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Pencil study of a hooded female figure holding leaves, with additional sketches of hands and arms on aged paper.

Study of Figure for "In the Mountains"

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of a man in a hat and cloak raising a lantern that casts a glow across an open, cloudy landscape.

Red Light

Winslow Homer, 1880

Charcoal and chalk sketch of five boys in caps and jackets walking across sand, with a crouching figure at left.

Study for "Snap the Whip"

Winslow Homer, 1870

Ink and wash design sketch of ornamental wall and ceiling panels with scrollwork, mythological figures, and a portrait medall

Project for a Ceiling

Giuseppe Mannocchi, 1800

Pen and brown ink drawing of a symmetrical trophy of war weapons with crossed banners, helmet, trumpets, and a central shield

One of a set of trophies of weapons of war as a decoration for a horizontal panel

Francesco Bedeschini, 1690

Pencil sketch of a sunset over the sea with cloud forms and handwritten notes on colours and tones.

Sunset at Sea, Ecuador, Part Three

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a covered champan river boat with figures, a standing woman, a bush, and a thatched hut with palm.

Mixed Sketches with a Champan, Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash architectural drawing of a rococo paneled door beside a carved pilaster and an oval floor panel.

Design for a door of an organ loft

F. Cornille, 1800

Pencil botanical sketch on aged paper of thistle leaves, a thistle head, and plant stems with handwritten notes.

Thorns and Thistles

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pen and wash drawing of a grand palace interior with arcades, Corinthian columns, a staircase and coffered ceiling.

Stage Design: Palace Interior

Francesco Galli Bibiena, 1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of a theatrical church interior with arches, columns, vaulting and small seated figures.

Stage Design of a Church

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Sketch of a walled town with a tall minaret and domed buildings, with small figures and red and green banners in front.

Parade Entering Jaffa, Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Red chalk drawing of a neoclassical decorated panel with garlands, a central urn, winged figure and scrolls.

Design for a Decorated Panel

Gilles Paul Cauvet, 1770

Sepia drawing of four allegorical female statues in arched niches labeled Musica, Architettura, Pittura, Scoltura, with a sma

Four Statues in Niches: Music, Architecture, Painting, and Sculpture; Study of Bacchus and Mercury

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil and wash sketch of a boat's rigging and pulleys with a seated figure and choppy sea behind a wooden rail.

Study for "The Signal of Distress"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna and Child with saints, a lion, angels and classical temples in a landscape.

Madonna and the Infant, St. Jerome, Mary Magdalene and Angels, after Correggio

Felice Giani, 1810

Loose oil sketch of a layered rust and lavender cliff face with dark shadowed recesses, painted in quick brushstrokes.

Cliff Face, Petra, Syria (Jordan)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink sketch of three men: one seated in a wide hat, one standing from behind, one with a staff on his shoulders.

Three Men

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1630

Oil sketch of distant blue mountains under a pink evening sky, with dark evergreen trees on a hillside in the foreground.

Looking toward the Catskills, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of the Virgin holding the infant Christ, with a distant landscape and buildings at the left.

The Virgin and Child

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pen and brown wash drawing of two religious interior scenes with crowds of figures beneath arches and beside a column.

The Mocking of Christ [left]; Christ Washing the Feet of the Disciples [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1580

Pen and brown wash drawing showing two stacked elevations of a large palace with arches, columns and pediments.

Two Elevations of the Central Part of a Palace

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Brown ink and wash drawing of a tiered funerary monument with urns, garlands, and a summit group of figures beneath a cross.

Design for a Sepulchral Monument to King Louis XVI of France

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Grey wash drawing of the Virgin and Child in an arched classical niche, with kneeling and standing worshippers below.

The Virgin and Child with Worshippers in Classical Interior

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Grey ink and wash drawing of a rocky valley with tall cliffs, trees, ruined walls and a building on a ridge.

Stage Design, Rocky Valley with Buildings

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Watercolor and ink elevation of an altar design with painted marble panels, a central oval medallion, and classical pilasters

Project for an altar: intended to be executed in colored marbles

Mario Asprucci The Younger, 1750

Small oil sketch of a turquoise iceberg on dark sea under a brown sky with sunlight breaking through clouds.

Iceberg, Battle Harbour, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Small sketch of wooded hills under a pink evening sky, with a lone tree and a patch of water in the foreground.

Wooded Hills

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Hazy mountain ridges under a red and orange sunset sky, painted in loose brushwork with a misty valley below.

Sunset and Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Grey watercolor of a seated man in a hat looking over a lake toward wooded hills, with a fallen log in the foreground.

Mountain River or Lake

Winslow Homer, 1890