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Grey wash drawing of Ingham church in Norfolk with a tall crenellated tower, Gothic windows and trees in the foreground.

Ingham Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1815

Ink and wash drawing of a temporary arch with putti and two allegorical figures, one with a lute and one armored.

Design for a Temporary Arch Ornamented with Putti and Allegorical Figures of Music and War

Inigo Jones, 1622

Grey ink and wash drawing of men crouching and playing dice on steps inside an arched, columned interior.

Playing at Dice, Trepani

Henry Tresham, 1780

Pen and wash drawing of a couple fighting in a room while two onlookers watch, with a Broughton medallion on the wall.

Matrimonial Fisticuffs, with a Portrait of the Pugilist John Broughton, in the background

Hubert François Gravelot

Brown ink drawing of a plumed horse rearing up, with a rider in the saddle and a flowing tail.

A Plumed Saddle-Horse

Inigo Jones, 1640

Pen sketch of hills, a cave mouth among trees, and ruins by a lake, labeled Lake Avernus and the Cumean Sybil's cave.

The Cave of the Cumean Sybil on the Shore of the Lake Avernus

James Barry, 1740

Pen and ink drawing of a man in a powdered wig seen from behind, holding a quill beside a handwritten letter.

Self-portrait

James Jefferys, 1771

Ink and wash drawing of a muscular man with raised arms beside a skull and winged witch-like figures.

Macbeth and the Witches

James Northcote, 1777

Pen and ink study with green wash of a bound nude male figure with arms raised, beside a draped cloaked figure.

Study for Saint Sebastian

Pen and wash drawing of agitated figures in a classical colonnade, with raised arms and a central standing man in a toga.

The Body of Lucretia Exposed to the Romans

James Jefferys, 1777

Pen and brown wash study of a striped tiger with sketches of climbing monkeys beside it on pale paper.

Study for a Tiger and Monkeys

James Northcote

Graphite drawing of a nude man seen from behind with both arms spread wide, on toned brown paper.

Male with Arms Spread Wide Seen from Behind

Brown ink and wash design of classical gods and cherubs among clouds above columns and a cornice, for a ceiling.

A Design for a Ceiling

James Thornhill

Pencil and brown wash sketch of a church tower and riverside buildings with moored boats and trees.

Fullham Church

James Stark, 1804

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Arch of Constantine in Rome with surrounding ancient ruins and small figures.

Rome, A View of the Arch of Constantine with Other Ruins

Pen and wash design of a classical staircase wall with columns, relief panels and an allegorical painted ceiling above.

Design for Ceiling Walls and Staircase

James Thornhill, 1712

Graphite sketch of a reclining figure draped in cloth on a couch, with soft shading against a dark background.

Study of the Hermaphrodite

Ink and wash drawing of a colonnaded vestibule with vaulted ceilings, a horseman, courtiers and armed guards.

Somerset House, the Strand Vestibule

Louis Jean Desprez

Watercolor of a black and white pointer dog walking across a grassy field with rolling hills and trees behind it.

The Spanish Pointer

John Buckler, 1799

Studies of Rows of Spectators

Pencil and wash drawing of a thatched cottage with a brick chimney among trees, with a wooden gate in front.

Cottage among Trees

John Constable, 1795

Pencil and wash drawing of several nude male figures tangled together in a vertical struggle, with an inscription below.

But Deliver Us From Evil

John Flaxman Jr, 1805

Grey wash drawing of a woman with a fan and bonnet facing a servant in a white headscarf with scissors at her waist.

A Roman Lady with a Duenna

John Brown, 1775

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a top hat on a slope, with a dog on a distant rise under an open sky.

Hampstead Heath

John Constable, 1820

Pen and ink sketch of a standing man in a plumed hat and long cloak, turned toward a smaller seated figure.

Study of a Gentleman, called Dr. Johnson

John Flaxman Jr

Grey wash drawing of several men leaning over a table with a map and globe, one pointing at the chart.

The Geographers

Pencil sketch of four sailing ships with rigging at anchor on calm water, with a distant shoreline and handwritten ship names

Four East Indiamen at Archor

John Constable, 1803

Grey wash drawing of a bound nude figure on the left and a seated couple with onlookers on the right.

Illustration to Milton's Paradise Lost: Adam and Eve Guarded by the Angels

John Flaxman Jr

Pencil sketch of a curved wall and colonnade with a cypress tree and building beyond, pale sky above.

View from Behind the Colonnade, Piazza San Pietro, Rome

John Brown, 1772

Pencil sketch of a rolling rural landscape with trees, a winding path, and a faint distant horizon under an empty sky.

Dedham Vale from Langham

John Constable, 1803