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Oval portrait of an older woman in a lace cap and red shawl with fur trim, set in an ornate gilt frame.

Portrait of Sarah Amelia Cooper

B. C. Porter, 1890

Painting of a woman in a dark hat and yellow jacket smelling a blossom beneath a flowering tree in a green field.

The Yellow Jacket

Winslow Homer, 1870

Watercolor design of a classical column with a Corinthian capital and ornate gold scrollwork filling the shaft.

Design for an Ornamental Colonette

Gertrude M. Clarke, 1900

Hand-coloured title page with a draped curtain, butterflies, trees and roses framing French text and a castle landscape.

Title page, "Insectes d'Europe, Pients d'apres nature," by J.J. Ernst

Jacques Juillet, 1770

Engraved print of six trophy arrangements with helmets, flags, arrows, swords, a basket and flower garlands.

Trophies

Jacques Juillet, 1700

Engraved portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte seated in a chair at Fontainebleau, wearing a military coat and tall boots beside a d

Napoleon Bonaparte at Fon

Giuseppe Guzzi, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna rising on clouds under a radiant dove, with kneeling saints gazing upward.

Madonna and Saints

Sebastiano Conca, 1720

Brown ink drawing split in two: a hunting scene with nude figures above, and a crowd of riders and horses in a storm below.

Diana and Actaeon [above]; Dido and Aeneas Shelter from the Storm [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Pencil and chalk study of a bare leg with bent knee and foot on cream paper, by Robert Frederick Blum, 1890.

Study for the left maenad, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Yellow-toned watercolor design of a mantel clock with a classical archer figure, bow, quiver and lion mask ornament.

Design for a clock

Tournai Lefebvre Manufactory, 1800

Brown ink drawing of Madonna holding the Christ child, with St. Joseph standing behind them at left.

Madonna and Child with St. Joseph

Felice Giani, 1810

Red chalk drawing of a reclining figure supported by draped women before arched colonnades, with children at right.

Figural Study

Giacomo Cavedone, 1640

Watercolor design of a hanging altar lamp with gold chains, flames, two eagles and a garland on an urn-shaped body.

Altar Lamp

Luigi Righetti, 1810

Graphite and white chalk study of draped cloth with deep folds on toned paper, torn edges, inscription lower right.

Study of Drapery

Giovani Gioseffo dal Sole, 1670

Study of a Woman's Head for "Sacred Lesson"

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pen and ink drawing of two hanging censers with ornate scrollwork, chains, and finials on pale paper.

Two Censers

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a tree trunk with a dark ant nest and a small leafy plant growing from it on pale paper.

Ant's Nest on a Tree Trunk, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing of layered swagged drapery with tassels and central rosettes over a decorative base.

Design for Drapery Over Door or Bed

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Red chalk study sheet with three figures: two seated men in hats, a bearded man leaning over a ledge, and a seated figure see

Figural Studies

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1650

Watercolor design of a bronze krater with classical reliefs on a tiered marble pedestal, with a scale bar below.

Bronze Vase with the Sacrifice of Iphigenia (after the Medici Vase)

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pastel study of a nude woman raising her arms beside a stone fountain, with a tree and teal sky behind her.

Study of a Woman at Her Bath

Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Pen and ink sketch of the Holy Family with a young John the Baptist beside a seated Virgin and infant Christ.

The Holy Family with John the Baptist

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil portrait sketch of an elderly bearded man resting his hand on his cheek, looking to the side.

Portrait of Abram Stevens Hewitt

Carroll Beckwith, 1890

Pen and watercolor sketch of two women in cloaks walking across a town square with a church spire behind them.

On a Square in a Spanish Town

Constantin Guys, 1860

Brown ink drawing of two figures holding laurel wreaths above twisted pole forms, one muscular male and one winged female.

Two figures as crests of poles

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure seen from behind, one arm raised to the head, on a tinted paper sheet.

Nudes

Manni, 1710

Loose pencil sketch of two men on horseback, one in a wide-brimmed hat, with faint trees and horizon behind them.

Men on horseback

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and ink sketch of a standing man with a tool and basket beside a bent-over woman working in a field.

Man and Woman Working by a River

Elliott Daingerfield, 1880

Pencil sketch of a man in a bowler hat and long coat seen from behind, with a small head study above.

Figures in a crowd

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Graphite study of a draped seated female figure on a squared grid, labeled as a study for the figure of Poetry.

Study for "Poetry," "The Arts," Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

Kenyon Cox, 1890