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Pen and ink study of ornamental scrollwork and garlands for a vault decoration, with faint pencil sketches at right.

Study for the Decoration of a Vault (recto); Faint Sketches of Ornamental Patterns (verso)

Mauro Antonio Tesi, mid-18th century

Ink drawing of a newsboy handing The Chicago Herald scroll to a plumed-hat woman, with decorative scrollwork and caption.

The Chicago Herald, American Posters of the Turn of the Century

William Wallace Denslow, ca. 1895

Etching of the Piazza del Popolo in Rome with a central obelisk, two domed churches, carriages and pedestrians.

The Piazza del Popolo (Veduta della Piazza del Popolo), from "Vedute di Roma"

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1750

Watercolor interior showing a woman in a pink gown reclining on a sofa in a striped room beside a flower vase.

Woman in Pink Reclining on a Canape

Theodore Lebrun, 1819

Pen and wash drawing of the Marriage at Cana banquet with seated guests, servants, musicians and stone water jars under an ar

Marriage at Cana

Andreas Goeding, 1619

Architectural elevation drawing of a multi-story facade with a central clock, arched iron gate, and balconied windows.

Elevation of the Façade of the Marché à la Volaille, Quai des Grands Augustins, Paris

Célestin-Joseph Happe, 18th century

Engraving of a woman in a white headdress at a Gothic doorway and a young man in a cloak on steps below.

Anne Page and Slender (Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 1, Scene 1)

the elder Samuel William Reynolds, 1829

Pen and wash drawing of a vaulted hall with armed attackers on the left, fallen bodies in the center, and a procession of mon

Three Scenes of the Assassination of Clerics

Augustin Braun, late 16th-mid-17th century

Pen and wash drawing of seated Jupiter handing a cup to standing Ganymede among clouds, with blue-grey tones and white highli

Jupiter and Ganymede

Johan Carl Loth, 1645-98

Study Sheet with a Portrait of Carl Julius Senff and Two Italian Women Walking

August Ferdinand Hopfgarten, 19th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of a plumed warrior reaching toward a reclining crowned figure in a heart-shaped drapery frame.

Alexander the Great and King Poros

Martin Altomonte, n.d.

Pen and grey wash drawing of a bearded artist in a studio with a globe, palette, statue, and landscape painting.

The Artist in His Studio

Ruprecht Bartz, 1636

Pencil landscape drawing of a tree on a embankment overlooking a plain, with a distant tower on the horizon.

A View of the Roman Campagna with the Tiber near Torre Quinto

Johann Christoph Erhard, 1820

Brown ink and wash drawing of the baptism of Christ with angels on clouds above and a kneeling figure pouring water.

The Baptism of Christ (recto); The Baptism of Christ (verso)

Gabriel Weyer, late 16th-early 17th century

Pen and ink study of angels above a crowd of figures receiving alms, with a classical urn at right, on tan paper.

Saint Elisabeth of Portugal Giving Alms to the Poor

Daniel Gran, 1710-57

Pen and wash drawing of Susanna seated nude with two elders beside her under a tree, a city and spire behind.

Susanna and the Elders

Augustin Medow, 1622-60

Pen and brown ink sketch sheet with nude figure studies, a Bacchus-like youth with grapes, and several head studies.

Figure and head-studies (including Bacchus) (recto); four main figure studies repeated from the recto (verso)

Bartholomäus Ignaz Weiss, 1745-1815

Pen and grey wash design for an altar showing the Pietà in an arched niche under a classical pediment with angels above.

Pietà (Design for an Altar)

Peter Candid, ca. 1590-1600

Pen and wash drawing of an architectural altar design with two winged angels seated on a cornice beneath a pediment.

Design for an Altar or Monument with Angels and Other Figures

Peter Candid, late 16th century

Pen and wash drawing of the Holy Ghost as a dove in radiating light, surrounded by angels and putti on clouds.

The Holy Ghost Surrounded by Angels

Hans Georg Asam, late 17th-early 18th century

Grey wash drawing of Christ ascending among clouds, with angels, cherubs and kneeling apostles looking upward.

The Ascension of Christ

Hans Georg Asam, late 17th-early 18th century

Pen and grey wash drawing of God the Father holding a globe, surrounded by cherubs and angel heads in a circle.

God the Father with the Globe

Hans Krumpper, late 16th-mid-17th century

Pen and watercolor section of a Gothic cathedral nave with tall stained glass windows and a canopied throne decorated for a c

Cross Section of the Nave of Reims Cathedral, decorated for the Coronation of King Louis XVIII

Charles Percier, 1815

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic cathedral interior with a gilded seated king statue, altar, candelabra and draped banners.

Interior Elevation of Reims Cathedral with a Statue of King Louis I and an Altar placed at Front

Charles Percier, 1815

Watercolor drawing of an ornate gothic interior elevation with a seated king statue in a central niche, candelabra, and heral

Interior Elevation of Reims Cathedral with a Statue of King Louis I

Charles Percier, 1815

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a Gothic-style interior with draped canopies and a central statue of a seated king.

Interior Elevation of Reims Cathedral with a Statue of King Louis II

Charles Percier, 1815

Colored elevation drawing of a Gothic cathedral wall with a blue draped royal box, gilded ornament, and seated kings in niche

Elevation of Reims Cathedral with the Royal Box for the Coronation of Louis XVIII

Charles Percier, 1815

Colorful poster showing figures in historic dress walking past pine trees toward the sea, with a sailing ship offshore.

Prang and Co. Holiday Publications

Louis Kinney Harlow, 19th-20th century

Etching of towering stone arches framing a distant piazza with a column, hanging ropes, and small figures on balconies.

The Grand Piazza, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50

Etching of vast vaulted prison arches and staircases with smoke rising in the center and small figures below.

The Smoking Fire, from "Carceri d'invenzione" (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, ca. 1749-50