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Pencil sketch of seated figures on rocky shore looking at sea with sailboat, with inset views of a rowboat and standing man.

Rocking

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design of a wall with three Gothic arches, blue drapery, dragon-coiled columns and a dragon frieze.

Design for Wall with Three Gothic Arches, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pencil drawing of two Roman soldiers in helmets and armor, one gesturing upward with his arm raised, in conversation.

Two Roman Soldiers in Conversation

Giuseppe Longhi, 1830

Pencil sketch of jagged glacier ice and a steep rock face under a pale sky, with a handwritten caption reading Glacier Grinde

Landscape, Grindelwald, Switzerland

William Trost Richards, 1860

Pencil sketch of a lighthouse on a rocky headland with sailboats on the sea and birds flying overhead.

Kings Sail

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of a rocky shoreline with a lighthouse and house on a headland, calm water and a small figure at right.

Study of seashore, Point Judith, RI

William Trost Richards, 1880

Red chalk drawing of a winged figure with a horn and a putto holding a fasces, among scrolling foliage.

Winged figure with a horn and putto with fasces

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Watercolor of a pink sunset over calm harbor water, with red-sailed boats and a silhouetted town with domes.

Sunset Over Sailing Boats

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Watercolor of a Venetian lagoon with gondolas, a bell tower, a white dome, and a cemetery wall under a cloudy sky.

Old Cemetery, Venice

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design of a double door between two glazed bookcases with painted pilasters and lattice door panels.

Design for Doorway and Bookcase, probably for King's Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pencil sketch of the Venice lagoon skyline with domes, bell towers, a gondola and sailboats on the water.

Study of lagoon, Venice, Italy

William Stanley Haseltine, 1870

Pencil design elevation of an entrance hall wall with doorways, a central dragon medallion, dragon pilasters and a fireplace.

Design for the Entrance Hall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of soldiers hauling a cannon past fallen men and a dead horse on a battlefield, with an explosion behind.

Saving a Gun

Isaac Walton Taber, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of five ornate chalices with figural stems and scrolled bases on a tan sheet.

Five chalices

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of a kneeling nude figure, head cropped, arms wrapped around the raised knee, shaded with loose hatching.

Kneeling Woman

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and grey wash sheet of Roman standards, eagle finials, weapons, and classical ornaments arranged in rows.

Designs for Roman Arms and Other Classical Motifs

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Pencil sketch of a man on horseback on a small cream sheet mounted in a grey album with red spine.

Man on Horseback

Winslow Homer, 1860

Small oil sketch of a white iceberg in choppy grey-blue sea under a hazy pale sky.

Iceberg off Torbay, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown ink drawing in an oval of gods feasting at a table with putti and attendants bearing garlands and vessels.

Banquet of the Gods, variant for the Sala di Pranza, Palazzo Guarini, Forli

Felice Giani, 1810

Charcoal and chalk study of two fishermen hauling a net of herring from a rowboat, with sailboats in the distance.

Study for "The Herring Net"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Engraved design for an oblong plaster ceiling with garland oval, fan corners, rosettes and a repeating decorative border.

Design for an Oblong Plaster Ceiling

George Richardson, 1780

Pen and brown wash sheet with twenty-four studies of winged putti carrying baskets, instruments and garlands.

Twenty-Four Putti, Decoration for the Dinning Room, Villa Aldini, Montmorency, France

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and wash design sheet with hexagonal panels of Psyche scenes, oval portrait medallions, and handwritten Italian labels.

Decoration for the Ceiling of a Bedroom in Villa Aldini, Montmorency

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch sheet showing a resting camel, a walled ruin, a horse, a spear, and a mountain slope with handwritten notes.

Camels on a Mountainside with Mixed Sketches, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Studies of Peace for "Justice and Peace"

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Brown ink sketch of a reclining bearded river god holding an oar beside an urn and reeds.

Sketch of a River God

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1740

Pencil sketch of fishermen hauling a dory onto a beach with onlookers at left and clouds above.

Fishermen Beaching a Dory

Winslow Homer, 1900

Pencil sketch on brown paper of a seated man with outstretched legs, with a foot study and a hand study beside it.

Study for Bank Note Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Pen and brown wash drawing of five ornate goblet designs with cherubs, foliage and scrolled bases on tan paper.

Chalice Designs

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Oil sketch of waves breaking on dark rocks with a distant rocky island under a pale grey sky, by Frederic Edwin Church.

"Old Soaker" off Great Head, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850