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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

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

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

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

Entombment of Christ

Aniello Falcone, 1640

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

Charcoal sketch of a stormy sky over a sea, dark rocks in the foreground and a coastal town on the right.

Bay at Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch on paper in an album showing loose trees, a house outline, and a diagonal line across the scene.

Burned Trees and Houses

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown wash drawing of an winged old man on a cloud handing an infant to a seated nude woman beside a column.

Time (Chronos) Entrusting Cupid to Venus

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Brown ink and wash drawing of three rococo ornamental designs: a console, a central escutcheon, and a scroll bracket.

Design for a Console and Escutcheon

Filippo Marchionni, 1760

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate footed vessel with scrolled handles and figures supporting the base.

Design for a Vessel (Sauceboat?)

Luzio Romano, 1540

Pencil drawing of twelve ornate pendant earring designs in two rows, with scrollwork, stones and classical motifs.

Designs for Twelve Earrings

Salvatori, 1860

Watercolor embroidery design for a waistcoat pocket with flower bouquets, blue dotted border, and a small river landscape wit

Design for Embroidery, Gentleman's Waistcoat Pocket

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1770

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rococo fountain scene with scrolling ornament, an urn, a staircase and small figures.

Design for a Patch-Box

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1730

Pen and wash drawing of a nude young man running with a billowing cloak beside a large smoke cloud.

A Young Man Running Toward a Fire

Filippo Marchionni, 1770

Brown ink and wash lunette study of a winged figure with a fish tail beside a fish, with ruler marks along the edges.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor study of two pink spotted lilies with stamens and pencil border designs on beige paper.

Pink Spotted Lilies and Maple Seeds

Samuel Colman, 1880

Ink and wash elevation of an interior with a coffered vault, niches, columns and statues on pedestals.

Wall Elevation

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a line of covered wagons with arched canvas tops on a tan paper sheet with a stamp at upper right.

Outline Sketch of a Wagon Train

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketches of palm fronds, hanging foliage and a small bird on grey paper, with handwritten botanical notes.

Botanical Sketches along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch on tan paper showing several studies of arms and hands in different gestures, with drapery at left.

Studies of Hands for Dome of Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL

Carroll Beckwith, 1890

Brown wash drawing of a rococo ceremonial decoration with scrolls, garlands, and lit candles above a classical cornice.

Design for Decoration of a Ceremony

Carlo Marchionni, 1750

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Virgin on clouds surrounded by winged angels and cherubs under a pale halo.

The Annunciation of the Virgin, After Guido Reni

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink drawing of an ornamental frame with scrollwork, a hanging grape garland and a wheat sheaf with a medallion.

Embroidered frontal

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil and wash sketch of a military camp with canvas tents, a cook at a fire, crates and barrels under a makeshift shelter.

Army Cook's Tent

Winslow Homer, 1860

Watercolor elevation of a bedroom wall with a draped alcove bed, plumed helmet, and painted trophies of flags and arms in blu

Elevation of the Wall of a Bedroom with Alcove

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Two oval ink and wash drawings: a seated woman with sheep, and a figure in a serpent-drawn chariot over clouds.

Pales, Triptolemus, Decoration for a Vault, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo Conti-Sinibaldi

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a buttoned overcoat, hands folded, study for a portrait by Daniel Huntington.

Study for Portrait of Hon. Robert C. Winthrop for the Historical Society, Mass

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Oil sketch of a red and orange sunset over a dark, rippling sea beneath a low band of clouds.

Sunset at Sea, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850