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Pen and brown wash design of ceiling panels with diamond coffers, floral rosettes, and garland borders in vertical bands.

Designs for Decorations for a Ceiling and Architectural Sketches

Giuseppe Barberi

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

Sketch of a Woman's Head and Hand

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

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

Pencil sketch of a nude male figure seen from behind, arms outstretched, on tan paper with a blue museum stamp.

Study of a Nude Figure

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

Partial Sketch of a Face

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen and brown wash drawing of Saints Peter and Paul floating above clouds, with a domed basilica seen beneath an arch.

Saints Peter and Paul over the Vatican

Minardi Tommaso, 1800

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 sketches on tan paper of a reclining nude male figure with extended arms and smaller studies of arms and hands.

Sketches of Nude Figure and Arms

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

A woman drawing

Jessie Curtis, 1850

Grey wash drawing of a Gothic hall with pointed arches, lion statues in the foreground and a tall traceried window at the far

Interior of Westminster Hall

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

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

Pen and ink sketch in an oval of Mary holding the Christ Child with two cherubs below, shaded with hatching.

Mary with the Child

Donato Creti, 1710

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

Sketches of Three Heads

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Sepia wash drawing of an arched window opening with carved capitals on columns and a decorated keystone.

Design for a Window Opening

John La Farge, 1900

Pencil sketch with radiating clouds, a central figure, a row of small figures below, and handwritten notes on tan paper.

Sketches for a Passion

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

Pen and ink sketch of the Deposition of Christ, with a lifeless body supported by mourning figures behind him.

Deposition of Christ

Watercolor study of the Madonna and Child with two draped attendant figures under an arched niche over a tiled floor.

Madonna and Child

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

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

Head of a Man

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil and brown wash sketch of a figure frieze above an oval study, with handwritten notes listing objects below.

Sketch for a Wall Panel

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Muted painting of a woman in a flowing gown and a man in red beside a pale tree and dark foliage.

Lulling and Soothing the Mind into a Quietude

Frank Vincent DuMond, 1900

Pencil drawing of a young man in a wide-brimmed hat gazing upward, leaning on a rounded surface.

A Shepherd Boy

Leendert van der Cooghen, 1650

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

Pencil sketch of two bearded men seated among tall trees and rocks, with a woman reading in the foreground, dated 1860.

Leaf from a sketchbook: T. Addison Richards and Robert O'Brien at High Bridge

Martha S. Day, 1860

Watercolor of pink thimbleberry flowers with green lobed leaves and small red berries on a cream background.

Thimbleberry

Elizabeth C. Field, 1850

Neoclassical design drawing of a decorative frame with swans, a flower urn, scrolls, rosettes, and putti around an empty pane

Design for Metal Frame

Johann Alois Seethaler, 1820

William Hague

Mary A. Hallock Foote, 1910

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

Graphite and white chalk study of a child's head turned to the side, on brown toned paper.

Study of Child's Head

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Three pencil sketches of reclining female nudes on tan paper, labeled Contemplation, in varied poses.

Three Sketches of Female Nudes

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch on tan paper showing three studies of a left hand and forearm in different positions.

Three Studies of a Left Hand

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen and brown ink design of an ornate baroque candlestick with cherub heads, garlands and scrolled feet on a pale sheet.

Design for a Silver Candlestick

Vittorio Maria Bigari, 1720

Passengers on Train to Rome

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Graphite drawing of a bearded man in a head covering and patterned robe, hand raised to his face in a thoughtful pose.

Philosopher

Gilbert Tompkins, New York, NY, USA, 1900

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

Pencil drawing of five symmetrical ornamental bracelet designs with scrollwork and central medallions, one inscribed ROMA.

Designs for a Bracelet

Salvatori, 1900

Pencil and watercolor design for stained glass with blue, green and yellow floral medallions in a window grid.

Design for Stained Glass in Music Room in Miss Caldwell's House, Newport, R. I.

John La Farge, 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

Watercolor design study of an arched church wall memorial with a chi-rho roundel, painted panels, and classical ornament.

Study for a Wall Memorial in the Judson Memorial Baptist Church, New York

John La Farge, 1900

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

Watercolor embroidery design with roses, palm fronds, swags and lilac drapery on a pale ground.

Embroidery Design: Man's

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1770

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 pencil sketches of a nude male figure with arms raised and legs in motion on tan paper.

Two Sketches of a Nude Figure

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Red chalk study on grey paper of a figure with raised arms and drapery, with a separate hand and forearm study at lower right

Studies of Mourners' Arms, Hands, and Drapery

Giuseppe Passeri

Pencil studies of winged angel figures on tan paper, with overlapping wings and sketched bodies in various poses.

Sketches of Angels

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Brown ink and wash drawing in an octagonal frame of Zephyr and Flora making an offering to a statue of Ceres, with cupids nea

Zephyr and Flora Sacrifice to Ceres

Felice Giani, 1795

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

Red chalk drawing of a nude male figure seen from behind, standing with one arm raised on pale paper.

Figural Study

Pietro da Cortona, 1590

Oil study of a bright green lizard seen from above against a warm brown background with the inscription Jamaica June 65.

A Lizard, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and white-highlight drawing of a vine-wrapped tree trunk and branches beside a palm plant, inscribed Jamaica June 1860

Parasite Vine and Palm Plant, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painted study of tall tree trunks, ferns, and a bromeliad in a dim tropical forest with olive-brown tones.

Trees and Undergrowth, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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

Painting of thatch palms in a dense tropical forest with slender trees and a warm hazy sky at the horizon.

Thatch Palm, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860