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Oil study of a brown and white cow standing before a reddish barn wall, with loose brushwork and warm earth tones.

Painting, Studies. Cows, August 1876

Samuel Colman, 1876

Painted study of a seated woman holding a telephone receiver, with white cords wrapped around her, on a gold background.

Painting, The Telephone and the Ticker; study for Manufactures Building, 1891-92

Carroll Beckwith, 1891

Loose oil study of a brown and white cow standing in a sunlit field with a blue-green background.

Drawing, Studies. Cows, August 1876

Samuel Colman, 1876

Grey wash drawing of an angel on a tomb addressing three women in a rocky landscape, with a glowing halo.

Drawing - François Verdier, 1700

François Verdier, 1700

Brown wash drawing of two scenes: a reclining woman with a fruit basket above, and a satyr among grapevines below.

Drawing - Felice Giani

Watercolor and ink drawing of a rustic timber-roofed interior with a stone hearth, barrel, ladder and shelves of pottery.

Rustic Interior: Stage Design for the Teatro de' Felicini, Bologna

Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, 1800

Watercolor of a French Restoration bedroom with blue sofa, chairs, draped curtains, wooden chest and patterned rug.

A French Restoration Bedroom

Watercolor interior of a sitting room with framed prints, a fireplace, upholstered sofas, and a patterned carpet.

George James Drummond's Room at Oxford, 1853

George Pyne, 1850

Watercolor of a green and red Second Empire salon with a crystal chandelier, marble statue, and receding doorways.

Second Empire Salon

French School, 1850

Pencil sketch of a Paris street with bare trees, a street lamp, pedestrians, and tall building facades with chimneys.

View of a Paris Street

Griffith Baily Coale, 1910

Architectural elevation drawing of columns, arch, and cornice with plan views and scale bar, by Adolph Bordeaux, 1880.

Elevation of Section of a Wall with Columns and Arch at Left

Adolph Bordeaux, 1880

Watercolor of a library with bookshelves, classical columns, coffered ceiling, striped sofas, and a blue carpet.

The Library at Dingestow

Charlotte Bosanquet, 1840

Watercolor of a glass winter garden conservatory with palms, white flowers, statues, wicker furniture and hanging lamps.

A Russian Winter Garden

Vasily Semenovic Sadovnikov, 1830

Pen plan of a double spiral staircase with a central landing, numbered treads and red and green construction lines.

Plan View of a Double Spiral Staircase with Central Landing

Adolph Bordeaux, 1880

Watercolor of an Elizabethan room with carved fireplace, stained glass windows, and figures playing lute beside a sleeping do

An Elizabethan Room at Lyme Hall, Cheshire

Joseph Nash the Elder, 1870

Watercolor of a domestic music party with a harpist, violinist, cellist, pianist and a seated spaniel in a panelled room.

The Music Party

Watercolor of a sunlit music room with a grand piano, caned chairs, gilt-framed paintings, and tall windows.

The Music Room of Fanny Hensel (née Mendelssohn)

Julius Eduard Wilhelm Helfft, 1840

Circular print of the interior nave of Saint Peter's in Rome, with a coffered vault, side aisles, and a distant altar canopy.

Interior View of the Nave, Saint Peter's, Rome, Looking Toward the Altar

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot, 1740

Watercolor of a 19th-century salon with portraits on the walls, a gilded chandelier, and a seated couple by the windows.

A Salon in a Residence of the Duke of Leuchtenberg

Otto Wagner, 1850

Pen drawing of a spiral staircase with elevation, circular plan with numbered radial divisions, and detailed tread sections.

Elevation and Plan View for a Spiral Staircase

Adolph Bordeaux, 1880

Watercolor of a red-walled Roman interior with green curtains, marble floor, ornate ceiling and a framed painting.

Sala del Thorvaldsen, Rome

Franz Heinrich, 1840

Watercolor of a 19th-century drawing room with blue curtains, a chandelier, a piano, and figures seated around a table.

Drawing Room

English School, 1840

Watercolor of a Gothic dining hall with paneled walls, stained glass, portraits, a laid table, and figures in period dress.

