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Ink and wash design drawing of a bedroom alcove with a bed, draped curtains, figural pilasters and an arched frieze.

Design for a Bedroom Alcove

Giuseppe Barberi, 1790

Pencil sketch of clouds and sea with handwritten color notes such as 'silver' and 'sky golden milky' on cream paper.

Moonlit Sky at Sea, Egypt

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Two cloaked figures sit by a glowing campfire at night, with camels and a tent in the shadows behind them.

Bedouin Campfire at Night

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and wash design of a rococo ornament panel with a cherub riding a bird among clouds and scrollwork.

Design for an Ornament Panel

Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, 1730

Pencil sketch of a square-rigged ship on choppy sea with hatched wind strokes at the right edge.

Square Rigger in a Stormy Sea

Winslow Homer, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing of two neoclassical fender designs with putti, garlands, a mask and an oval figure medallion.

Two fenders

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Red chalk drawing of two cherubs with drapery and clouds inside an ornamental oval frame, a ceiling design.

Ceiling Design

Vittorio Maria Bigari, 1720

Pen and wash design sheet showing neoclassical silver tureens, coffee pot, platters and salt cellars with Medusa-head ornamen

Designs for Silver Serving Pieces

Pietro Belli, 1800

Pencil sketch of a scaled dragon-like figure in an arch beside carved architectural ornament and a moulded cornice.

Architectural Details, Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and grey wash drawing of four festoon designs with floral garlands, a shield with crossed swords, and crowned eagles.

Design for Four Festoons

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1770

Oil sketch of a stormy sea with dark clouds, choppy waves, a distant sailboat, and a rocky headland at left.

Storm off Great Head, Mt. Desert Island

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink sketch of a triangular pediment with draped figures, seated musicians and scroll ornaments by Walter Shirlaw.

Motif for Pediment Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pen and ink design of a rococo wall elevation with ornate scrolled paneling, cartouches, and a bird motif.

Design for a Wall Elevation with Wood Paneling

Nicolas Pineau, 1710

Brown ink and wash drawing of a winged putto reclining on clouds beside a crab, a lunette design for a ceiling.

Cancer, Lunette for Ceiling, Sala Ottagonale, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor of a green covered wagon with a white canvas top and spoked wooden wheels on a plain under a blue sky.

A Covered Wagon

Samuel Colman, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of a bearded man reclining beside a seated woman and a child with a column.

The Holy Family

Felice Giani, 1810

Brown wash drawing of a family at a dining table with a melon, children eating, and a standing woman in a long skirt.

Family Eating Melon

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash design sheet with three draperies with swags and a frieze of scrolls, wreaths and a putto.

Three Designs for Draperies and One Design for a Frieze

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown wash drawing of a seated allegorical figure with a horned headdress and a lion, designed for a pendentive in St. Peter'

Africa, Design for a Pendentive in the Baptismal Vestibule of St. Peter’s, Rome

Francesco Trevisani, 1710

Pencil sketch of two pine trees with spreading branches and a distant hill on pale paper.

Study of Two Pines, Catskill Mountains

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Painting of a dense forest with tall leaning trees, fallen branches on the dark ground, and a grey overcast sky.

Maine Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Red and white chalk study of two outstretched arms and hands on blue paper.

Study of Angel's Hand for "Mercy's Dream"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a two-masted schooner with a dinghy on calm water, with faint distant sailboats in the upper right.

Schooner with Dinghy

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of tall rocky cliffs and jagged peaks above calm water, drawn on pale paper.

Iceberg Panorama, Canada, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and ink design study for a pediment with a winged female figure holding a sword, flanked by seated and reclining figur

Design for a Pediment

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Watercolor of a seated bearded man in a dark coat beside a standing woman and a barrel on a shadowed deck.

Deck Passengers

Winslow Homer, 1880

Red chalk drapery studies on blue-grey paper, with folded cloth and a smaller sketch at upper right.

Studies for a Young Man, Drapery

Giuseppe Passeri, 1700

Pen and brown wash drawing of two decorative festoon designs, one with a crown and ribbon, one with a shield and plumes.

Two Designs for Festoons

Giuseppe Bernardino Bison, 1770

Red chalk drawing of three ornamental designs: a draped pedestal, a stacked urn column, and a fluted pillar with a foliate to

Cabinet, fountain and pillar

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil sketch of waves breaking on a rocky shore under a wide, empty sky with a distant horizon line.

Seashore, Newport, RI

William Trost Richards, 1880