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Watercolor study of allegorical figures with sailors, anchor and oar, framed by laurels and labeled NAVIGATION.

Navigation (study for panel, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Oxen

Christoph Voll, 1930

Pencil sketch of a flat Nile riverbank with sailboats and distant hills, with a handwritten inscription naming the Pyramid of

Approach to Cairo from the Nile with the Pyramid of Cheops

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of badlands buttes with trees and water in the foreground, with handwritten color notes above.

Bad Lands near Boise, N.P.R.R. (No. Pacific Railroad)

Thomas Moran, 1890

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

Pyramid

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Open sketchbook with pencil drawing of trees, a small building and mountains near Sion, dated March 1894.

(Sketchbook) Near Sion

George Elbert Burr, 1890

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

Web - artiste

Walt Kuhn, 1930

Pencil sketch of rolling hills and distant mountains with shrubs in the foreground, inscribed with a view from Tabor.

Tabor

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of old stone towers rising above trees, with a handwritten caption reading Old Towers, Laufenbe

(Sketchbook) Old Towers, Laufenberg

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Woman in a yellow gown with a serpent and birdcage, above a reclining nude figure, against a dark swirling background.

Babylon

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of an ancient stone gateway with rounded arches and masonry walls, labeled Ancient East Gate, Damascus.

Ancient East, Damascus

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a riverside town with a church with twin towers above rows of houses.

(Sketchbook) Laufenberg

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pen drawing of a mustached cowboy in a wide hat smoking a cigarette, hand on his gun belt, in chaps and spurs.

Cowboy Smoking

Walt Kuhn, 1940

Pencil sketch of a rocky shoreline with a rowboat, open water, and a low horizon with distant buildings under clouds.

Untitled (Sailboat)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a village with a church spire in a valley below mountains.

(Sketchbook) Down Rhone Valley from Sierre

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a horse standing beside a wagon wheel, with dark trees in the background.

Horse and Wagon

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Pen and ink drawing of a thatched cottage in open fields with a walking figure and a grazing cow under clouds.

Poigny

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of village houses, a stone tower, and mountain ridges on a sketchbook page.

(Sketchbook) At Sierre

George Elbert Burr, 1890

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

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a young girl with long hair reading a book at a slanted wooden table.

Schoolgirl

Louise Catherine Breslau, 1920

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of a flat rural landscape with a tall poplar and farm buildings.

(Sketchbook) Near Roche

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pen and ink drawing of three arm studies with clenched fists on cream paper, by Solon H. Borglum, 1890.

Three Arm Studies

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Pastel drawing of a nude woman with a flower wreath playing reed pipes beside a torch, with a dog at her feet.

Pagan Dancer

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a castle corner with two conical towers, trees, and a hillside beyond.

(Sketchbook) Corner of Castle at Aigle

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a rounded hill with scattered shrubs and low ridges on either side under an empty sky.

Mt. Tabor, Israel

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Two women in blue gowns and flowered hats stand before green drapery in a softly painted interior.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of a sailboat on a calm lake with distant mountains and rippling reflections.

(Sketchbook) (From Ouchy)

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor study of a seated golden-robed woman above two fishermen hauling a net, framed with garlands and a FISHERY plaque.

Fishery (study for panel, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Dark wash drawing of a graveyard with a brick tomb, a headstone in the foreground, and a white house among trees.

Graveyard Scene

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1940

Pencil sketch of a tall stone tower among trees and mountains, with handwritten colour notes, on an open sketchbook page.

(Sketchbook) Sierre

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of a pink rose bud, a purple violet, and fern fronds on a pale background.

Pink Rose with Violet

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Painting of a standing male war dancer in feathered headdress, beaded fringed regalia, yellow leggings, and holding a staff.

War Dancer

Monroe Tsatoke, 1910

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a lakeside village with cypress trees and mountains reflected in still water.

(Sketchbook) The Lake from Vevey

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Lady with a Fan

Rhoda Holmes Nicholls

Watercolor of a canyon with a tall rock pillar, storm clouds and rain, and a balanced boulder in the foreground.

Shin-Au-Av-Tu-Weap (God Land), Cañon of the Colorado. Utah Ter

Thomas Moran, 1870

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of buildings, windows and a street on the right page; left page blank.

(Sketchbook) Old Street, Ouchy

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Persian Woman

Persian Woman

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor study of a green caterpillar with pale markings and a red tip, on a narrow paper strip with a hexagonal border.

White Birch Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a towered building among tall cypress trees and distant hills, with a blank facing pag

(Sketchbook) (Untitled)

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor sketch of the ruined temple columns and stone walls of Baalbek under a pale sky.

Ruins of Balbeck

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of a Rhone valley with steep mountains, a village and a church spire, in an open sketchbook.

(Sketchbook) Up Rhone Valley from Sion

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of a building with rooftops and chimneys, and handwritten notes beside it.

(Sketchbook) Old House, Lausanne

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a castle tower by a lake with a sailboat, mountains behind, and a small arched doorway below.

(Sketchbook) Doorway to Castle at Aigle/Near Villeneuve

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Open sketchbook with pencil drawing of mountains above a lake, a château and village buildings on the shore.

(Sketchbook) Dent du Midi and Chateau du Chatelard from near Blouay

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketchbook spread of distant mountains over a lake with trees and small buildings along the shore.

(Sketchbook) Dent du Midi from Chatel St. Dennis Road

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Open sketchbook with pencil drawings of two sailboats on calm water and a small cross monument at lower right.

(Sketchbook) Ouchy

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of a towered castle before distant mountains, inscribed Castle at Aigle.

(Sketchbook) Castle at Aigle

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of an old house with a tall pointed spire among trees, drawn on an open sketchbook page.

(Sketchbook) Old House, Sierre

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Open sketchbook with pencil drawing of a hill topped by castle ruins, mountains and bare trees in the foreground.

(Sketchbook) Sion

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a lake with hatched mountains rising to snowy peaks on the right, in an open sketchbook.

(Sketchbook) (Lake of Geneva from Vevey)

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a hilltop town with a church tower, rooftops, and a wooded hill.

(Sketchbook) Church and Tower, Laufenberg

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketchbook spread of pollarded willows and poplars before a hazy mountain range, left page blank.

(Sketchbook) Near Aigle

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of an old street with a cafe, shuttered house facade and chimneys, on an open sketchbook page.

(Sketchbook) Old Street in Vevey

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of a Rhone valley landscape with steep mountains, trees, and a village house on terraced slopes

(Sketchbook) Down Rhone Valley from Sion

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a lake with a tower, poplar trees, a sailboat and mountains, in an open sketchbook.

(Sketchbook) Vevey La Tour

George Elbert Burr, 1890