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Pen drawing of the rear north elevation of a two-story Virginia house with a central porch, cupola and dimension notes.

House of R. Dabney, Powhatan, Virginia (north [rear] side)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1858

Pencil drawing of University of North Carolina buildings in perspective above a plan of the Chapel Hill town grounds.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (distant perspective and plan of grounds)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1850-58

Pencil sketch of a gnarled tree with tangled bare branches and sprigs of leaves, dated 1833, on tan paper.

Study of a Tree Standing in Water in the Düsseldorf Hofgarten; verso: Studies of Plants

Johann Wilhelm Preyer, 1833

Watercolor of a castle on a rocky hilltop under stormy clouds, with riders on a meadow path and hills beyond.

Ruin of Burg Schachenstein at Thörl in Styria

Thomas Ender, mid-19th century

Pen and ink drawing of wooden cottages and sheds on a rocky hillside with bare trees.

Cottages in a Rocky Landscape

Wolfgang Huber, 16th century

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome with a medieval tower and ruins in the foreground.

The Arch of Septimius Severus Seen from the East

Jan Brueghel the Elder, ca. 1594

Pencil sketch of a valley with trees, a thatched cottage, a wooden fence, and distant mountains and church.

Landscape with a View in a Valley

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller

Brown ink and wash drawing of a crowded martyrdom scene with a central standing figure and sketched clouds above.

Martyrdom of Saint Gereon

Cornelis Schut, early 17th-mid 17th century

Ink and wash drawing of God pointing to Noah's family entering the ark, with angels and birds above a landscape.

God Summons Noah and His Family into the Ark

Joseph von Führich, 1827 (?)

Pencil study of a classical theater facade with arched windows, trees, pedestrians, and handwritten colour notes on paper.

Study of the Nationaltheater, Berlin

Eduard Gaertner, mid-19th century

Pencil portrait of a man in a cap and suspenders smoking a long pipe, with handwritten inscription below.

Portrait of Johann Anton Koch

Hieronymus Hess, ca. 1823

Graphite and white chalk study of a reclining nude man with a sketched kneeling woman above him, on tan paper.

A Nude Woman Kneeling at the side of a Reclining Man (Study for Mary Magdalen Lamenting Christ)

Julius Hübner, 1857

Drawing of a haloed saint giving alms to beggars and a child near a Gothic church, with a city bridge behind.

Saint Johannes Nepomuk Distributing Alms

Leopold Kupelwieser, 1828

Pen and wash drawing of a woman at a spinning wheel with a hooded figure leaning in, in a timber-beamed interior.

Rumpelstiltskin Appearing to the Miller's Daughter

Gustav Heinrich Naecke, early 19th century

Drawing of the Entombment in a lunette shape, showing Christ on a shroud with mourners and a kneeling figure at the feet.

The Entombment

Philipp Veit, 1830

Pencil sketch of three bearded men in tall caps and cloaks, overlapping in bust-length study, signed Munkácsy.

Study of Three Men, Bust Length

Mihály Munkácsy, ca. 1891-93

Studies of Standing Men

Mihály Munkácsy, ca. 1891-92

Sketchbook page with four circular plate designs in watercolor and ink and a central quatrefoil rondel.

Four Designs for Decorated Plates and a Quatrefoil Rondel

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1852

Numbered watercolor designs for cup decorations and plate rims with ivy, scrolls, lattice, and floral borders.

Eight Designs for Decorated Cups and Two Designs for Plate Rims

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Sketchbook page with eight watercolor designs for decorated cups, bands of scrollwork, zigzags and leaves, one labeled Boabdi

Eight Designs for Decorated Cups, including Boabdil Pattern

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Watercolor page of numbered designs for decorated saucers and teacups with floral and geometric patterns in yellow, green and

Five Designs for Decorated Cups and Three Designs for Saucers

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

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