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Pencil sketch of a Swiss mountain valley with a rocky stream, boulders, pine trees and distant peaks.

Landscape, Stechelberg, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

William Trost Richards, 1860

Sketches of People on Montreal Boat

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design elevation of a chinoiserie wall with a tiled roof, central dragon figure, and pink and blue decorative pane

Design for the South Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Ink cartoon sketches of 1860s figures in crinoline gowns and formal dress, with handwritten captions across a folded sheet.

Sheet of cartoons of contemporary life

A. Bonaventure, 1860

Watercolor interior elevation of a pink-paneled wall with a white fireplace, central mirror, green swags and an arched niche.

Wall Elevation with Fireplace

Frederick Crace, 1810

Watercolor design of a decorative wall with a yellow panel showing a mythical creature, dancing figures, and dragon-shaped pi

Design for South Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Watercolor elevation of a wall with blue and pink paneled doors, gilded trim, and painted decorative panels.

Design for Window Wall Decoration, possibly for Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pencil sketch of a baby lying on its back, head turned left, one hand raised to the mouth, legs bent with bare feet showing.

Study of a Baby

Louise Cox, 1900

Charcoal study of a nude male figure standing and holding a long staff, with soft shading on the torso and legs.

Nude Study of Man Walking

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Pencil sketch of a horse's head and harness on cream paper, with handwritten inscription below.

A Buggy Horse

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Pencil sketch of a reclining man with closed eyes on a pillow, with handwritten colour notes across the page.

Funerary Portrait of James Cardinal Gibbons

Griffith Baily Coale, 1920

Red chalk drawing of a scrolled corner ornament with a partially nude male figure reclining within it.

Corner detail with partially nude male figure

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pen and watercolor drawing of veiled women and a crowd gathered around an ox cart beneath a large tree.

Lucius Albinius Rescues the Vestal Virgins

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, 1800

Red chalk drawing of an ornate Costaguti coat of arms with scrolls, an inscription, and a partial female figure and bird.

Costaguti coat of arms and part of a female figure

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Red chalk sketch of a standing figure holding fronds with a small putto below, on cream paper with a ruled border.

Figure with fronds and putto

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor wall elevation with yellow pilasters, blue panels, paneled double doors, candelabra and a classical statue in a ni

Wall Elevation

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pencil sketch of a sailboat seascape with a rowboat and rocks beside an interior view of a wooden staircase.

Sketch of Landscape and Staircase

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Red chalk sketch of a draped standing figure with one arm raised holding an object, drawn on cream paper within a border.

St. Francis Borgia (de Borja) from St. Peter's colonnade

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Red chalk sketch of a running female figure with arms raised and drapery flowing behind her.

Running female figure

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Painted design for a gold rocaille cartouche with scrolling acanthus, floral garlands and a dark blue background.

Design for a Rocaille Ornament

Crace & Son, 1820

Pen and brown ink sketch of a rustic courtyard with a shed, a leaning tree, and a kneeling figure beside a glowing opening.

Set for a Christmas Crèche (Nativity)

Leonardo Scaglia, 1740

Red chalk sketch of a robed man in a twisting pose, one arm raised holding a whip, on a pale framed sheet.

Robed figure with whip

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch in two panels showing a sailboat near a shore and a steep wooded bluff above calm water with distant hills.

Two sketches of Ridges

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design of a chinoiserie window alcove with red swagged drapery, blue lattice panels, and a glazed central door.

Window Alcove for the Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pen drawing of an arched window elevation with swagged drapery, looped curtains and fluted pilasters.

Window Wall Elevation

Frederick Crace, 1810

Watercolor interior of a kitchen with a grand stone fireplace, a seated woman in blue, a black cat, and shelves of jars.

Vitré

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Red chalk sketch of a winged male figure seated among architectural forms, framed by a double rule border.

Ceiling detail with winged male figure

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Two Sketches of Men

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Red chalk drawing of a standing robed saint with draped sleeves, hatched shading, and the number 18 at right.

St. Nicholas of Tolentino from St. Peter's colonnade

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Red chalk sketch of two winged figures with crowns and flowing drapery, set within a double gold ruled border.

Two winged figures with crowns

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor design for three Gothic stained glass windows with a seated central figure, two angels, and heraldic arms.

Design for Stained Glass Window

Walter Sterling of Drumpellier, 1850

Three figures

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Red chalk drawing of women washing near grazing cattle and a seated herder, with a dog and a farm building in the background.

Women doing washing near a cow-herd

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1800

Watercolor wall design with pale blue ground, five framed garden scenes with figures and a pavilion, and a Greek key border.

