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Grey wash drawing of a keystone with a bearded grotesque mask and scrolls, plus a second loose mask study below.

Design for a keystone and a mask

Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Brown ink and wash design of draped panels under a flower garland, with a star, a cherub in a wreath, and scrollwork ornament

Design for the Decoration of a Dome

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of two legs in tall military boots standing in grass, with a sword scabbard between them.

Study of Cavalry Officer's Boots

Winslow Homer, 1860

Charcoal and chalk sketch of two men's shoes and trouser legs on grey paper, study by Daniel Huntington.

Study of Peter Cooper's Feet for "The Atlantic Cable Projectors"

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pen and watercolor ceiling design in an arched gold frame showing Jupiter, Juno, deities on clouds, and putti.

Ceiling with Jupiter, Juno, and Other Deities

Giovanni Odazzi, 1710

Pencil study of a bent arm and relaxed hand on cream paper, by Daniel Huntington, 1850.

Study of an Arm for "Christiana and Her Family Passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown ink sketch of a draped female statue on a pedestal, holding a scroll and looking downward.

Sketch of an Allegorical Statue

Melchiorre de Gregorio, 1820

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a woman seen from behind with raised arms, with hand studies in the upper corners.

Woman With Hands Raised

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Loose oil sketch of a dark-haired woman embracing a fair-haired child who rests against her shoulder.

Study for "Portrait of Mrs. James Robb and her Three Children," Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA

Thomas Sully, 1840

Red chalk study of a maenad figure with one arm raised and draped body, on tan paper.

Study for a maenad, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pencil sketch of a man in a light headwrap, head and shoulders turned toward the viewer, on tan paper.

Japanese Man

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Grey wash drawing of an architectural memorial with draped curtain, trumpeting winged figure, portrait medallion and classica

Study for the Memorial to Giovanni Domenico Milano, Duca di San Giorgio, in the Sacristy of S. Domenico Maggiore, Nap…

Giacomo del Pò, 1700

Pencil sketch of figures at a stone wall, including a robed reader, a bearded man, and a seated figure.

Jews at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink sketch of a draped canopy on columns, with two small cherub heads and scrolled ornament sketched around it.

Studies of Heads

Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Pencil study of a man's right arm with clenched hand, drawn on cream paper.

Study of Right Arm for "Christiana and Her Family Passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Sepia wash drawing of a neoclassical vase with swan-head handles, leaf bands and a scroll frieze on a plinth.

Design for a Vase

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of an ornate classical helmet with laurel and rosette decoration and acanthus ornaments b

Helmet

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor design of a hanging altar lamp with flames, chains, seated figures and garlands, with a scale bar below.

Altar Lamp

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pencil sketch of a dead birch tree trunk with peeling bark rising from the ground on a cream sheet.

Trunk of a Dead Birch Tree, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of Christ on a bordered cross with four small framed figures beside him on aged paper.

Medieval Crucifix

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketches of three women's heads in headdresses, with handwritten notes about double lining and velvet and satin.

Headdress

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a standing officer in military uniform and kepi cap, holding a sword at his side.

Standing Officer

Winslow Homer, 1860

Portrait of a Man

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, 1800

Sepia drawing of a fluted water kettle on a tripod stand with a spirit lamp, shaded in grey wash.

Design for a Water Kettle with Stand

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Study of a Young Man in Profile for "Tribute Money"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Drawing on tan paper of a lion, a recumbent dog, and a reclining animal, with handwritten French annotations.

Fountain Design with Three Bronze Animals

Charles Le Brun, 1680

Pen and brown wash sketch of two standing men in wide-brimmed hats and two seated figures below.

Four Men

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1640

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate monument with a crown-topped urn, scrolled volutes and garlands, flanked by cypress tr

Design for a Monument

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Pen and ink sketch of a winged angel with swirling drapery on pale paper, by Felice Giani.

Angel

Felice Giani, 1800

Graphite sketch of a bearded seated man in glasses holding a newspaper, drawn on gray paper with a handwritten note.

Carl Schurz Seated, Reading a Newspaper

Daniel Huntington, 1890