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Pastel portrait of a woman with dark hair and a flower ornament, glancing over her bare shoulder against a green background.

La Cigale

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of ruined arched aqueduct on open plain with distant hills and a lone walking figure.

From Via Appia and Alban Mountains

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Nude against Sea

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel drawing of a woman in a white crinoline gown against a dark green background, by Alice Pike Barney, 1910.

En Crinoline

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Meditation

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of an Alpine valley with wooded hills and distant mountain peaks, with handwritten color notes at left.

Botzen, Tyrol

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Charcoal drawing of Venice lagoon with gondolas, sailing boats, and a domed church under a cloudy sky.

Venice

Marie-Joseph Iwill, 1920

Raynal Cawthorne Bolling

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a yellow shawl holding a swaddled infant against a warm, glowing background.

By Lamplight

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pencil anatomical study of a bird skeleton with leg, wing, and skull details and handwritten notes on tan paper.

Horse Anatomy

Solon H. Borglum, 1910

Pencil sketch of a wooded valley with trees, grassy slopes and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Valley of the Lledr, North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of oxen pulling logs beside a wooden hoist frame, with workers standing near a timber structure.

Logging Camp

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil sketch of a gnarled tree beside a small house, with an open field and distant hills on the right.

Untitled (Tree with House)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of Rome's rooftops and a large dome rising above trees, with church towers at left.

From Pincio, Rome

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Mrs. Patrick Campbell

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Pencil sketch of the Rhine river valley with wooded banks, a village with a church spire, and hills in the distance.

The Rhine below Trechtlingshausen

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Charcoal and white chalk portrait sketch of a woman with upswept hair on brown paper, by Alice Pike Barney, 1900.

Impression of Natalie

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Portrait of a bearded man in dark navy military uniform with gold sash, medals and sword, leaning on a railing.

Prince Henry of Prussia

Max Krusemark, 1900

Watercolor of an acrobat rider in red and blue standing on four galloping horses, holding a long whip.

Acrobat Rider on Four Horses

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Pencil and coloured crayon portrait of an elderly woman with a dark headscarf, rosy cheeks and a dedication inscribed below.

Old Woman

Eugène Burnand, 1920

Pencil drawing of a young child in draped clothing beside a stone pedestal with a sundial, arm outstretched.

Untitled (Child with Sun Dial)

Louise Cox, 1900

Pencil sketch of a stone building with a round window and dark archway, flanked by trees and a wooden fence.

Untitled (Archway)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil drawing of a desert mountain range with saguaro cacti, desert shrubs, and cumulus clouds under a pale sky.

Untitled (transfer drawing for Camelback Mountain, Phoenix)

George Elbert Burr, 1920

Charcoal sketch of a man in half-length view, head bowed, with loose sweeping strokes for hair, face and arms on cream paper.

Self-Portrait

Marsden Hartley, 1900

Watercolor of tree trunks framing a distant hilltop with ruined towers above a valley of trees and rooftops.

Landscape, Italy

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Major General John Pope

James Edward Kelly, 1870

Pastel portrait of a young woman with a green and blue flowered headdress and pink striped shawl, against a yellow background

Bacchante Triste

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor and pastel landscape of layered clouds over a flat plain with blue mountains on the horizon.

Vega(*)

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1920

Pastel portrait of an elderly woman in a white lace headdress and black dress, smiling, against a tan and blue background.

Madame Girard

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel portrait of a smiling man with short hair in a dark blue jacket and white collar, on grey paper.

Hail Fellow, Well Met

Alice Pike Barney, 1920