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Watercolor sheet with several designs for decorated teacups and cups, showing gold, blue, red, and green ornamental patterns.

Eleven Designs for Decorated Cups, including Venice and Celestial Patterns

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], ca. 1852

Watercolor sketchbook page of ornament designs, three colored pitchers and a green scalloped basin, with a floral border moti

Designs for an Pierced Border Ornament, Three Pitchers and an Open Basin (recto); Design for a Candle Stick (verso)

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Brown wash drawing of two lying figures by a fountain with a reclining river god, wooded landscape and distant town.

Pyramus and Thisbe

Cornelis Schut, early 17th-mid 17th century

Album page of numbered watercolor and ink designs for decorated cups, with floral, grape and scrolling ornament.

Ten Designs for Decorated Cups, including Osborne Pattern

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Watercolor sheet with numbered designs for decorated cups showing zigzag, floral garland, and scalloped border patterns.

Fourteen Designs for Decorated Cups, including "Camden", Sevigne" and "Persian" Patterns

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1852

Page of numbered watercolor designs for decorated cups showing floral, geometric and scroll borders in green, red, yellow and

Thirteen Designs for Decorated Cups

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Page of numbered pen and watercolor designs for decorated plates with blue Greek key borders, green scrollwork and ivy motifs

Six Designs for Decorated Plates

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Numbered watercolor and pencil designs for decorated plates, including star medallions, laurel bands and floral ornament on a

Seven Designs for Decorated Plates

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Watercolor and pencil designs for nine decorated plates, numbered segments with floral, scroll and geometric borders on a pag

Nine Designs for Decorated Plates

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Album page with watercolor fan-shaped ornamental designs featuring flowers, scrollwork, peacock eyes, and a bouquet, numbered

Five Designs for Decorated Plates

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Four numbered fan-shaped plate designs in watercolor with floral garlands, blue scrollwork, green borders and gilded ornament

Four Designs for Decorated Plates

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Album page with four green and gold watercolor ornamental designs: a scrolled bracket, a two-handled vase, a patterned plate

Designs for a Candlestick, Two Handled Vase, Decorated Plate and Footed Dish

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Watercolor design of a blue and gold decorated dish with floral medallions above a red and gilt biscuit barrel.

Designs for a Decorated Dish, or Platter, and a Biscuit Barrel

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Watercolor design sheet with two blue and red decorated plates above and a jeweled candleholder with glass drops below.

Designs for Two Decorated Plates and a Candleholder with Cut Glass Drops

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Album page with watercolor designs of two ewers, a jewelled carafe, and a blue covered tureen with ladle.

Designs for Two Ewers, a Carafe (two alternate designs), and a Covered Tureen

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Watercolor design for a two-handled platter with blue arched border, painted fruit and flowers, and a foliage-framed empty ce

Design for a Two-Handled Platter

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Watercolor design for a lobed platter with green and pink leaf garland, blue border and empty central circle, numbered 256.

Design for an Eight- Lobed Platter with Leaf Handles

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Pen drawings of two ornate oval mirror frames and a painted curved plate rim with pink and green flowers on a sketchbook page

Designs for Two Mirrors and a Plate Rim

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Pen and ink design sheet with shell feet, scrolled brackets, a column and pedestal, annotated with measurements.

Designs for Dishes

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Pen drawing of a circular ornamental panel above a small oval brooch design with gem stones, on a sketchbook page.

Designs for a Panel of Ornament and a Brooch

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], ca. 1851

Pencil and ink design sheet of an ornate pedestal with scrollwork and a small sketch of a flowered ewer on an album page.

Designs for a Ewer and a Candlestick

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Nine watercolor designs for decorated cups in pink, green, and gold, with patterns of scrolls, leaves, and a serpent.