View of the Dining Hall in Magdalen College, Oxford

Joseph Nash the Elder, 1850

Watercolor of a circular neoclassical room with a large chandelier, columns, and three women in white dresses.

The Circular Dining Room at Carlton House, London

Charles Wild, 1810

Sepia interior of a man reading a letter at a desk by lamplight, with a child and dog by the fireplace.

Interior with a Man Reading at His Desk

A. L. Leroy, 1820

Watercolor of a salon with blue drapery, gilt chandelier, framed landscapes, sculptures, and a piano, seen through open doors

A Salon in Restoration Taste

Hilaire Thierry, 1820

Painted study of ruined columns of a temple rising over a green plain with distant mountains under a pale sky.

Study of the ruins of the Temple of Olympian Zeus

Lockwood de Forest, 1870

Watercolor of a 19th-century man's living room with green drapery, a patterned rug, framed pictures and a bed.

Interior of a Man's Living Room

S. Tolstoi, 1850

Watercolor of an ornate bedroom with a canopied bed, painted domed ceiling, gilded columns and sunburst floor.

Bedroom of King Pedro IV of Portugal (Emperor Dom Pedro I of Brazil), Palace of Queluz

Ferdinand le Feubure, 1850

Ink and wash drawing of a grand church interior with coffered vaults, columns, and a crowd of figures on the floor.

Interior of St. Peter's Illuminated

Louis Jean Desprez, 1770

Pencil sketch of stylized hounds running diagonally along angular railings and stair forms on cream paper.

Design for Railings, Hounds

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Watercolor of a grand salon with a pipe organ, woman at the keys, swagged drapes, chandelier and fireplace.

Large Salon with Organ

English School, 1830

Watercolor of an ornate palace picture gallery with crystal chandeliers, portraits and a man in a dark coat on a marble floor

View of the Picture Gallery at the Château d'Eu (Vue de la Galerie au Château d'Eu)

Alexandre-Dominique Denuelle, 1840

Pencil design sketch of a hound-shaped wall sconce holding a lantern, with small scroll ornament studies beside it.

Design for Sconce, Hound

William Hunt Diederich, 1920

Watercolor of a crowded salon with framed paintings, a seated reader, draped armchairs, a bust, and an ornate ceiling.

Salon in the Apartment of Count Lanckoronski in Vienna

Rudolf von Alt, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of fountain designs with obelisks, statues, a tiered spire, and domed pavilions.

Designs for Fountains; Verso: Blotter for a Black Crayon Drawing, Upper Part of a Design for a Pavilion Elevation

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Watercolor of a pink damask sitting room with striped chairs, gilt chandelier, lace-curtained windows and a framed painting.

A Room in the Governor's Residence, Hermannstadt (?)

Watercolor interior of a formal salon with three crystal chandeliers, blue chairs, tall windows and classical wall decoration

The Salon in the Montpensier Wing, Palais Royal

Jules Frédéric Bouchet, 1820

Pencil sketch of two angular fighting horses rearing inside a circular border on an octagonal cream sheet.

Design for Trivet, Fighting Horses

William Hunt Diederich, 1910

Watercolor of an ornate sitting room with gilded coffered ceiling, portraits in gold frames, and a bay window.

Salon Particulier de la Reine au Palais de Buckingham. (The Queen's Sitting Room at Buckingham Palace)

James Roberts, 1840

Watercolor of a dressing room with a tented ceiling, patterned curtains, upholstered chairs, and gilt-framed paintings on the

Interior of a Dressing Room with Tented Ceiling

François Etienne Villeret, 1840

Watercolor and pencil interior of a drawing room with a reclining man, a seated woman at a green-draped table, and a piano.

Interior

French School, 1820

Watercolor of a blue-curtained drawing room with two children playing on a parquet floor beside a toy cart.

Salon Siebleben, near Gotha, Germany

Countess Schoenberg, 1850

Watercolor of a cluttered study with bookshelves, stained glass windows, a fireplace, a daybed and a green-topped table.

