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Pencil drawing of a greenhouse stage set with glass roof, draped curtains, potted plants and climbing vines.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: a Greenhouse

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Grey ink and wash drawing of a Gothic church interior with pointed arches, balustrades and ribbed vaulting, with grid lines.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Church Interior

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pencil drawing of a domed stage set interior with arches, ornate pilasters and standing figures in niches.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Domed Interior (recto); Sketches for Dome and Doors (verso)

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Pencil drawing of a grand stage interior with a coffered ceiling, arched colonnades, classical columns and ornate balustrades

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Interior with Coiffered Ceiling

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Brown wash drawing of Jupiter embracing a white heifer under a tree while Juno watches from a cloud with a peacock.

Jupiter and Io, disguised as a white heifer, from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid"

Godfried Maes, late 17th century

Grey wash drawing of two seated figures beside a white cow and cattle under trees, with a draped cloth hanging overhead.

Mercury Rescuing Io from Argus, from "The Metamorphoses of Ovid"

Godfried Maes, late 17th century

Portrait of a Man

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 18th century

Grey wash drawing of a helmeted warrior seizing a kneeling old man at an altar beneath a tree, with women and a fallen soldie

The Sack of Troy: Pyrrhus Killing Priam

Franz Cleyn, before 1654

Watercolor of a deep Swiss alpine valley with steep cliffs, a village on the valley floor, and distant snowy peaks.

The Valley of Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

John Ruskin, ca. 1866

Pencil and wash sketch of Naples rooftops with a smoking volcano and mountains in the distance.

Naples

John Ruskin, 1841 (?)

Watercolor of a dense forest with gnarled trees framing a pool where a figure wades, a path of trees receding in the distance

Windsor Great Park

Paul Sandby, 1790-99

Watercolor drawing of a ruined classical colonnade with arches, fallen stones, and agave plants in the foreground.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Columned Exterior

Eugène Cicéri, 1828-90

Pen and ink sketch of three nude women in overlapping poses, with handwritten labels past, present, to come along the top.

The Hours

Samuel Shelley, ca. 1800

Brown wash drawing of soldiers tending a wounded comrade on a battlefield, with fallen men and a rifle in the foreground.

The wounded comrade

Nicholas Shiels, 1884-89

Pencil and grey wash drawing of an ornate building facade with a central niche statue, a stone cross and balustrade at left.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Building Façade

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Grey wash and pencil design of a stone balustrade with urn finials, a stage set drawing by Eugène Cicéri.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Balustrade

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Brown ink drawing of ruined arches, cannons behind sandbags, tall trees, and a distant domed city skyline.

Design for a Stage Set at the Opéra, Paris: Landscape Looking Toward Rome

Eugène Cicéri, 1830-90

Portrait of Isabella Benson

John Smart, 1811

Watercolor of a river at dusk with glowing trees, a distant castle tower, pink reflections on the water, and a small boat.

Windsor from Datchet

William Collingwood Smith, 1870-78

Watercolor interior of a long gallery with coffered ceiling, arched windows and paintings hung on walls, blue drapes.

The Flemish Picture Gallery, the Mansion of Thomas Hope, Duchess Street, Portland Place

Robert William Billings, 1830-51

Circular pen and ink drawing of figures under trees with a scroll inscription naming the four temperaments.

The Four Temperaments

Jörg Breu the Elder, 1500-1537

Brown ink and wash drawing of classical gods gathered on clouds, with a bearded central figure gesturing and putti below.

Council of the Gods

Giacomo Zoboli, n.d.

Ink and brown wash drawing of a classical hall with a vaulted ceiling, colonnades, and a statue in a central niche.

Set Design

Pietro Gonzaga, n.d.

Pencil portrait sketch of a man with shoulder-length hair and a white cravat, with handwritten name below.

Gaetano Rossi Napoletano

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, n.d.

Pencil portrait of a young man with short curly hair, high collar and cravat, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

Liberali de Verona

Jean-Baptiste Wicar, n.d.

A Standing Grenadier of the Municipal Guard

Édouard Detaille, 1891

Red chalk drawing of a nude figure seen from behind, with studies of a head and limbs on tan paper.

Nude Figure

Alfred George Stevens, 1862-65

Chalk study of a spotted jaguar standing on a rock against blue strokes, on brown paper.

Study of a Jaguar

John Macallan Swan, 1874-1910

Grey wash drawing of a wooded mountain valley with a waterfall on the right and grazing cattle in the foreground.

The Falls of Lodore

Thomas Sunderland, 1764-1828

Watercolor of a stone monument among cypress trees, with a figure in a red cloak and a seated figure beside it.

Oriental Scene

William James Müller, ca. 1844