Nine Designs for Decorated Cups

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Sketchbook page with watercolor designs for decorated cups in green and gold, including a full teacup with a striped leaf pat

Seven Designs for Decorated Cups

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Watercolor sheet of eight numbered cup designs with floral garlands, wreaths, scallop shells and geometric borders on a bound

Ten Designs for Decorated Cups

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Album page with eight watercolor designs for decorated cups in pink, green, blue and yellow with scrolls and foliage.

Eight Designs for Decorated Cups

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Album page with six watercolor designs for decorated cups in floral, shell and figural patterns, in pink, green and yellow.

Six Designs for Decorated Cups

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Watercolor album page with three painted cup designs above and a split-color candlestick design below.

Three Designs for Decorated Cups and Two Designs for a Candlestick

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Two colour proofs of a book cover showing a cherub and goat on a stone pedestal with the title Reminiscenses of an Old Physic

Design and Proof for Bookcover, Reminiscenses of an Old Physician

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Blue and gold book cover design with pointed arch frame, title Sir Roland Ashton by Lady Long, and matching spine.

Design for Bookcover, Sir Roland Ashton, by Lady Long

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Page of lithographed bookcover designs: gilded blue ornament, a globe titled Our Antipodes, and two arched gold-bordered pane

Four Lithographed Bookcovers, One for Our Antipodes

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Watercolor design of jeweled gold lettering spelling a word vertically on a dark ground, with pink outlines and blue gems.

Lettered title: Christy

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Pencil sketch of an ornate chalice with a small standing figure on its lid, shown with faint construction lines.

Sketch of a Chalice

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Pen-and-ink ornament design with scrolling border, central vase in a circular medallion, and dotted pattern field.

The Etruscan Cloth

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1850

Sepia drawing of a grapevine with lobed leaves, curling tendrils, and grape clusters on a shaded background.

Grapes and Vine-leaves

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Brown wash drawing of an ornate classical column capital with acanthus leaves and a central anthemion palmette, mounted in an

Capital of a Column with Anthemion

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Sepia drawing of two carved stone ornamental panels, one with grapes and foliage, one with a central face mask and scrolls.

Two Carved Stone Ornamental Panels

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Brown wash drawing of a carved ornamental panel with a shell and scrolls, and a small classical female statue below.

Carved Stone Ornamental Panel and Classical Female Figure

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Grey wash architectural drawing of a Corinthian order with entablature, capital, fluted column and base, captioned from Tivol

Corinthian Order from Tivoli

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Ink and wash drawing of a Vitruvian Tuscan column showing base, shaft, capital and entablature with a scale bar.

Vitruvian Tuscan Order

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Grey wash architectural drawing of a Doric column, capital, and entablature with lion head and anthemion, with scale bar.

Doric Order from Athens

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Architectural drawing of a composite order column with acanthus capital, fluted shaft, and frieze showing a bull and two figu

Composite Order from Rome

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Lithograph of a woman turning from an angry man gesturing beside a tree, with a figure in a cap at right and French caption b

The Curse

Julien-Léopold Boilly, 1832

Hand-colored print of a young woman in a white dress and black hat adjusting her garter while seated by a tree in a wooded la

The Garter

Salvatore Tresca, ca. 1810

Engraving of two women and a girl in an interior, one woman touching another's cheek while the girl holds a small box.

The Wedding Present

Louis-Léopold Boilly, ca. 1815

Lithograph of a man clipping a dog while a woman in a headscarf holds another dog beside a sign and a basket.

The Dog Shearer

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1822

Lithograph of two standing boys in period dress, one holding a hat and one holding a walking stick beside a box.

The Marmot

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1822

Lithograph of two porters: one standing with a bundle strapped to his back, one seated beside wooden buckets.

Hired Hands

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1822

Lithograph of two men playing cards, one seated on a crate and one kneeling, in a plain interior setting.

The Card Players

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1822

Hand-colored lithograph of two men fighting in the street, one in a blue coat grabbing the other in a brown coat and apron.

The Comb Punch

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1822

Lithograph of two figures in headscarves, one holding a small dog and a wooden box, the other holding a hurdy-gurdy.