Wall Decoration, Blue (South) Drawing Room

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pale sketch of Murano's low waterfront skyline with church towers rising above a flat lagoon.

Study of seascape, Murano, Italy

William Stanley Haseltine, 1870

Watercolor elevation of a room wall with a central fireplace, yellow panel, green marbled pilasters and two paneled doors.

Wall Elevation with Fireplace and Two Doors

Frederick Crace, 1810

Watercolor design of an arched wall panel with blue and gold floral motifs, rosettes, and ornamental borders.

Design for a wall panel in Moorish Style

J.D. Woodward, 1890

Pen drawing of a crowd on steps before a stone portal with a banner reading Disegni originali di artisti moderni.

Title-page for an Album of Drawings, "Disegni originali di artisti moderni"

Giovanni Piancastelli, 1920

Watercolor interior wall design with two arched niches holding seated gilded figures, a blue urn, and a scrolled frieze.

Design for the Entrance Hall, the East Wall, the Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Charcoal design sketch of two stylized hounds with curved tails inside a decorative arched frame.

Design for Firescreen, Hounds

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Red chalk drawing of a draped female figure with a halo and anchor, framed by a gold and black double border.

Hope from the loggia at St. Peter's

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor design of a red double door with classical urn in an arch, flanked by red and marbleized wall panels.

Red Door, Marbleized Wall

Frederick Crace, 1810

Red chalk drawing of a robed female saint holding a palm frond, standing on a pedestal within a black and gold border.

St. Lucy from St. Peter's colonnade

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor design elevation of a decorated interior wall with a scrolling frieze, paneled doors and a red lattice railing.

Entrance Hall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Watercolor of moored sailing boats and rowboats in calm water beneath an overcast sky with a distant shoreline.

A Seascape

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Watercolor interior elevation with chinoiserie landscape wallpaper, latticed doors, red drapery and a central altar table wit

Interior with Chinese Wallpaper

Frederick Crace, 1800

Painted floor design with a cream mosaic-like ground, red border of palmette medallions, and scrolling floral corner motifs.

Design for floor covering

Pen and ink drawing of mounted cavalry driving a large herd of cattle across a field past a tree and stream.

The Cattle Raid by the Confederate Cavalry

Alfred Waud, 1880

Pencil sketches of two men seated on rocks, one at left seen from behind and one at right holding a paper, on tan paper.

Two Sketches of a Man Seated on Rocks in San Remo

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design of a curved ceiling with pink pleated drapery, red and blue lattice panel, and paneled doorway.

Ceiling Decoration, probably for the Conservatory/Music Room

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pencil study sheet of women in bonnets at a market, some seated, some standing, with baskets and handwritten note.

Market Day

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of two Holy Family scenes with the Virgin, Christ child and Saint Joseph under a tree.

Holy Family

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1610

Pen and wash drawing of the Holy Family under trees, with a reclining figure and a reaching child studies below.

The Holy Family

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1630

Red chalk sketch of a muscular figure with raised arms and swirling drapery on cream paper, within a decorative border.

God dividing light from darkness, from the Sistine Chapel Ceiling by Michelangelo

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Head of Athena (from a cast)

Adile Marie Osborne, 1900

Green and gold rococo rocaille scrollwork design drawn on tan paper, with interlocking C-scrolls and leafy fronds.

Design for a Painted Coach Panel with Rocaille Motif

Edward Crace, 1740

Pencil drawing of a wall design with ornate pilasters, foliate scrollwork and a decorative lower frieze around a blank panel.

Design for a Wall Decoration, Possibly for the Corridor

Frederick Crace, 1810

Red chalk drawing of a standing figure facing a gesturing kneeling figure in draped robes against a faint landscape.

Standing and Kneeking Figures

Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1730

Repeating Art Nouveau wallpaper design of golden wheat ears and green scrolling foliage on a pale blue background.

Design for Wallpaper

Anna M. de Pool, 1890

Watercolor design for a floor covering with an arched panel of symmetrical blue and gold motifs and a patterned border.

Design for a floor covering

Red chalk drawing of an angel with large wings, arm outstretched, and loose draped robes, framed by a black and gold border.

Angel with large wings

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of sailboats on calm water with a rocky headland and shoreline in the distance.

Point Levi From Boat

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Graphite drapery study of swirling and falling cloth, labeled Jacob and the Angel, on aged paper.

Drapery Study for "Jacob Wrestling with the Angel"

Kenyon Cox, 1880

Pen and ink study of the Flight into Egypt with the Holy Family on a donkey, angels above among palm trees, and a distant lan

Study for Painting "The Flight into Egypt"

Antonio Bellandi, 1850