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Ornament design sheet with a cherub cameo, a red-figure vase, and a classical female figure cameo in watercolor.

Ornament Design with Vase and Cameos

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Red chalk sketch of a kneeling winged figure with draped cloth, set within a double-ruled border on cream paper.

Kneeling winged figure

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketches of a shuttered building facade, a cornice detail, and two figures with carts on paper.

Sketches of Orléans

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor ornament design with a red and black urn, classical cameo figures, garlands, and ribbon bows on a cream sheet.

Ornament Design with Urn and Cameos

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Red chalk sketch of a seated figure in antique military dress with helmet and armor, within a double ruled border.

Figure in antique military dress

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor design of a Chinese-style vase with gilt dragon handles on a gilded spiral-column pedestal.

Mounted Chinese Vase on a Pedestal, for the Music Room, Brighton, Royal Pavilion

Robert Jones, 1810

Design drawing of a golden hair comb with a nymph figure rising from swirling waves and blue enamel accents on gray paper.

Design for a Nymph Comb

Eugène Samuel Grasset, 1910

Pencil sketch sheet with small sailboats on water and studies of men in caps, labeled Napoli.

Sketches in Naples

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Gouache design of a gold chatelaine with a watch, diamond chains, and an enamelled cameo of a winged figure on a tan backgrou

Design for a Chatelaine with Watch

Alexis Falize, 1880

Red chalk sketch of two male figures above an ornamented pedestal, framed by orange and green borders.

Two male figures and a decorative motif

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketches of glass vessels, a lamp, and a geometric pattern study, with handwritten notes reading Cairo and glass.

Sketches of Decorative Details from Cairo

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor of uniformed soldiers beside a cannon in a brick casemate, lit by a bright muzzle flash and smoke.

A Casemate Gun During the Conflagration

Theodore Russell Davis, 1880

Watercolor front elevation of a fire house with arched wooden doors, sculpted pediment, and adjacent city buildings.

Design for a fire house: front elevation

Christian Francis Rosborg, 1910

Watercolor of a countryside meadow with a winding stream, distant mountains, a large tree at right, and a cloudy sky.

Landscape of Countryside

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design of a wood-grained door with an overdoor panel showing a fantastic bird in pink, green and yellow.

Design for Door and Overdoor with Fantastic Bird, probably for the Yellow Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Ornament design with two laurel wreaths tied with ribbons and a foliate acanthus panel on green between them, watercolor on p

Ornament Design, Foliate Panel between Roman Triumphal and Civic Crowns

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Pencil sketch of a narrow street passing under a stone archway, with a robed figure walking toward a distant arched gate.

Street in Tangiers

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor mural design of an armored knight, a seated bearded man on a throne, and a veiled woman in a rose gown.

Mural design: Rowena, Cedric, Athelstane

John C. Wolf, 1900

Plan drawing of a square monument with a circular central court, black colonnade and red accents, with competition lettering

Monument of the soldiers, sailors and marines

Christian Francis Rosborg, 1920

Pencil sketches of architectural details including a column, scroll bracket, and leaded window pattern with handwritten notes

Architectural Details From house of Diane de Poiters

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil drawing of an urn-shaped vase with sinuous bronze mounts curling around its body and a leafy finial above.

Design for a Bronze Mounted Vase

Emile Gallé, 1880

Watercolor ornament design with a central gold rinceau panel on blue, flanked by two tall standards with medallions and class

Ornament Design, Rinceau Panel between Roman Standards

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Pencil sketch of many sailing fishing boats on calm water with a distant bell tower, on toned paper.

Venetian Fishing Boats

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Red chalk drawing of an ornate architectural frame with seated figures and a central cartouche on pale paper.

Detail from Sistine Chapel ceiling

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Engraved plate of 17 figures showing fan making steps, folded fans, decorated leaves and tools, labeled Eventailliste.

Plate Illustrating Fanmaking from Diderot's "Encyclopédie"

Denis Diderot, 1750

Pencil sketch of a narrow street in San Remo with arched doorways, balconies, stone steps and a small standing figure.

Street in San Remo

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Red chalk drawing of a draped woman holding fasces and scales beside classical architecture, within a decorative border.

Allegorical figure of Justice with fasces

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of a wooded valley with leaning trees, rocks in a stream, and a small seated figure.

Study of landscape, Lawton Valley, RI

William Trost Richards, 1870

Portrait of Lord Beauclerk

Richard Dighton, 1880

Red chalk drawing of three classical urns and vases, including a baluster urn with draped garland, within a gold and black bo

Baluster, urns and pedestal

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770