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Pen and watercolor design for a neoclassical library ceiling with central rosette, garland swags and ornamental panels.

Design for Library Ceiling, Benton House, Northumberland, England

George Richardson, 1770

Pencil sketch of two left hand studies, one curled above and one open below, with handwritten name inscriptions.

Albert Gallatin, Two Left Hand Studies

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pen and grey wash design for an ornate rococo frame with an empty oval, drapery, a sword, a crown, and a courtly scene below.

Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset

Hubert François Gravelot, 1730

Pen and wash drawing of two circular plate designs with egg-and-dart, fluted, and Greek key decorative borders.

Designs for Circular Plates

Pietro Belli, 1800

Drawing of a silver fruit bowl stand with three fluted columns, winged griffins, a central eagle and a grapevine-carved bowl.

Design for the Silver Mount for a Glass Fruit Bowl

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and brown wash sketch of armored warriors in combat beside an altar with a severed head, with fallen figures on the groun

Sketchbook Page: Peruses Transforms Phinaeus into Stone

Felice Giani, 1810

Portrait of an Elderly Woman, Hartford, Connecticut

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Red chalk drawing of the Entombment of Christ, with mourners lifting a lifeless body onto a draped slab.

Entombment of Christ

Aniello Falcone, 1640

Watercolor sketch of a bowing man in blue and a woman in yellow and red beside a table, with French handwritten dialogue belo

The Shirtmaker

Édouard de Beaumont, 1850

Pen and brown ink sketch of several robed figures, one raising an arm above a pedestal and another seated below.

Four Sketches of a Saint

Francesco Manno, 1800

Pen and watercolor sketch of Peace in a chariot drawn by horses, with a winged driver and a putto holding a banner reading PA

Peace in a chariot, Sala di Recezione, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a crowded side-wheeler deck with figures, rigging lines, and a paddle wheel, mounted in an album.

Deck of a Side-Wheeler Army Transport

Winslow Homer, 1860

Graphite drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, turning his head, one arm extended, foot resting on a block.

Male Nude

Luigi Calamatta, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate candlestick with a female figure and satyr supporting the shaft.

Elevation of a Candlestick

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, 1800

Drawing of a standing male nude with raised arm, shaded in chalk and white highlights on tan paper.

Study of a Male Nude

Nicola Consoni, 1840

Girl

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a bowler hat and dark suit, hands resting on a table.

Portrait of a Man

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman with a child, a lamb, and a rocky landscape with a tall tree.

Madonna and Child with St. Anna and Lamb, after Leonardo

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a seated figure in a jacket with lace collar, hands in lap, on aged paper.

Sketch for a Portrait

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Red chalk study on blue paper of a kneeling draped figure with several sketched heads and hands around it.

Studies for a Kneeling Monk

Giuseppe Passeri

Graphite study on grey-green paper of a bent arm with clasped hands and flowing hair, with white highlights.

Study for "A Magdalen"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Charcoal sketch of a stormy sky over a sea, dark rocks in the foreground and a coastal town on the right.

Bay at Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil and chalk sketch of a tall factory building beside a pier with ship masts above rocky shoreline.

Factory at the shore

Howard Russell Butler, 1880

Pencil sketch of a tall tree with feathery foliage on a bank, with a faint stream and rocks sketched below.

Tree by a Stream, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornate candelabrum with scrolled candle arms and a radiating finial on a monogrammed pedestal

Candelabrum, Probably for Rooms in the Palazzo Altieri, Rome

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Colored design drawing of an ornate urn on a pedestal with lion masks, garland swags, and a scale bar below.

Urn Design, after the Warwick Vase

Luigi Righetti, 1810

Pencil sketch of a woman in Bethlehem dress with a head veil, annotated with names of garments and jewelry.

Woman of Bethlehem

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil study of two winged putti, one on clouds and one beside a draped urn, on aged paper.

Study of Two Putti

Francesco Solimena, 1690

Pen and ink sketch of a seated draped female figure with one arm raised, framed by a black ruled border.

Sketchbook page: Allegorical Figure

Pietro da Cortona, 1660

Brown wash drawing of an winged old man on a cloud handing an infant to a seated nude woman beside a column.

Time (Chronos) Entrusting Cupid to Venus

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Study sheet of horse legs and hooves in brown and white wash with pencil, labeled fore feet and hind feet.

Studies After Cattle

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pen and ink sketch of a kneeling man in heavy draped robes with bare feet, seen from behind, on aged paper.

Kneeling Man

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1650

Pencil sketch of a seated woman with an upswept hairstyle and ruffled dress, hands resting in her lap.

Seated Woman

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of three rococo ornamental designs: a console, a central escutcheon, and a scroll bracket.

