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Ink and wash drawing of an ornate classical oil lamp with cherubs, serpent handles, and flames on a tall stem.

An Oil Burning Lamp

Giovacchino Belli, 1770

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate rococo cartel clock with a green dial, Roman numerals, and a lion mask.

Design for a Cartel Clock

Gilles-Marie Oppenord, 1700

Watercolor embroidery design with white and blue flowers, green leaves, and beaded trailing motifs on a brown curved ground.

Embroidery Design: Top Pa

Mademoiselle Montalent, 1770

Pencil sketch on brown paper of two hands pressed together, shaded with loose hatching.

Study of Hands

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil and charcoal sketch of three young birds with open beaks in a grass nest on brown paper.

Birds

Ernest Thompson Seton, 1890

Sketch of Two Angels

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil sketch of a woman's head and shoulders turned left, gazing upward, with grey wash on tan paper.

Bust of Female Nude

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Portrait of Georgiana Davis

Martha S. Day, 1860

Pencil sketch above a watercolor study of reclining and seated classical figures in pink and green on a wall panel design.

Studies for a Wall Panel

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pencil and watercolor design for a stained glass doorway with a painted swag frieze and fluted column, by John La Farge.

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

John La Farge, 1880

Drawing of a seated man in a wide hat raising a wine glass, rendered in chalk with white highlights on gray paper.

Seated Cavalier with Wine Glass

Netherlandish Jacob Duck, 1650

Study for "Martha Washington Reception"

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil sketch of a long-haired standing figure with outstretched arms and loosely drawn flowing drapery on pale paper.

Study for Christ, Chancel of St. Bartholomew, New York

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

Watercolor design for five Gothic lancet stained glass panels with blue, red and gold tones and inscribed text.

Design for a Church Window

Bancel La Farge, 1900

Pen and brown ink design drawing of an ornate tall candlestick with scrolled decoration on a pale ground.

Design for a Silver Candl

Giuseppe Gagliardi, 1710

Graphite study of a nude male figure with raised arms and outstretched legs, with a small hand sketch at upper left.

Studies for a Flying Figure

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1880

Pencil sketch of a central figure with outstretched arms rising through radiating light above a crowd in an arched compositio

Sketch of the Ascension

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Graphite and red chalk study of a standing male nude with separate hand and foot studies on blue paper.

Male Nude Standing, Separ

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Study of Woman's Head and Shoulders

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Red chalk rococo cartouche design with a sun face, flower urns, scrollwork and birds around an empty central oval.

Drawing - François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

François de Cuvilliés the Elder, 1740

Watercolor design of two figures framed by green columns, floral frieze and scrolled panel, against a blue sky.

Design for a Memorial Window

John La Farge, 1900

Pencil sketch of seated and reclining figures on paper, with handwritten notes including the word sea.

Seated Figures

John La Farge, 1890

Sketch of Woman with Arms Crossed

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Graphite drawing of a nude male figure with one foot on a step and one arm raised, looking to the side.

Male Nude with One Foot on a Step

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch on toned paper of a winged angel in flight and a seated figure below, study for a chapel commission.

Sketches for the Angel Beside "Charity," Chapel of St. Bartholomew, New York

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1890

Watercolor design drawing of two arched window or niche schemes with columns and painted decorative panels in pink, green and

Two Schemes for Church Windows

John La Farge, 1900

Pastel sketch of a standing sailor in navy uniform and cap, hands on hips, on tan paper.

A Jack Tar (Spanish American War)

Howard Chandler Christy, 1890

Sketch of Two Heads

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900

Pen drawing of a Tammany tiger on New York City skyline watching Teddy Roosevelt hunt a mountain lion in Colorado.

Tammany Tiger: "Teddy's going to hunt mountain lions so that gives me a vacation"

John Tinney McCutcheon, 1900

Graphite sketch sheet with several loosely drawn figures, including a large reclining nude and smaller seated forms.

Sketches of Figures

Francis Augustus Lathrop, 1900