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Brown ink drawing of a tall decorative panel with a winged female figure, draped fabric, cornucopia and scrolled ornament.

Design for a Painted Panel

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1770

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long coat with one hand in his pocket, study for a portrait.

Sketch for Portrait of Mr. Samuel Ward Sr., Standing with Hand in Pocket

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil sketches of a leafy tree and an uprooted tree with exposed roots on cream paper, dated September 1840.

Sketches of Tree and Roots, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Circular pen drawing of a sun chariot with horses, winged figures and draped women among clouds, with reclining figures below

The Sun, the Hours, and the Seasons, for Palazzo Gessi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a sarcophagus-style monument with a central medallion portrait and two draped figures.

Project for an Epitaph in High Relief

Vincenzo Gajassi, 1830

Hazy blue mountains rise above a green valley with ferns and shrubs in the foreground under a pale sky.

In the Blue Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sketch of two standing oxen, a hay-laden cart, and a covered cart with a resting ox on tan paper.

Oxcarts, Rome, Italy

Samuel Colman, 1870

Watercolor design sheet with a floral embroidery pattern of leaves, blue blossoms and pink buds for a waistcoat, marked 1691.

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, pattern 1691 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Baulieu, 1780

Pale feathery leaves in a flowing branch pattern on a warm brown-orange ground, an unfinished 1800 textile design sketch.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Fabric of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pencil sketch of farmhouses on a hillside with trees and distant mountains, inscribed Guaranda June 3 37.

Houses in the Mountains of Guaranda, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink and grey wash sketch of a theatrical grotto set with arched colonnade, rock formations and a balustraded terrace.

Stage Design, Grotto

Pietro Gonzaga, 1700

Pencil and watercolor sketch of craggy snowy mountains above a forested valley with a small farmhouse.

Hoher Göll and Hohes Brett from Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash design for a vertical decorative panel with a classical statue, scrolls, foliage and a temple facade.

Design for the Decoration of a Panel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a kneeling soldier giving water to a wounded comrade, with a standing soldier and battlefield b

Soldier Giving Water to a Wounded Companion

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and wash design drawing of a three-armed candelabrum with floral motifs, an urn with figures, and a plan view below.

Design for a Candelabrum

Jean-Louis Prieur the Younger, 1780

Pencil sketch of a domed mosque with a minaret above a city wall, with trees at left and right, dated 1860.

Mosque in Bezetha, Jerusalem, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink drawing of a symmetrical architectural stage backdrop with arches, columns, pediments and oval cartouches.

Design for a stage backdrop with alternative suggestions

Vincenzo Scamozzi, 1600

Graphite study of a seated crowned woman in draped robes holding an open book, with a grid and handwritten colour notes.

Study for "The State," "The Reign of the Law," Appellate Division Court House, New York, NY

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Chalk drawing of a triangular pediment with a central shield-bearing female figure, horses, a chariot, and seated allegorical

Industry and Commerce (Design for Pediment)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Oil sketch of a rushing waterfall over rocky ledges with dense trees and a faint rainbow in the lower right.

A Waterfall in Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Engraved dedicatory page with a central text cartouche, allegorical women, coats of arms, and hunting animals along the borde

Dedicatory page of the set "Mediceae familiae rerum feliciter gestarum Victoria et triumphi"

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1570

Loose oil study of billowing cumulus clouds lit gold on the left, above a muted horizon and bare paper below.

Cloud Study

Frederic Edwin Church, 1871

Sketch of two church domes, a gilded one with cross motifs and a smaller terracotta dome, above rooftops under grey sky.

Colombia or Ecuador, church roofs

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Painted sketch of a whitewashed church with a bell tower and terracotta roof, with a rider on a donkey on dry ground.

Colombia, Baranquilla Church

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Painted study of thatched adobe houses in a dusty street, with a woman standing in a doorway and a wooden fence.

Colombia, Barranquilla, Two Houses

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Portrait of a young boy with dark hair in a dark jacket, white shirt and yellow bow tie against a grey background.

Colombia, Barranquilla, portrait of boy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Oil sketch of a snow-capped volcano with brown peaks and rust-colored smoke clouds under a pale blue sky.

Cotopaxi seen from Ambato, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1853

Sunset over a lake and wooded hills, with a dark mountain at left and sunlight glinting on the water.

Eagle Lake Viewed from Cadillac Mountain, Mount Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of a golden plateau, lavender mountain, and thatched hut under a pale blue sky.

Ecuador ?, mountain plateau with hut

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Painted landscape of a Victorian house with a tower among trees above a sunlit lawn and stone wall.

House in Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1885