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Pencil sketch of a domed sentry box and a cannon on a carriage at a fortification, with hills in the distance.

Study for "Searchlight, Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown ink drawing of allegorical Prudence seated with a hand mirror and two winged putti, inscribed PRVDENZA below.

Prudence

Felice Giani, 1810

Pale iceberg floating on dark calm sea under a warm muted sky, painted sketch by Frederic Edwin Church.

Floating Iceberg, Battle Harbour, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Study of a Woman's Head

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Small oil sketch of pale icebergs lit by warm sunset light above dark, choppy sea, with a tiny red boat at left.

Icebergs

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of tall trees and undergrowth at a woodland edge, with an open grassy clearing in the centre.

Chestnut Trees at the Water's Edge, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil and white-highlighted sketch of two icebergs on a horizon line, one large and one smaller, on tan paper.

Two Floating Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Dark ink and wash harbor scene with ship masts at right, smoke clouds at left, and reflections in still water.

A Harbor

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash of two banquet scenes with seated diners, servants, and nude figures in arcaded interiors

Salome given the Head of John the Baptist [left]; Salome offers the Head of John the Baptist to her Parents [right]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of a reclining animal with pointed ears and folded legs on a cream sheet with a museum stamp.

Dog

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of a sea horizon under horizontal cloud bands, with handwritten color notes on the sky.

View at Sea near Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink drawing of two octagonal panels: a winged figure handing a lyre to a seated youth, and women kneeling before a stat

Winged Victory Gives Apollo Lyre; Statue of Minerva

Three pencil sketches of a bent standing figure on a pale washed sheet mounted in a gray sketchbook page.

Three Sketches of a Soldier Firing Rifle

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown ink drawing of a sea monster with open jaws forming a curved shell basin, set on a cloud-like base.

Design for a Saltcellar

Giulio Romano, 1540

Pencil sketch of a rocky shoreline and rippling water on a tan sheet, mounted in a red album with a handwritten caption.

"From the Retina of a Drowned Man"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown ink drawing of a crowded church interior with an altar under a canopy and worshippers gathered around it.

Communion at Church

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowned seated king watching a man thrust his arm over a brazier before soldiers.

Caius Mucius Scaevola and Porsena

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of the Holy Family in a landscape with a donkey, a figure leading it, and a hilltop town.

The Flight into Egypt, After Domenichino

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of two women handling a fishing net beside a beached dory with two men, sailboats on calm water behind.

Fisherman and Women Stowing Nets in a Beached Dory, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a ship deck with rigging, a mast, rough waves and figures near the mast.

Ship Deck with Two Women Lashed to the Mast

Winslow Homer, 1880

Brown wash drawing of a dying warrior held by a comrade near an eagle standard, with a volcano behind and fallen soldiers aro

The death of King Teja

Pietro Narducci, 1820

Sketch of waves breaking over dark rocks on a rugged coast under a pale sky, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Near Otter Cliffs, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of tree branches and foliage on pale paper, mounted in a grey and red sketchbook page.

Sketches of Soldiers and Trees

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and brown wash design drawing of an architectural portal with eagles, an urn, a mask, and a helmeted warrior medallion.

Design for the East Portal, Grand Gallery, Villa Albani, Rome, Italy

Carlo Marchionni, 1750

Pencil sketches of a leafy tree and tall elecampane plant stalks on tan paper, with a museum stamp at lower left.

Sketches of a Tree and Elecampane Plant, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Charcoal and white chalk study of a crouched figure with draped fabric and bare feet on brown paper.

Study of Drapery

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Soft graphite study of a right hand on toned paper, with hatched shading and an inscription at the lower edge.

Study: A right hand

Carlo Bononi, 1630

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged female figure in a lunette shape with clouds and a reclining figure, by Felice Giani.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor embroidery design of a flower bouquet in an urn with garland swags and a scalloped border.

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, pattern 1594 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1780

Pencil and white gouache sketch of icebergs floating on calm water under a flat horizon, on tan paper.

Icebergs near Cape St. John, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850