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Pencil and white-heightened sketch of a rock face with snowy alpine peaks and a valley beyond.

Rockface near Belalp, Switzerland

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of people gathered at a stone fountain with a carved lion-head spout, with a figure bending over the water.

Fragment of Temple of Vesta

Walter Shirlaw, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical pedestal with a laurel wreath medallion and hanging garlands.

Pedestal of a column

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Loose oil sketch of white clouds over a dark forested valley with distant hills and small evergreens in the foreground.

Clouds over the Hudson Valley, from the Catskill Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown wash drawing of winged angels holding a draped cloth around an empty cartouche, with a hooded figure and skull above.

Design for a cloth as place of an inscription

Carlo Marchionni, 1780

Brown wash drawing of a church doorway elevation with a coffered vault and two niches holding statues.

The Elevation of a Church Doorway

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Pencil sketch of the Tiber river with a domed church, villas, and trees along the banks, annotated with place names.

View of the Castel Sant'Angelo, Claude's Villa, and St. Peter's, Rome, Italy, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink sketch of a lunette with two reclining figures flanking a standing draped figure, labeled Apollo Mnemosyne Giove.

Design for Lunette with Apollo, Mnemosyne and Jove

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor elevation of a domed neoclassical oratory with a Corinthian portico and flanking pavilions under a blue sky.

Design for an Oratory (Memorial Chapel)

Giacomo Quarenghi, 1810

Faint pencil sketch of a dog seen from behind on a cream sheet, with a date inscribed in the upper right corner.

Dog, Shown from Behind

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown wash drawing of a desert waterhole with horsemen, trees, and a distant mesa under a cloudy sky.

Waterhole in the Desert, Utah

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pen and ink sketch of a woman carrying a jug beside arched stone buildings and doorways.

Woman with a Water

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1650

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a snow-capped mountain and shadowed slopes on tan paper.

Mountain Landscape, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged putto holding a flower wreath while flying among clouds, in a lunette shape.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch on tan paper of rigging lines and a ship's bell form, with handwritten notes Right and Green at upper right.

Sketch of a Boat Deck and a Ship's Bell

Winslow Homer, 1900

Pencil sketch of a mountain ridge over layered foothills, with handwritten color notes and the label Toluca, Feb 23, 92.

Nevado de Toluca, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of a river valley with rocks, trees and distant mountains under a pale sky.

Ammonoosuc River and White Mountains, N.H.

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Red chalk sketch of a martyrdom scene with soldiers, a central figure, flying angels, and a distant city.

Martyrdom of a Saint

Pencil sketch of rolling hills, a plain, and distant mountains with handwritten colour notes on tinted paper.

View Across the Hills and Plains of Arabah, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a mountain peak above rolling hills, a calm creek in the foreground, trees and small figures at right.

Mount Chocorua, From the Creek

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of a colonnaded amphitheatre with arches, columns, and small figures along the top terrace.

Amphitheatre

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Oil sketch of a glowing mountain range at sunset above a grassy meadow with grazing animals and dark trees.

Alpine Landscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of tall eroded rock formations and cliffs above a foreground ridge and gully, with handwritten notes.

Rio Virgin River with Large Rock Formations

Thomas Moran, 1870

Ink drawing of four ornamental columns labeled Ariosto, Goldoni, Dante and Alfieri, decorated with masks, books and a lyre.

Four Columns to Italian Renaissance Writers

Felice Giani, 1820

Graphite and white chalk sketch of a waterfall with cascading water, mist, and rocks on a tan paper ground.

Under Horseshoe Falls, Niagara River, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor design of green draped curtains with tassels beside a painted garden scene of costumed figures and a balustrade.

Design for Portion of Stairway in Château-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island

Charles Salagnad, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of classical figures in two scenes, including a judgement and a flaying, by Felice Giani.

The Judgement of Solomon; The Flaying of Marsyas

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil sketch of mountains above a village with houses, trees, and a church tower.

Orizaba, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Ink and wash drawing of an ornate Gothic interior with coffered ceiling, pointed arches, curtains, statues and leaded windows

Stage Design, Gothic Room

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Pen and brown ink drawing of women gathered around jewelry in a room, with a seated man gesturing toward them.

