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Pencil sketch on paper showing a standing draped female figure with smaller studies of a seated figure and a head.

Women and children

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Graphite drawing on grey paper of a standing female nude seen from behind, with a separate study of bare feet at right.

Female Nude

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a tall hemlock tree with feathery branches above smaller trees and undergrowth on pale paper.

Study of Hemlock, Gorham, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of an ornamental letter B surrounded by foliage, a horse head, armor, and scrollwork.

Ornamental Design for the Letter B

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1710

Pencil study sheet with figure sketches, hands, feet and head profiles by Walter Shirlaw, 1880.

Studies of Figures for an Historical Representation

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of two putti beside a classical urn overflowing with flowers, on a pale sheet.

Study for a Painted Wall Decoration: Two Putti beside a Vase with Flowers

Antonio de' Dominici, 1710

Pencil sketch of a horse's head and neck in loose graphite lines on cream paper.

Horse

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pen and wash drawing of an ornate escutcheon with putti, scrolls, a draped curtain and a blank central oval.

Design of Escutcheon and Draped Tablet

Leonardo Scaglia, 1620

Pencil sketch of a sailboat on a horizon under loose clouds, with hatched study forms and handwritten notes below.

Seascape

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and ink sketch of a heraldic coat of arms with a crown, star, winged crest and scrolled shield ornament.

Sketch for Coat of Arms

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Charcoal and white chalk study of a seated bearded man in a robe, with sketched hands and head on brown paper.

Study for "Titian Showing the Entombment to Charles V and Pope Clement VII"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child in clouds with angels and saints in loose groups.

Virgin and Child with Saints

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1650

Four brown ink and wash studies of the Madonna and Child with saints, arranged in two rows on a single sheet.

Madonna and Child and St. John, Study after Francia; Madonna and Child with St. John, Study after Dossi; Madonna and…

Felice Giani, 1820

Pen and brown wash drawing of ornamental wall paneling, oval medallions, a console table, and a seated figure sketch.

Wall decoration; console table

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of villagers gathered on a street before a whitewashed building, including women in headscarves and children.

The Artist in the Village

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and wash design drawing of a tiered sepulchral wall monument with columns, a bust medallion, and cherub ornament.

Design for a sepulchral wall monument

Girolamo Rainaldi, 1600

Brown ink and wash design drawing of draped bed hangings with a valance, curtains, and central tassel swag.

Design for a Bedroom Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Two graphite and white chalk sketches of a lake shoreline with reeds, trees and cloudy sky on grey paper.

Study of lake

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1870

Pen and ink design of a square decorative ceiling with central medallion and garlands, with a small architectural sketch abov

Decorated Ceiling and Wall

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Virgin ascending among angels and putti on clouds beneath a radiant heavenly glory.

Ascension of the Virgin

Giuseppe Galeotti, 1800

Graphite study of a curly-haired child looking upward within an oval border, with a handwritten inscription below.

Study of Child for "Communion of the Sick"

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in a long layered dress, with loose shading on the fabric folds, on cream paper.

Seated woman

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of a girl in a short dress standing on a rope swing beside tree trunks.

Girl Standing on a Swing

Winslow Homer, 1870

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a standing man in a zouave-style uniform with hands on hips, on blue-gray paper.

Zouave

Winslow Homer, 1860

Ink and wash sketch of three classical scenes with seated and standing figures, with handwritten Italian captions.

Cornelia, Mother of Gracchi; Socrates, Alcibiades and Aspasia; Zeus and the Maidens of Crotone

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman resting one arm on a ledge, gazing over her shoulder, on gray paper.

Seated Female Nude, Study for Portrait of Mrs. Cortland DePeyster Field (nee Hamersley)

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Dog

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil and wash study of a gnarled sycamore tree with bare branches over rocky ground and background trees.

Study of Sycamore

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pencil botanical sketch of a tall century plant flowering stalk with handwritten colour notes beside it.

Century Plant in Bloom, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil study of gathered white drapery for a kneeling figure, with a smaller fold of cloth sketched at upper right.

Drapery Study for Kneeling Figure in "Communion of the Sick"

Daniel Huntington, 1840