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Brown ink and wash design sheet showing a low domed ceiling, garland swags, and a floral scroll border with a lyre.

Designs for a Low Domed Ceiling

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowd of robed figures around an altar with a kneeling figure and trumpeters.

Heathen Sacrifice, after Perino del Vaga

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a frock coat and bow tie, turned to the left, resting his hands in an armchair.

William E. Dodge Seated

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of four horizontal friezes showing crowded classical figures in Bacchic processions and sacrifices

Birth of Bacchus; triumph of Bacchus and Arianna; Triumph of Silos

Pencil sketch of two coconut palms on cream paper, one standing above a thatched hut and one leaning, with a museum stamp.

Coconut Palm, Two Views

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a sailing ship's rigging and sail in the foreground, with a distant Venetian skyline across calm water.

View of Venice, Italy

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Watercolor interior study of gilded paneled walls, striped drapery and a floral-covered gilt bed in an alcove.

Detail, bed alcove, Palace of Fontainebleau

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pen and grey wash drawing of a symmetrical rococo ceiling design with a central figure under a canopy and scrolled corners.

Design for the Decoration of an Oblong Octagonal Ceiling

Henri Sallembier, 1780

Pencil sketch of a nude woman riding a sea beast with a winged child, a lion head and sea monsters below.

Thetis and Cupid Riding Fish

Fortunato Duranti, 1800

Graphite sketch of a standing nude woman with short bobbed hair, one hand raised to her chest, on cream paper.

Standing Female Nude

James Wells Champney, 1880

Brown ink drawing of nude and draped figures at a feast beside a table, with a distant classical temple in the landscape.

Diana and Callisto, Dining Room, Palazzo Rasponi, Ravenna

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of Hercules hurling a figure into the sea, with a stormy sky, rocky shore and classical urn.

Hercules Hurls Lichas into the Sea

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and wash design drawing of a footed salt cellar with female heads, garlands and a scroll border, labeled Salziera.

Design for a Salt Cellar

Giovacchino Belli, 1800

Graphite drawing of a large willow tree with a fence and distant hills in a rural landscape.

Study of a Willow, North Conway, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a standing woman raising a torch beside a seated figure, with clouds and drapery, a study for bank note desi

Motif for Bank Note Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Madonna on clouds handing a rosary to a kneeling saint, with angels and putti around them.

Madonna Appearing to Saint

Rodriguez, 1640

Pencil sketch of two fishermen carrying baskets on a shoreline beside a rowboat with a seated figure.

Two Fishermen, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Two brown ink and wash elevations of a bedroom alcove with draped curtains, balustrade, urns and doorways.

Designs for Bedroom Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Charcoal sketch on tan paper of four soldiers' heads in kepi caps, one smoking a pipe, in varied poses.

Four Studies of Soldiers' Heads

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of a bare, leafless tree with spreading branches on cream paper, with a handwritten date at upper right.

A Leafless Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pen and wash design sheet with a fringed drapery valance, laurel wreath, lyre emblem, acanthus ornaments and pendant drops.

Project for Drapery

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate monstrance with a winged female figure holding an oval frame, flanked by lions.

Monstrance

Pietro Belli, 1820

Pencil sketch of a coast with a masted sailing ship at left, rocky ground in the foreground, and faint hills on the horizon.

At the coast

Howard Russell Butler, 1880

Pen and wash design sketch for a church ceiling showing clouds, heavenly figures above and a crowd of figures below.

Design for a Ceiling in a Church

Matthäus Günther, 1700

Pen and brown wash drawing of a neoclassical monument with a draped female statue, two flaming urns and seated figures.

Inkstand

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Charcoal and white chalk drawing on blue paper of a standing drummer in a cap and coat, seen from the side.

Side View of a Drummer

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of three horse heads on tan paper, one larger above two smaller studies, with a museum stamp below.

Horse

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Watercolor design of vertical wall ornament with gilded monograms, crowned cartouches, and painted floral scrollwork in blue,

Detail: Wall Decoration, Palace of Fontainebleau

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of four octagonal panels with draped allegorical women and classical architectural settings.

Four Allegories of Virtue, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate rococo frame corner with scrollwork, an urn finial, and handwritten measurements.

Project for a Frame

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Study of Nathaniel Bowditch for "Scientific Group"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Painted view of a turquoise harbor with ships, framed by a white gate post, lattice fence and palm fronds.

Kingston Harbor from Galloway Hill, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and wash design drawing of a candelabrum with a draped female figure on a marbled column pedestal.

