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Pale pastel drawing of a willow tree over a soft meadow and faint horizon on tan paper.

Willow

John Henry Twachtman, 1830

Ink and wash sketch of a seated female dancer in a full skirt, with loose brown shading and dark contour lines.

Standing Female Dancer

Nude: Study of a Young Girl

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Pencil sketch of a woman holding a tennis racket beside two studies of nude figures, one seated and one kneeling.

Woman with Tennis Racket and Two Figure Studies

Graphite sketch of a steep Yellowstone canyon slope with pine forest, a jagged rock spire, and boulders in the foreground.

From near Inspiration Point, Yellowstone Canyon

Thomas Moran, 1890

Stippled charcoal drawing of two intertwined nude female figures in an angular, sketch-like composition.

Two Nude Female Figures

Pencil sketch of a tall church tower with spire beside a street, with trees and a small figure in front.

Church, St.-Germain-des-Prés, France

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Profile of an Ideal Female Head

William Page, 1810

Charcoal drawing of a uniformed man seen from behind at a canteen counter where women in white caps serve food.

A.R.C. Canteen, World War I

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1910