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Loose ink and colored pencil sketch of a standing female nude seen from behind, with a dark hair bun and a chair.

Female Nude

Pencil sketch of rolling hills with trees and low stone buildings in a valley, inscribed 'Hebron, Mch 30, 1844'.

Hebron, Jordan

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Ink drawing of a Trenton street with carriages, tram tracks, brick storefronts, telegraph poles, and a distant monument colum

Trenton, Old King Street Looking from Hessian Headquarters

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Pencil sketch of a harbor village with wooden houses, masted sailboats, two standing figures, and a rowboat in the water.

View of Provincetown

Henry Farrer, 1890

Pencil sketch of a domed building, city walls, small boats and a rowboat in the foreground at a harbor.

Carth at Sidon

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Brown and white wash drawing of a seated woman with a stone tablet and stylus, surrounded by radiating light and clouds.

(Untitled)

Victor Nehlig, 1830

Ink drawing of an older man in a cap seated on a bench, working on a thick rope across his knees.

Boatman on the Ithaca Canal

Albert Leighton Rawson

Pencil sketch of the Theban Mountains with cliffs, hills and a row of palm trees under a long horizon line.

View of the Theban Mountains from Kineh

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor study of allegorical figures with sailors, anchor and oar, framed by laurels and labeled NAVIGATION.

Navigation (study for panel, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Pencil and chalk drawing of a mountain valley with a river, pine trees, and snowy peaks under clouds.

Valley of the Tomichi, Colorado

Henry Arthur Elkins, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded classical sea god statue standing on a pedestal beside a dolphin, with a draped cloth.

Statue of Neptune, Venice

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Graphite sketch of a nude male figure in a twisting reclining pose, head resting on arm, legs extended.

Figure Sketch

Auguste Rodin, 1910

Pencil sketch of a geyser erupting on a hillside at Norris, with handwritten color notes in the margins.

Geyser in Hillside, Norris, the Hurricane

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a wooden cart and a wooden frame with rope, with a leather strap and buckle below.

Wooden Cart, St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Ink drawing of a man in a wide-brimmed hat with a fur collar, hands resting on a drum, with French dedication text.

The Drummer

Ferdinand Roybet, 1920

Etching of a classical landscape with a ruined arch, a river, a rocky cliff, large trees, and small figures by the water.

Landscape

Herman van Swanevelt

Pencil sketch of a hillside village with flat-roofed houses, hills behind, and a carved stone fragment in the upper left.

Samaria

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a standing nude woman before blue drapery, with red and yellow washes.

Dancer Resting

Charles Walter Stetson, 1880

Pencil sketch of wooded Stevensons Island on Yellowstone Lake with mountains behind and reflections in still water.

Stevensons Island (no. 1) Yellowstone Lake

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of stone ruins with a basin-topped pedestal and a large block with a rectangular window opening.

Ruins, Krindi, Malta

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Charcoal night landscape with a large tree, glowing moon, and small figures bathing at a pond's edge.

Bathers by Moonlight

Charles Walter Stetson, 1910

Allegorical watercolor of robed figures with scales, sword, book and torch, a chained man, and banners reading Order, Justice

Order

Louis Schaettle, 1910

George Manuel Moro, Greek Pilot

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor portrait of a man in a blue coat holding a spyglass, with a sailing ship and billowing sails behind him.

Portrait of a Man

n.d J. Seymour, 1770

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a seated man in a dark coat and cravat, legs crossed, on gray paper.

Seated Male Figure

François Schommer, 1910

Pencil sketch of ancient Egyptian ruins with fallen stone blocks, a large arch, and a carved head framed in the upper center.

Abydos, February 7, 1844, Turkey

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Winged figure seated on a glowing planet encircled by rings, with stars, a distant planet, and a comet in a dark night sky.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Throne of Saturn

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Portrait of Clara Fasano

Joseph Stella, 1940

Pencil sketch of a bearded standing man in a patterned kilt beside a seated sphinx-like figure, with handwritten labels.

From Tombs/Hebrew/No. 8/A King

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Dr. Eugene Martinache

Olin Levi Warner