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Engraved plate of candelabra, vases, brackets and acanthus ornament, numbered 358 to 369, with scale bar at bottom.

Candelabra, Vessels and Ornament, nos. 358-369, plate 54 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"

Michelangelo Pergolesi, March 20, 1792

Engraved plate of neoclassical candelabra, urns, brackets and acanthus ornament, numbered 54.

Candelabra, Vessels and Ornament, nos. 358-369, plate 54 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"

Michelangelo Pergolesi, March 20, 1785

Portrait of the Duke of Northumberland, Vase and Ornamental Frame, no. CCCLXXI, plate 56 from "Designs for Various Or…

Michelangelo Pergolesi, July 26, 1792

Engraved plate of acanthus leaf scrolls surrounded by a bird, moths, a dragonfly and a squirrel, from Designs for Various Orn

Acanthus Leaves, Birds and Insects, no. CCCLXXII, plate 57 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"

Michelangelo Pergolesi, April 1, 1792

Engraved plate with twelve ornamental border panels of scrolls, garlands, rosettes and Greek key patterns, numbered 58.

Panels of Ornament, nos. CCCLXXIII-CCLXXXIV, plate 58 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"

Michelangelo Pergolesi, April 29, 1791

Engraved plate with two candelabra designs and three staircase railing designs with ornate scrollwork, dated 1792.

Candelabra Designs and Stair Railing Designs, nos. CCCXCV-CCCXCVII and 398-400, plate 60 from "Designs for Various Or…

Michelangelo Pergolesi, April 1, 1792

Hand-colored engraved interior design plate showing a window with red drapes, classical panels, and three pink upholstered se

Interior Ornamented Wall with Window and Furniture, nos. 411-424, plate 64 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"

Michelangelo Pergolesi, February 15, 1792

Portrait of the Duchess of Buccleugh and Ornament, nos. CCCCXXXII, 433, 435, plate 66 from "Designs for Various Ornam…

Michelangelo Pergolesi, August 30, 1792

Engraved plate of scrolling acanthus leaf ornaments and a floral spray, numbered CCCCLV to CCCCLIX, page 68.

Varieties of Leaf Ornament, nos. CCCCLV-CCCCLIX, plate 68 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"

Michelangelo Pergolesi, 1801

Engraved plate of an ornamental urn with a lion figure, bird, laurel medallion, and candelabra, framed by foliate borders.

Vases and Ornament, nos. CCCCLX-CCCCLXVIII, plate 69 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"

Michelangelo Pergolesi, 1801

Hand-coloured plate of an ornamental interior wall with panels, griffins, a console table and two pink chairs, 1801.

Interior Ornamented Wall, nos. CCCCLXIX-CCCCLXXIX, plate 70 from "Designs for Various Ornaments"

Michelangelo Pergolesi, 1801

Pencil drawing of a grave monument with a cross bearing a central monogram medallion on a stepped pedestal.

Grave Monument with Cross, No. 731

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Ink elevation drawings of two grave monument designs on lined paper, one with a carved emblem, with dimensions and scale note

Grave Monument Design (Two Elevations)

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Pencil drawing of an obelisk grave monument inscribed CAMERON on its base, labeled No. 16, with faint landscape hatching behi

Obelisk Grave Monument, No. 16

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Pencil drawing of an obelisk grave monument with a monogram medallion on a stepped pedestal, labeled No. 34.

Obelisk Grave Monument, No. 34

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Pencil drawing of an obelisk grave monument on a stepped pedestal, labeled No. 84 in the upper left corner.

Obelisk Grave Monument, No. 84

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Ink elevation drawing of a tall obelisk grave monument with a stepped base and pyramidal tip on cream paper.

Obelisk Grave Monument, No. 901 / 920

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Ink and pencil drawing of a draped obelisk grave monument with stepped base inscribed HOLME, numbered 933.

Draped Obelisk Grave Monument for "Holme", No. 933 (recto); Sketch of a grave (verso)

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a tall obelisk grave monument on a stepped pedestal with decorative bands.

