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Pencil sketch of a multi-sided pedestal topped with ornate scrolled forms, on pale paper.

(Star-shaped structure)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

(Untitled--Head, Two Women, studies)

George Grey Barnard, 1920

(Iowa State Capitol Rotunda) (Agriculture, study for panel)

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pencil sketch of church towers, a sailing boat and a rowboat on calm water with a distant town skyline.

Study (Adage)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pastel portrait of a young blonde woman in a dark garment with a gold necklace, against a red background, with the name Berth

Bertha

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of a two-masted sailing boat on misty, calm water near a shoreline in Nevin, North Wales.

Foggy Morning, Nevin, North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a turban and robe seated on a ledge, with handwritten inscription below.

Achmet, Cairo

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of several nude figures in swimming and diving poses on tan paper, covered by tissue.

Swimming Nudes

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil sketch of a row of leafy trees above a flat meadow, with handwritten inscription about Windsor below.

In the Meadows at Windsor

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a coastal scene with a sailboat, a round tower on the right, and a hillside town on the left.

Bari

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a yellow dress and green turban, arms resting on a carved wooden chair.

Laura Dreyfus Barney

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Open sketchbook with pencil drawing of trees, a small building and mountains near Sion, dated March 1894.

(Sketchbook) Near Sion

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketches of Egyptian vessels, a column capital with a face, and a leg study, with handwritten notes on aged paper.

Tomb of Kings, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Untitled (Seated Draped Female Figure, Profile)

Louise Cox, 1900

Pencil sketch of a crowd of figures marching across a dim, open field on tan paper.

The Night March

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Pencil sketch on cream paper of several small putti figures, one winged, with cursive inscription along the right edge.

Putti (sketches of Venice)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil sketch sheet with several studies of birds in flight and perched, drawn in loose graphite lines on cream paper.

Birds

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pastel poster design of a woman in a large feathered hat with a blue ribbon, with 'Friendship Hat Sale' lettering in the marg

Hat Sale Poster

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Charcoal and chalk drawing on blue paper of stone temple columns and blocks at Karnak in moonlight.

Temple of Carnac--Moonlight (Egypt)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of an old arched stone bridge over a river, with a small boat, a riverside town, and hills behind.

Old Bridge at Heidelburg

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Victor Chapman

John Elliott, 1920

Pencil sketch of rolling hills and distant mountains with shrubs in the foreground, inscribed with a view from Tabor.

Tabor

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of old stone towers rising above trees, with a handwritten caption reading Old Towers, Laufenbe

(Sketchbook) Old Towers, Laufenberg

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair and blue eyes on a brown paper ground.

Laura Attentive

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pencil sketch of a jagged central mountain peak with ridges and a small boat near the shore, on tan paper.

Horeb, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor landscape of a pale road winding past green trees toward distant blue hills under a soft sky.

On the Albi Road

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

General Grant

James Edward Kelly, 1880

Pencil sketch of a stone doorway with carved corbels and an arched lintel set in an ashlar block wall.

Malta, Entrance to a Courtyard at Citta Vecchia

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pastel portrait of a smiling woman with short dark hair and colorful earrings, holding pink drapery against her chest.

Model Holding Drapery

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pastel stage design of a night garden with flowers, a seated figure on a mushroom pedestal, and blue framing curtains.

Garden of Flowers (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson, 1910