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Pencil sketch of marching infantry soldiers and drummers in the foreground, with a column of troops receding across an open f

Marching Infantry Column

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing with four panels of putti, a lion, an eagle, and allegorical figures for ceiling decoration.

Design for Ceiling Decoration, Four Allegorical Representations

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Pencil design for a ceiling with a central chariot scene, winged figures, trumpets and ornamental scrolls in a grid layout.

Ceiling Decoration, Victory in a Chariot, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Charcoal sketch on blue-grey paper of a man in a cap and long coat, seen from behind, holding a drum and stick.

Drummer Seen from the Back

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a deathbed scene with angels playing lute and flute above, putti on clouds, and kneeling mourne

Design for a Monochrome Wall Painting, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy, Death of St. Caterina Vigri

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1690

Brown ink and wash drawing of a shaggy goat with curved horns standing in shallow water near rocks.

Study of a Goat

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1770

Two colored design studies for a brooch with gold scrollwork, red crosses, and blue and white star medallions.

Design for a Brooch

Carlo Ansorge, 1860

Graphite study of a seated man reading against a tree, with sketches of hands and feet around him.

Study for Illustration

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Oval grey-blue wash drawing of three putti near an architectural niche, with brown and white highlights.

Three Putti: Design for a Grisaille Painting

Jacob de Wit, 1750

Grey wash drawing of a vertical ceiling design with Apollo, putti, clouds and a reclining draped figure.

Ceiling Design with Apollo

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, 1770

Pencil sketch of a long-necked stringed instrument with notes about pine wood and a small study of birds.

Musical instrument

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of a leafy group of trees with slender trunks rising from rocky ground, handwritten date at right.

A Group of Trees, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical underworld scene with a enthroned figure, robed attendants, and columns.

Hades; Persephone in the Underworld (Offering to Proserpine)

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a rocky coast with boulders, a flat shoreline, three small figures, and distant buildings under a pale sky.

Study for "Rocky Coast and Gulls"

Winslow Homer, 1860

Ink and pencil study sheet with scrolled cartouche, medallion, crossed staffs and leafy ornaments on cream paper.

Studies of Masts and Ornaments

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Black and white chalk drawing on blue paper of two winged putti in dynamic poses, with a sketched urn.

Sketches of Two Winged Putti and an Urn

Taddeo Zuccari, 1550

Brown ink and wash drawing of ornamented interior wall paneling, a fireplace, and a circular decorative motif.

Designs for a Living Room Interior

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor design with pink roses, purple pansies, topiary, cypress trees and a fountain in decorative borders.

Design for Gile, pattern 1757 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Favel, 1780

Brown ink drawing of the Virgin handing the infant Christ to a kneeling woman, with angels and putti among clouds.

Design for a Monochrome Wall Painting, Church of Corpus Domini, Bologna, Italy, St. Caterina Vigri Receives the Babe…

Marcantonio Franceschini, 1690

Female Nude Study for "A Magdalen"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Graphite and chalk portrait of a woman with side-parted hair and a white collar, on tan paper.

Portrait of Sarah E. Richards

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Ink and wash floor plan showing an octagonal room and a rectangular room with ornamental panels and a handwritten Italian ins

Centerpiece for the Ambassador of the Maltese Order

Giuseppe Barberi, 1760

Charcoal sketch of a group of fishermen in oilskin hats beside a rocky wall, with a pale sea horizon to the right.

Fishermen in Oilskins, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor study of two copper gutters with ornamental brackets, one with a rosette and one with a fleur-like finial, shown i

Two Copper Gutters, from a 16th-Century Castle, Blois, France

Whitney Warren Jr, 1880

Watercolor study of a brown and white cow's head with curved horns against a loose blue sky.

Head of a Cow, Étretat

Samuel Colman, 1870

Painting of a large grey iceberg floating in green water under a pale sky, with a distant brown shoreline on both sides.

Gray Iceberg, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of an eagle with spread wings standing on a bicorne hat, with the letter N below.

Project: Eagle displayed, with inverted wings, standing upon a French bicorne hat

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of workers operating silk reeling frames in a workshop interior.

The Reeling of Silk

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of four ornate chalices, one supported by a standing male figure holding the bowl overhead.

Four chalices

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Watercolor and ink sketch of two women in crinoline skirts holding rolled papers before a shop window, with a third figure at

The New Fashions

Constantin Guys, 1850

Ink and brown wash drawing of tiered pedestals with relief panels, a mask ornament, and a lion on a plinth.

