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Colored pencil study of a banana plant with arching leaves, a stem, and handwritten color notes on grey paper.

Banana Plant

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Loose brown wash and pencil sketch of a mounted bugler playing a trumpet beside a horse.

Mounted Bugler

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of an ornate candlestick with vine leaves, grapes, satyr figures, and lions at its base.

Candlestick Representting Autumn

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Design drawing of a rococo wall with chinoiserie landscape panels, gilded frames, and a central console table.

Wall Decoration for the Drawing Room of the Palace of Caserta

Nicola Fiore, 1770

Loose pencil sketch on cream paper of a goat's head above a reclining dog.

Dog and goat

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pen and ink sketch of a standing figure, three oyster shells, and elephants helping each other in a wooded scene.

Standing figure,Oyster Shells [above]; Elephants Helping Each Other Out of a Trap [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Red chalk sketch of a standing nude child seen from behind, with a grid overlay and a faint head study at upper left.

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

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Design drawing of a decorated wall with landscape panels, a red upholstered chair, and a blue porcelain vase.

Section of a wall, Chinese Room, Palace of Fontainebleau

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Brown ink and wash design drawing of a candlestick with a seated putto, pedestal relief, and handwritten Italian notes.

Candlestick

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pen and wash drawing of a neoclassical candelabrum with six candles, a vine-wrapped central column and a standing putto on to

Candlestick

Giuseppe Valadier, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of four ornamental designs, including two masks with serpents, a mermaid, and a figure on acanthus

Four doorknobs

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil and watercolor study of a white lily stem with open blossoms, yellow stamens, buds and green leaves on pale paper.

Lily, Stockbridge

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pencil portrait sketch of a seated man in a jacket and cravat, hands clasped, turned toward the viewer.

Man Seated

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a seated bearded man in a jacket holding an open large book on his lap, with handwritten notes.

Study for a Portrait of Mr. Morris K. Jesup, Esq.

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pencil study of a seated woman guiding a standing nude youth who draws a bow, drawn over a squared transfer grid.

Study for "The Education of Cupid"

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Charcoal sketch of a mounted cavalry soldier in a cap, holding a sabre, with loose lines for the horse on tan paper.

Cavalry Soldier

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and grey wash drawing of an ornate panel design with an oval portrait of a standing man, flanked by putti and military tr

Design for a Panel with Portrait of a Nobleman

Francesco de Mura, 1740

Pen and brown wash drawing of two bedroom alcove designs with draped curtains, pilasters and decorative cornices.

Designs for Bedroom Alcoves

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Grey wash design drawing of two draped female figures on columns holding scrolled candelabra arms.

Design for a Pair of Candelabra

Pietro Belli, 1810

Portrait of a Man

Pietro Gagliardi, 1820

Ink and brown wash sketch of an ornate pulpit with a canopy, draped fabric, and columns on a stepped base.

Pulpit elevation

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor of a man in a yellow hat and dark coat shading his eyes while leaning on a walking stick, with a cast shadow.

The Lookout

Samuel Colman, 1860

Six watercolor designs of hunting trophies with rifles, horns, game birds, nets and flowers on a cream sheet.

Designs for Six Trophies Composed of Hunting Attributes

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Pen and ink sheet of ceiling decoration studies with roundels and diamond panels showing winged putti and mythological figure

Project for Decoration of Ceiling

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of four putti playing music above a lower scene of a reclining body mourned by figures in a rocky

Four Putti Making Music, Study after Lodovico Carracci; Christ, Study after Massari

Felice Giani, 1820

Charcoal sketch of a bearded soldier in a kepi raising a rifle while standing in tall grass.

Cavalry Soldier Loading a Rifle

Winslow Homer, 1860

Ink and wash study of a crowned divine figure in clouds with light rays, above kneeling people, within an ornate frame.

Study for God Appears to Moses and his Companions, Plate 171, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720

Brown ink and wash drawing of two vertical ornamental bands, one with interlaced leaves and one with a stem of leaves and bud

Torus molding and band

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Painted design study of a decorated wall with green damask field, gilded moldings, heraldic medallion and ornamental panels.

Section of wall, Guard Room, Palace of Fontainebleau

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pen and grey wash drawing of two figures in pointed caps at a draped table beneath a feathery tree.

Design for Title Page, Cahier des Parasols Chinois

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1780