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Ink and wash design drawing of a lidded tureen with lion finial, snake handles and grapevine decoration on a footed base.

Design for a Tureen

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate door knocker with acanthus scrolls, plus two rosette knob designs.

Designs for two doorknockers

Richard de Lalonde, 1770

Pencil sketch of large broad leaves of a plant with handwritten notes, a small standing figure in a hat, and a hair sketch at

Large-Leaved Plant and a Figure, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink drawing of a helmeted warrior in a chariot dragging a nude body past onlookers at a city wall.

Achilles Drags the Body of Hector

Felice Giani, 1790

Tan-toned mural design sketch showing a central female figure with shield and staff, flanked by caryatid figures under a clou

Mural Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Hazy brown and green valley with rounded mountains under a grey sky, with trees in the foreground at left.

Mountainous Landscape, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Grey wash drawing of a cemetery stage design with a tall memorial column, urns on pedestals, steps, and small figures.

Design for a Stage: A Cemetery

Pasquale Canna, 1800

Pale floral border design of hydrangea clusters and leaves on a brown ground, an unfinished textile design from 1800.

Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf," Unfinished

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pencil sketch sheet with small boats, figures, a sail, a church, and handwritten place notes around Pátzcuaro.

Sketches around Pátzcuaro, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of a robed standing figure in a circular medallion framed by classical trophies and ornament.

Design for Overmirror Decoration for the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Grey ink and wash drawing of a classical hall with fluted columns, coffered ceiling, relief friezes and draped curtain.

Stage Design, Interior of Hall in Antique Style

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Graphite sketch of two antlers on the back of a tan card, with faint printed lettering in the upper left corner.

Sketch of Two Antlers

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Watercolor study of an apple tree with branches of green leaves and small apples on a pale background.

Apple Tree (Study for a Decorative Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Brown ink and wash sketch of hunters with pumpkins among ducks, reeds and trees beside a pond.

Hunting Ducks using Pumpkins in the West Indies

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of a curved stone architectural fragment with shaded masonry, a scroll form, and steps at lower left.

Column and Entablature Fragments, Athens

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and wash sketch of a snow-dusted mountain peak emerging from mist, with handwritten notes on the sheet.

From Window of Chalet, Top of Mt. Scheidegg , After a Mist and Storm

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Grey wash drawing of a reclining river god on a monument with putti, a lyre, and inscribed pedestal among trees.

Monument for a poet

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of icebergs on a horizon with rippling sea below and handwritten color notes on the water.

Sketches at Sea near Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of two men sitting in a canoe on water, surrounded by reeds, grasses and evergreen trees.

Two Men in a Canoe

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch of rustic peasant houses with pitched roofs and chimneys in a valley, with trees and a path in the foreground.

Peasant Houses in a Valley

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1830

Oil sketch of Salzburg with a hilltop fortress, church spires, fields, and distant mountains under a hazy sky.

View of Salzburg, Austria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash architectural elevation of a room with four figure niches and a sarcophagus with a reclining animal beside it.

Design for the Egyptian Room, Palazzo Nuovo, Rome, Italy

Ferdinando Fuga, 1740

Pen and gray wash design for a vaulted ceiling panel with a central figural scene and two small putti medallions.

Abundance, Vaulted Panel, Sala d'onore, Appartmento Napoleonico, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketches of table legs, a scrolled bracket, and a quatrefoil ornament with handwritten notes on cream paper.

Table Sketches, Florence, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash stage design showing oriental buildings, a fluted column, and a fountain set among rocky caves.

Stage Design, Oriental Buildings Amidst Caves and Rocks

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of a harbor square with a tall column, arcaded buildings, and small boats on the water.

Port of Ajaccio, Corsica

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and ink drawing of a castle tower on a rocky hill above a river, with dense hatched foliage and sky.

Imaginary Landscape with Castle

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown wash drawing of an angel leading a seated man past sleeping guards in a prison cell with a niche and column.

Design for St. Peter Delivered from Prison

Abraham Bloemaert, 1640

Pen and brown wash elevation drawing of a multi-story town mansion with arches, columns and rows of windows.

Elevation of a Town Mansion

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pencil sketch of a jagged iceberg with layered faces and a low tapering section extending to the right on cream paper.

Iceberg near Belle Isle, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Textile border design with white daisies, pale blue and pink garlands, and fringed swags on a brown background.

Design for a Woven or Embroidered Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Brown ink and wash elevation of a classical building with arched windows, sculpted figures and a flight of steps.

