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Watercolor interior of a neoclassical room with coffered ceiling, mythological medallions, gilded doors, and a writing desk.

The Dressing Room of King Ludwig I at the Munich Residence Palace

Franz Xaver Nachtmann, 1830

Pen drawing of a rococo design with a lion mask, floral swags, ribbon bow and a circular medallion showing a dog in a landsca

Design for a Decorative Swag

Clément Pierre Marillier, 1770

Watercolor design of an ornate Moorish smoking room with carved ceiling, green sofas, and a woman in blue.

Design for a Moorish Smoking Room [Tabagie]

Léon Feuchère, 1840

Watercolor of a red-walled interior with a gilded chandelier, patterned carpet, table, pianoforte, and a blue room beyond the

The Red Room, Schloss Fischbach

Friedrich Wilhelm Klose, 1840

Watercolor of a drawing room with blue drapes, bird-patterned wallpaper, a fireplace, wicker furniture and a hanging birdcage

The Drawing Room at Middleton Park, Oxfordshire

William Alfred Delamotte, 1830

Architectural drawing with elevation and plan of a spiral staircase, colored with pink and grey wash, numbered treads.

Elevation and Plan for a Staircase Model in the English Style

Françoise Gillet, 1830

Watercolor of an ornate 19th-century room with columns, a marble fireplace, gilt mirror, chandelier and upholstered furniture

An Interior in Moscow

Dominique Hagen, 1850

Watercolor interior of a sitting room with green velvet curtains, upholstered chairs, framed pictures and a patterned carpet.

Interior with a Curtained Bed Alcove

Austrian School, 1850

Grey wash drawing of a decorative arrangement with a lyre, torches, urn, sword, and ribbons on a neutral paper ground.

Design for a Decorative Motif

Carlo Bianconi, 1770

Pencil sketch of a reclining figure with one leg raised, with brown wash stains and handwritten inscription on cream paper.

Gainger en Répose

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of two men resting on a hillside, one smoking a pipe, with distant hills and a sailboat.

Men Resting on Catskill Hillside

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Grisaille painting of a crowded 17th-century parliament chamber with men in ruffled collars gesturing around a central table.

Scene in the House of Parliament, March 2, 1629

Frederick Coffay Yohn, 1890

Red chalk sketch of a seated putto with wings and drapery, framed by a double ruled border on pale paper.

Seated putto

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pale blue sheet with four small colored garden vignettes: a fountain, a potted topiary urn, a yellow house, and a pink garden

Drawing - Louis-Albert DuBois, 1810

Louis-Albert DuBois, 1810

Colored design drawing of a Gothic stained glass window with floral tracery, three figural panels, and a heraldic shield.

Design for Stained Glass Window

Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, 1850

Charcoal and white chalk study of a nude woman with raised arms, hands in her hair, on tan paper.

Study for "Venus"

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Watercolor of a kneeling boy before a priest holding a crucifix in a doorway, with a second boy lying in bed at left.

On Your Knees and Swear It

Albert Lynch, 1890

Watercolor of a tall brick tower and palazzo in Siena with horse riders on a curving track in the foreground.

Horse Race, Siena, Italy

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Red chalk drawing of a candelabrum, a flame-like ornament and a decorated urn on a cream sheet with a thin border.

Study of balusters and candelabra

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Red chalk sketch of a muscular figure with outstretched arm and two ornamental scroll studies on pale paper.

Detail from Last Judgment

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pen and ink sketch of the Virgin and Child surrounded by angels and musical putti on an oval sheet.

Adoration of the Angels

Donato Creti, 1720

Watercolor elevation of a hall wall at Brighton Pavilion with an arched sky niche, Chinese-style cartouches and dark doorways

Entrance Hall, North Wall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Study for a stained glass window showing an armored knight with a red lion shield and sword under a foliage-filled arch.

Study of "Courage" for Memorial Window to Jacob Dolson Cox, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pencil sketches of sailboats, rowboats and figures on a canal with buildings along one side.

Sketches of Boats

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Loose pencil and watercolor sketch of a seated man in a jacket and bow tie, with an inscription at upper right.

Portrait of W. M. Darling, New York

James Henry Moser, 1880

Sketch of a Youth

George Charles Aid, 1910

Red chalk drawing of two ornamental pedestals, one with scrolled foliate carving and one tapering with a carved rim, on pale

Two pedestals

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketches of a hanging Syrian oil lamp, a glass pendant, a geometric lattice panel and ornaments, with handwritten note

Sketches from Cairo

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Red chalk study of a standing robed figure holding a book, with hatched shading, mounted in a gold and black border.

St. Francis de Sales from St. Peter's colonnade

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Instructional sheet of handwritten perspective diagrams showing rooms, a street, boxes, a staircase and a table with red vani

Exercises in Parallel One-Point Perspective

Cooper Union Art School, 1880

Pencil sketch of sailboats on calm water near a wooded island, with rocks and evergreen trees in the foreground.

