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Ink and watercolor costume study of a man in a top hat, tan coat, striped waistcoat and blue trousers.

Sketch of a man - costume study for La Tosca(?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a park crowd with women holding colorful parasols and children in dresses beneath green trees.

In the Park

Maurice Prendergast, 1915

Five Figures

Charles Demuth, 1909

Watercolor and pencil sketch of architectural interior details with decorative panels, medallions, and an arch.

Sketch of an interior - architectural details

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a carved Egyptian temple gateway with palm trees, broken statue fragments in the foreground, and small figures.

The Temple at Karnak

Henry Roderick Newman, 1850

Watercolor of a chimney sweep in a tan coat and red cap, carrying brushes over his shoulder on a pavement.

The Patent Chimney Sweep Cleaner

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Circular red wash study with zodiac figures over a pencil geometric grid, by Edwin Austin Abbey.

Composition study with zodiac figures for "The Hours" ceiling mural, House Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol at Har…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Two officers in red coats with blue facings and plumed hats stand on grass before a cloudy sky, painted in watercolor.

Two Subaltern Officers of the Batavian Army

Jan Anthonie Langendijk, 1797

Watercolor of four men lounging and reading newspapers in a tavern, feet up on a green-covered table beneath candelabra.

The Bar-Room Loungers

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Watercolor and ink sketch of a dark cloaked figure walking across green hills under a pale blue sky.

Cloaked man in landscape - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink and watercolor sketch of spectators in theater boxes, men in black evening dress and women in hats, by Joaquín Torres-Gar

Artists' Ball: Spectators in Theater Boxes

Joaquín Torres-García, 1921

Watercolor of an elderly woman in a green striped cloak selling apples from a basket on a city street corner.

The Apple Seller

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Loose watercolor of a green hillside with clusters of yellow wildflowers on dark shrubs beneath a dark sky band.

Landscape with wildflowers

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1890

Watercolor of the frigate Constitution under full sail on blue waves, American flags flying, pale clouds overhead.

U.S.S. "Constitution" under full sail, in strong breeze (starboard view)

Worden Wood, 1929

Watercolor portrait of a standing man in feathered headdress and fringed dress, holding a staff, shield and club beside him.

Kee-O-Kuh

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Loose pencil sketch of strolling figures, a woman and child, beneath trees with a bench at left.

Study for Strolling Players (watercolor)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Abstract geometric study in red, blue, yellow and black with a small red figure, by Fernand Léger, 1919.

Study for La Ville

Fernand Léger, 1919

Watercolor of a grey horse pulling a blue cart stacked with rows of bottles, driven by a man in a green coat.

The Mead, Ginger & Rootbeer Cart

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pencil sketch of a leafy branch with lobed leaves on grey paper, with faint preliminary leaf studies at left.

Study of a branch with leaves

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a standing female nude with auburn hair, rendered in pale orange wash on paper.

Extase

Abstract watercolor of blue, purple, teal and black organic shapes clustered like stylized flowers on pale paper.

Abstraction Based on Flower Forms, III

David Kakabadzé, 1921

Watercolor landscape with a single leafy tree, blue cloudy sky, distant green hills, and a reflective pool of water in the fo

Landscape with tree

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor drawing of an ornate gilded hose carriage with a coiled dark hose reel and spoked wheels on a green ground.

The Hose Carriage

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Portrait of a Cardinal

José Villegas Cordero, 1875

Colorful watercolor landscape with horses, a red tree, and angular blocks of yellow, purple, and blue.

Landscape with Horses

Paul Gaulois, 1926

Watercolor of a bearded watchman in a grey coat and black hat holding a wooden rattle beside a stone pedestal.

The Watchman

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Watercolor mourning picture of two obelisk memorials with urns under a weeping willow, with inscribed plaques and a landscape

Mourning Picture

Mary Eliza Stafford, 1821

Watercolor of whitewashed village buildings above a harbor with boats, terraced green hills rising behind them.

White Amalfi

John Ireland Howe Downes

Watercolor of a root beer seller's cart with two customers drinking on a city sidewalk, a street sign nearby.

The Rootbeer Seller

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Watercolor landscape of a wide prairie with eroded bluffs, a winding river, distant riders, and blue mountains under a pale s

Big Hole Prairie from the North

John Mix Stanley, 1854