Ulysesses Discovers Achilles in Scyros

Felice Giani, 1790

Pencil sketch of Tequendama Falls, a waterfall between rocky cliffs and wooded slopes, drawn on grey paper.

Tequendama Falls near Bogata, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash drawing of a vaulted foundry with workers around cannon barrels, a large wheel, and a furnace.

The Invention of Gunpowder

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil drawing of a rocky brook with boulders, trees, and distant mountains under a pale cloudy sky.

View of Moat Mountain from Wildcat Brook, Jackson, New Hampshire, Looking Southwest

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil and watercolor sketch of the snowy peak of Chimborazo rising over an Andean plateau with agave plants in the foregroun

Chimborazo from Riobamba, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a flat landscape with windmills and small buildings along a far bank, with open water in the foreground.

Landscape

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of three designs for sepulchral monuments with pedestals, urns, and relief carvings.

Three Designs for the Elevation of a Sepulchral Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil landscape sketch of a river shoreline with trees and hills, with handwritten tonal notes and numbers on yellowed paper

Goat Island and Horseshoe Falls, Niagara River, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown wash drawing of a river harbor with sailboats, a church spire, hills and mountains under clouds.

Harbor Scene

Jan Griffier, 1700

Pencil sketch of a rural landscape with conifers, farm buildings, a fence, and a distant horizon on tan paper.

View to the Sea, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and white-heightened sketch of mountain ridges and snow under a moon, with handwritten colour notes on tan paper.

Moon over the Rhône Valley, Belalp, Switzerland

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a winter landscape with rolling hills, evergreen trees, and distant mountains under a cloudy sky.

Winter View from Long Hill, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a leafy plant beside a tree trunk, with several small studies of faces in the upper right corner.

Plant Sketch with Faces

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of hills and distant mountains on tan paper, with handwritten color notes including rich green and rainbow red.

Rainbow over Wooded Hills

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch page of trees, leaf studies, a shrub and rocks, with handwritten notes on plant descriptions.

Sketches along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a volcanic peak over hills, with handwritten color notes and the date February 19, 1890.

Popocatépetl from Cuautla, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Hazy painted landscape of rocky outcrops and green shrubs on a slope, with pale water at the right edge under a grey sky.

Base of the American Falls, Niagara

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Two Sailing Ships

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of Popayan street buildings, distant hills and clouds, with handwritten colour notes in the margins.

Street Scene in Popayan, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of two men by a river, one paddling a canoe, with handwritten notes about the Millinocket River.

Canoe Rider on the Millinocket River, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch page of rock formations with handwritten color notes, small studies, and written remarks on cream paper.

Mixed Sketches, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketches of soldiers in fez-style caps, including a seated figure and a standing man holding a rifle, on cream paper.

Soldiers of New Granada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Loose oil sketch of a weathered stone architectural fragment on grass, painted in browns, cream and gray.

Fragment of the Parthenon, Athens, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of hazy hills and water with handwritten colour notes such as dazzling gold and purple on grey paper.

Sunbeams above the Catskills, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of carved rock-cut tomb facades at Petra set into cliffs, with handwritten notes labeling the scene.

The Royal Tombs at Petra, Jordan

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painted study of spiky green plants, a red poppy and pink flowers over brown brushstrokes, with a tiny figure in a tan coat a

Botanical and Figure Study

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Narrow oil sketch of a pale iceberg floating on dark sea water beneath a muted brown sky.

Floating Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a valley with a winding river, distant mountains, and handwritten colour notes along the bottom edge.

Valley of El Arabah, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sketch of green rolling hills under a sunset sky with orange and grey clouds, labeled Jamaica.

Sunset in Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Faint pencil mountain sketch on brown paper with handwritten color notes and a museum stamp in the lower left.

Chimborazo and El Altar from Riobamba, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of snowy mountains, a ruined columned temple on a grassy hill, and a dark rock outcrop at right.

Imagined Landscape with Ruined Temple

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of Mt. Hor, a flat-topped sandstone mesa with layered rock, with three camels in the foreground.

Mt. Hor, Jordan

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of two bare trees with twisting branches above loosely drawn foliage on tan paper.

Trees in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Painted landscape of a hillside forest in autumn, with orange and yellow trees, bare trunks, and a grassy meadow below.

