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Drawing of a winged angel offering a cup to a wreathed woman beneath a stanza of text, by Elihu Vedder.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Cup of Death

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil drawing of tall, shadowed cliffs with rocky ledges under a pale sky, with handwritten notes in the corners.

Valley of Kings, Thebes

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil portrait of a young man with curly hair and a beard, holding an open book, drawn on lilac paper.

Benjamin Rush Spencer

Lilly Martin Spencer, 1840

Pen and ink drawing of a tree-lined pond with lily pads, reeds, and a narrow path through a garden.

(Arboretum)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Pencil sketch of an ornate Egyptian-style column capital and base, with a handwritten note reading Dendera, Feb. 5, 44.

Dendera, February 5, 1844

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Ink and wash drawing of a village street with stone cottages, an ox cart, and a distant obelisk monument.

Yorktown

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Charcoal drawing of a battlefield with three fallen soldiers, a wrecked vehicle, a church steeple, and smoke over the landsca

After the Battle

Jean-François Raffaëlli, 1920

Pencil sketch of Capri's steep cliffs rising from the sea, with a small boat near shore and a hazy sky.

Capri

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Colored architectural elevation of a three-story Victorian house with a central tower, pagoda cupola, and arched windows.

Architectural Rendering of a Victorian House

n.d C. M. Seckner, 1800

Drawing of a crouched nude woman wrapped in cloth beside a stone block, with a handwritten verse panel above and hills behind

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Magdalen

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a flat Nile riverbank with sailboats and distant hills, with a handwritten inscription naming the Pyramid of

Approach to Cairo from the Nile with the Pyramid of Cheops

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of a seated robed man gesturing to a woman with an orange jug at a stone well, with a tree and distant town.

Rebecca at the Well

n.d Elizabeth Maxon, 1880

Pencil sketch of the Rhine gorge with steep cliffs, a castle on a hill, and riverside buildings.

Rhine at the Lurlei

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil drawing of a large iceberg rising above choppy sea, with handwritten location notes at lower left.

Iceberg

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Pastel drawing of a woman with tousled dark hair looking upward, surrounded by soft green and yellow foliage strokes on tan p

Blossom

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of a rocky woodland glen with trees beside a still pool and boulders in the foreground.

Fairy Glen, Bettws-y-Coed

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a tall fluted column on a low horizon, with rolling hills and a small town at left.

Pillar

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of a river with trees, reeds, and two people in a rowboat, dated September 19, 1848.

Untitled - Daniel Kotz

Watercolor drawing of a standing man in a grey coat and wide-brimmed hat, carrying a walking stick and a knapsack.

Standing Artist

John Frederick Kensett, 1840

Pickle Eater of the Nile

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil study of a reclining nude woman raising a sphere in one hand, drawn within a faint arch, by Kenyon Cox, 1900.

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

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pastel set design of a hall with lilac doors, a stool, cushions on the floor, and blue framing curtains.

Hall with Doors (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson

Pencil sketch of a coffee house interior with arched columns, low platforms, and a standing man in a turban.

Caffee at Kineh

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Untitled - Howard Russell Butler

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil landscape drawing of a river with a large tree, distant mountains, and cumulus clouds in the sky.

Untitled - George Elbert Burr, 1930

George Elbert Burr, 1930

Pencil sketch of an arid landscape with a rocky outcrop, a dark well opening, shrubs, and distant mountains.

Bier il Muhra "Well of Bitter Water"

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pastel set design of a heart-decorated royal court interior with a golden throne, pink walls and floral doors.

The Court of Hearts (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland)

William Penhallow Henderson, 1910

Pencil sketch of a woman in a draped shawl and long skirt, holding a small flower, on torn cream paper.

Untitled (Flower Girl)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil and colored sketch of an elephant-topped fountain with an obelisk in a city square lined with buildings.

Catania

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pastel drawing of an elderly woman in a pale headscarf, her face worked in soft ochre and grey tones on brown paper.

Near the End

Alice Pike Barney, 1900