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Pen and ink wash drawing of Hercules wrestling and killing the Nemean lion, with an Italian caption below.

Hercules and Nemean Lion

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor of a Neapolitan watermelon stall with vendors, customers, a pig and a dog in the street.

Water color; A Neapolitan watermelon shop

Saverio della Gatta, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of paired seated women in octagonal frames labeled with Muses' names, plus a small sketch below.

Autumn and Winter: Eight Muses in Pairs set in Octagons

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil sketch of two women seated on a sea wall by the water, with rocks and shoreline sketched behind them.

Two Women Seated on a Sea Wall, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Graphite sketch of a cow's body and back with hatched shading, a study for a mural by Kenyon Cox.

Study for "Herding," "The Progress of Civilization: Hunting, Herding, Agriculture," State Capitol, Des Moines, IA

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Graphite study of a reclining female figure in draped classical robes, with a squared grid and handwritten notes.

Study for "Equity," "The Reign of the Law," Appellate Division Court House, New York, NY

Kenyon Cox, 1890

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man seated at a table served by two attendants, with a shield and sword on the wall.

Man at Supper with Attendants

Felice Giani, 1810

Ink and wash design for a dome fresco showing clouds, angels, saints and putti above painted arched windows.

Project for a Fresco in the Dome of the Cathedral in Citta di Castello

Tommaso Maria Conca, 1780

Graphite and white chalk study of a right hand with curled fingers on a brown-gray paper sheet.

Study of a Right Hand

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of women carrying baskets on a beach with sailboats on sand and figures near the sea.

Beach Scene with Women Carrying Baskets, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and grey wash design for a coffered ceiling with a central frieze of horsemen and winged figures in square panels.

Ceiling Cabinet Dedicated to War, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of women gathered on a beach with sailboats on the water and a seated figure in the lower right.

Groups of Women at Beach, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Small sketch of a pale iceberg on a dark sea under a pink and mauve twilight sky.

Iceberg at Twilight, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a woman in a headscarf seated on a grassy bank, with distant boats and trees across a hazy landscape.

Girl Seated on a Tree Trunk

Winslow Homer, 1870

Sketch of a seated man smoking a pipe in a red cap and jacket, with two donkeys on a pale background.

Smoking Man and Donkeys

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a shouting sailor in a sou'wester raising his arm, with a ship on the sea behind him.

The Lookout

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch sheet with tree studies, palm fronds, an alligator, and handwritten notes on foliage and bark colour.

Botanical Sketches with an Alligator, Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Ink and wash sheet with thirteen roundel and octagonal studies of Apollo mythological scenes, annotated in red ink.

Thirteen Apollo Subjects for Ceiling

Felice Giani, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of nude and draped female figures in a landscape beside a classical column and curtain.

Diana and Callisto, after Domenichino

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor design of floral sprigs and ferns in a cartouche with green and violet borders, for an embroidered waistcoat.

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, pattern 1777 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1780

Pen and brown wash design for a wall with arches, pilasters, hanging garlands, draped curtains and candelabra.

Design for Wall

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash drawing of robed figures in an interior, with an ambassador holding a staff before a seated man.

Ceiling Design: Roman Ambassador Ask the Sabine Numa Pompilius to Reign over Rome, Sala di Numa Pompilio, Palazzo Mil…

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a seated woman holding a lute, with studies of hands and a second instrument on grey paper.

Sketches of a Woman with a Lute, Study for "Titian Showing the Entombment to Charles V and Clement VII"

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Ink drawing of two caryatids, a seated figure, garland friezes and a crowded classical frieze below.

Friezes; Two Caryatids; Seated Figure

Felice Giani, 1800

Grey wash drawing of an armored allegorical figure with shield, putti and acanthus scrolls, design for a carriage rear.

Design for the Rear of a Carriage with Valor Victorious over Vice and Arrogance

Pencil sketch of an artist seated among easels and canvases in a studio interior, with a handwritten caption below.

Artist in the studio

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and brown ink lunette design with classical figures, a lyre and a shield, labelled Poesia.

Design for a Lunette with Allegory of Poetry

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor elevation of a bedroom alcove with a blue daybed, gilded panels, floral garlands and neoclassical painted decorati

Wall Elevation of Bedroom Alcove

Pierre Ranson, 1770

Pencil sketch page with two standing bulls, a bull head study, and an oak tree with branches, dated September 1840.

Sketches of Bulls and an Oak Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown ink and wash design of a rococo border with allegorical figures, putti, scrollwork and a blank central panel.

Design for an Ornamental Border Used for the Surround to the General Chart in John Pine's "Tapestry Hangings in the H…

Hubert François Gravelot, 1720