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Red chalk portrait of a young man in a flying helmet, goggles on his forehead and fur-collared jacket.

Edmond Charles Clinton Genet

John Elliott, 1920

Pencil sketch of a mountain ridge and rolling hills with a standing robed figure in the foreground.

Sea of Tiberiasfrom Hot Baths

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pastel portrait of a man in a green flat cap and dark coat, smoking a cigarette, on a brown paper ground.

Jimmy Davis

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Ink and wash drawing of a church spire rising above village cottages, with a large tree on the right and a cart on a path.

Village Scene

Désiré-Lucas, 1910

Pencil sketches on translucent paper of camels, robed Bedouin figures, seated men and a vessel.

Bedoins

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil sketch of a steep forested mountain above a valley with farm buildings and trees, titled The Dürrenstein near Alt-Prag

The Dürrenstein, near Alt-Prags, Tyrol

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of gnarled bare trees, a tall cypress, shrubs and rocks on a pale paper background.

Landscape

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a ruined columned temple with fallen stones and a wooden cart in the foreground.

Temple of Jupiter, Azani, Phrygia

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil sketch of a round columned temple framed by tall cypress and pine trees and dense foliage.

Temple of the Sibyl, Tivoli

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pastel portrait of a blonde woman with a blue feather boa, bare shoulder, and loose textured strokes on a dark background.

Blonde Girl with Boa

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of a pyramid-shaped mound on a flat horizon with trees, a small boat, and water below.

Pyramid

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor and pencil sketch of a red-roofed farmhouse with green shutters, flowering shrubs and rolling hills behind it.

Farm near Albi

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of two figures beside a boat with a raised sail on a shoreline, with wooden posts and open water behind.

Untitled (Two Figures near a Boat)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of robed women and men gathered at night, with a handwritten caption reading Athene girls at Thebes, moonlight.

...Girls at Thebes--Moonlight

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor landscape of cattle grazing in a meadow with a blue sea and hills beyond, a flowering tree at right.

Landscape, Brittany

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Charcoal and chalk drawing of dark rough sea waves with white foam under a cloudy grey sky, lower half blank.

Untitled (Seascape)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil drawing of three panoramic views of distant mountains and coastline above a sea horizon, labeled Entering Rhodes.

Rhodes

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pastel portrait of a dark-haired woman in a yellow shawl against a golden background, with lettering and the date 1900.

Marianne in Yellow

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil anatomical sketch of a numbered human rib cage and spine, viewed at an angle, on cream paper.

Anatomy

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil drawing of a long vaulted stone arcade receding to a bright doorway at the far end.

Entrance to Tasso's Prison, Ferrara

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of gnarled olive trees with twisted branches and feathery foliage, drawn near Fiesole in 1900.

Olives--Fiesole

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Anne

George Ault, 1930

Pencil sketch of a carved stone archway with decorative moldings and smaller arched openings, inscribed St. John's chapel Jer

Gate Jerusalem

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Drawing of an ornate double iron gate with columns, circular medallions, and crowning figural groups, in chalk on tan paper.

Geographic Society Grill

Solon H. Borglum, 1910

Pencil drawing of a harvest field with haystacks, round bales, a farmhouse, trees, and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (Harvest Scene)

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a seated woman with bowed head and crossed arms, before a draped interior wall.

Greek Slave

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1850

Pastel and pencil sketch of a breaking wave with white foam, dark green water and a pale pink sky above the horizon.

Untitled (Breaking Wave)

Howard Russell Butler

Pastel portrait of a young man with dark hair, one hand raised to his head, against a grey background.

Jose De Charmoy

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of a bearded elderly man in a white turban and robes, head bowed, with handwritten inscription below.

Sheik Mansour of Harchad

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Joseph Joffre, Marechal

Henri Jacquier, 1910