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Pencil sketch of robed figures, including a seated man on stone steps and standing clergy, inscribed 'In St. Peters'.

In St. Peter’s, Rome

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of a lighthouse on a rocky headland with sailboats on the sea and birds flying overhead.

Kings Sail

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Gray chalk drawing on tan paper of a kneeling angel with bowed head, feathered wings, and draped robe.

A Kneeling Angel

Elisabetta Sirani, 1800

Grey wash drawing of officers by a tree with cavalry behind and a dead dog and helmet on the ground.

Who the Devil Told You We Were Going to Charge?

Ludovico Marchetti, 1890

Pencil sketch of a rocky shoreline with a lighthouse and house on a headland, calm water and a small figure at right.

Study of seashore, Point Judith, RI

William Trost Richards, 1880

Pencil sketch of three studies of a figure in a wide hat and veil, with a handwritten inscription at lower right.

Three Sketches of a Nun Wearing a Hat

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

A Scene of Execution

Maynard Dixon, 1900

Watercolor stained glass design of a haloed young figure among bearded robed men beneath Gothic arches.

Stained glass window: Young Christ among the doctors

John C. Wolf, 1900

Portrait of a Man with a Turban

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1640

Brown ink sketch of a cat standing beside a setting hen on grassy ground, with a bird flying overhead.

A Cat and a Setting Hen

Agostino Carracci, 1600

Red chalk drawing of a winged figure with a horn and a putto holding a fasces, among scrolling foliage.

Winged figure with a horn and putto with fasces

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Blue ink drawing of the Madonna holding the infant Christ, with sketched heads in the margins.

Madonna and Child

Egisto Rossi, 1830

Watercolor of a pink sunset over calm harbor water, with red-sailed boats and a silhouetted town with domes.

Sunset Over Sailing Boats

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Watercolor of a Venetian lagoon with gondolas, a bell tower, a white dome, and a cemetery wall under a cloudy sky.

Old Cemetery, Venice

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor design of a double door between two glazed bookcases with painted pilasters and lattice door panels.

Design for Doorway and Bookcase, probably for King's Library, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1800

Pencil sketch of the Venice lagoon skyline with domes, bell towers, a gondola and sailboats on the water.

Study of lagoon, Venice, Italy

William Stanley Haseltine, 1870

Pencil design elevation of an entrance hall wall with doorways, a central dragon medallion, dragon pilasters and a fireplace.

Design for the Entrance Hall, Royal Pavilion, Brighton

Frederick Crace, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of soldiers hauling a cannon past fallen men and a dead horse on a battlefield, with an explosion behind.

Saving a Gun

Isaac Walton Taber, 1880

Brown ink and wash drawing of five ornate chalices with figural stems and scrolled bases on a tan sheet.

Five chalices

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil sketch of a man's head and shoulders, turned to the side, drawn in loose hatched strokes on tan paper.

Self-Portrait

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pen and ink sketch of three cartouche designs with putti and figures holding oval frames and a scrolled base.

Three sketches of cartouches

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Pencil sketch of a bearded seated man in an armchair with handwritten notes below, by Daniel Huntington.

Carl Schurz Seated

Daniel Huntington, 1890

Pencil sketch of a kneeling nude figure, head cropped, arms wrapped around the raised knee, shaded with loose hatching.

Kneeling Woman

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Grey wash drawing of an ornate bedstead in an arched hall with robed figures gesturing, inside a rococo frame.

Study for The Iron Bedstead of King Og, Plate 324, Physica Sacra

Johann Melchior Füssli, 1720

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a long overcoat standing with one arm resting on a support, by Daniel Huntington.

President Chester A. Arthur, Standing

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and grey wash sheet of Roman standards, eagle finials, weapons, and classical ornaments arranged in rows.

Designs for Roman Arms and Other Classical Motifs

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Pen and brown ink drawing of a woman in a headscarf raising a hammer beside a reclining figure and a tent.

Jael and Sisera

Luca Giordano, 1700

Painting of a large tree with vines and roots on rocky ground, with green hills and misty mountains behind it.

Tree with Vines, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Narrow vertical ink and wash drawing of a sinuous vine with leaves and buds, a design for a pillar ornament.

Pillar strip

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Pen and brown wash drawing of two draped figures beside a lattice fence, with a wooded landscape and distant town behind.

Design for Susanna and the Elders

Luca Giordano, 1660