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Pastel portrait of a young woman with a dark bob and hair ornament against a blue background.

Anita Hunt

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Charcoal drawing of a park with trees, a small classical pavilion, and two figures walking on an open lawn.

Landscape

Angèle Delasalle, 1910

Naive watercolor of the clipper ship Charles L. Cotton under full sail on blue waves, with banners and an American flag.

Clipper-Ship Charles L. Cotton of North Norwich

P. S. Downes, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman in a dark hat, head tilted, set against swirling yellow and green diagonal strokes.

Firelight

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Poster of a standing man in evening dress beside a chair on yellow, with text naming Charles Dana Gibson in Scribner's.

Charles. Dana. Gibson./Is. One. of. the. Illustrators./in. this. Month's/Scribner.s./

William Sergeant Kendall, 1930

Pastel study of a stage-like interior with yellow columns, blue walls, and a pink figure surrounded by purple shapes.

Study for Scene in the Daughter of Heaven, Santa Fe, 1915

William Penhallow Henderson

Charcoal drawing of a large tree beside a winding path, with a hillside and distant tower in the background.

The Lake of Garda, Italy

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of a river edge with a tall poplar and leafy trees reflected in still water.

From Eton

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of the Rhine river with steep hillsides, a hilltop castle ruin, and a village church along the bank.

Rhine, from Caub

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Charcoal and chalk sketch of rocky cliffs and tidal pools along a shoreline under a pale sky.

Untitled (Cliffs)

Howard Russell Butler

Graphite pencil cloud study on paper, shaded grey sky with white cloud forms and a dark horizon band below.

Venice

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Soft pastel portrait of a woman in a dark hat against a green background, face turned slightly toward the viewer.

Self Portrait, 1909

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel portrait of a woman with short dark hair in front of a window with green garden foliage and red flowers.

Garden Window

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of Monte Rosa mountain peaks above a valley with conifers and shrubs in the foreground.

Monte Rosa from Ceppomorelli

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Sketch of a muscular right arm and torso with dark shading and loose wash on aged paper.

Right Arm and Torso, study for Equestrian Statue

Solon H. Borglum, 1900

Portrait of a woman in a large grey feathered hat and grey fur wrap, painted in loose strokes on a grey background.

Laura Alice in Grey

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of a nude woman in a twisting swimming pose, one arm extended and one leg stretched across the paper.

Swimming Nude

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Charcoal drawing of a busy river harbor with rowing boats, a steamship with smokestacks, and waterfront buildings and cranes.

London on the Thames

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pastel drawing of a blonde woman, nude to the waist, looking over her shoulder against a swirling green background, holding p

Nude with Fruit

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel portrait of a woman in a dark wide-brimmed hat and pale coat, set against swirling green and blue strokes.

The Traveler

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil landscape drawing of leaning pine trees on a sloping sandy hillside with a distant horizon.

Landscape

André Dauchez, 1940

Pencil sketch of Castle Reichenberg with a tall tower and walls on a hill above dense trees, dated 1900.

Castle Reichenberg, near St. Goarshausen

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pastel portrait of a young woman with tousled brown hair and a yellow garment against a green background.

Laura Alice

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Pencil sketch of the Rhine river with a hilltop castle, steep cliffs, a steamboat, and riverside houses.

Rhine at St. Goar

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a hillside town with a church tower, buildings along a river, and mountains behind.

Ventimiglia

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a rocky shoreline with a rowboat, open water, and a low horizon with distant buildings under clouds.

Untitled (Sailboat)

Howard Russell Butler

Pastel portrait of a woman with long loose hair and a jewel headband, holding a mandolin against a deep blue background.

Natalie with Mandolin

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel portrait of a woman in a dark veil and gold comb against a warm brown background, by Alice Pike Barney, 1930.

Spanish Comb

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Red-brown crayon portrait of a man in a leather flying helmet, with the name Raoul Lufbery inscribed at upper left.

Raoul Lufbery

John Elliott, 1920

Pencil sketch of Marksburg castle on a steep hill above Braubach village and the Rhine river, with a church steeple.

Castle Marksburg at Braubach, Rhine

George Elbert Burr, 1900