Autumn Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of the old town of Visp with a church spire, stepped-gable houses, a bell tower and mountains behind.

Old Town of Visp, Switzerland

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of a large pale iceberg on dark sea under gray clouds, with smaller icebergs in the foreground.

Icebergs at Sea, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of a rain-filled mountain valley under dark storm clouds, with brown hills and scattered trees.

Storm in the Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a rocky cliff with a small tower above a river, boulders in the foreground, and a distant treeline.

Horseshoe Falls from the American Bank, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pale ochre landscape with a winding water channel, scattered shrubs, and purple mountains under a pink sky.

View from Olana, Southwest Across the Hudson Valley

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketches of trees with handwritten notes on foliage, bark and a monkey on a branch, on grey paper.

Botanical Studies, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a wooded Jamaican valley with rolling hills, tropical trees, banana plants and distant mountains.

Wooded Vale, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of gnarled trees and rocky ground with handwritten notes about leaves, mosses and airplants.

Trees and Rocks on the Road to Mocha, Ecuador, near Chimborazo

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and white highlight sketch of a rocky coastline with pine trees, a small cabin, driftwood, and cliffs under clouds.

Long's Eddy at William Cronk's, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Faint pencil sketch of a hill ridgeline on cream paper, with the date May 1840 inscribed in the upper right corner.

Wooded Hill, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Painting of a forested mountain above a lake with red autumn trees along the shore under a dusky sky.

Mountainside Lake in Autumn

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and white highlight sketch of a smoking volcano above rugged ridges, with plant studies and handwritten color notes.

Sangay Volcano, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Small sketch of fern fronds in green and grey on a brown ground, inscribed Jamaica AUG 65.

Fern Sketch, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of a snow-capped Andean peak over brown hills, green fields, thatched huts, and a figure in red on a path.

Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a thatched church with a bell tower and fence, a small figure in a hat at right, labeled Church at Naré.

Church at Puerto Naré, Rio Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of a pale iceberg on a dark sea under a peach sunset sky, with a small ice flower splash at left.

Iceberg and Ice Flower, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch sheet with a reclining bull, a bull's head, a tree stump, a rock, and dated handwritten notes.

Bull and Landscape Sketches, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Painted view of a green alpine lake with a rowboat at lower left, framed by forested mountains and rocky cliffs.

Alpine Lake, Bavaria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of layered cliffs and rolling hills in a canyon landscape, with a handwritten note in the lower right.

Canyon and Cliffs, Palestine or Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of layered mountains and an elevated plain with handwritten annotations and numbered features.

View of an Elevated Plain from Mojarras, Colombia, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridges with a handwritten note reading Brownish warm gray stripes at top left.

Landscape Study, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a landscape with tall grasses, a small figure on a path, distant hills, and handwritten color notes.

Landscape Scene near Velletri, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a palm-lined riverbank across water with handwritten colour notes, opposite Guayaquil.

East Bank of the Guayas River, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of rolling hills and a distant volcano near Popayan, with handwritten color notes in the margins.

View near Popayan with the Volcano Purese, Cauca River, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Anatomical Sketches of Heads

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of the Catskill Mountain House, a large multi-story building on a sloping mountainside, on cream paper.

Catskill Mountain House

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Painting of a woodland stream with a waterfall under a fallen mossy log, leaves floating on dark water in late autumn.

Woodland Stream, Late Autumn

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sheet of small figure sketches of people in hooded and layered clothing, with handwritten colour notes.

Figure Sketches around Athens, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Faint pencil sketch of a distant mountain ridge outlined on cream paper with an empty sky above.

The Catskill Mountains, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Autumn woodland study with a large oak tree in red and orange foliage, a sunlit grassy path, and a grey-blue sky.

Autumn Foliage

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a Doric temple colonnade at Paestum with column studies and handwritten colour notes.

Temples of Hera and Athena at Paestum, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing of three ornamental vessels: a putto-supported cup, a two-handled vase, and a draped urn.

Design for a Candlestick, Cup, and Vase

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Pen and ink drawing of a sun god in a chariot pulled by winged horses, led by a winged aurora figure over clouds.

Sun God Being Dragged Into Sky and Preceded By Aurora

Felice Giani, 1810