Obelisk Grave Monument, No. 1322

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Watercolor drawing of a stone grave monument with a finial urn, stepped base and dark inset panels, flanked by shrubs.

Grave Monument with Vase, No. 1343

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Pen-and-ink drawing of a tiered stone grave monument with a cross and IHS monogram, labeled No. 745, on grass.

Grave Monument with Cross, No. 745

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Ink and wash drawing of a stone grave monument with a stepped base, dark panels and a vase finial on grass.

Grave Monument, Pillar Topped with a Vase, No. 911

Alexander Maxwell, 1840-80

Die-cut parody of the Statue of Liberty holding a torch and accident book, with an insurance advertisement on its pedestal.

Bar Thuldy's Statue: Liberty Frightenin de World

Currier & Ives, 1886

Watercolor design of a stepped pedestal with a numeral 7 supporting a standing soldier with rifle, under a pointed arch.

Pedestal Design for the Seventh Regiment Memorial in Central Park

Jacob Wrey Mould, ca. 1868

Grey wash drawing of rocky cliffs, circular rock-cut basins in the foreground, a ruined wall and a robed figure with a staff.

The Altar of Baal

Harry Fenn, 1885

Ink and wash drawing of a half-timbered clubhouse beside a bowling green, with a flagpole, poplars and figures on the lawn.

The Athletic Club at Bowling Green

Harry Fenn, ca. 1900

Pencil sketches of a memorial library: several elevations, a clock tower facade, and a labeled floor plan on aged paper.

Design Sketches for a Memorial Library (recto and verso) (possibly the Winn Memorial Library, Woburn, Massachusetts)

Henry Hobson Richardson, ca. 1876

Watercolor design for an arched stained glass window showing a grey urn with blue flowers and lavender ribbons.

Stained Glass Design with Flowering Vase

E. E. Q., late 19th century

Watercolor design of an ornate wrought iron hall lantern with scrolling leaves and a glass panel with a sunburst.

Wrought Iron Hall Lantern Design

J. B. B. Frost, 19th century

Pencil drawing of Chepstow Castle ruins above cliffs, with figures in a rowing boat and a sailboat on the river Wye.

Chepstow Castle, Wales from the river Wye

Lilburne Hicks, 1830-60

Watercolor of a half-timbered Tudor style building beside railway tracks, with a steam train, gate keeper, and rolling hills.

Tudor Style Rural Train Station and Railroad Crossing

John Connell Ogle, 1844-77

Watercolor of a half-timbered rural railway station with a tiled roof, veranda, passengers, tracks and a distant church spire

Victorian Rural Train Station and Railroad Crossing

John Connell Ogle, 1844-77

Colorful satirical print of a giant head tower with platforms, balloons and cable cars beside a World's Fair arch.

Puck's Suggestion for the World's Fair, The Colossus of Chicago Would Knock Out the Eiffel Tower, from "Puck Magazine"

Louis Dalrymple, October 8, 1890

Worn paper wrapper with an engraved archer in an oval medallion, surrounded by handwritten notes and printed Burbank letterin

Wrapper: Burbank Paper Mill, Sutton, Massachusetts

Caleb Burbank, ca. 1801

Brown ink drawing of a stone underpass with a horse carriage and pedestrians on a dirt road, evergreens on the hill beyond.

Central Park, Transverse Road No. 2

E. P., 1870

Brown ink and wash drawing of a tall Gothic spired monument with pinnacles and tracery against a dark ground.

Spired Gothic Monument

Joseph Michael Gandy, 1797 (?)

Grayscale collage of cut engravings showing women, children, and rural family scenes on a tan mount.

Collage of printed elements centered on Women, Children, Family and Rural Life

Illman Brothers, 1862-63

Engraved collage of an elderly man and young woman reading at center, surrounded by rural scenes of children, animals and lan

Collage of printed elements centered on a Man and Young Woman Reading the Bible, surrounded by scenes from rural life

Illman Brothers, 1851-66

Etching of a vaulted prison interior with arches, columns, wooden gates, and a seated figure near the center.

