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Pencil sketch of a horizon with clouds and sea, with handwritten colour notes and numbered tonal marks across the page.

Sketch of the Sky

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of church spires and rooftops above trees on pale paper, with light blue wash and a handwritten note in the low

City of London, United Kingdom, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a woman with a jar on her head, a seated woman with a child, grass and landscape lines on aged paper.

Figure Sketches, Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of a military trophy with shields, a plumed helmet, spears, a drum, trumpets and a banner.

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

Francesco Bedeschini, 1690

Watercolor architectural drawing of a Gothic stone lantern with tracery panels, plus details and a smaller lantern.

Rendering of Two Stone Lanterns, from the Castle in Amboise, France

Whitney Warren Jr, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a monument with a female figure holding a spear, flanked by two lions among trees.

Design for a monument to R. Clefeort

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pencil drawing of a hunting trophy with a boar head, antlers, horn, spear and foliage, arranged vertically on paper.

Design for a Snuff Box Cover (verso); Trophy of Hunting (recto)

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Pencil sketch of sailing ships at sea on cream paper, with the handwritten inscription 'Mrs E. W. Bethune' at top.

Ships at Sea

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a classical robed figure raising one arm and holding a staff on tan paper.

Classical Figure

Minardi Tommaso, 1900

Pencil sketch of a schooner with raised sails riding choppy waves, with a tree-lined shore on the horizon at right.

Schooner Riding Waves off Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a dead pine tree's bare branches and trunk on beige paper, labeled Pine.

Dead Pine Tree, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of an oval rococo frame with scrolls, shell ornament and two reclining putti.

Design for a Metal Frame

Giovanni Bettati, 1700

Pencil sketch of a town with low buildings, a bare tree, distant mountains, and handwritten color notes.

View of a Town, Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink drawing of a dense cavalry battle above, with loose pen sketches of figures and horses below.

Charles V defeating the Turks near Vienna, 1529 [above]; Battle Scene with King, Elephants, Cavalry and Infantry [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Pencil sketch of a valley with rolling hills, scattered trees, small huts and a winding river.

View near Ibagué, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite and white chalk study of a seated nude woman, eyes closed, one hand on her chest, on grey paper.

Female Nude, Study for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded religious procession with a canopy, soldiers with pikes, and classical buildings.

Procession of the Sacrament

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Ink and wash elevation of a rococo bedroom wall with carved paneling, fireplace, canopy bed and mythological panel paintings.

Wall Elevation of the Bedroom of the Prince de Rohan, Hôtel de Soubise, Paris

Germain Boffrand, 1730

Grey wash drawing of a rococo frame with empty oval center, scrolling foliage, and a reclining cherub at lower left.

Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Francis Russell, Second Earl of Bedford

Hubert François Gravelot, 1730

Brown wash drawing of a frieze with allegorical figures, a putto, scrolls, reeds and a music stand.

Design for a Frieze with the Allegory of Literature

Piat Joseph Sauvage, 1780

Loose oil sketch of a dark sailboat on calm water before reddish hills and a cloudy sky.

The Strait of Messina, Looking towards Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown wash studies of draped bedroom alcoves with swagged valances and curtains on a cream sheet.

Designs for Bedroom Alcoves

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch on green paper with horizontal strokes, numbered tone notes, and handwritten color notes in the upper corner.

Clouds over Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash elevation drawing of a classical building with domed wings, a central tower, and columns.

Elevation of a building

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Oil sketch of a cloudy sunset glowing orange over dark hills, with the word Jamaica written in the lower left corner.

Cloudy Sunset, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped figure reading, putti on steps, and a woman with a basket beside classical architectur

Urban Scene with Draped Figure, Putti, and Woman Carrying Basket

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a uniformed soldier lying dead on the ground, boots extended, on tan paper with grid line

Dead Soldier

Ange-Louis Janet Lange, 1830

Grey wash drawing of an ornate baldacchino over an altar with papal arms, angels, columns and a crucifix.

Baldacchino with Papal Ar

Giuseppe Valadier, 1770

Oil sketch of pink-lit clouds over rolling green hills and trees under a teal sky, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Clouds above the Hudson Valley, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Small painting of two pale icebergs rising above dark choppy sea under a warm tan sky.

Two Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850