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Pencil sketch of several overlapping winged angel figures with raised wings and loose drapery on cream paper.

Sketch of Four Angels

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch on cream paper of loose figures and hatched forms arranged inside a circle.

Sketch of Figures in a Circle

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a seated female nude with studies of arms, hands and a shoulder.

Sketches of a Female Nude and Arms

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil study of a sparrow wing with handwritten labels naming its feather groups, on a pale paper sheet.

Study of a Sparrow's Wing

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen and brown ink drawing in three panels showing mythological figures, clouds, draped groups and a sculptural relief.

Mythological or Biblical Scene; Juno and Jove Enthroned with Three Fates; Three Graces with Apollo and Minerva; Sculp…

Loose oil sketch of a reclining nude woman with arms outstretched against dark, scumbled foliage on a brown ground.

Female Nude

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch of a winged figure on a pedestal with a seated woman and standing man in a circular frame.

Sketch for a Round Panel or Window

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Purple ink wash sketch of a seated woman leaning forward beside a reclining figure and a child's head.

Study of Figures for a Ceiling

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch of three figures, two men in hats and a woman, standing and seated on a pale ground with loose construction lin

Three figures

Jean-François Millet, 1860

Watercolor embroidery design with floral borders, small birds, two long-tailed birds flanking Chinese characters in a panel.

Design for Embroidery, Gentleman's Waistcoat Pocket

Jean François Bony, 1770

Pencil sketch of a wood engraving class with a teacher and women students at stools and a desk in an interior.

Mr. Herrick Teaching Wood Engraved in the Women's Art School, Cooper Union

Ada C. Thompson, 1850

Study of Nude Figure

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Pencil and wash design of a seated classical female figure drawing back drapery, framed by Greek key borders and panels.

Penelope

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch of several sailing boats beached on a sandy shore with masts and rigging against a pale sky.

Fishing Boats on the Seashore

Walter Clark, 1880

Pencil sketch of three elephants, one with long tusks, moving through tall grass beneath trees.

Ivory at Home

Frederic Villiers, 1890

Pencil sketches on tan paper of a reclining nude woman with extended arms and several studies of hands.

Sketches of Female Nude and Hands

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen and brown ink design drawing of an ornamental ceiling border with scrolls, putti, and layered moldings, 1570.

Design for a Ceiling

Luzio Romano, 1570

Pencil sketch of a sailboat by a grassy shore with trees at left and a distant horizon on tan paper.

Landscape

Walter Clark, 1880

Pencil sketch of seated passengers in hats, including women and men, in a crowded interior.

Train Passengers

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen and brown ink drawing of ten circular classical scenes with gods, Victories, altars and columns, labeled by hand.

Decoration Project: Six Tondi with Sacrificial Gods and Two Victories

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil design drawing of an ornate necklace with mask medallions, grape clusters, and a central urn pendant.

Design for a necklace

Salvatori, 1880

Two Sketches of a Woman's Head

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Sketch of Trumpeting Angel

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Graphite pencil study of a left hand and forearm with curled fingers on blue-gray paper.

Study of Left Hand

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a winged angel resting on a ledge beside several small putti reaching outward.

Sketch of an Angel and Putti

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil drawing of a winged boy beside a winged griffon above scrolling acanthus-like ornament.

Sculptured Frieze with Half-Figure of Winged Boy and Griffon

Felice Giani, 1790

Pen and wash drawing of two oval medallions: a farmer plowing with oxen, and Diana the huntress seated with a dog.

Man the Farmer, Diana the Goddess of the Hunt, Design for Vaulted Ceiling, Sala dei Legislatori, Palazzo Conti-Siniba…

Felice Giani, 1800

Drawing of a lunette design with two putti, a central heraldic shield, flower garlands, and two reclining female figures.

Project for the top of a painted frame of an altar

Pen and brown ink sketch page with three panels of winged figures, a Madonna and child with an angel, and a seated draped fig

Sketchbook Page: Nine Muses

Felice Giani, 1758

Watercolor design for a stairway wall with pastoral figure scenes above carved wood paneling and tall framed openings.

Design for Portion of Stairway, Château-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island

Charles Salagnad, 1870