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Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat and a woman in a hat seated at a café table, with a third figure at the right edge.

Café scene

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Watercolor textile design of purple flowering branches with green leaves, thorny stems, and blue and ochre decorative borders

Design for Gilet, pattern 1732 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1780

Grey wash drawing of a compote with a scalloped bowl, two dolphin supports and a shell-shaped base.

Design for a Silver and Crystal Compote

Joseph Anton Seethaler II, 1820

Pencil study on grey paper of a hemlock and beech tree beside a forest clearing with sketched branches and foliage.

Study of Hemlock and Beech, White Lake

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pen and wash design for a tall decorative panel with an eagle, garlands, cameo medallions and a winged figure on a globe.

Design for a Panel

Jean Guillaume Moitte, 1770

A Standing Stag

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Grey-toned drawing of an executioner with a raised sword beside a kneeling saint, with angels in the clouds above.

Beheading of Saint Paul

Domenico Mondo, 1800

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a seated girl in a hat beside a basket, with flowers behind her.

Seated Girl with a Basket

Winslow Homer, 1880

Graphite sketch of two young pine trees on tan paper, with a handwritten note in the lower right corner.

Young Pines

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of armed men kneeling before a crucifix in an arched interior, with a crowd at left.

Saint Giovanni Gualberto and the Miraculous Crucifix

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated Madonna with a nude child standing on a cloud beside her under a draped canopy.

Madonna and Child

Felice Giani, 1810

Charcoal and chalk sketch on brown paper of a nude woman seated with her back turned, hair up, hands near her face.

Nude Study of a Seated Woman

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil figure study of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat with one arm raised, shaded background.

Figure Study from Nature

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Brown ink drawing of Bacchus and Ariadne's triumph in an octagon, with grape harvest and wine pressing friezes below.

Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor of a mountain laurel branch with pink and white blossoms and green leaves on a grey background.

A Bough of Mountain Laurel with Leaves and Blossoms

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pen and brown wash drawing of an ornate inkstand with a globe, clock-bearing figure, flanking statues and handwritten notes.

Inkstand for the Viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais of Italy

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Loose oil sketch of a large reddish tree trunk in a mossy forest with thin trees and fallen branches in the foreground.

In the Maine Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and ink design drawing of an ornate monstrance with radiating rays and a vase-shaped stem on a decorated base.

Design for a Monstrance

Giuseppe Barberi, 1810

Graphite study of an outstretched left arm and open hand on aged paper, with a handwritten inscription below.

Study of Left Hand for "Lesson of Charity"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a ship's railing, deck planks, and coiled rope on pale paper, with loose horizontal lines suggesting the sea

Sketch of Details of a Ship's Railing

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pen and watercolor design for a neoclassical ceiling with winged figures in a central medallion and ornamental corner panels.

Ceiling of a Bedroom

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil costume study of a standing man in a turban, long robe and sash, with garment parts labeled in handwriting.

Effendi Gentleman

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Decorative panel with blue shield of gold fleurs-de-lis, cherubs holding torches and a crown, laurel and floral swags on yell

Panel, escutcheon surrounded by cherubs and other motifs

Frederick Marschall, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of two ornate sliding bolts and a plain hinge with French annotations, by Richard de Lalonde, 1800.

Designs of Bolts and a Hinge

Richard de Lalonde, 1800

Watercolor design for a gilded candlestick with a central clock, seated figures, and blue plinth, by Luigi Righetti.

Design for a Candlestick with a Clock

Luigi Righetti, 1770

Pencil sketch of a latticed window in an interior corner with a patterned cornice and shaded wall.

Window

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Red chalk drawing of a standing draped female figure with flowing robes, framed by a black and orange border.

St. Mary of Egypt from St. Peter's colonnade

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pen and ink sketch of two top-hatted dandies talking, one with a cane and cigar, with a crowd of figures behind them.

Two Dandies in Conversation

Daniel Carter Beard, 1890

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

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