Design for a Candelabrum

Johann Jacob, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of two draped bed canopies with fringed valances, tassels and feather plumes on top.

Two bed canopies

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and wash design drawing of a spherical water urn on a stand with lion handles, cupid, and figural supports.

Design for a Water Urn with Stand

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and grey wash design sketch of a vaulted ceiling with a central seated female figure and two circular putti medallions.

Prudence, Vaulted Panel, Appartmento Napoleonico, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and wash sketch of a theatre audience with women in upper boxes and men in dark coats in the stalls below.

At the Theatre

Constantin Guys, 1860

Red chalk drawing of shepherds adoring an infant in a basket, within an arched frame with columns.

Adoration of the Shepherds

Antonio de' Dominici, 1720

Pencil sketch of a seated woman holding a young child in a bonnet on her lap, with a handwritten caption below.

William Walter Phelps' Nephew and His Mother, Mrs. Steuart Dodge

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Pen and ink drawing of a priest administering last rites to a figure in a canopied bed, with attendants in a domestic interio

Extreme Unction

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Graphite sketch on gray paper of an elderly man with white highlights, leaning forward to read a letter held in both hands.

Portrait of the Artist's Father

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a yellow flowering plant beside a rocky island and distant trees over water, Niagara.

Flowering Plant and Goat Island, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Architectural elevation of a red and white chimneypiece with classical reliefs and a scale bar, drawn in ink and watercolor.

Design for a Chimneypiece

Luigi Righetti, 1790

Oval pen and brown wash drawing of a high priest raising a rod over a seated woman before a temple altar.

The High Priest Punishes a Vestal Virgin, Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sheet with multiple figure studies showing outstretched hands, arms, a leaning male figure, and a sketched head.

Studies of Hands and Figures

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil drawing of three numbered ornate oval pendant designs with beaded borders hanging from necklaces.

Three Pendants

Salvatori, 1880

Watercolor design sheet with pink flowers, garlands, trellis borders and a small figure fishing by a bridge.

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat

Pradei, 1780

Pen and watercolor design for a neoclassical library ceiling with central rosette, garland swags and ornamental panels.

Design for Library Ceiling, Benton House, Northumberland, England

George Richardson, 1770

Pencil sketch of two left hand studies, one curled above and one open below, with handwritten name inscriptions.

Albert Gallatin, Two Left Hand Studies

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pen and grey wash design for an ornate rococo frame with an empty oval, drapery, a sword, a crown, and a courtly scene below.

Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset

Hubert François Gravelot, 1730

Pen and wash drawing of two circular plate designs with egg-and-dart, fluted, and Greek key decorative borders.

Designs for Circular Plates

Pietro Belli, 1800

Drawing of a silver fruit bowl stand with three fluted columns, winged griffins, a central eagle and a grapevine-carved bowl.

Design for the Silver Mount for a Glass Fruit Bowl

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and brown wash sketch of armored warriors in combat beside an altar with a severed head, with fallen figures on the groun

Sketchbook Page: Peruses Transforms Phinaeus into Stone

Felice Giani, 1810

Portrait of an Elderly Woman, Hartford, Connecticut

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Red chalk drawing of the Entombment of Christ, with mourners lifting a lifeless body onto a draped slab.

Entombment of Christ

Aniello Falcone, 1640

Watercolor sketch of a bowing man in blue and a woman in yellow and red beside a table, with French handwritten dialogue belo

The Shirtmaker

Édouard de Beaumont, 1850

Pen and brown ink sketch of several robed figures, one raising an arm above a pedestal and another seated below.

Four Sketches of a Saint

Francesco Manno, 1800

Pen and watercolor sketch of Peace in a chariot drawn by horses, with a winged driver and a putto holding a banner reading PA

Peace in a chariot, Sala di Recezione, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a crowded side-wheeler deck with figures, rigging lines, and a paddle wheel, mounted in an album.

Deck of a Side-Wheeler Army Transport

Winslow Homer, 1860

Graphite drawing of a standing male nude seen from behind, turning his head, one arm extended, foot resting on a block.

Male Nude

Luigi Calamatta, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate candlestick with a female figure and satyr supporting the shaft.

Elevation of a Candlestick

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, 1800

Drawing of a standing male nude with raised arm, shaded in chalk and white highlights on tan paper.

Study of a Male Nude

Nicola Consoni, 1840

Girl

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a bowler hat and dark suit, hands resting on a table.

Portrait of a Man

Winslow Homer, 1860