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Watercolor design drawing of a blue and black sleigh with red tassels and curved runners, labeled No. 3736.

Design for Victoria Sleigh, no. 3736

Brewster & Co., 1882

Colored drawing of an ornate sleigh with red iron runners, blue upholstery and a brown bear fur robe.

Sleigh #3659

Brewster & Co., 1881

Colored design drawing of an ornate sleigh with gold scrollwork, a swan-shaped front, and purple upholstered seats.

Sleigh with Rumble Seat #3869

Brewster & Co., 1884

Colored design drawing of a green and gold sleigh with scrolled runners and a rear rumble seat, numbered 3737.

Sleigh with Rumble Seat # 3737

Brewster & Co., 1882

Colored design drawing of an ornate blue and black sleigh with a scrolled front post and curved runners on a gray sheet.

Half Panel Cutter #3804

Brewster & Co., 1883

Colored design drawing of a red sleigh with scrolled iron frame, fringed upholstery, rear rumble seat and tassel, numbered 39

Sleigh with Rumble Seat # 3952

Brewster & Co., 1885

Watercolor design drawing of a green and red sleigh with a rumble seat and red tassel, side view, handwritten number 3484a.

Sleigh with Rumble Seat # 3484a

Brewster & Co., 1879

Side-view colored design drawing of a red and black sleigh with curved runners and blue-tufted upholstery, numbered 3551.

Design for Victoria Sleigh, no. 3551

Brewster & Co., 1879

Pen and wash design for an oval ceiling with garlands, putti, a central rosette and small circular medallions on a green grou

Design for a Ceiling

James Wyatt, 18th-19th century

Black and white lithograph of two cows, goats and sheep in a grassy landscape with a tree, pond and cloudy sky.

Salon of 1842: Landscape with Animals

Jules Robert Pierre Joseph Challamel, 1842

Etching of a windmill with lattice sails beside a thatched cottage, with a wide flat landscape receding to the right.

The Windmill

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1641

Engraving of the Last Judgment with a central Christ figure, nude resurrected figures on clouds, and angels bearing the cross

Last Judgment; after Michelangelo's fresco in the Sistine Chapel

Giorgio Ghisi, ca. 1545

Brown ink drawing of a hilly coastal village with sailing boats, hunters, and a decorative border of birds and fish.

Hilly Coastal Landscape with Hunters, with an elaborate border of Fishes and Birds

Etching of a Venetian skyline across a calm lagoon with gondolas, mooring posts and a sailing ship.

Little Venice (The Little Venice)

James McNeill Whistler, 1879-80

Pen and brown wash drawing of plumed soldiers in the foreground, a tented camp and a hilltop city behind them.

The Siege of Fiesole by the Goths

Friedrich Sustris, 1550-99

Engraved landscape with a ruined church, a peasant reading a tombstone, grazing sheep, and trees under a cloudy sky.

Wooded Landscape with a Peasant Reading a Tombstone, Rustic Lovers and a Ruined Church

Thomas Gainsborough, August 1, 1797

Green wash design drawing of an oval mirror frame with swags, scrolling foliage, and flanking candelabra.

Design for a Mirror in the Form of a Horizontal Oval, Elevation

James Wyatt, mid-18th-early 19th century

Sepia drawing of a Gothic revival lodge with crenellated towers and arched windows beside a stone wall and trees.

Design for Bishopsgate Lodge, at Windsor Castle, Berkshire

Jeffery Wyatville, ca. 1820-30

Watercolor interior design of a 19th-century sitting room with yellow sofas, a fireplace, columns and French doors.

Design for interior

Charles de Brocktorff, ca. 1830

Pencil drawing of three women with upswept hair and earrings, the central woman wearing a white lace collar.

Portrait of Frau von Oppen and Her Two Daughters

Johann Gottfried Schadow, 1835

Drawing of an ornate chimney piece with acanthus scrolls, a central female figure with putti, and fluted Corinthian pilasters

Chimney Piece

Sir William Chambers, 1743-96

Brown ink drawing of several standing figures in heavy draped robes and veils, some seen from behind.

Group of Draped Figures

Antonello da Messina, 1460

Ink and wash elevation design for a chimneypiece with fluted columns, a carved bust, and handwritten dimension notes.

Design for a Chimneypiece (recto); Sketches for Column Bases (verso)

Sir William Chambers, 1740-1800

Architectural elevation drawing of a chimneypiece with scrolled brackets, carved frieze, and dimension notes.

Design for a Chimneypiece for Somerset House, Strand, London

Sir William Chambers, ca. 1776-86

Etching of the Temple of Fortuna Virilis with Ionic columns, a bell tower, a street with figures and a cart, and a cloudy sky

The so-called Temple of Fortuna Virilis (now Church of S. Maria Egizziaca) (Veduta del Tempio della Fortuna Virile)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1758

Watercolor of a ship's aft deck with cable machinery, winches, rigging and crew members under a cloudy sky.

Deck of Great Eastern, Aft: the Paying-out Machinery

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Sailors struggle with a tangled cable on a ship deck at night, lit by lanterns, with rigging and smokestack in the dark backg

A Night Scene. The Cable Entangled and Nearly Broken, July 18th, 1866

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66

Drawing of anchored sailing ships and a settlement by hills, seen from a steamship deck with men at the railing.

The Settlement and Church of Heart's Content, Newfoundland

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Night seascape of a steamship with tall masts and smoke, sailing through rough waves under a moon behind clouds.

The Albany Buoying a Bight of the Cable of 1865 on the Night of August 26th, 1866

Robert Charles Dudley, 1866

Watercolor of a ship's deck with winches, rigging, a large sail and crew working toward the bow, with open sea beside it.

The Picking-up Machinery in the Bows of the Great Eastern

Robert Charles Dudley, 1865-66