The Hurdy-Gurdy Player

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1822

Lithograph of an elderly rag picker with a basket on her back supporting a young man in tattered clothes with a cane.

The Rag Picker

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1822

Lithograph of two men seated and smoking pipes, one in a wide-brimmed hat and one in a flat cap, with walking sticks on the g

The Smokers

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1822

Lithograph of an elderly beggar with a walking stick resting his hand on a young boy holding a top hat.

The Beggar

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1822

Lithograph of five ragged men with exaggerated, grimacing faces crowded together, titled Les Gueux.

The Beggars

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1823

Hand-colored lithograph of a group of figures, including a woman in a lace bonnet, a boy, and a man smoking a pipe.

The Little Beggar

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1826

Hand-colored print of a frightened woman with children, a dog, and a boy holding a gray mouse over a chair back.

Fear

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1825

Lithograph of three Osage individuals with feathered headdresses, beaded necklaces and ear ornaments, signed by Louis Léopold

Osages: peuplade sauvage de l'Amérique Septentrionale dans l’Etat de Missouri [Osages: Native Tribes of North America…

Louis-Léopold Boilly, 1827

Engraving of three thieves around a sleeping woman on a sofa, with a man at an open door and a face at the window.

First Scene of Thieves

Gror, ca. 1805

Engraving of thieves attacking a household in a bedroom, with a man fighting off intruders and a woman embracing a child.

Second Scene of Thieves

Gror, ca. 1805

Sepia print of armed thieves attacking a family in a room, with a woman and child on a bed and a man raising a blade.

Second Scene of Thieves

Louis-Léopold Boilly, ca. 1805

Lithograph portrait of a curly-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat, with decorative Institut Royal de France caption b

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Biot

Julien-Léopold Boilly, 1820

Pen and wash drawing of a tomb design with a tiered base, garland relief, inscription D.O.M., and seated figures on top.

Design for a tomb

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Brown ink and wash design of God the Father seated on clouds in a niche with a winged putto holding a globe.

Design for a sculptural group with God the Father in a niche

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Ink and wash sketch of a winged figure with a scythe on a globe, flanked by a bearded man and reclining putti.

Design for a sepulchral monument with an allegory of Time

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a sepulchral monument with a reclining figure, a portrait bust atop a pedestal, and scrolled ornament

Design for a sepulchral monument with a portrait bust (recto); Design for a reliquary (?) (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and ink drawing with wash of a sepulchral monument with an urn and two flanking figures on a scrolled base.

Design for a sepulchral monument with two figures

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a winged old man with a scythe and hourglass, draped in grey cloak, on red chalk paper.

Design for a sepulchral monument with an allegory of Time (recto); Design for a sepulchral monument (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pencil and red chalk sketch of two winged figures seated on a ledge above a plinth, part of a monument design.

Design for a sepulchral monument with an allegory of Time (recto); Design for a column (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a bearded man reading on a scroll-decorated architectural ledge, with a carved mask below.

Design for a sepulchral monument with a seated prophet or philosopher (recto); Sketches (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk wash of a sepulchral monument design showing a seated figure with a scythe and ornate scro

Design for a sepulchral monument with an allegory of Time (recto); Architectural sketch and fragment of a letter (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and ink design sheet for a sepulchral monument with an urn, scrolled cartouche, portrait medallion and two seated figures

Design for a sepulchral monument (recto); Design for a monument (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Ink and red chalk design for a tomb monument with a winged figure on top and seated and reclining figures at its sides.

Design for a sepulchral monument (recto); Fragment of a letter and notes (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a monument design: a bull's head between two winged putti holding drapery, above a lion mask.

Design for a monument (recto); Architectural sketches (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and brown ink design for a sepulchral monument with two kneeling figures and cherubs above a scrolled base.

