The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Watercolor design for a coffered ceiling with a central quatrefoil medallion, diagonal lettered ribbons and green and rust fo

Watercolor design of a Gothic Revival drawing room with fan vaulted blue ceiling, red curtains, tapestries and a red sofa.

Watercolor drawing of an ornate interior with a coffered ceiling, Corinthian columns, framed paintings and a carved cabinet.

Watercolor elevation of a dining room wall with red panels, a classical doorway and a painted Pompeian-style ceiling.

Watercolor design of an ornate room with a central fireplace, painted wall panels, red drapery, and a coffered ceiling.

Watercolor elevation of a decorated gallery wall with a central arched doorway showing a garden and fountain.

Costume design sketch of a woman in profile holding an ornate fan, wearing a decorated bodice and tracery-patterned skirt.

Brown ink design of a helmeted charioteer driving horses, framed by blank banners and a striped decorative border.

Pencil drawing of a large gnarled tree with spreading branches above rocks and grass on pale paper.

Pen and grey wash drawing of workmen unloading crates and framed paintings at a large arched building entrance in Paris.

Watercolor design of an art gallery interior with a shopkeeper greeting a couple among paintings and sculptures.

Pencil sketch in three horizontal bands of Chinese figures: seated officials, musicians with drums, dancers, and garden scene

Pencil sketch of a woman in a cloak speaking to a couple in period dress beside a large tree in a park.

Pen and ink drawing of a turreted Gothic Revival brick house with trees and a garden path, dated 1870.

Decorated manuscript-style border with flowers, birds, a dog and Latin text, framing a faint pencil nativity sketch.

Drawing of illuminated manuscript initials with jeweled borders, a decorated letter O, and a block of black-letter Latin text

Floral border design with white jasmine blossoms, green leaves, a ladybug and a blue butterfly around a blank center.

Illuminated initial letter with a robed saint holding a crozier, framed by blue, red and gold foliate ornament.

Drawing of a decorative illuminated letter C in red and blue with foliate patterns, roundels and gold accents.

Illuminated letter D with a haloed woman holding a palm frond and book, surrounded by red and blue foliage and decorative bor

Painted illuminated initial O with magenta and gold foliage and blue floral panel, beside red staff lines and blackletter tex

Painted illuminated initial with interlaced ornament and a haloed saint holding an inscribed banner beside a dragon.

Illuminated manuscript page with a large knotwork initial and Latin text in green ink, opening the Gospel of John.

Illuminated manuscript leaf with Latin text, a large decorative initial E, and a colorful vine border in blue, red and gold.

Six vertical strips of pale orange line drawings showing scrolling foliage and floral border ornament on a light sheet.

Pen and ink title page design for The Court Journal with a heraldic crest, crowned lion, unicorn and banners.

Pencil study of decorative initials and blackletter gothic inscription with ornamental flourishes on pale paper.

Illuminated page with the word Charity in ornate lettering, a woman helping a kneeling man in a vignette, ivy and holly borde

Hand-coloured L-shaped decorated border with scrolling foliage, blue and red flowers, and gold dots in medieval illumination

Illuminated page titled Hope with a blue decorative H, angels above a sleeping woman, lilies and blossoms framing the text.