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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