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Pencil drawing of two friezes showing a sea centaur with a ram-headed creature above and a sea figure battling a winged sea m

Sea Centaur Battles Sea Monster

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of a helmeted warrior pointing beside an altar marked Apollo, with a ship and crowd in an octagona

Themistocles

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor design drawing of a hanging censer, a footed incense holder, and an alternative hanging lamp linked by gold chains

Design for Censer and Incense Holder with Alternative Suggestions

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated man with curly hair and beard in a suit, one hand on a chair arm, with handwritten notes.

Study for Portrait of Charles J. Martin

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Ink and wash drawing of three nude female figures holding a garland, flanked by two winged cupids in a trapezoidal frame.

The Three Graces

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo overdoor with cherubs in a cartouche and a carved chimney piece beside a mirror panel.

Design for an Overdoor and Chimney

Nicolas Pineau, 1730

Pencil sketches on pale paper of cattle, including a bull drinking and a yoke, with a handwritten note saying drinking.

Bull Drinking and a Yoke, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown ink and wash drawing of a Gothic interior with pointed arches, a rose window, columns and a ribbed vault.

Interior of a Gothic room

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a rowboat with a seated figure and an oar on calm water, on a tan sheet.

Row Boat

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Pencil sketch on grey paper of figures around a table, a veiled woman at left and a kneeling figure at lower right.

Mary Washing the Feet of Christ

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Brown paper sketch of snowy alpine peaks above a forested valley, drawn in graphite with white highlights.

The Watzmann and Königssee near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

White painted garden scene with palms, figures, a bridge and flowers on an ochre-toned design sheet.

Design for Embroidered Gilet, pattern 1730 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1780

Pencil frieze of winged putti riding dolphins over waves, with a bearded sea god's face at the right.

Frieze with Dolphins and Putto

Felice Giani, 1820

Red ink drawing of architectural elevations with a door, overdoor, classical moldings, scrollwork, and two putti.

Elevations of a Door, Door Frames, Overdoor, and Adjoining Wall Panel

Mauro Antonio Tesi

Pencil sketch of figures on a beach beside an overturned boat, with a distant ship on the sea at upper right.

First Sketch for "The Wreck"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor design drawing of a gilded goblet with fluted bowl, classical relief panels, and garland-decorated pedestal foot.

Design for a Chalice

Luigi Righetti, 1770

Pen and ink drawing of a foreshortened painted ceiling with columns, cherubs, and a central sky scene by Cesare Sermei.

Project for a Painted Ceiling

Cesare Sermei, 1650

Charcoal sketch of fishermen climbing over the gunwales of a rowboat in shallow water.

Fishermen Climbing over Gunwales, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and blue wash drawing of a robed male figure gazing upward beside a cherub holding a staff on a cloud.

King David

Antonio Bicchierari, 1750

Pen and ink jewelry design with a floral garland, ribbon bow, cross-shaped gem pendant and a separate flower spray.

Design for a Necklace

Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi, 1770

Loose pencil sketch on cream paper in an album, showing figures and angular forms, possibly soldiers at a meal.

Sketch of Soldiers Eating

Winslow Homer, 1860

Brown ink and wash design sketch of vaulted ceiling lunettes with seated figures, medallions, and ornamental panels.

Design for the Decoration of Barrel Vaulted Ceiling

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Grey wash drawing of the crucified Christ with a kneeling saint and angels in an arched composition.

Saint Jadwiga kneeling before the Crucified Christ; preparatory drawing for an altarpiece at the church of San Stanis…

Polish Szymon Czechowicz, 1720

Pencil sketch of a boy in a hat and a girl seated together on a plow handle in an open field.

Boy and Girl on a Plow

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pencil and white chalk sketches of wildflowers on tan paper, including thistle and goldenrod, with handwritten plant labels.

Sketches of Flowering Plants

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Grey wash drawing of a classical interior with coffered vault, Corinthian columns, garland-bearing figures and a bust in an a

Project for a painted ceiling with an antique bust in an archway

Flaminio Innocenzi Minozzi, 1800

Pen and wash drawing of a standing man with a huge nose and tricorn hat, surrounded by smaller caricature heads.

Caricatures

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in draped robes holding a child, set within a painted blue, yellow, and black border.

Standing Laundress

Luigi Vanvitelli, 1700

Pencil sketches of a reclining river god and other figures with handwritten notes, on a pale sheet of paper.

Two Sketches of River Gods

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740

Graphite sketch of turbaned men tending cattle and horses in an open landscape, mounted on pale blue paper.

Oriental Scene

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1770

Brown ink drawing of an ornate tripod candlestick base with acanthus leaves, scrolls, and a beaded band.

