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Abstract crayon drawing with overlapping orange, brown, purple and yellow shapes outlined in black ink on cream paper.

Untitled - Arthur Dove, 1940

Arthur Dove, 1940

Charcoal drawing of a tricorn-hatted officer raising a flag in a forest battle, with fallen soldiers and troops around him.

Washington at Braddock's Defeat

Earl Horter, 1930

Pen and ink sketch of a parasol-carrying woman by foliage, with additional figure studies of park visitors on the page.

Park

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Watercolor portrait of a woman with blue eyes, brown curls, pink and white roses in her hair, and a lace shawl.

Woman with Roses in Hair

Emily Eastman, 1820

Red chalk drawing of a woman with curly hair reclining among coiled serpents and spiky shell-like creatures.

(Untitled--Woman and Serpent)

George Grey Barnard, 1920

Seated woman in dark dress with a small monkey on her shoulder, against a warm brown background.

Monkey Pet

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor drawing of a castle-like stone armory with conical turrets, arched entrance, and tower, by Cass Gilbert.

Preliminary study for an Armory Building for Shattuck School, Faribault, Minnesota

Cass Gilbert, 1890

Red chalk portrait of a mustached man in a military uniform and cap with flying goggles, turned three-quarters to the left.

Georges Thenault

John Elliott, 1920

Pencil sketch of Pisa's skyline from the north, showing the leaning tower and domes above the river bank with two figures.

Pisa from North

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil anatomical study of a horse skeleton with separate leg bones and skull drawings and handwritten annotations.

Horse Anatomy, Human Anatomy

Solon H. Borglum, 1910

Pastel drawing of an adobe village under a canvas awning, with purple mountains and a blue twilight sky behind.

Scene Design for One Act Play by William Vaughn Moody

William Penhallow Henderson

Pastel stage set of a dusk garden terrace with a girl, blue chairs, a draped table and pink roses.

March Hare's Garden (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland)

William Penhallow Henderson, 1910

Watercolor of a dusk landscape with silhouetted trees, rolling blue hills, and a pale yellow glowing sky.

After-Glow

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Watercolor of a cranberrybush branch with red berries and lobed green leaves on a pale background.

Cranberrybush (Viburnum pauciflorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Pastel drawing of a reclining nude woman resting on a blue and ochre textured ground, one arm raised behind her head.

Reclining Nude Figure of a Girl

Thomas Dewing, 1920

Watercolor of Spanish bayonet yucca seed pods with dried brown petals and spiky green leaves, painted in 1935.

Spanish Bayonet (Yucca baccata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Watercolor of white and blue columbine flowers with green leaves, buds, and yellow stamens on a pale background.

Columbine (Aquilegia ecalcarata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Watercolor of white Atamasco lilies with pink-tipped petals, yellow stamens, green leaves and buds, by Mary Vaux Walcott.

Atamasco-Lily (Atamosco atamasco)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Pencil sketch of a tall crenellated tower beside rooftops, shrubs and cypress trees, titled Cathedral, Fiesole.

Cathedral, Fiesole

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with conifer trees, a rocky stream, and steep peaks under a pale sky.

On the Road near Landro, Tyrol

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Watercolor of pale Indian Pipe plants with drooping bell-shaped flowers and pink-tinged stems on a light background.

Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Pencil sketch of old Lausanne houses with steep roofs, chimneys, a domed spire and pedestrians on a cobbled street.

Old Houses, Lausanne

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a man in pince-nez spectacles and moustache, turned three-quarters, on a green ground.

James McNeill Whistler

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Watercolor of two nodding purple American pasqueflowers with yellow stamens, green feathery leaves, and grass at the base.

American Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla ludoviciana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1922

Watercolor of a thorny branch with pink locust flowers hanging among green pinnate leaves on a pale background.

New Mexican Locust (Robinia neomexicana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a cliffrose branch with white flowers, yellow centers, lobed green leaves and feathery seed plumes.

Cliffrose (Cowania stanshuriana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

Colored pencil drawing of the steamship U.S.S. Tybee in a busy harbor with flags, small boats, and waterfront buildings.

U.S.S. Tybee

William O. Golding, 1930

Model in Yellows

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Watercolor of white northern anemone flowers on slender stems above green lobed leaves, on a pale background.

Northern Anemone (Anemone parviflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two stems of purple Jacob's ladder flowers with feathery green leaves on a pale background.

Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium viscosum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1937