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Painting of a barefoot boy in a dark hat leaning on a wooden fence, with daisies and leafy trees behind him.

A Country Lad

Winslow Homer, 1873

Oil sketch of three pink peonies with green leaves against a dark reddish-brown background on grey paper.

Painting, Red Peonies, 19th-20th century

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

Painting of a boy in a hat holding autumn maple leaves on a sunlit forest slope with red and orange trees.

Gathering Autumn Leaves

Winslow Homer, 1877

Painting of a child beside a wooden frame in a sunlit farmyard with a stone doorway, thatched banks and red flowers.

The French Farmyard

Winslow Homer, 1867

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

Drawing - Felice Giani

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

A French Restoration Bedroom

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

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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 of a neoclassical bathroom interior with swan fountains, draped curtains, and women attending a seated figure.

Bathroom and Boudoir Interior

Jean-Claude Rumeau, 1800

Red chalk drawing of a standing draped figure with turned head and flowing robes, study for an Annunciation angel.

Drapery Study for the Angel of the Annunciation

Battista Franco, 1550

Watercolor interior with two seated figures at a table by a window, a white dog on a parquet floor, and an open doorway behin

A Room in the Reuss Palace, Dresden

Polish C. M. Fredro, 1830

Ink and pencil floor plan of a proposed Episcopal church showing nave seating, chancel, altar, pulpit, and choir areas.

Floor plan, Episcopal church at Friendship, N.Y.

John C. Wolf, 1900

Drawing of two helmeted soldiers in cloaks, one holding a shield, with a kneeling woman and a small head study.

Two Soldiers and a Kneeling Woman

Eustache Le Sueur, 1800

Grey wash drawing of a man crouching on a plank scaffold beside a vertical post, with stone blocks behind him.

Vignette: Man Crouching on a Scaffolding

Walter Appleton Clark, 1890

Pencil and blue-wash sketch of a stone tower, arched opening and rooftops on city walls.

Buttresses on City Walls; Loches

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Ink drawing of many Rookwood pottery vases and jugs on shelves, decorated with flowers, birds and dragon motifs.

Rookwood Pottery

George Gibson, 1880

Pen and brown ink drawing of a standing bearded male figure in draped robes with a scroll ornament on his head.

Standing Atlante (a Dacian captive)

Giorgio Vasari, 1800

Pencil sketch of a hotel building with tiled roofs, bare trees, two swans on water, and figures along a low wall.

Hotel Luxembourg, Nîmes - From Our Window

Arnold William Brunner, 1890

Red chalk drawing of a seated muscular male figure above and a smaller nude figure with draped cloth below, on cream paper.

Figures from Sistine Chapel ceiling

Jean-Robert Ango, 1770

Pencil and watercolor design for six stained glass window panels with scrolling ornament and ellipses in muted red, green and

Front entrance group stained glass windows

John C. Wolf, 1900

Pen and ink sketch sheet with a musician playing guitar from behind, surrounded by head studies, a hand and a foot.

Sketches of Heads, a Hand, a Foot, and a Musician

George Charles Aid, 1900