Elevation of a Building, Possibly a Kaffeehaus

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of rugged mountains under clouds, with handwritten notes reading Silver grey and golden brown.

Mountains in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of winged putti in four octagons and two circles, surrounded by clouds, by Felice Giani.

Putti in Four Octagons and Two Circles

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor of children in rowboats on calm water, one child waving arms in a straw hat, others in background boats.

Four Rowboats with Children

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of mountains and a yellow plain with handwritten colour notes and small clouds above.

Mountains in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Brown ink and wash drawing of a frieze with mounted warriors, rearing horses, shields and spears in combat.

Battle Scene

Giulio Romano, 1540

Red chalk study of a reclining female nude seen from behind, with white chalk highlights on toned paper.

Study for Reclining Nude

François Boucher, 1740

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridges and hazy hills on cream paper, with handwritten notes in the lower center.

Mountainous Landscape, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Horizontal border design with repeated festoons, tulip blooms and scrolling foliage in pale tones on a rust-brown ground.

Design no. 12 for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pen and wash design sheet showing labeled neoclassical tableware including tureens, cruets, salt cellars, and cutlery with Gr

Project for a Set of Tableware

Pietro Belli, 1810

Pencil sketch of rolling hill ridgelines on tan paper, with faint handwritten notes at top and bottom.

View from Flamstead, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil drawing of an eagle with spread wings standing in front of an oak leaf wreath with ribbon swags below.

Oak Leaf Wreath with Eagle

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Pen and brown wash drawing of a bed alcove with draped curtains and a neoclassical chimney mantel with an urn.

Bed alcove and chimney mantel

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of an alpine valley with snowy peaks, meadows, trees and small farmhouses, inscribed Berchtesgaden.

Near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink drawing of two horizontal friezes showing winged putti playing among vases, garlands and animals.

Design for Two Friezes with Putti

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of ceiling designs with rosettes, coffered panels, lattice patterns and pointed arches.

Designs for Ceiling Decoration

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Loose oil sketch of a snowy winter landscape at sunset with dark clouds, a wooded knoll, and glowing distant hills.

Winter Landscape at Sunset, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of an army wagon with mules on a faded sheet mounted in a grey album page.

Army Wagon with Mules

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and ink sketch of nude Hercules with club and lion skin beside a serpent in a garden, with Italian caption below.

Hercules in the Garden of the Hesperides

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a sky over low hills with handwritten colour notes and a date along the bottom edge.

Sunset over the Catskills, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of two classical sarcophagus designs, one with a relief of draped figures, the other with a mask a

Two Designs for Sarcophagi

Giuseppe Barberi, 1770

Ink and wash drawing of Alexander and the family of Darius in a tent, with armored men, kneeling women and a child.

Ceiling Design, Alexander and the Family of Darius, the Clemency of Alexander, Sala di Alessandro, Palazzo Naldi, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of layered cliffs with horizontal rock strata and handwritten notes on tan paper.

Straits of Belle Isle, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Loose pencil sketch of a bullfight showing a matador in a wide hat, a charging bull, and a dark cape.

Bullfight, Spain

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated woman in drapery with a fruit basket, beside a sketched ornamental panel.

"The Foliage of Berenice:" from Callimachus

Pencil sketch of clouds over a sea horizon and rocky shore, with handwritten colour notes on grey paper.

Clouds

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Ink and grey wash drawing of a bishop saint gazing up at a Christ child on clouds, with a mitre and open book below.

Bishop Saint Adoring Christ Child

Corrado Giaquinto, 1710

Ink and grey wash drawing of a Gothic chapel interior with pointed arches, stone columns, timber roof and carved altar steps.

Stage Design, Interior of Gothic Chapel

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Pencil sketch of five icebergs on a horizon line, with white highlights and handwritten dates July 5th and July 6th.

Five Floating Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil design sketch of a teapot and two covered sugar bowls with scroll handles on tan paper.

Drawing - George E Germer, 1910

George E Germer, 1910

Watercolor design of a gilded neoclassical wall with blue drapery, a chandelier and painted allegorical roundels.

Design for the Wall Decoration for Marie-Antoinette's Apartment at Fontainebleau Palace

Jean-Siméon Rousseau, 1770

Pencil sketch of a rocky plain with boulders, a lone tree, and distant mountains, with handwritten colour notes.

Mountainous Landscape with Boulders, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil drawing of a farmhouse, barn and outbuildings beside a split-rail fence and a bare tree in a grassy field.

Mr. Shriner's Farmhouse

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1850