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Ink and wash design of a decorated portal with draped fabric, candelabra, lion figures and floral garlands.

Decoration of a portal in honor of a prelate

Paolo Pozzi, 1770

Pen and wash drawing of two hanging trophies of carpentry and cabinetmaking tools, books, and drapery, by Delafosse.

A pair of trophies referring to the crafts of the cabinet maker and the carpenter

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1760

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a fish, a rowboat with figures, and standing figures, with handwritten notes.

Mixed Sketches, Obersee, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash design drawing of an octagonal coffee urn with cherub medallions, classical heads, and a serpent-shaped spout.

Design for a Coffee Urn

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1810

Pencil sketch of a jagged iceberg with fractured edges and hatched shading against a blank sky.

Sketch of an Iceberg

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Grey wash stage design of an oriental temple with a seated statue, twisted columns, and a domed ceiling with carved animals.

Stage Design, Oriental Temple

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, 1810

Pen and wash drawing of a windswept tree beside a classical colonnaded building with statues and a bridge.

Tree in Landscape with Building

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Loose pencil sketch of fallen and diagonal tree trunks over a forest floor with sparse undergrowth on cream paper.

Fallen Trees, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown ink and wash design of vertical wall panels with wheat sheaves, ribbon bows, flower garlands and leafy borders.

Design for Wall Decoration

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Five Grotesque Figures

Pier Francesco Mola, 1610

Pencil sketch of a creek with shrubs, reeds and distant hills, dated Aug 1844 in the upper right corner.

Catskill Creek, Catskill, New York, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Horse

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Sketch of a dusky landscape with a glowing sunset behind orange-edged clouds and a dark rock outcrop at lower left.

Winter Afternoon at Olana, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Mrs. B as Peace, Study for "Justice and Peace"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pencil sketch on tan paper of mountain ridges and trees with handwritten colour notes like green light and green blue.

Mountains above the Königssee, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash sketches of gateways with arched doorways, pediments, and an inscription, by Giuseppe Barberi.

Sketches for a Gateway for a Prison Erected by Pope Pius VI

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Brown ink and wash drawing in lunette shape: a helmeted figure points at a seated woman and a draftsman at a table.

Lunette with Allegory of Architecture

Felice Giani, 1810

Profile of a Woman with a Braided Knot

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pen and ink sheet with studies of decorative ceiling designs, coffered panels, friezes and handwritten colour notes.

Four Decorative Studies of Ceilings; Verso: Anatomical Studies

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of fishermen hauling a seine net on a beach with a boat and cart, signed E. Hampton.

Fishermen by the Sea, East Hampton, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch with white highlights of boulders beneath a cascading waterfall on tan paper.

Boulders beneath Niagara Falls, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of Horseshoe Falls on the Niagara River with mist and a faint double rainbow above the cascade.

Horseshoe Falls with a Double Rainbow, Niagara River, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a canoe with three men on a river, framed by trees and shoreline, with reflections in the water.

Canoe with Three Men, Ile Maligne, Quebec

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pen and wash drawing of an interior with cooking figures at left, a robed man before a canopied bed at right.

The Discovery of Guaiacum as a Cure for Venereal Disease

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of trees, shrubs and a flock of birds in flight, with handwritten notes about colour and foliage greens.

Birds and Trees along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Sepia drawing of six classical-style oil lamps, several with grotesque human heads and reclining or seated figures as handles

Six Lamps in Classical Style

Giulio Romano, 1540

Brown ink drawing of a galley with oarsmen approaching sirens with serpentine tails in the sea, under clouds.

Odysseus and the Sirens

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pen and wash design drawing of a candlestick with a nude youth holding an urn cup beside a coiled serpent.

Design for a Candlestick

Pietro Belli, 1820

Brown ink and wash design drawing of a candlestick with two putti, acanthus leaves, and an oval cartouche on a pedestal.

Design for a Candlestick

Jacques III Roëttiers, 1770

Red chalk drawing of a seated armored woman with spear and shield in a rococo ornamental panel with garlands and urn.

Designs for Gobelins Tapestry, October (Les Mois Grotesques par Bandes)

Claude Audran III, 1700