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Watercolor sheet of eight numbered cup designs with floral garlands, wreaths, scallop shells and geometric borders on a bound

Ten Designs for Decorated Cups

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Album page with eight watercolor designs for decorated cups in pink, green, blue and yellow with scrolls and foliage.

Eight Designs for Decorated Cups

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Album page with six watercolor designs for decorated cups in floral, shell and figural patterns, in pink, green and yellow.

Six Designs for Decorated Cups

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Watercolor album page with three painted cup designs above and a split-color candlestick design below.

Three Designs for Decorated Cups and Two Designs for a Candlestick

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-55

Blue and gold book cover design with pointed arch frame, title Sir Roland Ashton by Lady Long, and matching spine.

Design for Bookcover, Sir Roland Ashton, by Lady Long

Alfred Henry Forrester [Alfred Crowquill], 1845-70

Watercolor elevation of a two-story villa with a veranda among trees, with colored floor plans below.

Villa for David Codwise, near New Rochelle, NY (project; elevation and four plans)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1835

Watercolor architectural drawing of a neoclassical house front and flank elevations with Corinthian columns and Greek key fri

House for Henry Whitney, New Haven, Connecticut (front and side elevations)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1835

Watercolor floor plan of a house with portico, veranda, parlor, dining room and a second floor library.

House for Henry Whitney, New Haven, Connecticut (revised plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1836

Pen and ink floor plan of a house with drawing rooms, dining room, office and front hall, labeled 1835.

House for Henry Whitney, New Haven, Connecticut (client's plan)

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1835

Watercolor of a shaded road beside a steep rocky cliff with dense trees, figures on the path, and a distant building.

A View near the Arco Scuro, looking towards the Villa Medici, at Rome

Francis Towne, 1785

Watercolor drawing of a stone arched bridge over water, with two figures on top, a large tree at right, and a cloudy sky.

Bridge at Blenheim Palace (recto); York Cathedral (verso)

Hubert Cornish, 1780-1832

Watercolor of Saint Elizabeth in a blue gown giving alms to a seated figure, in a Gothic arch, within a carved wooden shrine

Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia Giving Alms

Karl Ballenberger, 1833

Pencil architectural drawing of a gabled factory lodge elevation with base, main and attic floor plans.

Switz[erland] Cottage (elevation and three plans), and Factory Lodge (elevation and three plans) for Montgomery Place…

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1866-67

Pencil landscape drawing with a standing man, a snake near a stream, a rock arch, tall trees and distant mountains.

Southern landscape with a man and a snake

Heinrich Dreber, 1847

Design sheet with three rows of ornamental panels in gilt frames, painted medallions, floral motifs and red grounds, in water

Designs for panels

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 19th century

Hand-coloured print of Death with a dart entering a cluttered bedroom where an old man reads in bed by candlelight.

The Antiquary's Last Will and Testament (The English Dance of Death, plate 2)

Thomas Rowlandson, April 1, 1814

Pen and watercolor design for a Baroque ceiling with putti, flower garlands, scrolled stucco and a round oculus.

Design for a Ceiling

Faustino Trebbi

Pen and watercolor design of a classical interior wall with arch, Corinthian columns, balcony balustrade and a flower urn.

Design for Part of a Wall Elevation with a Balcony flanking an Arch

Faustino Trebbi

Pen and wash drawing of a seated woman gesturing to a winged Cupid hiding his face in a wooded grove with putti.

Cupid's ruse

Hans Veit Friedrich Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1792

Pen and brown ink drawing of stone houses and trees on a hilltop with a sloping path and distant plain, 1866.

Roman Landscape near Rocca di Papa

Ernst Furchtegott Mohn, 1866

Colored comic title page showing a man's head on a hen's body beside an egg labeled Natural History, by Henry L. Stephens.

The Hen That Hatched This Egg (Henry L. Stephens), Title Page, from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Henry Louis Stephens, 1851

Hand-colored print of an anthropomorphic rat with a human face and yellow hat beside a wooden fence and grass.

One of the Rats, from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Henry Louis Stephens, 1851

Hand-colored lithograph of a yellow fish with two caricatured human heads among grass, captioned Son Fish and Sucker.

Son Fish and Sucker, from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Henry Louis Stephens, 1851

Hand-colored print of a bird with a woman's head in a green bonnet, perched on grass stems with a hatbox.

Milliner Bird (Minnie Doyle), from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Henry Louis Stephens, 1851

Hand-colored lithograph of a raccoon with a human face and bow tie on a mossy branch with yellow-green leaves.

Same Old Coon (Henry Clay), from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Henry Louis Stephens, 1851

Hand-colored lithograph of a woman with a deer's body standing on grassy ground, with trees and hills behind her.

Little Dear, from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Henry Louis Stephens, 1851

Hand-colored caricature of a man in a top hat with a yellow bird's body and wings, standing by a street lamp.

Lark, from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Henry Louis Stephens, 1851

Hand-colored lithograph of a rat with a human face crouched on a wharf beside a lantern and chain, over water.

Wharf Rat, from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Henry Louis Stephens, 1851

Hand-colored print of a brown bird with a human face and collar perched on a branch, captioned Jail Bird.

Jail Bird, from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Henry Louis Stephens, 1851

Hand-colored print of a large fish with an old man's head in a bowler hat and a smaller fish with a young man's head.

Old Shad & Young, from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Henry Louis Stephens, 1851

Hand-colored lithograph of a man's head on a pink and brown bird perched on a branch, captioned Sun Bird.

Sun Bird (James S. Wallace), from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Henry Louis Stephens, 1851

Hand-colored lithograph of a bird with a bearded man's face perched on a branch, with a small insect-like hybrid with a human

King Bird (Robert P. King and Alexander Baird), from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Henry Louis Stephens, 1851