Interior of a prison in which sits a woman (possibly a theatre set)

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti, ca 1680-1710

Etching of the Dioscuri horse tamers atop ruined Roman architecture, with a column and arches in the background.

Roman ruins with the horse tamers (Dioscuri) on the Quirinal Hill, plate 36 from "Discorsi Sopra L’Antichita di Roma"

Giovanni Battista Pittoni the Elder, 1730-60

Engraved architectural view of rounded arches, columns, a stone staircase and a balustraded garden terrace beyond.

Architectural View with an Arch

François Vivarès, 1740

Chiaroscuro print of figures hauling a net from a boat, with two men conversing in the foreground and hills behind.

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, after Raphael

Niccolò Vicentino, 1540-50 (republished 1609)

Engraved ornamental plate with a central cartouche framed by strapwork, scrollwork, and grotesque masks in an album leaf.

Rinceaux Panels, One Fontainebleau School Cartouche

Enea Vico, 16th century

Engraving of couples dancing on a village square beside a tree-sheltered horn player, with a church steeple behind.

Dance on the Village Square

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1633

Engraved frontispiece with a kneeling woman, putti holding Latin banners, a radiant figure on a mountain, and vines.

Frontispiece of Fasti Senenses

Guillaume Vallet, 1645-1704

Pen and ink drawing of a priest with a sistrum and a wreathed companion before hieroglyph-covered obelisk and palm tree.

Procession at Memphis

Michel-François Dandré-Bardon, 18th century

Engraving of two mounted figures in plumed hats before an army with banners and a walled town beyond.

The French Forces: Louis XIII and Gaston d'Orléans

Abraham Bosse, ca. 1630

Engraving of elegant diners in plumed hats at a banquet table, a servant with a lantern at left, and beggars seen through a d

The Banquet of the Rich Man

Abraham Bosse, mid to late 17th century

Three ink and wash furniture designs of hall chairs by Thomas Chippendale, showing rococo, neoclassical and Gothic styles.

Hall Chairs, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

Thomas Chippendale, 1759

Pen drawing of three fire screen designs with chinoiserie figure scenes, a landscape, and a floral panel on a tripod stand.

Fire Screens, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Pen and grey wash drawings of rococo console table frames with carved scrollwork and figures, pasted on blue mount.

Frames for Marble Slabs, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Pen drawing of decorative rococo brackets for marble slabs, with scrolls, foliage and floral carving, labeled A and B.

Brackets for Marble Slabs, in Chippendale Drawings, Vol. I

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Two ink and wash elevation drawings of rococo chamber organs with carved scrollwork, flowers, a cherub, and a shell motif.

Chamber Organs, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1760

Pen and wash design drawing of a Gothic bookcase with pointed arched doors, tracery, finials, and detail studies of a capital

Gothic Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1761

Pen and wash drawing of a Gothic-tracery library bookcase with a carved pediment and glazed doors, from Chippendale's 1753 de

Library Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Ink and wash drawing of a carved library bookcase with scrolled pediment, urn finial, pilasters and trophy panels.

Library Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1760

Ink drawing of architectural molding profiles with numbered dimensions for a bookcase design, by Thomas Chippendale.

Moldings for Library Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Pen drawing of architectural moldings, a scrolled column capital with acanthus leaves, and a circular plan, with dimension no

Moldings and Plan for Column on Door of Library Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Pen and wash drawing of a library table with carved legs, cartouche panels, and fretwork, with dimension lines.

Library Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Ink drawing of a library table plan, moldings, a column capital and pedestal, with a scale bar and lettered reference marks.

Plan for Library Table with Moldings, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Ink and wash drawing of a Chippendale library table with drawer pedestals, shown in elevation, plan, and detail views.