Design for a sepulchral monument with Mary Magdalen and Saint Jerome (recto); Sketch (counterproof) and writing exerc…

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a draped sepulchral monument with a cross finial, a sarcophagus, and a seated figure beside it.

Design for a sepulchral monument in the form of a pulpit (recto); Fragment of a text (verso)

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a classical altar design with columns, curved pediment, draped curtain, and a winged putto.

Design for an altar

Hendrik-Frans Verbruggen, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and wash drawing of a sepulchral monument with a reclining figure, oval portrait bust, urn, and draped base.

Design for a sepulchral monument with a portrait bust

Hendrik-Frans Verbruggen, 1673

Pen and wash drawing of a reliquary design with two cherubs holding palm fronds above a cartouche and scrolled pedestal.

Design for a reliquary

Pieter Verbruggen the Younger, late 17th-early 18th century

Engraving of Christ with two disciples at a supper table, with bread, wine, roast fowl and a candle.

Christ in Emmaus

Jan Sadeler, late 16th century

Architectural elevation drawing of Gothic Alumni Hall facade at Yale College with towers, tracery windows and a doorway.

Proposal for Raising by 15 feet, Alumni Hall, Yale College, New Haven (elevation of facade)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1881

Watercolor elevation of a two-story villa with a veranda among trees, with colored floor plans below.

Villa for David Codwise, near New Rochelle, NY (project; elevation and four plans)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1835

Architectural floor plan in ink showing dining room, library, parlour, hall and a circular portico on a tan sheet.

House for Henry Whitney, New Haven, Connecticut (plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1836

Watercolor architectural drawing of a neoclassical house front and flank elevations with Corinthian columns and Greek key fri

House for Henry Whitney, New Haven, Connecticut (front and side elevations)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1835

Watercolor floor plan of a house with portico, veranda, parlor, dining room and a second floor library.

House for Henry Whitney, New Haven, Connecticut (revised plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1836

Pen and ink floor plan of a house with drawing rooms, dining room, office and front hall, labeled 1835.

House for Henry Whitney, New Haven, Connecticut (client's plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1835

Engraved bird's-eye view of Rome's seven pilgrimage churches with crowds of pilgrims moving along the roads and walls.

The Seven Churches of Rome (Le Sette Chiese di Roma), from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

Giovanni Ambrogio Brambilla

Woodcut of Christ with crown of thorns, eyes closed, surrounded by angels and cherubs, with banner reading Ecce Homo.

Ecce Homo

Hans Baldung Grien, 1511

Graphite and white chalk portrait drawing of a man in a curled powdered wig, on blue-grey paper.

William Pitt the Elder

William Hoare, ca. 1754

Watercolor of a shaded road beside a steep rocky cliff with dense trees, figures on the path, and a distant building.

A View near the Arco Scuro, looking towards the Villa Medici, at Rome

Francis Towne, 1785

Pen and brown wash drawing of Old St. Paul's Cathedral in London seen from the east, showing its rose window and central towe

Old St. Paul's Cathedral, London, seen from the East

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1656-58

Brown ink drawing of the Adoration of the Magi, with a kneeling king offering a gift to the Christ child in an oval frame.

The Adoration of the Magi

Theodoor van Thulden, mid-17th century

Pen and wash drawing of a stone watermill beside a river with a wooden footbridge, ducks, trees and figures on the banks.

Watermill near Maastricht

Valentijn Klotz, 1670

Red and black chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man in a tall hat, looking to the side.

Head of a Bearded Man in a Hat

Adriaen van Ostade, ca. 1650

Pen and brown ink drawing with wash showing two studies of a standing soldier holding a spear, in patterned tunics.

Studies of a Soldier

Giovanni Buonconsiglio, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a seated woman beside a bust and classical sculptures in a studio, dated 1704.

Allegory of Sculpture

Jan Claudius de Cock, 1704

Engraved portrait of an elderly man with light hair in a dark overcoat and white cravat, with signature below.

John Trumbull

Asher Brown Durand, 1833