Rodick’s Island, Mt. Desert

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor of a blue-upholstered salon with a crystal chandelier, framed paintings, patterned carpet and a white tiled stove.

A Salon in Vienna

Franz Alt, 1870

Watercolor of a blue-walled interior with a dining table, chandelier, flower vases, and an open doorway to a red room.

The Blue Room, Schloss Fischbach

Friedrich Wilhelm Klose, 1840

Pen and wash drawing of an oval dome design with a saint, winged angels, and putti among clouds.

Design for the Dome of a Dominican Church

Lorenzo Peracino, 1710

Pen and brown ink drawing of two flying winged putti with a shield and weapon inside an oval frame, surrounded by clouds.

Two Flying Putti with Weapons

Felice Giani, 1800

Oil sketch of wild flowers with a red bloom, yellow daffodils, and pink and white petunias on a dark green ground.

Wild Flowers

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Views of a Seated Bull, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketches of tropical trees, palm fronds and grasses on grey paper with handwritten notes about foliage.

Botanical and Landscape Sketches along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and wash drawing of a biblical-style supper scene with figures at a draped table, columns, and a kneeling servant with a

The Last Supper

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, 1780

Brown wash drawing of a bed alcove with Corinthian columns, drapery swags, and an arched pediment with a central medallion.

Design for a Bed Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Charcoal sketch of a young woman in a long dress with windblown hair, standing with hands clasped, seen from behind.

Girl

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil study of a left hand in a leaning pose with drapery folds, signed with the name Giovanni Andrea Sirani on pale paper.

Study: A left hand in a leaning position

Giovanni Andrea Sirani, 1650

Design drawing of a watch chain and two bracelets with medallions, classical heads and the inscription UBI AMOR IBI ANIMA.

Design for a watch chain and two bracelets

Roman Augusto Castellani, 1860

Pen and watercolor design for a decorated coach body with gilded scrollwork and circular medallions containing winged figures

Decorated Coach Body

Brown ink and wash sketch of a robed standing man beside a group of draped women in classical dress.

Saint Paul and Figures, after Raphael

Felice Giani, 1810

Grey wash drawing of a winged putto holding a torch on clouds, with a second cherub, in an octagonal frame.

Design for a Painted Ceiling

Francesco Saverio Mergolo, 1800

Pen and wash drawing in four scenes: a deer hunt with hounds and horsemen above, and skylark hunting with falcons and nets be

Deer Hunt with Hounds [above]; Skylark Hunt with Falcons [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of a man from behind working at a large grinding wheel in a workshop with an easel beside it.

A Shears Grinder

called Micco Spadaro Domenico Gargiulo, 1640

Pencil study of a raised hand with spread fingers and flowing drapery on grey toned paper.

Study of Hand for "Early Christian Martyrs"

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pencil and white highlight sketch of a jagged iceberg rising above a calm sea on buff paper.

Iceberg near Battle Harbour, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Red and grey chalk sketch of two figures standing near a gate under an arch, with a tree beside them.

Sketch: At a gate

Howard Russell Butler, 1880

Pencil sketch of a seated woman with wavy hair and flowing drapery, resting her arm on a chair, by Daniel Huntington.

Sketch of Seated Woman for National Academy of Design Tympanum

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a cotton tree's buttress roots and trunk, with handwritten notes in the margins.

Cotton Tree, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink sketch of Venus seated in a scallop shell with waves, surrounded by studies of winged Cupid figures.

Venus and Cupid

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor of fishermen in a rowboat inside a cave at night, lit by a torch, with a basket of fish on the rocks.

Water color; Night Fishing at the Entrance to a Cave

Saverio della Gatta, 1820

Pencil sketch of a feathery fern plant with stem and leaf studies, annotated with handwritten color notes on tan paper.

Botanical Sketch, Pride of the Mountain

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Grey watercolor design of a two-handled urn with bird-head handles, fluted body and grapevine decoration on a stepped base.

Design for a Crystal Urn with Silver Mounts

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pen and wash design for a coffered ceiling with figures among clouds in ornate stucco panels, within a green and gold border.

Design for a Coffered Ceiling, with the Muses

Charles de Wailly, 1770

Charcoal and chalk study of an elderly bald man with a long beard, head bowed, on tan paper.

Study of Man's Head for "A Lesson in Charity"

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil sketch of tall grasses and tropical plants with handwritten notes and a small seated figure in a hat.

Botanical Studies with a Seated Figure, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Circular watercolor sketch of winged Aurora flying with a chariot, flowers and putti in pink and violet clouds.

Project for Ceiling Design Depicting Aurora

Felice Giani, 1810

Bust of a Young Girl

François Boucher

Pencil sketch of a seated woman in draped robes holding a board beside a wooden chair, with a faint second figure at right.

Study of Seated Woman for National Academy of Design Tympanum

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil sketch of a standing man in Arabian robes and headcloth, with handwritten labels naming each garment and weapon.

Arabian Man

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860