Design for a Tripod Candlestick Base

Jacopo Ligozzi, 1540

Pen and ink wash drawing in two scenes: a haloed figure meeting walkers above, and a crowded arcaded city square below.

Apollonius meeting the Messenger of the Brahmans [above]; Apollonius Ridding the People of Ephesus of a Plague Demon…

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of a coastal scene with seabirds, a distant island, waves, and handwritten colour notes on tan paper.

Coastal Views

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite study on blue paper of a woman's bowed head and an outstretched arm with hand, by Daniel Huntington.

Studies for Angel in "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil study sheet with loose bird sketches, angular forms and handwritten colour notes including blue, lilac and sunlight.

Garden

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Graphite drawing of three winged putti with trumpets and a wreath inside a stepped arched frame, with grid lines.

Three Putti with Trumpets, Design for Lunette of the Sala delle Muse, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican

Tommaso Maria Conca, 1800

Pen and brown wash design sketch of a bedroom interior with arched ceiling, pilasters, and ornamental panel details.

Design for Decorations for a Bedroom

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor and ink design drawing of a mantel clock topped by a seated archer woman and a greyhound, with a green marble case

Design for a Mantel Clock

Jean-Louis Prieur the Younger, 1780

Brown ink and wash elevation of a decorated room wall with a doorway, mirror, classical statues and relief panels.

Elevation of a Drawing Room Wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch sheet of trees, palms, parasitic vines and a small monkey, with handwritten notes on foliage.

Botanical sketches with a Monkey, Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Red chalk study of a religious altarpiece with a standing infant above cherub heads and kneeling and praying figures below.

Project for an Altar Painting

Brown ink and wash drawing of ornate metal purse frames with scrolls, mask heads, garlands and clasps.

Metal frames for Purses

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a gnarled evergreen tree with twisted branches on brown paper, by Frederic Edwin Church.

A Gnarled Evergreen, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Red chalk sketch on grey-blue paper of a dog lying down with its head resting forward.

Sketch: A couching dog

Giovanni Maria Viani, 1700

Pencil sketch of an ornate fireplace with a carved mantelpiece and surrounding wall in a room interior.

Fireplace

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of tree trunks, a board fence, and faint animal legs on cream paper.

Tree Trunks beside a Board Fence

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

A White-Brown Cockatoo

Flemish Frans Snyders, 1610

Pen and brown wash design for a frame with an empty oval cartouche labeled Otway, above a pedestal with a lyre and a head.

Design for Frame Surrounding the Portrait of Thomas Otway

Hubert François Gravelot, 1730

Chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of a young boy balancing a tray of bottles on a pedestal, pointing outward.

The Youthful Vendor

François Boucher, 1750

Pencil sketch of a floating iceberg and distant mountains with a small head study and handwritten color notes on aged paper.

Sketches of a Man's Head and Floating Iceberg, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and brown wash drawing of six alcove elevations with draped curtains, columns, pediments and putti.

Six Designs for Alcove Elevations

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of a tree with leafy foliage on the left and bare branches rising on the right, on tan paper.

Sketch of a Tree

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Watercolor design for an embroidered waistcoat with floral bouquets, garlands and trailing vines on a pale ground.

Project number 1599 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf, for Gentleman's Embroidered Waistcoat

Mademoiselle Bailieu, 1770

Oil sketch of a glowing sunset sky with dark clouds over a horizon, by Frederic Edwin Church, 1880.

Cloud Sketch

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Study of Boy Holding a Salver for "The Republican Court" (Lady Washington's Reception Day)

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil sketches of dunes, a house among trees, and a wind-bent tree on a coastal page with handwritten colour notes.

Sketches from Sea Girt, New Jersey

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pencil sketch on tan paper of arching tree branches and hanging leaves, signed Walter Shirlaw.

Project for a Decorative Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and wash architectural design of a doorway with pediment, urn and reclining dogs, with two figures standing in the openin

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

Carlo Marchionni, 1750

Brown wash drawing of a decorated living room wall elevation with two doorways, garlands, putti and oval medallions.

Elevation of a Living Room Wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink drawing of a rococo covered tureen above a circular platter with an ornate scrolled border.

Design for a Tureen and a Platter

Thomas Germain, 1740

Frame and chandelier; male portrait bust

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Brown ink and wash drawing of a draped bed alcove with swagged curtains, tassels, and a canopy with foliage.

Elevation of a Bed Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor study of an ornate palace wall with gilded stucco, painted panels of flowers and landscapes, and a decorated door.

Section of a wall showing groups of painted panels, Oval Chamber, Salon Louis XIV, Palace of Fontainebleau, France

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Oil sketch of billowing cumulus clouds lit warm against a pale blue sky, with bare paper below the horizon.

Cloud Study, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870