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Charcoal drawing of dark storm clouds over wind-bent trees and sand dunes, with a small figure running in the foreground.

Storm Coming

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and wash design sheet for a ceiling, with a central panel of Spartan women and warriors surrounded by medallions and scro

Design for Ceiling with Spartan Women in Central Rectangular Panel

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a dune coastline with three sailboats on calm sea under cloudy sky.

Seascape, Prout's Neck

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of a seated lyre player in pink drapery beside a dog and grazing cattle in a wooded landscape.

Apollo Guards the Herds [or Flocks] of King Admetus

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown wash sketch of eight octagonal panels showing Romulus and Remus legend scenes with warriors and a central emble

Romulus and Remus: Decorations for Reception Room, Aldini Villa, Montmorency

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil and white chalk sketch of water spraying up over rocks on a tan paper ground.

Water Falling on Rocks

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of fishing boats on a beach with figures carrying baskets and two sailboats on the sea behind.

Beach with Four Fishing Boats, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of figures tending horses beneath a wooden shelter, with loose hatched shading and a figure in a hat at right.

Blacksmith

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of tall masts and a group of small figures on a low horizon, with faint handwriting and stains on the paper.

Figures on a Sand Dune

Winslow Homer, 1890

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman with a dove and laurel branch, flanked by two winged putti, labeled Castità Matr

Matrimonial Chastity, Sala di Corneglia, Palazzo Cavina, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a ruined stone wall, grasses, botanical studies and handwritten color notes.

Landscape and Botanical Sketch from the Temple of the Sun, Quito, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Ascension of the Virgin, with a crowd below and angels and clouds in the sky above.

Ascension of the Virgin

Giovanni Bernardino Azzolino, 1590

Pencil drawing of a youthful face with a garland and a bearded satyr mask with pointed ears and an open mouth.

Mask with Garland and ears; Mask with Beard and Ears of Satyr

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of figures in conversation around a desk in an interior, with a handwritten Italian caption below.

Socrates, Pericles, Alcibiades, Aspasia in Discussion

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown ink drawing of Alexander the Great in armor facing the reclining philosopher Diogenes beside an arch, with soldiers and

Alexander the Great and Diogenes

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil sketch of two sailing ships and a coiled maritime device on cream paper, by Frederic Edwin Church, 1850.

Ships at Anchor and a Maritime Device, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash drawing of a putto holding a basin with a scorpion tail, a lunette design for a ceiling.

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

Felice Giani, 1800

Four vertical ink designs of ornate candelabra with scrollwork, figures and armor on pale blue paper.

Four Candelabra Designs

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a beach with waves, a standing figure on a rise of land, and distant figures under a pale sky.

Beach Scene, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil study of a right arm and hand with a draped sleeve on aged tan paper.

Study of Right Arm

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil sketch of a horned cow in a barn beside a feeding trough, with a second cow head in the foreground and hanging harness

Cattle Study for Sheep-Shearing

Walter Shirlaw, 1870

Brown ink sketch of two figures talking in an interior with a table holding a pitcher and vase.

A genre scene

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Charcoal sketch on blue paper of a seated soldier holding a rifle, with small figures and a horizon in the distance.

Three Days on the Front

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of horsemen, a standing figure on a horse, and a crowd with a boat in a loose study.

Feast of the Ascension celebration, Venice, Italy

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Two watercolor brooch designs in Byzantine style with gold scrollwork, red crosses, blue roundels and interlaced bands on cre

Two Designs for Brooches in the "Byzantine" Style

Carlo Ansorge, 1860

Watercolor and ink ceiling design with radiating canopy, central oval of Aurora and putti, and garlands.

A Canopied Ceiling with Aurora in Central Panel

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of two children and cabin furnishings on a small sheet mounted in a maroon album.

Cabin with Two Children

Winslow Homer, 1860

Grey wash drawing of figures seated at a tea table beside a dragon sculpture, with floral and star-patterned garments.

International Tea Party

Winslow Homer, 1860

Head of a Bearded Soldier

Winslow Homer, 1860

Loose charcoal sketch of two sailboats on choppy sea, one large sail in the foreground and a smaller boat on the horizon.

Sailing Boats

Winslow Homer, 1890