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Ink design for Corcoran Gallery of Art catalogue title page with a stone lion, steps, and a man and girl in period dress.

Title Page

James Henry Moser, 1890

Pen and ink drawing of a classical column and ornamental letter D with leafy foliage on tan paper.

Description of the Building

James Henry Moser, 1890

Pencil sketch of a reclining classical male figure and Parthenon-style horsemen, with handwritten notes and the word CASTS.

Study for "Casts from Antique Sculpture: The Parthenon"

James Henry Moser, 1890

Pencil sketch of a lion sculpture and decorative vases in a corner border, with handwritten label reading Bronzes, Cloisonné.

Study for "Bronzes"

James Henry Moser, 1890

Pen and ink drawing of a hammer and compass among curling leaves and a feathery stalk against a dark rectangle.

Hammer and Compass

James Henry Moser, 1890

Pencil sketch of an angel figure, a reclining child and a winged figure beside the word Sculpture on pale paper.

Study for "Sculpture"

James Henry Moser, 1890

Soft brown and grey landscape with a crescent moon over layered mountains, a open meadow and clusters of trees.

New Moon above the Riesengebirge Mountains

Caspar David Friedrich, 1810

Brown wash drawing of a ruined Gothic church overgrown by forest trees, with a fallen trunk over a pool.

A Ruined Church in the Forest

Carl Blechen, 1834

Pencil architectural elevation of a fireplace with winged figures, a crown wreath, and a carved trophy column.

Design for the Chimney Piece in the Throne Room, Buckingham Palace

John Flaxman, 1820/1826

Pen and brown wash drawing of a seated nude woman by a basin beneath a draped canopy, with a balustrade and trees.

David and Bathsheba

Carl Blechen, 1825

Sepia wash drawing of a pale moon rising over a calm sea, with a large boulder and scattered rocks in the foreground.

Moonrise on an Empty Shore

Caspar David Friedrich, 1837

Pencil sketch of a group of female figures embracing, with faint studies of other figures and a crowd at left.

Group of Female Figures

Portrait of a Man

Pencil drawing of a rocky tor with a wayside crucifix shrine, a tall pine, and trees under an open sky.

A Wayside Shrine Carved into a Rocky Tor

Friedrich Philipp Reinhold, 1821

Pencil sketch sheet with many small studies of standing classical figures, reliefs and architectural frames.

Sheet of Sketches [recto and verso]

Pencil drawing of a man in a top hat with a shoulder strap and waist pouch, holding a thin rod, on tan paper.

Irish Fisherman

John Wesley Jarvis

Teresa Scala, Calabrese

Peter Rittig, 1819

Sepia drawing of rolling hills with a large white country house, a smaller building, and horsemen in the foreground.

View of the Governor's House in St. Helena

Thomas Daniell, 1794

Grey wash drawing of a massive gnarled oak tree with twisted branches at a forest edge, with shrubs in the foreground.

A Giant Oak at the Edge of a Forest

Cornelis Steffelaar, 1840

Brown monochrome wash drawing of a wide coastal panorama with dark clouds over a glowing horizon and flat shoreline.

Panorama of the Coast at Sunset

Francis Danby, 1813

Watercolor of tall limestone cliffs above a calm river gorge, with sailing boats, a rowboat, and figures on a rocky shore.

Saint Vincent's Rocks and the Avon Gorge

Francis Danby, 1815

Watercolor of three women seated by a wooded lake beneath tall feathery trees, with small figures in the distance.

Three Women Seated by a Wooded Lake

Francis Danby, 1826

Pen and brown ink sketch of two nymphs and a bearded satyr beside a tree trunk in a loose mythological scene.

Two Nymphs and a Satyr

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1640

Wash drawing of an armored warrior gesturing at an ornate tomb with draped cloth while a laurel-crowned old man sits nearby.

Alexander at the Tomb of Cyrus

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645

Wash drawing of Noah leading deer, goats, an ox and fowl toward an ark on the right, with a woman carrying an urn.

Noah Leading the Animals into the Ark

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645

Black chalk drawing of a man in a wide-brimmed hat with wavy hair and a bead necklace, by Michiel Sweerts.

Jan van den Enden

Michiel Sweerts, 1651

Pen and ink drawing with grey wash of a cloaked figure leading a horse by its bridle on pale paper.

Figure Leading a Horse

Stefano Della Bella

Pen and ink sketch of a man leading a donkey carrying a seated woman, with faint pencil studies in the background.

The Flight into Egypt [verso]

Stefano Della Bella

Pen and wash drawing of a young man tumbling through an oval field, pursued by a looming skeletal figure.

A Young Man Pursued by Death

Stefano Della Bella

Studies of a Lion's Head

Stefano Della Bella