Drawings & Sketches

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of playful putti curling around large scroll forms, with a handwritten Florence 1840 note.

Pen and ink sketch of a mountain valley with a farmhouse, river, trees, and a waterfall on a rocky cliff.

Sepia drawing of ruined Doric temple columns on a rocky hillside, with a smaller temple and distant sea below.

Graphite study of a reclining nude woman with a flower wreath, holding a brush and palette, over a squared grid.

Pencil study of a draped plaster torso on a pedestal, with a raised arm and faint grid lines, on tan paper.

Graphite drawing of a reclining female figure with a shaded drapery study and grid lines, by Kenyon Cox, 1856.

Night sketch of a steamboat and barge on a river, with light reflections on the water, in brown and white tones.

Graphite drawing of a tall pine tree with a bare trunk and layered crown on tan paper, by Jasper Francis Cropsey.

Pencil sketch of a wide river view with a sailboat, a steamboat, distant hills and trees along the near bank.

Pencil sketch of a man in a wide-brimmed hat raising a flail in a barn, with a dog and another worker nearby.

Sepia drawing of a dying old man in a log cabin, tended by a kneeling woman and gathered family members.

Ink drawing of a seated dog in profile with a studded collar and leash held in its mouth, on tan paper.

Pencil sketch of two foxglove stalks with bell-shaped flowers and broad leaves on a tan sheet of paper.