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Graphite and white chalk drawing of a woman seen from behind with raised arms, with hand studies in the upper corners.

Woman With Hands Raised

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Loose oil sketch of a dark-haired woman embracing a fair-haired child who rests against her shoulder.

Study for "Portrait of Mrs. James Robb and her Three Children," Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA

Thomas Sully, 1840

Red chalk study of a maenad figure with one arm raised and draped body, on tan paper.

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

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pencil sketch of a man in a light headwrap, head and shoulders turned toward the viewer, on tan paper.

Japanese Man

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Grey wash drawing of an architectural memorial with draped curtain, trumpeting winged figure, portrait medallion and classica

Study for the Memorial to Giovanni Domenico Milano, Duca di San Giorgio, in the Sacristy of S. Domenico Maggiore, Nap…

Giacomo del Pò, 1700

Pencil sketch of figures at a stone wall, including a robed reader, a bearded man, and a seated figure.

Jews at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink sketch of a draped canopy on columns, with two small cherub heads and scrolled ornament sketched around it.

Studies of Heads

Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Pencil study of a man's right arm with clenched hand, drawn on cream paper.

Study of Right Arm for "Christiana and Her Family Passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Sepia wash drawing of a neoclassical vase with swan-head handles, leaf bands and a scroll frieze on a plinth.

Design for a Vase

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of an ornate classical helmet with laurel and rosette decoration and acanthus ornaments b

Helmet

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor design of a hanging altar lamp with flames, chains, seated figures and garlands, with a scale bar below.

Altar Lamp

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pencil sketch of a dead birch tree trunk with peeling bark rising from the ground on a cream sheet.

Trunk of a Dead Birch Tree, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of Christ on a bordered cross with four small framed figures beside him on aged paper.

Medieval Crucifix

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketches of three women's heads in headdresses, with handwritten notes about double lining and velvet and satin.

Headdress

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a standing officer in military uniform and kepi cap, holding a sword at his side.

Standing Officer

Winslow Homer, 1860

Portrait of a Man

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, 1800

Sepia drawing of a fluted water kettle on a tripod stand with a spirit lamp, shaded in grey wash.

Design for a Water Kettle with Stand

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Study of a Young Man in Profile for "Tribute Money"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Drawing on tan paper of a lion, a recumbent dog, and a reclining animal, with handwritten French annotations.

Fountain Design with Three Bronze Animals

Charles Le Brun, 1680

Pen and brown wash sketch of two standing men in wide-brimmed hats and two seated figures below.

Four Men

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1640

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate monument with a crown-topped urn, scrolled volutes and garlands, flanked by cypress tr

Design for a Monument

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Pen and ink sketch of a winged angel with swirling drapery on pale paper, by Felice Giani.

Angel

Felice Giani, 1800

Graphite sketch of a bearded seated man in glasses holding a newspaper, drawn on gray paper with a handwritten note.

Carl Schurz Seated, Reading a Newspaper

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pencil sketch of a flowering plant with small blossoms and grass leaves, annotated with handwritten notes.

Flowering plant

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Sketch, Portrait of a Man

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Graphite and white chalk study of a standing woman in a period gown with arms folded, on gray paper.

Study of Mrs. Bingham for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Octagonal ink and wash drawing of a helmeted warrior with a spear standing over a fallen soldier amid a battle.

Leonidas

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and wash drawing of Venus on a cloud holding an apple, with Cupid and two putti in a ceiling design.

Design for a Ceiling Painting, Venus, Cupid, and Putti

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1700

Watercolor and ink sketch of a woman in a dark cloak and a man in a top hat walking, with a figure seen from behind at right.

The Promenade

Constantin Guys, 1850

Pen and ink sketch of an arched cartouche of leaves with small figures supporting the frame, on cream paper.

Sketch of a cartouche

Carlo Marchionni, 1780