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Pencil sketch of a tall evergreen tree beside distant mountains and clouds, with handwritten notes on the landscape.

Mountains and an Evergreen, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Charcoal sketch of boats and a figure on wet sand at low tide under a cloudy sky.

Beach at Low Tide, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of the Virgin Mary ascending on clouds with angels, while kneeling figures gather beside a tomb below.

The Assumption of the Virgin

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Watercolor sketch of two women in dark shawls and full skirts, one holding a gold fan, against a grey background.

Two Spanish Women Promenading

Constantin Guys, 1850

Pen and wash elevation drawing of a monument with a bust in a niche, pediment, pilasters and inscribed plinth.

Design for Monument

Felice Giani, 1800

Painted sketch of a Victorian house with a turret among large trees above a sunlit lawn and stone wall.

House in Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude woman with one arm raised and her head turned upward, on tan paper.

Female Nude

James Wells Champney, 1880

Brown ink sketch of figures gathered around a round well with water jars, camels, and architecture in the background.

Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Loose painted sketch of a frozen waterfall with snowy rock ledges, bare trees, and a distant wooded gorge in winter.

American Falls in the Snow, from Goat Island, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of sailboats and rowboats on calm water with a distant shoreline and lighthouse on the left.

Point of Land with a Lighthouse

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch of a horse-drawn wagon with a star-marked canvas cover, horses and riders on a tan sheet.

Study for "The Wreck"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of a cow with head lowered beside a leafy plant with serrated leaves on cream paper.

Cow Scratching its Head and a Leafy Plant

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Graphite study of a right hand seen from behind, with white highlights on toned paper and handwritten notes below.

Study of Right Hand of Alexander Hamilton

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Watercolor elevation of a park colonnade with fluted columns, fountains with lion-head spouts, urns, and a garden view.

Design for a Park Colonnade

Josef Georg Kornhäusel, 1820

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate catafalque elevation with paired columns, carved figures, and a winged trumpeter atop.

Elevation of a Catafalque for a General

Mauro Antonio Tesi

Graphite and white chalk sketch of surf breaking over rocks along a coastline under a pale sky.

Coastline at Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of jagged snowy Alpine peaks above a valley with a church spire at left.

Landscape in the Austrian Alps

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of an arched niche between two columns with studies of arches below, labeled Niches in Rock.

Niches in Rock

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a robed figure praying before an altar with flames, with figures and a column at left.

The Spirit of the Fear of the Lord

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of two winged putti flying among clouds in a semicircular lunette design.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown wash elevation of a two-storey building with arched openings, columns and small figures in upper niches.

Elevation of a Building, Possibly a Kaffeehaus or Museum

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketches of tropical plants, branches and epiphytes on tan paper, with handwritten color notes.

Thirteen Botanical Sketches from Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink and wash drawing of two ornate door bolts with foliate and rosette decoration, with a French caption between them.

Designs of Bolts

Richard de Lalonde, 1780

Pencil sketch of several studies of a woman's arms, hands and feet in different poses on pale paper.

Studies of a Woman's Limbs

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of three ornamental pilaster strips with medallions, putti, birds and small figures.

Design for the Decorations of Pilaster Strips

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Watercolor sketch of cypress tree trunks and green foliage in a grove, with warm light on the ground, on tan paper.

Cypress Trees, Chapultepec, Mexico

Samuel Colman, 1890

Grey wash drawing of an ornate Rococo tureen with a cherub finial, scrolled handles, garlands and mask motifs.

Tureen

Giovanni Bettati, 1740

Loose painted sketch of a brown wooded hillside above a pale green field under a light sky.

Wooded Hillside

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

White Heron, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of four haloed bearded figures in paired scenes, including an angel and writing evangelists.

The Four Evangelists, Study after Giambologna

Felice Giani, 1820