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Loose pencil sketch on tan paper of winged figures in motion, rising across the page with a museum stamp in the upper left.

Sketch of Winged Figures for Ascension

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen and wash design for a chapel ceiling with rococo scrollwork, curtain swags, and arched panels with small figural scenes.

Design for the Decoration of the ceiling of a chapel

Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, 1720

Pencil sketch of winged angels around a central figure with raised arms, drawn loosely on cream paper.

Worshipping Angels

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Charcoal sketch of a reclining nude figure with a raised knee and extended arm on irregular tan paper.

Sketch of Nude Figure

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Painted textile showing elegant figures, a central flower bouquet in a red vase, a cherub, and a lute player.

Senses of Smell and Hearing

Paul Scarron, 1620

Purple ink sketch of a reclining draped figure with flowing robes and palm fronds at upper right.

Study of Draped Figure with Palm

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen and brown ink sketch of Phaeton approaching Apollo beside a large sun disc, with a city and clouds.

Phaeton Asks Apollo to Drive the Sun Chariot

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown ink sheet with rows of octagonal and round medallions showing classical mythological scenes of Jove and other g

Stories of Jove

Felice Giani, 1800

Graphite sketch of a female figure raising her arm with a dove perched on her hand, beside a reclining figure.

Sketch of Female Figure with a Dove

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Loose pencil sketch on brown paper of a head, shoulders and hands in quick overlapping lines.

Sketch of a Man or Angel with a Book

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch of two girls in wide-brimmed hats standing beside a hammock, both looking left.

Mary and Eleanor Hague in a Hammock

Mary A. Hallock Foote, 1880

Graphite study of two bare feet beneath a long skirt hem, shaded softly on tan paper with torn edges.

Bare feet below a skirt

Martha S. Day, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of two octagonal scenes showing Jupiter with Hebe and Apollo with a lyre beside Terpsichore.

Jupiter and Hebe, Apollo and Terspsichore

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch of a seated winged woman holding a blossoming branch and two birds, labeled Spring.

Spring, Sketch of Winged Figure

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Sketches for Two Angels and Faith

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Grey wash drawing of a rococo necklace design with floral scrolls, a pear-shaped pendant and a matching earring.

Design for a Necklace and earring

Giovanni Sebastiano Meyandi, 1740

Pencil studies of two hands on tan paper, one larger hand gripping a folded paper edge, with a smaller sketch below.

Two Studies of a Hand

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch of a bird wing with handwritten colour notes such as cerulean and greenish on cream paper.

Sketch of a Wing

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Two chalk studies on blue paper of the Virgin holding the Christ Child, set within a gray ink border.

Two Studies of the Virgin with Child

Francesco Trevisani, 1700

Pencil sketch of moonlit bamboo at left and small studies of figures in hats and dresses at right, on tan paper.

Moonlight Bamboo and Figure Sketches, Kingston, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of arching fern fronds on tan paper, with handwritten colour notes in the upper and lower margins.

Botanical Sketch of Ferns, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown ink drawing of a helmeted female figure with a spear among cannons and weapons, with a town and troops behind.

Arma

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Two etched plates of putti in landscapes: one with a winged child holding a torch, one with a crowned child beside a globe.

Suitte des Groupes d'Enfants

François de Cuvilliés the younger, 1770

Engraving of a barber shaving a seated client in a bedroom interior, with a canopied bed, window, and framed painting.

Le Barbier, from Les Metiers series [The Barber, from The Trades series]

Abraham Bosse, 1630

Engraved plate with an oval floral cartouche flanked by two tapering panels of flowers and leaves on a dark ground.

"Oblong Fillet Flanked by Two Needle Cases (?)," Plate 5 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"

Heinrich Raab, 1650

Two etched plates of putti: left a flute-playing cherub above a lyre player, right a helmeted child with shield and wolf.

Suitte des Groupes d'Enfants

Michael Hartwagner, 1770

Engraved plate of a bowknot pendant with floral ornament and a pear-shaped drop, numbered 3 in the corner.

"Pendant in the Form of a Bowknot," Plate 3 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"

Heinrich Raab, 1650

Etched plate of five ornamental fillet designs with floral motifs, ribbon bow and French caption, from a goldsmith design ser

"Five Different Fillets," Plate 6 from "Goldsmith Ornament Designs"

Heinrich Raab, 1650

Grayscale sketch of wolves attacking a steer on an open plain, with a pack running in the background under a hazy sky.

Lobo Showed the Pack How to Kill Beef

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Pen drawing of a classical frieze with three seated women, a shield-bearing man at right, and a figure with sheaves at left.

$100 Federal Reserve Note

Kenyon Cox, 1910