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Pencil sketch on pale paper showing studies of two outstretched arms and hands, one resting in the upper left.

Sketch of Hands

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Graphite sketch on brown paper of separate arms, a hand, and two legs with feet, by Walter Shirlaw, 1900.

Sketch for Bank Note Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Pencil sketch sheet with shaded trees above, a small sailboat study, and a small building with figures by the sea.

Figures in Lee of Building with Ocean Beyond, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Ink and grey wash design of an ornamental title frame with a putto, two doves, garlands and laurel branches around a blank pa

Design for decoration of a title page

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Pencil design drawing of a garden fountain with cascading water and a relief frieze of reclining mythological figures.

Design for Fountain with Tritone

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown wash drawing of four framed allegorical figures representing America, Asia, Africa and Europe in classical inte

The Four Continents: America, Asia, Africa, Europe

Felice Giani, 1810

Grey wash drawing of a winged angel between flaming torches on ornate pedestals, with radiating light behind.

Design for a ceremonial decoration

Carlo Marchionni, 1750

Pencil sketch of two boats on a beach with figures, a sail, and a small dog, by Winslow Homer.

Two Boats on Beach with Figures, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto flying among clouds in a lunette shape, with a handwritten inscription above.

Winter, Lunette for Ceiling of Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Painting of yellow and red zinnias among green leaves on a loose gray-blue background with visible brushwork.

Zinnias

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of a pale iceberg floating on teal water under rosy, cloudy pink skies.

Iceberg Under Cloudy Skies, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Hand-drawn ink map of part of Penobscot County, Maine, showing a river, township grid, and handwritten place names on tan pap

Map of a Part of Penobscot County, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged goddess Iris pointing beside an old bearded man, with columns and a distant warrior camp

Iris Encourages Priam to Beg the Body of Hector from Achilles

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a leafy tree with a branching trunk above a wooden fence, with faint smaller tree studies to the right.

Tree Sketches, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Red chalk study on blue paper of a seated draped man with a turned head and several sketched arms and hands.

Study for an Evangelist

Giuseppe Passeri, 1700

Three colored design drawings of ornate candlesticks labeled A, B and C, with yellow and grey washes on pale paper.

Three Designs for Candlesticks

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pencil sketch of soldiers gathered in a field, drawn loosely on a page in a maroon sketchbook.

Soldiers in a Field

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of a standing man with a lantern beside seated figures and rocks, a study for Winslow Homer's The Wreck.

Sketch for "The Wreck"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of a craggy rocky outcrop and boulders with trees on the ridge, inscribed Study from Nature.

Study from Nature

Thomas Doughty, 1830

Pencil sketch of four allegorical female figures on a folding screen design, with color notes labeling each panel.

Allegorical figures

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of three men playing dominoes at a table beside a teapot, with Chinese scrolls on the wall behind them.

Three Chinese Men Playing Dominoes in a Baxter Street Club-House, New York City

Winslow Homer, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged angels playing a tambourine, lute and flute among clouds.

Concert of Angels

Felice Giani, 1810

Oil sketch of a calm blue sea and pale sky above brown coastal hills, with small clouds along the horizon.

View of the Sea from Bloxburgh, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash sketch of two figures in a rowboat on calm sea, with a distant sailboat on the horizon.

Two Figures in a Rowboat

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of a seated figure in draped fabric with an arm resting across a chair back and a hand at right.

Sketches for Portraits

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil sketch of two female hands in different poses on cream paper, with the inscription Mrs. McCready at lower right.

Sketch of Hands for Portrait of Mrs. McCready

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing: left, a palazzo facade with windows and doorways; right, an Annunciation scene with an angel and

Elevation of Palazzo Pazzi dell' Accademia Colombaria [left]; Annunciation [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pen and wash design drawing of an elongated vessel with shell and claw feet, shaded in soft grey tones.

Design for a Tray for Hors D'oeuvres

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and ink elevation drawing of a decorated passageway wall with draped swags, candelabra sconces, and paneled ornament.

Design for the Interior of a Passageway

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1800

Pencil sketch on grid paper of a crowded interior with an arched doorway and figures in period dress.

General Plan for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860