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Pencil design drawing of an ornate arched doorway flanked by medallions with winged creatures and decorative friezes.

Design for Entrance Hall, East Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pencil and wash design drawing of an ornate classical vestibule furniture piece with caryatids, putti, and urns.

Design for Meuble de Vestibule

Alexandre-Eugène Prignot, 1870

Watercolor design for a Gothic stained glass window with a central angel, Madonna and child, and heraldic shields.

Design for Stained Glass Window

Sir Andrew Orr, 1860

Watercolor ornament design with a central purple arabesque panel flanked by two decorated Roman-style standards with medallio

Ornament Design, Arabesque Panel between Roman Standards

Michel Angelo Pergolesi, 1770

Watercolor of Tangiers on a hillside with white houses, a minaret, city walls, sea and mountains under cloudy skies.

Tangiers

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Graphite sketch of a nude woman bending forward with one arm raised, with smaller studies of a draped figure beside her.

Study of Bending Nude Figure

Louis Schaettle, 1900

Pen and ink drawing of a mountain gorge with a stone arched bridge, a domed church, olive trees and a stream.

Source of the Gordicchio

Joseph Pennell, 1890

Pencil sketch of a two-masted sailing vessel and small rowboats on a sandy shore, with a figure standing near the boats.

Study of boats on the coast

William Stanley Haseltine, 1880

Pencil study of a seated robed woman holding balance scales, drawn within a circular frame on a tan ground.

Study for "Justice," Lunette in Hudson County Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Red chalk drawing of a standing male figure wrapped in drapery, framed by a double ruled border.

Standing male figure wearing himation

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Charcoal and white chalk study of a seated female nude leaning forward with hands resting on draped cloth, on brown paper.

Study of female model

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Oil study of cumulus clouds lit pink and gold above dark mountain silhouettes at dusk.

Study of clouds

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Watercolor design of gothic arched stained glass windows with floral scrolls and a leaded glass pattern.

Stained glass window: right pane of three part design

John C. Wolf, 1900

Pencil sketch of tiled rooftops, a stone wall, cypress trees and a small arched building with distant hills.

Garden Wall, Granada

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Pen and brown wash drawing of a curly dog lying on a cushion atop a pedestal under a draped canopy with tassels.

Design for Memorial to a Dog

Giulio Romano, 1530

Pencil sketch of a Baltimore skyline with rooftops and spires, grid panels and handwritten colour notes, 1920.

Baltimore Skyline

Griffith Baily Coale, 1920

Pencil sketch of sailboats on calm sea with a smoking volcano behind, and masts and seated figures in the foreground.

Last Glimpse of Vesuvius

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Ink and wash elevation drawing of an ornate domed royal catafalque with statues, columns, candelabra and a central niche.

Elevation of a Royal Catafalque

Luca Arinelli, 1800

Watercolor elevation of a bank main entrance with green double doors, a clock flanked by winged figures, and a pedestrian.

Design for main entrance door for the Bankers' Trust Company, New York, NY

Christian Francis Rosborg, 1920

Pencil and wash drawing of an ornate coffered ceiling with a central panel of allegorical figures and cherubs among clouds.

Ceiling of Courtroom, Federal Building, Cleveland, OH

Arnold William Brunner, 1910

Watercolor design for an oval stained glass hall window with pink, yellow and red floral motifs and a teal border.

Stained glass: hall window

John C. Wolf, 1900

Watercolor of low tide flats with a figure carrying a rifle, marsh grass, and a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Low Tide, Annisquam

Walter Shirlaw, 1910

Pencil sketches of architectural mouldings, capitals with volutes, cornice profiles, and handwritten colour notes on paper.

Sketches of Mouldings on Capitals

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Painted floral textile design with white and blue flowers, multicolored lobed leaves, and grey branches on a dotted dark grou

Floral design for printed textiles

Louis-Albert DuBois, 1800

Soft graphite and chalk study of a muscular male arm ending in a clenched fist, on a pale sheet with handwritten notes.

Male Arm

Flora M. Dow, 1900

Pencil study of two carved architectural pieces, a foliate capital and a curved Byzantine arch moulding, on tan paper.

Architectural Details

Arnold William Brunner, 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of the dead Christ held by mourning figures in a shadowed interior.

Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Watercolor elevation of a Victorian-style house with a tower, gabled bay, balcony and ornate roof trim.

Architectural project for the house of P.J. Hetzel

Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, 1880

Pencil sketches of a porch with a hammock and wicker chair, and a window with shutters labeled Scott Cottage.

Two Sketches, Scott Cottage

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil drawing of two women confronting on a street before a millinery shop, one holding a crying baby and an umbrella.

Lux et Veritas

Louis M. Glackens, 1910