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's Study, Townshend House, London

Anna Alma Tadema, 1880

Watercolor of a 19th-century drawing room with blue upholstered furniture, a bookcase, and framed horse paintings on the wall

Drawing Room of a Sportsman

Moravian/Czechoslovakian Emanuel Stöckler, 1850

Sepia drawing of a small salon with piano, round table, sofa and windows opening onto a distant town view.

The Artist's Drawing Room on Lake Constance

Louise Cochelet, 1810

Watercolor of a paneled room with a draped table, blue armchair, bookshelf, mounted antlers, and framed prints.

Pynson Wilmot Bennitt's Room, Trinity College, Oxford

Arthur Frederick Payne, 1850

Wash drawing of a columned classical mausoleum with arched niches, flanked by urns and trees under a cloudy sky.

The Mausoleum for Czar Paul I (1754-1801) in the Park of Pavlovsk, near Saint Petersburg, Russia: Side Elevation

Thomas de Thomon, 1810

Watercolor interior of St. Peter's Basilica with coffered vaults, sculpted piers and small figures on the marble floor.

Interior of St. Peter's Illuminated

Francesco Panini, 1780

Watercolor of a green salon with a crystal chandelier, blue-striped chairs, round table, fireplace and white drapes.

A Salon in the Palazzo Satriano, Naples

Pen and brown wash drawing with several classical scenes, including seated figures, nudes, cherubs, dogs and an architectural

Design after Paintings by Raphael and Paintings in Bologna by Albani, Francia, Parmigianino; Monument Verso: Anatomic…

Felice Giani, 1810

Watercolor interior of a room with patterned tile floor, inlaid desk, framed painting, potted plants, and a view to a garden

The Study of Prince Karl of Prussia

Eduard Gaertner, 1840

Watercolor of a paneled great hall with coffered ceiling, stone fireplace, staircase, organ and a seated woman.

The Interior of Hall Place, Leigh, near Tonbridge, Kent

Henry Robert Robertson, 1870

Watercolor of a man writing at a desk in a richly furnished study with chandelier, drapes and framed paintings.

The Study of King Louis-Philippe at Neuilly

James Roberts, 1840

Watercolor interior of a library with arched windows, red drapery, bookshelves, framed paintings, and figures seated at desks

The Interior of the Library at Cassiobury

Augustus Charles Pugin, 1810

Watercolor interior of a sitting room with a marble fireplace, green striped walls, lace curtains, and a round table with boo

Sitting Room, 7 Owen's Row, Islington

Richard Parminster Cuff, 1850

Watercolor of a decorated interior with blue drapery and bird wallpaper, opening onto a conservatory with a statue.

The Interior of the Chinese Room, Looking toward the Conservatory, Middleton Park, Oxfordshire

William Alfred Delamotte, 1840

Watercolor interior of a bedroom with striped wallpaper, green daybed, folding screen, and green curtained windows.

Bedroom in a Country Dacha

Russian School, 1830

Watercolor interior of a Gothic-style library with bookshelves, a carved fireplace, statues, and an arched doorway.

A Library in Gothic Style

Charles James Richardson, 1860

Watercolor of an ornate Moorish smoking room with a painted ceiling, chandelier, columns and a seated man on a striped sofa.

A Moorish Smoking Room

Emmanuel Coulange-Lautrec, 1850

Watercolor interior of a 19th-century drawing room with green sofa, patterned wallpaper, fireplace and framed pictures.

An Interior

Mary Ellen Best, 1830

Watercolor interior of a room with a tiled stove, writing desk, round table, sofa and a hanging military uniform.

A Prussian Officer's Quarters

German School, 1830

Watercolor of a furnished study with a large desk, crowded framed pictures, oval portraits, and arched doorways.

A Study Interior at St. Polten

Matthäus Kern, 1830

Watercolor of a green drawing room with gilded mirror, chandelier, and a woman playing piano by the windows.

The Green Drawing Room of the Earl of Essex at Cassiobury

William Henry Hunt, 1820