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Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a black veil and dark dress holding a parasol, against a rose background.

Julienne

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Sheep

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a wooded valley with trees, a stream, and a mountain rising under cloudy skies in North Wales.

Valley of the Llugwy (Moel Siabod), North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with short dark hair and blue eyes wearing a pale blue dress against a soft background.

Mrs. Pansy Cotton

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of Gallipoli waterfront with a fortified hill, minarets, low buildings and moored sailing boats.

Gallipoli

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Horse Study

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Brown wash drawing of a smiling woman with short wavy hair, earrings and a lace collar, with French inscription at right.

Woman's Head

Antoine Injalbert, 1910

Armenian Girl of Constantinople

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of three arched openings in a weathered stone wall with worn steps and rubble in the foreground.

Untitled (Three Arches)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil and ink sketch of a bare tree with spreading branches above haystacks in an open field.

Motive for Etching

George Elbert Burr, 1910

Pencil sketch of the volcano Stromboli emitting a smoke plume above the sea, with a small rock at the left edge.

Stromboli

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Brown wash drawing of a formal garden with terraced steps, conical trees, and figures by a pool.

Saint Cloud--4 Juin 1906

François Flameng, 1900

Pastel drawing of Medusa with snake-hair, wide eyes, open mouth and clawed hand reaching forward against dark blue tones.

Medusa (Laura Dreyfus Barney)

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Harpress Tomb, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a red oil tanker with masts, rigging and a cargo boom beside a green shoreline.

Oil Tanker II

Arthur Dove, 1930

Pencil drawing of a nude female figure in a twisting pose on gridded tan paper, with arms outstretched.

(Untitled-nude female figure)

Louise Cox, 1900

Pencil sketch of a fortified castle and town on a shoreline with hills behind, labeled European Castle, Dardanelles.

European Castle, Dardanelles

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pastel drawing of a woman with flowing hair set against a swirling woodland of green and blue trees.

Vision through Woods

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of a tall poplar beside a thatched cottage and dirt path, with a fence post in the foreground.

Landscape

Solon H. Borglum, 1900

Pencil sketch of a flat plain with hills, a stone building on the right, and trees on the left.

Plain of Jericho, Jerusalem

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pastel portrait of a man with a mustache, dark hair and white collar, set against a dark gray swirling background.

Henry M. Stanley

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Charcoal sketch of mounted officers, one raising a sabre, leading infantry through smoke and burning buildings on a battlefie

Washington and Lee at Monmouth

Native of Tibet

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Ink and watercolor drawing of a standing woman in a white swimsuit with short curled hair and red lips.

Web - artiste

Walt Kuhn, 1930

Pastel portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair and green jacket against a yellow background.

Light-Hearted

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of layered mountains and islands along a coast, with handwritten labels reading Naxos.

Naxos

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Hazy watercolor of lavender mountains and blue misty hills under a pale sky, signed by Arthur B. Davies.

Blue Mist

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1920

Pastel portrait of a woman with auburn hair in a red top before a sunlit window grid.

Against the Window

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil drawing of rocky sea cliffs, a church on a headland, distant hills and a sailboat on calm water.

Calabria

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Charcoal sketch of a seated woman in a draped dress, head turned, arms resting on a chair, on cream paper.

Seated Woman

Robert Henri, 1920