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Pencil sketch of a leaning evergreen on a rocky coast with a small lighthouse at left, dated July 1850.

Coastal Evergreen and Lighthouse, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Birth of the Virgin with attendants, a basin, a vase, and sketched cherubs above.

Birth of the Virgin

Luca Giordano, 1650

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures harvesting grapes under a vine arbor beside a wooden wine vat.

Winemaking

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a gnarled willow tree with twisting trunk and spreading bare branches on a pale sheet.

Willow on the Rhône, Geneva, Switzerland

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate helmet with a curling plume, cherubs and scrolling ornament.

Helmet

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and ink sketches of two decorative cartouche frames with foliage, scrollwork, and a bird in flight.

Two sketches for cartouches

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Pen and wash design drawings of a grape-decorated goblet and a footed bowl with serpent handles on cream paper.

Designs for Two Cups

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and wash drawing of three classical figures on clouds in an oval frame, including a winged youth holding a torch.

Design for Wall or Ceiling Decoration with Bacchus, Hymen and Venus

Felice Giani, 1800

Painting of slender trumpet trees with broad green leaves and a white blossom over reddish earth and undergrowth.

Trumpet Trees, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sketches of Four Heads in Caricature

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Red chalk drawing of a helmeted soldier striding right, holding a long spear across his body.

Striding Soldier

Aniello Falcone, 1640

Study of a Young Bishop in Adoration

Carlo Maratti, 1700

Grey wash drawing of the Pentecost with the Virgin Mary and apostles kneeling beneath a dove and rays of light, with angels a

Scene from Acts of the Apostles, after Stradanus

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1700

Graphite sketch of a seated nude woman in a headband, one arm resting on a support, study by Kenyon Cox.

Study for "Astronomy," "The Sciences," Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Pen and wash design drawing of a covered soup tureen with a seated Juno figure on the lid, eagles, and garlands.

Design for a Round Tureen

Giovacchino Belli, 1800

Pencil study of a sleeping child with curly hair and closed eyes, drawn on cream paper with faint shoulder lines.

Sleeping Child

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Two pencil figure studies of a female nude on cream paper: a torso with raised arm above and a reclining figure below.

Two Studies after the Nude of a Woman

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pen drawing on blue paper of two ceiling schemes with rosette medallions and a fireplace wall with pilasters.

A Fireplace Wall and Two Alternative Ceiling Schemes

Felice Giani, 1810

Graphite study of a raised hand with extended index finger on tan paper, a preparatory study by Daniel Huntington.

Study of Angel's Hand for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Study sheet with four brown ink and graphite sketches of hands, some resting on a head, on cream paper.

Studies of Hands

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Graphite study of a seated woman with draped fabric and a wooden chair, with red grid lines and handwritten inscription.

The Morse Code, Study for Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL

Carroll Beckwith, 1890

Brown ink drawing of two nude male figures beside an ornate design with scrollwork, garlands and a pedestal.

Design for the Base of the Silver Crucifix for the High Altar of Saint Peter's, Rome, Italy

Carlo Spagna, 1670

Brown wash drawing of figures before classical buildings, with a woman looking up and logs piled in the foreground.

Man and Woman Being Martyred

Belisario Corenzio, 1590

Red chalk drawing of two bearded men in draped robes, one raising his arm and pointing upward.

Two Apostles

Brown ink and wash sketch of Saint John the Baptist in a prison interior with visiting disciples and onlookers.

Saint John the Baptist in Prison, Visited by his Disciples

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated robed man presenting a book to an attendant, with onlookers and ornate scrollwork.

Tribonian Presents Pandects to Emperor Julian, after Perino del Vaga; Sketch of Trophy

Felice Giani, 1820

Pen and wash drawing of two allegorical women flanking an inscribed pedestal and obelisk, with cherubs and a garland above.

Design for a Monochrome Painting, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1690

Graphite drawing of a nude woman with closed eyes, hand on chest, reclining on gray paper with faint background strokes.

Figure Study of Mercy for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Graphite sketch of a standing male nude with a draped cloth falling from one raised arm and around the legs.

Study for male figure

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pen and ink sketch of decorative ceiling panels with ornamental borders, rosettes, an arched niche and a small figure.

Sketches for the Painted Decoration of Ceilings

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of an ornate palace wall with niches, classical statues, arched windows and decorative friezes with putti.

Sculpture Gallery: Project for the Decoration of a Hall in a Palace during the Reign of the Emperor Napoleon as King…

Pencil sketch of a man in a wide-brimmed hat riding a horse, seen from behind, on a tan sheet of paper.