Library Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1760

Library Tables, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1759

Pen and wash drawing of a curved library table with floral swags, shown in perspective, elevation, and plan views.

Library Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1759

Pen and ink design drawing of a library table with Greek key frieze, scrolling acanthus apron, and paneled pedestals.

Library Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, ca. 1762-70

Ink drawing of an ornate Rococo desk and bookcase with carved pediment, glazed doors, and dimension notes.

Desk and Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Ink and wash design drawing of a Gothic-style writing table with elevation, plan, and molding details.

Writing Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Pen and wash design drawing of a rococo and Gothic sideboard table with plan and section details.

Sideboard Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Ink and wash drawing of a Chippendale breakfast table with shaped folding top, fretwork frieze, and hinge detail.

Breakfast Tables, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Brown ink and wash drawing of four ornate rococo cisterns with scrolled feet, shell motifs, and a cherub-supported bowl.

Cisterns, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1760

Ink drawing of an ornate Gothic cabinet with carved rococo scrollwork and floral swags, beside a column base detail.

Gothick [Gothic] Cabinet, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Ink and wash design drawing of a Chippendale-style cabinet with carved pediment, fretwork, and cabriole legs, beside a profil

Cabinet, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Chinese Cabinet, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Cabinet, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Pen and wash design drawing of a French commode with bombé front, cabriole legs, and ornate drawer pulls, with side and plan

French Commode Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Pen and wash drawing of two rococo commode tables with serpentine fronts, carved scrollwork and cabriole legs.

Commode Tables, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1760

Pen and ink drawing of an ornate French commode with rosette panels, ram's head mounts, and scrolled legs.

French Commode, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale Junior, ca. 1770

Pencil drawing of a French commode with carved legs, a circular panel, and a rectangular panel with rosette corners.

French Commode, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, ca. 1760-70

Watercolor drawing of a rococo toilet table with gilded mirror, green canopy, cherubs and white lace cloth.

Toilet Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1760

Pen and wash design drawing of a rococo lady's dressing table with a mirror, cherubs, and drapery, with a plan view beside it

A Lady's Dressing Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1761

Dressing Chest and Bookcase, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Ink and wash design drawing of two pedestal bureau tables with dimension notes and molding profiles on the left.

Bureau Tables, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Ink and wash drawing of a serpentine clothes press with rococo carvings, with plan views and moulding details beside it.

Commode Clothes Press, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Clothes Press, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Two Designs for Clothes Chest, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Gothic Clothes Chest, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Ink and wash drawing of a clothes chest and a rococo clothes press, with dimensions noted in pencil.

Clothes Chest and Clothes Press, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Watercolor design drawing of a clothes chest on carved legs, with molding profiles at left, by Thomas Chippendale, 1753.

Clothes Chest, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Pen and wash drawing of a clothes chest with a drawer and a clothes press with double doors, by Thomas Chippendale, 1754.

Clothes Chest and Clothes Press, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Chest of Drawers, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Ink drawing of a Chinese-style china case cabinet with pagoda pediment and latticed glazing, beside moulding profiles.

China Case, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754

Ink and wash drawing of a Chinese-style china cabinet with glazed doors, fretwork gallery, and pagoda-style finials.

China Case, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Pen drawing of a pedestal writing table with rococo carvings and a plan view below, from Chippendale's design volume.

Writing Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, ca. 1760-70

Pen drawing of a gothic-style sideboard table elevation with tracery frieze and carved legs, plus a plan of octagonal feet.

Sideboard Table, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, ca. 1760-70

Ink and wash elevation drawing of moldings, fretwork panels, and a scroll ornament for a china case design.

Moldings and Fretwork for China Case, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Ink and wash drawing of a Chinese-style china shelf with pagoda canopies, lattice panels and tiered shelves.

China Shelf, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1753

Pen and ink elevation of a Chippendale china shelf with pagoda pediment, fretwork panels and open shelves, with a plan view.

China Shelf, from Chippendale Drawings, Vol. II

Thomas Chippendale, 1754