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Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated veiled woman surrounded by angels and musicians on clouds under a radiant arch.

Virgin Ascending with Concert of Angels

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a Mexican landscape with distant mountains, a sun in the sky, and foreground hills and shrubs.

Mexican Landscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Watercolor sketch of a carter and woman in an interior as a man in a red coat recoils, with a clock and chairs.

The Pious Carter

Robert Cruikshank, 1810

Watercolor of tall dark conifers beside boulders, with a misty granite dome and mountains receding behind them.

Half Dome, Yosemite

Thomas Moran, 1870

Ink and wash drawing of a glassmaking furnace beside a coastal landscape with ships, figures, and a rocky peak, in an ornate

Study for The Making of Glass, The Treasure Hid in the Sand, Plate 363, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720

Graphite study of a nude woman seen from behind, leaning forward with one arm extended toward a ledge.

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

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Watercolor of the Grand Canyon with red cliffs, a winding river, and boulders in the foreground under a hazy sky.

View from Powell's Plateau, Grand Canyon, Colorado

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of clouds and a river shoreline with handwritten color notes.

Smoke on the Hudson River, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long dress with one arm extended, on cream paper.

Sketch for a Portrait of Bella Worsham

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil sketch of a craggy mountain above trees and low buildings, inscribed Bavaria, on tan paper.

Mountain in Bavaria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Charcoal sketch of three soldiers in kepi caps holding upright rifles, with faint figures of a drilling formation behind them

Soldiers Drilling

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of ornamental friezes with masks, grapevines, bull skulls, a classical base and scrollwork.

Three Friezes; A Base; An Ornament

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch on graph paper of two arcaded interior scenes with women in long dresses, preparatory study for a painting.

Two Figure Compositions for the Painting "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Loose pencil sketch of a partial figure's head and neck on a beige sheet of paper.

Landscape

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Vertical grey-wash design of a classical pilaster strip with scrolls, acanthus leaves, rosettes and grapes.

Design for the Decoration of a Pilaster Strip

C. C, 1810

Faint pencil sketch of a rough outdoor scene with a fence line on a cream sheet mounted in a red-bound album.

Field Kitchen Fire

Winslow Homer, 1860

Ink and wash drawing of a vaulted stone cellar with receding arches and shadowed niches, in grey tones.

Stage Design, Prison Cellar

Bibiena Family, 1700

Graphite anatomical sketches of heads, necks, shoulders and arms on tan paper, with handwritten muscle labels.

Anatomical Sketches of the Head, Neck, and Shoulders

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a rugged cliff with rock layers, a sloping path, and a fence with cactus in the foreground.

Rugged Cliff, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Small sketch of rose-colored rock cliffs with carved facades, a camel and rider, under a pale blue and pink sky.

Jabal al-Habis, Petra, Jordan

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Two pencil sketches of sailboats on pale paper, with red accents on the sails and a handwritten note beside them.

Sailboat

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of architectural ornament with columns, capitals, arched doorway, winged figures and an eagle.

Decorative Study; Verso: Anatomical Study

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink drawing of a horizontal ornamental panel with acanthus scrolls and two putti among the leaves.

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

Francesco Bedeschini, 1690

Watercolor design of a cherub with torch above musical instruments, globe, roses and wheat in a decorative still life arrange

Design for a woven or printed fabric

P. and C. Lacour, 1880

Caricature

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketches of castle towers, flags, and figures including a woman holding a child and a man in a hat on tan paper.

Architecture and Figure Sketches, Thun, Switzerland

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil outline of a mountain ridgeline with a tall central peak on grey paper, labeled Katahdin from Katahdin Lake.

Cut-out of Mt. Katahdin from Katahdin Lake, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of grass blades clustered at upper left on pale paper, with handwritten inscription above.

Arrangement of Grass, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of the Acropolis and Parthenon in Athens seen across a plain, with rocky hills at right and handwritten color n

View of the Acropolis from Lycabettus Hill, Athens, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Grey and blue wash drawing of an architectural fountain design with a central waterfall, heraldic pediment and water jets.

Design for a Fountain

Ludovicus Radix, 1760