Man Riding a Horse

Winslow Homer, 1860

Red chalk drawing of three goats, one standing, one lying down, and a head study at left, on tan paper.

Three Goats, after an etching from Berchem's "Animalia" (Animals) [ Animalia ad vivum delineata et aqua forti aeri im…

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem, 1650

Pencil sketch of a classical tomb with a pediment, oval portrait medallions, an inscription panel and a carved pedestal.

Design for the Artist’ Sepulchral Monument

Felice Giani, 1770

Pen and brown wash design of decorated door and wall panels with classical figures, urns, garlands and an oval medallion.

Design for Door and Adjoining Wall Panel Decorations

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and brown wash design drawing of a wall with a draped alcove and a classical frieze of small figures above.

Design for Wall with Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Painted design of stylized multicolored flowers, leaves and berries with a black ruled border, for embroidery.

Design for Embroidery, Corner of Gentleman's Waistcoat

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1780

Brown ink and wash sketch of a chariot race in a classical arena with horses, charioteers, and colonnaded buildings.

Project for Wall Paintings, as Decoration of a Frieze

Felice Giani, 1820

Watercolor sketch of a bowing man in a blue coat facing a woman in a feathered hat and yellow bodice, with handwritten French

The Salutation at the Masquerade

Édouard de Beaumont, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a tall palm tree over resting travelers and animals on rocky ground.

Caravan at Rest Near a Herm

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1650

Ink and wash lunette design showing figures in a studio interior with a draped curtain and decorated pedestal.

Design for a Lunette with Allegory of Sculpture

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil botanical sketch of a tall flowering stem and blossoms on paper, with handwritten notes in the margins.

Botanical Sketches, Bloxburgh, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink line drawing of a costumed figure in a plumed helmet and winged cape, signed by Enrico Caruso at lower right.

Enrico Caruso as Don José in "Carmen"

Enrico Caruso, 1920

Brown ink and wash design drawing of a circular platter with a scalloped rim and leaf ornament on one edge.

Design for a Circular Platter

Johann Nepomuk, 1800

Pencil drapery study of a seated woman with billowing cloth and arms raised, drawn over a squared grid.

Study for "The Court," "The Common Law," Appellate Division Court House, New York, NY

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Pencil sketches of a woman carrying a child, a small child, and a man in a wide-brimmed hat on tan paper.

Figure Sketches, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Grey-wash still life drawing of fish, a lobster, and a parrot beside stone blocks and a hanging fish.

Still-life with Fish and Parrot

Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1740

Painted landscape of two pine trees on a rocky slope above a reddish path, with rolling hills and a blue sky.

Two Pine Trees, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of classical gods feasting at a long table, with putti attending and clouds of figures above.

The Feast of the Gods

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a dory crowded with men, with loose lines suggesting waves and water below the boat.

Dory Filled with Men

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor of men gathered on a harbor jetty by a lighthouse, with a central figure in yellow breeches reciting from an open

Water color; Rinaldo Rinaldini is reciting upon the jetty

Saverio della Gatta, 1820

Oval pen and brown ink drawing of an imagined architectural space with arcades, balustrades, columns, and clouds.

Capriccio for a Painted Ceiling

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, 1690

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a hat holding a leafy apple tree branch in a grassy field.

Girl Holding a Branch of an Apple Tree

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pencil sketch of a central figure seen from behind, surrounded by smaller figures of women and children on tan paper.

Group of figures

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Red chalk drawing of two children's heads, one tilted downward and one turned upward, with curly hair.

Studies: Two heads of children

Mauro Gandolfi, 1800

Grey-wash drawing of a ceiling study with clouds, a central chariot figure, putti, and reclining women.

Study for Painted Decoration of a Ceiling, Casino de la Reina (Queen's Casino), Madrid, Spain

Vicente López y Portaña, 1810

Anatomical Sketches of Human and Animal Heads

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Oil sketch of a sunset over layered pink and teal hills, with a small orange sun above a pale water band.

Two Views of the Sunset from Olana, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of three draped female figures on clouds, a study by Walter Shirlaw for a bank note design.

Commerce (Motif for Bank Note Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Brown ink and wash lunettes showing Achilles driving a chariot past Troy and Priam pleading before a seated warrior at a banq

Achilles Drags the Body of Hector around Walls of Troy, Priam Pleads for the Body of Hector, Ceiling Designs for the…

Felice Giani, 1800

Drawing of a seated shepherdess playing a flute to a reclining shepherd beside a tree, in black and red chalk.

Shepherdess Piping to a Shepherd

François Boucher, 1770

Pencil sketch of cardamom and arrowroot plants with handwritten colour notes on a tan sheet of paper.