Bases of pilaster stripe

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Charcoal and chalk sketch of a seated woman in a headscarf peeling a potato, turned to the left, on tan paper.

Study of Woman Peeling Potatoes

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of a girl seated on a porch step beside a column, glancing back over her shoulder at the viewer.

Girl Seated on a Porch Step

Winslow Homer, 1870

Studies of Peace for "Justice and Peace"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Oil sketch of blue icebergs under an orange dusk sky above dark water, painted by Frederic Edwin Church in 1850.

Iceberg at Midnight, Labrador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor and ink sketch of a brown horse pulling a pale blue brougham carriage with a driver in a top hat.

The Blue Brougham

Constantin Guys, 1850

Pastel and charcoal decorative design of a female figure with cherubs in an oval medallion, framed by wings and lilies.

Study for "The Crescent Moon"

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Tethered Donkey and a Style of Fence, South America

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of drooping bromeliad blossoms on branching stems, with handwritten Jamaica inscription on pale paper.

Blossoms of the Bromelia Pinguin, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a young man in a cap leaning against ship rigging on a deck, drawn in loose graphite lines.

Young Man Leaning Against Sailboat Rigging

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of a plantain plant with broad leaves, a tree study, and a rocky shrub, with handwritten colour notes.

Botanical Sketches, Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a peacock with a long tail in a garden with trees and shrubs.

Peacock in a Garden

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of two young girls in bonnets standing in a grassy field beneath clouds, one leaning toward the other.

Two Young Girls in a Field

Winslow Homer, 1870

Brown ink drawing of a leopard in an arena beside an open cage, with armed men and crowded spectators in the tiered seats abo

The Emperor Commodus Killing a Leopard

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Study of a Woman in Profile

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Painting of a dense cluster of wildflowers with red, white, and yellow blooms and green grasses on a brown brushed ground.

Wildflowers

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and grey wash drawing of three ornate classical pedestal designs with cherubs, sphinxes, garlands and reliefs.

Designs for Three Pedestals

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Graphite sketch of sailors hauling rigging and working on a pitching ship deck amid spray and waves.

Hard-a-Port

Winslow Homer, 1900

Brown ink and wash stage design of a palace entrance with a large arch, tall column, staircase and statues.

Stage Design: Palace Entrance with Arch

Giovanni Antonio Galliari, 1740

Watercolor and pencil study of red cardinal flower spray with sketched blossoms and vase outlines on cream paper.

Cardinal Flower

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a dark coat holding a pencil, turned toward the viewer in an armchair.

Sketch for Portrait of a Seated Man

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and ink sketch of a deathbed scene with mourners and angels among clouds above a reclining bearded man.

Death of St. Joseph

Francesco Coghetti, 1880

Pale rococo design drawing of an ornate sword hilt with scrolling shell motifs on a blue-grey wash background.

Design for the Hilt of a Hunting Sword

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1740

Pencil and white chalk study of a seated woman with closed eyes and a separate study of an outstretched hand on blue paper.

Study for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Four-panel brown ink sketch of men fighting a bull and a dragon in arched and wooded settings.

Theagenes taming the Bull in Ethiopia [above left]; Theagenes taming the Bull in Ethiopia [below left]; Dragon Hunt i…

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Oil sketch of birch trunks and a dark tree among saplings and golden autumn foliage on the forest floor.

In the Woods, Vermont

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil study of bamboo stalks and leaves on pale paper, with handwritten colour notes at lower left.

Bamboo, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown wash drawing of an elevated drawing room wall with two doorways, panels, a central pedestal with statues, and console t

Elevation of a Drawing Room Entrance Wall with Alternative Suggestions

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and brown ink sketch of three male figures in wide-brimmed hats, two standing and one reclining, on aged paper.

Figural Studies of Soldiers

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1640

Pencil sketch of a soldier with a pack on a cream sheet, with loose hatched strokes at upper right, mounted in an album.

Soldier with Pack

Winslow Homer, 1860

Sketch of St. Mark raising an arm beside a winged lion, with angels among clouds above, drawn in chalk on tinted paper.

St. Mark

Paolo de Mattheis, 1650

Watercolor design of an ornate interior wall with gilded putti, an octagonal portrait, marble panels and a fireplace.

Section of wall, salon Louis XIII, Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pencil study of a man's leg and leather boot with trouser cuff on blue-grey paper.

Study of a Foot for "The Atlantic Cable Projectors"

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pen and brown ink drawing of a scene with soldiers and a kneeling woman inside an ornate classical architectural niche.

Niche Scene

Francesco Salviati, 1500