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Pencil sketch of a standing figure seen from behind in a fringed garment, with cloud studies and handwritten notes on cream p

Cloud Sketch and Figure of Cecrops

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pen and brown ink drawing of a decorative dado with spiraling scrolls, laurel garland and measurement marks.

Dado

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of heads, a seated child, and a woman holding a child, with a museum stamp.

Beggars, Venice, Italy

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long dress seen from behind, with smaller study sketches of a piano and figures on tan paper.

Woman Standing Before a Piano

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch sheet of tropical plants including palms, flowering spikes and broad leaves, with handwritten colour notes.

Botanical Sketches near Jorje, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pastel portrait of a young woman with curled hair holding pink and white flowers against a dark blue background.

Portrait of a Woman

Rosalba Carriera, 1710

Brown ink and wash drawing of Apollo in a chariot pulled by winged horses across clouds, within an octagonal frame.

Apollo in his Chariot with Aurora, Sala Ottogonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Graphite sketch of distant mountains, tropical plants, tree trunks, and studies of men in hats, with handwritten notes.

River Bank with Mountains and Clouds, Three Plants, and Men with Hats, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pastel study of a nude woman kneeling, seen from behind, with one arm raised, on pale paper.

Study for a kneeling woman, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pen and ink ceiling design with an oval medallion, scrolling foliage, small figures, and a decorative border on pale paper.

Design for One Quarter of a Ceiling with a Central Circular Decoration

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil caricature of a balding man with wide eyes, bushy mustache and heavy jaw on tan paper.

Caricature

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of Daniel among lions with a winged angel descending above an arched architectural setting.

Daniel in the Lion's Den

Pietro Novelli, 1640

Woman in a Sunbonnet

Winslow Homer, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of three vertical ornamental pilaster strips with scrollwork, birds, and a central oval medallion.

Design for the Decoration of Three Pilaster Strips

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Decorative embroidery design with yellow leaves, blue flowers, garlands, and birds including a peacock on a pale ground.

Design for Embroidery, Gentleman's Waistcoat Pocket

Mademoiselle Calva, 1770

Colored drawing of a neoclassical salon chimney wall with columns, statues, green central panel and swagged drapery above.

Elevation of Salon Chimney Wall

Pierre Louis Moreau Desproux, 1770

Pen and brown wash drawing of five console table designs with candlesticks and figural supports, numbered 94.

Designs for Five Console Tables, Three with Candlesticks, Probably for Rooms in the Palazzo Altieri, Rome

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and brown ink drawing of an ornamental cartouche with foliage, putti at the corners and a bird above, blank center.

Designs for Cartouches

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Brown ink drawing of an angel kneeling before an elderly man beside a well, with standing robed figures in an arched architec

Copy after Annunciation of the Angel to Zechariah

Andrea del Sarto

Pencil sketch of a seated draped woman beside a tall urn on a stepped pedestal with a garland.

Study after a Funeral Monument and Study after Frieze

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated nude male figure with one arm outstretched, drawn on brown paper.

Sketch for Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Ink and wash drawing of two friezes with allegorical figures, chariots, horses, and winged putti.

Personification of Two of the Elements

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a kettle drum with tuning keys, a chair and a faint background figure behind it.

Kettle Drum

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a tall tree with bare and leafy branches above rocks, with a small figure at lower left.

Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Charcoal and chalk study on brown paper of a muscular arm and torso, with an inscription reading Il Sansone fece in the corne

Study: The left arm and the neighboring parts of the body of an elderly man

called Il Sansone Giuseppe Marchesi, 1720

Portrait Study of Annie A. Brush, Seated in Profile

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Watercolor design of a gilded candlestick with a winged female figure holding a laurel wreath beside a lit candle.

Design for a Bronze Candlestick

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, 1810

Pen and watercolor drawing of a seated bearded god on clouds with winged figures, musicians, and an altar inscribed PACE.

Olympus

Felice Giani, 1810

Oil sketch of a lake among wooded hills at sunset, with a bright sun reflected on the water and a rounded mountain at left.

Eagle Lake Viewed from Cadillac Mountain, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash design drawing of a bedroom alcove with draped curtains and a frieze of figures above.

Design for Bedroom Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Red chalk study of several heads and a seated child with drapery by Giovanni Battista Naldini, 1570.

Study of man, woman and child heads, sitting child

Giovanni Battista Naldini, 1570

Pencil sketches of robed figures and dogs on tan paper, with handwritten color notes annotating the clothing.

Figure Sketches with Dogs, Port Said, Egypt

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash sketch of three panels showing winged cupids, a horse-drawn chariot, and a lion with a figure.

Three Panels with Cupids

Felice Giani, 1820

Watercolor of two rowboats on a pale beach under a dark overcast sky, with two figures and distant ships on the horizon.