Cardamom and Arrowroot Sketches, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink sketch of four stacked vignettes showing draped classical goddesses, altars, and mythological figures on a pale s

Four Antique Goddesses

Crouching Dromedary

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of three ornate chalices with baluster stems and decorative bases on tan paper.

Three chalices

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged figure with a charging bull among clouds, in a semicircular lunette shape.

Tarus, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Gray monochrome painting of a rooster and hens on a diagonal wooden roost, with chicks gathered in straw below.

Cock and Chickens

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds with angels playing lute and organ, mounted with a study of musician saint

The Assumption of the Virgin

Ventura Salimbeni, 1610

Pencil sketch of rocky cliffs and headlands on tan paper, labeled Great Island.

Coastline Cliffs of Great Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil study of loose drapery folds on aged paper, with an ink signature in the lower left corner.

Study of Drapery

Giovani Gioseffo dal Sole, 1680

Four pen and wash drawings of putti statues on pedestals, labeled with allegorical names like Wisdom and Constancy.

Projects for statues: "Wisdom." "Constancy." "Eloquence." "Cupid Disguised."

Flemish Jan Claudius de Cock, 1720

Pen and ink drawing in an octagon of a banquet with reclining gods, a spilled cup, and a fallen figure on the floor.

Hebe Falls and Spills the Nectar Brought to Jupiter

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of sailing boats moored in a calm harbor with reflections on the water and a rowboat near the center.

View of a Harbor

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil botanical study of oxalis, zinnia, and potato blossom sprigs on pale paper, with handwritten plant labels.

Oxalis, Zinnia, and Potato Blossom, East Hampton

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pencil sketches of two leafy plant branches on tan paper, with a museum stamp at lower left.

Sketches of Plants

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil caricature of a bearded man with round spectacles and tousled hair on a cream sheet with a museum stamp.

Caricature of James McNeill Whistler

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Grey wash sketch of a town square with a tall tower, factory chimney with smoke, and crowds of figures in long clothing.

Town Square (Study for an Illustration)

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Pencil sketch of a tree-lined lakeshore with loose grasses in the foreground and the date Sep 1876 written in the corner.

Lake View near Mt. Katahdin, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pen and brown ink drawing with two scenes: Melchizedek offering bread and wine above, and a unicorn hunt below.

Melchizedek Brings Bread and Wine to Abraham [above]; Unicorn Hunt [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

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

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pen and brown wash drawing of a tall fluted column on a stepped base, topped by a standing statue.

Monumental column

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in three-quarter view with handwritten inscriptions naming the sitter below.

Sketch of Peter Richards' Head for his Portrait

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Brown ink sketch of two men with a large instrument walking past a building sign, with musical notes below.

Recto: Three Musicians in Front of the Albergo Della Pace, 1810

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor of a decorated wall with wood paneling, caryatid figures, putti, an oval hunting scene and a wooden chair.

Section of wall, Gallery Francis I, Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pencil sketch of icebergs above a horizon line on tan paper, with white highlights suggesting ice, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite pencil sketch of three female figures, one standing with raised arm, in a shaded rocky landscape, study for design.

A Group of Four Nymphs (Motif for Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil study of a seated draped woman operating a telegraph key, with a handwritten label reading The Morse Code.

The Morse Code, Study for "Electricity as Applied to Commerce," Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Colum…

Carroll Beckwith, 1890

Ink and wash drawing in an octagonal frame: a standing figure with a staff faces a reclining figure, with a serpent below.

Ceres is told of the Rape of Proserpina

Felice Giani, 1810

A Bavarian Peasant

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Watercolor design of two gilt bronze andirons with sphinxes and griffins and a central sconce with a figure holding candle ar

Design for Two Andirons and Sconce of Gilt Bronze

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, 1770

Watercolor design of a mounted rider on a rearing horse inside an ornate gilded rococo frame with cherubs and a crown.

Wall Decoration for Cosimo III de' Medici

Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1700

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowned female figure holding a sword and scales, surrounded by putti and clouds in an oval.

Personification of Justice

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto aiming a bow from a centaur in a lunette-shaped composition.

Sagittarius, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown wash drawing of a two-branch candlestick with griffin heads, lion masks on the pedestal, and a flame finial.

Design for a Candlestick

Johann Nepomuk, 1820

Pencil sketch of a left hand hanging downward with curled fingers and a sleeve cuff, on aged paper with a museum stamp.

Drawing: A hanging left hand

Carlo Maratti, 1700

Two nude children recline on a pale cloth beside a vase, against a green and gold patterned backdrop with foliage.

Drawing - Pierre Victor Galland, 1900

Pierre Victor Galland, 1900