Design for a Console and Escutcheon

Filippo Marchionni, 1760

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate footed vessel with scrolled handles and figures supporting the base.

Design for a Vessel (Sauceboat?)

Luzio Romano, 1540

Pencil sketches of a Madonna and Child with studies of faces and a hand, after works in the Uffizi.

Madonna and Child, Sketches after Leonardo Da Vinci and Fra Bartolomeo of Works in the Uffizi, Florence

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pencil drawing of twelve ornate pendant earring designs in two rows, with scrollwork, stones and classical motifs.

Designs for Twelve Earrings

Salvatori, 1860

Watercolor embroidery design for a waistcoat pocket with flower bouquets, blue dotted border, and a small river landscape wit

Design for Embroidery, Gentleman's Waistcoat Pocket

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1770

Watercolor design for a painted ceiling with a central classical figure group, oval medallions, and rococo scrollwork.

Design for a Painted Ceiling

Jan Schtchukin, 1880

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo fountain scene with scrolling ornament, an urn, a staircase and small figures.

Design for a Patch-Box

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1730

Pen and wash drawing of a nude young man running with a billowing cloak beside a large smoke cloud.

A Young Man Running Toward a Fire

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Brown ink and wash lunette study of a winged figure with a fish tail beside a fish, with ruler marks along the edges.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor study of two pink spotted lilies with stamens and pencil border designs on beige paper.

Pink Spotted Lilies and Maple Seeds

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pen and ink study of a muscular man leaning forward with an extended arm, drawn with red chalk underlines on pale paper.

Figural Study of a Man

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1640

Ink and wash drawing with two scenes: a robed man addressing a crowd, and a seated woman speaking with a standing man in a cl

Design for Palazzo Conti

Ink and wash elevation of an interior with a coffered vault, niches, columns and statues on pedestals.

Wall Elevation

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of Christ seated among onlookers as a woman stands before soldiers in an arched hall.

Christ and the Adulterous Woman

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, 1750

Watercolor study of a clump of broad green leaves with pale edges against a dark wash background.

Botanical Study

Samuel Colman, 1860

Red chalk study of a standing boy with a leafy wreath, holding a small figure near his chest, on pale paper.

Study for standing boy with kid, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Anatomical Sketches of Heads, Faces, and the Ear

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Octagonal ceiling study in brown wash showing Apollo and the Muses among columns and ornamental panels.

Study for "The Triumph of Apollo" for the Ceiling of the Sala delle Muse, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican

Tommaso Maria Conca, 1770

Pencil sketches of palm fronds, hanging foliage and a small bird on grey paper, with handwritten botanical notes.

Botanical Sketches along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch on tan paper showing several studies of arms and hands in different gestures, with drapery at left.

Studies of Hands for Dome of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL

Carroll Beckwith, 1890

Grey wash drawing of a victory column flanked by two trumpeting winged figures on military trophy pedestals.

Inkstand with victory column flanked by figures of fame on top of military trophies

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Ink and wash sketch: figures in a colonnade above, and warriors fighting dragons below, with handwritten text between.

David Receives the Holy Bread and Sword of Goliath [above]; Two Dragons Decapitated [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown wash drawing of a rococo ceremonial decoration with scrolls, garlands, and lit candles above a classical cornice.

Design for Decoration of a Ceremony

Carlo Marchionni, 1750

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bound bouquet with tall leaves, flower buds and open blossoms resting on stones.

Bunch of flowers tied with ribbon

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds surrounded by winged angels and cherubs under a pale halo.

The Annunciation of the Virgin, After Guido Reni

Felice Giani, 1810

Grey wash drawing of a keystone with a bearded grotesque mask and scrolls, plus a second loose mask study below.

Design for a keystone and a mask

Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Brown ink drawing of an ornamental frame with scrollwork, a hanging grape garland and a wheat sheaf with a medallion.

Embroidered frontal

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil and wash sketch of a military camp with canvas tents, a cook at a fire, crates and barrels under a makeshift shelter.

Army Cook's Tent

Winslow Homer, 1860

Watercolor elevation of a bedroom wall with a draped alcove bed, plumed helmet, and painted trophies of flags and arms in blu

Elevation of the Wall of a Bedroom with Alcove

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Two oval ink and wash drawings: a seated woman with sheep, and a figure in a serpent-drawn chariot over clouds.

Pales, Triptolemus, Decoration for a Vault, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo Conti-Sinibaldi

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a buttoned overcoat, hands folded, study for a portrait by Daniel Huntington.

Study for Portrait of Hon. Robert C. Winthrop for the Historical Society, Mass

Daniel Huntington, 1880