Stern View of Two Rowboats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Charcoal sketch of two women and a child at a wooden rail overlooking a beach, with a figure reclining below.

Two Women and a Child at a Rail, Overlooking Beach at Tynemouth

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and ink sketch of a cloaked man with a stick beside a smaller figure, on a page with a stamp and the number 26.

Sketches of Peg-Legged Men

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1740

Brown ink and wash drawing of Apollo seated playing a lyre beside a quiver of arrows and a decorative frieze.

Apollo

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil studies of icebergs in rows on pale green paper, with handwritten notes and a date in the lower right.

Icebergs at Sea near Newfoundland, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink and watercolor drawing of two women with dark hair and ornaments, one holding a fan, with a sketched street behind them.

Two Spanish Women

Constantin Guys, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of armored warriors with shields and spears fighting over a nude body in battle.

The Battle for the Corpse of Patroclus

Jérôme-Martin Langlois, 1800

Pen and brown wash sketch of mythological medallions with nude figures, bulls and a bull's head, by Felice Giani.

Deeds of Jupiter, for a Ceiling

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and blue wash drawing of turbaned figures kneeling before a seated ruler on a dais, one offering a tray, with armored gua

Turkish Ambassador Presenting Gift to Don Giovanni of Austria

Belisario Corenzio, 1630

Design drawing of a painted ceiling with a central scene of figures on steps and mounted riders in corner panels.

Design for a Painted Ceiling

Marco Capizucchi, 1830

Brown wash and red chalk sketch of an allegorical scene with a central enthroned figure surrounded by seated and reclining fi

Design for Allegory of Divine Wisdom, Reception Room, Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy

Andrea Sacchi, 1630

Ink and wash drawing with a central scene of a figure with a bow beside an altar and dog, flanked by two diamond-shaped figur

Three Bacchus Subjects: Bacchus Worshipped: Bacchus Marries Ariadne; Triumph of Bacchus

Felice Giani, 1800

Ink and brown wash design sketch of a bedroom alcove with arched figural panels and an oval medallion.

Design for a Bedroom Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a paneled entrance wall with cherubs, garlands, classical urns and a central double door.

The elevation of the entrance wall of a drawing room with alternative suggestions

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Grey chalk drawing of a monumental fluted urn on a pedestal in a park, with trees and a small figure.

Monumental Vase in a Park

Felice Giani, 1800

Design drawing of an octagonal ceiling with blue vault, pink ornamental borders and a central scene of Mars and Venus.

Design for a Painted Octagonal Panel

Marco Capizucchi, 1820

Pencil sketch of a standing barefoot boy in a buttoned jacket with his hands in his pockets, on a cream mount.

A Standing Boy

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Brown ink sketch of colonnaded arcades, church interiors, a tomb scene and ornamental candelabra designs.

Sketchbook Page: Atrium, San Pietro, Bologna and Detail from San Pietro; Detail from S. Michele in Bosco; Verso, Geom…

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of palm trees, a leafy tree, hills and a reclining figure, with handwritten colour notes on grey paper.

Mixed Sketches, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor design detail of a seated woman with flower garland, gilded scrolls, urn and sphinx within a decorative border.

Detail of panel of Salon of Louis XIII

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pencil sketch of a grotesque mask, two smaller ornamental masks, a sword hilt and a draped ribbon with the letters R and C.

Part of Sheet 5 of a Drawing Book, Masks and Part of a Trophy

Carlo Maria Giudici, 1780

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of a river landscape with a distant island, palms, reeds and ferns in the foreground.

Views along the Rio Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil drawing of a standing female nude with hair pinned up, turning her head toward the viewer, hands clasped low.

Standing Female Nude

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Sketch of a Bull's Head, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Three-panel pen and ink drawing with brown wash showing mythological scenes of a forge, Venus with cupids, and a festive gath

Winter, the Forge of the Vulcan, Spring, the Bath of Venus, Summer Feasts of Bacchus and Ceres

Felice Giani, 1790

Pencil sketch of a man with a full mustache in a frock coat, surrounded by handwritten color notes on tan paper.

President Chester Alan Arthur, Study of Head

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of two women with a basket and a bearded man in a plumed hat, with draped classical garments.

Two Women with a Basket

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of an inkstand design with two seated women flanking a central vessel on an ornate base.

Design for an Inkstand

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1800

Pencil study of a bowed, hooded seated figure with stylized flowing drapery, labeled as a stained glass design study.

Study for "Memory," Pittsburgh, PA

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Watercolor design for an andiron with gilded swans, laurel wreath, green panel, ewer and flaming urn.

Design for an Andiron

Tournai Lefebvre Manufactory, 1800

Graphite sketches on tan paper of several nude young children in different standing and crouching poses.

Studies of Putti

James Wells Champney, 1880