing desk, armchair, bookshelves and window, inscribed Washington Irving's Library at Sunn

Washington Irving's Library at Sunnyside

Daniel Huntington, 1860