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Pencil sketch of tiled rooftops, a stone wall, cypress trees and a small arched building with distant hills.

Garden Wall, Granada

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Pen and brown wash drawing of a curly dog lying on a cushion atop a pedestal under a draped canopy with tassels.

Design for Memorial to a Dog

Giulio Romano, 1530

Oil study of cumulus clouds lit pink and gold above dark mountain silhouettes at dusk.

Study of clouds

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Pencil sketch of a Baltimore skyline with rooftops and spires, grid panels and handwritten colour notes, 1920.

Baltimore Skyline

Griffith Baily Coale, 1920

Pencil sketches of architectural mouldings, capitals with volutes, cornice profiles, and handwritten colour notes on paper.

Sketches of Mouldings on Capitals

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor of low tide flats with a figure carrying a rifle, marsh grass, and a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Low Tide, Annisquam

Walter Shirlaw, 1910

Painted floral textile design with white and blue flowers, multicolored lobed leaves, and grey branches on a dotted dark grou

Floral design for printed textiles

Louis-Albert DuBois, 1800

Pencil study of two carved architectural pieces, a foliate capital and a curved Byzantine arch moulding, on tan paper.

Architectural Details

Arnold William Brunner, 1870

Watercolor elevation of a Victorian-style house with a tower, gabled bay, balcony and ornate roof trim.

Architectural project for the house of P.J. Hetzel

Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, 1880

Red chalk drawing of three ornamental urns with scrolled handles, garlands and pedestal bases on a cream sheet.

Three urns

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketches of a porch with a hammock and wicker chair, and a window with shutters labeled Scott Cottage.

Two Sketches, Scott Cottage

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design of a blue and gold ewer flanked by two oval brown cameo panels with classical figures and cherubs.

Ornament Design with Ewer and Cameos

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Watercolor design of a Chinese-style wall with an arched sky niche, lattice borders, paneled doors and red latticework.

Wall Decoration, Entrance Hall, North Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pencil sketches of architectural details including a balustrade, gargoyle, buttress base, and carved column from Caen.

Architectural Sketches in Caen

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor of a rocky coastal headland with a small sailboat, wind-bent pines and boulders under a hazy sky.

Mackerel Cove

William Trost Richards, 1890

Watercolor rendering of a domed stone mausoleum with steps, balustrade, topiary and tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Rendering for Bliss Family Mausoleum

Hughson Hawley, 1900

Pencil sketch of half-timbered houses with steep roofs and dormers on a street, with small figures in the foreground.

Sketch of Lisieux

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor of a fallen robed man surrounded by daggered togaed figures in a Roman interior with a she-wolf relief.

The Death of Julius Caesar

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, 1800

Hand-colored floral textile design with pink, red and blue flowers and green leaves in a corner border on pale paper.

Floral design for printed textile

Jean DuBois, 1800

Pencil sketch of Bar Harbor with sailboats on calm water, a wooded shoreline, rowboats, and a small framed sailboat inset.

Bar Harbor, Maine

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Graphite and white chalk study of two hands gripping tubular objects, drawn on grey paper.

studies of two hands holding flutes (?)

Elihu Vedder, 1900

Watercolor of a formal salon with blue walls, gilt mirror, red upholstered furniture, and Corinthian columns.

Salon Interior

A. Redkovsky, 1850

Three Studies of Man in a Habit

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Design drawing of a trellised ceiling opening to a cloudy sky, with climbing roses, drapery and a floral urn.

The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Ceiling Design: a trellised balustrade, opening to the sky, possibly for entrance hall

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pencil sketch of a tall stone castle tower behind a stone wall and bare trees, with small figures on a path.

Nuremberg Castle, Germany

William Trost Richards, 1860

Watercolor of a dark silhouetted town with church spires under an orange sunset, with tidal flats and pilings in the foregrou

Sunset, Nantucket

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of a rocky sea cliff and islet on the left, and a steep rock face with stone buildings on the right.

Study of seascape

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Ceiling design with two grey doves flying among pink and blue flower garlands against pale clouds and sky.

Ceiling Design with Doves and Flower Garlands, possibly for the Entrance Hall

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pencil sketch of a fishing village with rooftops, chimneys, and small sailboats on water in the distance.

Fishing Village

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Floral garland design of orange and yellow roses, white blossoms and green leaves on a squared grid, with printed credits.

Design for Berlin Wool Work

Nathaniel Currier, 1850