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Pencil sketch of rocky cliffs above a waterfall, with handwritten color notes on the rock faces.

Above the Lower Fall, Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1890

Dark illustration of a winged angel, a haloed figure and a swirling-haired face beside a block of handwritten verse.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Soul's Answer

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Portrait of Carrie Elliott Warner

Olin Levi Warner, 1870

Young Lady in Afternoon Dress

William Page, 1870

Pencil sketch of a man in a fur hat and tunic with lowered eyes and a moustache, on tan paper.

Head of a Blind Bulgarian Fiddler

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Charcoal sketch of a female dancer with outstretched arms, lifted leg and a winged headdress against a hatched background.

Dancer

Luigi Carrara Oliver

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil drawing of a young woman with upswept hair and a ruffled collar, head tilted, looking at the viewer.

Head of a Lady

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Gypsy Dervish

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil drawing of crumbling ruins and a dirt road in Pompeii, with broken columns and walls under a pale sky.

Pompeii, Italy

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Brown ink wash sketch of a reclining draped woman beside a column, with a standing figure and foliage behind.

Reclining Woman

Watercolor and pencil sketch of red-roofed buildings, bell towers and a domed church overlooking a harbor and hills.

Piazza San Gregorio

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor sketch of two men in turbans, one seated smoking a long pipe, with handwritten notes reading Steamer and Pilgrims

Pilgrms to Jerusalem

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil perspective sketch of a wooden pavilion with figures on a cliff edge, with converging lines and handwritten measuremen

Untitled (Perspective Sketch)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Ink and red chalk drawing of a nude woman kneeling sideways with her head bowed and hands near her feet.

Female Figure

Self-Portrait

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1910

Watercolor sketch of domed felt tents on open ground, with a saddled horse and a seated figure in the foreground.

Tents of Ourouks

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Brush drawing in brown ink of a seated nude woman with long hair, shown with loose, quick strokes on aged paper.

Seated Woman

Pencil portrait of a bearded man in a striped turban and robe, drawn on tan paper with a handwritten caption below.

Turk of Azani, Asia Minor

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sheet with studies of veiled women in traditional dress, a hand, and handwritten labels Druse and Egypt.

Druse

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil sketch of a seated nude male figure with one arm extended, drawn on lined paper.

Prometheus

William Page, 1860

Untitled (Indian)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Pencil sketch of mountains above a river with trees, annotated with handwritten color notes, by Thomas Moran.

On Sunshine Fork of Clark's Fork

Thomas Moran, 1890

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude woman with raised arms beside a seated woman in a hat, in a garden.

Two Female Figures in Garden

Sepia ink and wash sketch of four female nudes in loose poses, two seated and two reclining or crouched.

Four Female Nudes

Soft pastel drawing of a misty meadow with a cluster of trees, boulders, and pale blue hills under a grey sky.

Chestnuts

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a seated woman in a hat, her figure fragmented into angular geometric planes against an interio

Abstract--Woman

Watercolor sketch of a wooden horse cage with sloped roof, horizontal rails and timber posts on a pale ground.

Cage for Bad Horses, St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Watercolor portrait of a man in a yellow turban and red jacket with arms folded and a dagger at his waist.

Ourook of Mt. Olympus, Asia

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a seated bearded man gesturing beside a draped standing woman holding a laurel branch.

Figure Studies

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg