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Painting of couples dancing in a rural dance hall with a fiddler and guitarist, cowboy hats, and a horseshoe on the wall.

Cowboy Dance (mural study, Anson, Texas Post Office)

Jenne Chavaz Magafan, 1941

Mural study of adobe pueblo, desert, Native runners and women on left, Spanish explorers in armor on right.

Communication during the Period of Exploration (panel number 2) (mural study, Phoenix, Arizona Post Office)

Oscar E. Berninghaus, 1937

Watercolor of a rugged mountain range with dark evergreen slopes, pale rock faces, and yellow and red shrubs in the foregroun

Great Range

Lewis C. Daniel, 1940

Painting of billowing lavender clouds over a pale field with small trees and colorful flowering shrubs in the foreground.

The Storm

Abram Molarsky, 1934

Painting of a green meadow and calm creek with trees and a distant white domed building under a hazy sky.

Mouth of James Creek

De Lancey Gill, 1940

Watercolor landscape of green trees around a pond, with a red church spire in the distance under pink and blue clouds.

Untitled - A. H. O. Rolle, 1940

A. H. O. Rolle, 1940

Painting of two pack mules with bundles and riders crossing desert sand toward red mesas, with a woman carrying a child in th

Going Home with the Harvest

Carl Moon, 1940

Painting of three nude women in a landscape with a blue lake, trees, and golden hills under a pale sky.

Nudes in Landscape

Arnold Friedman, 1940

Woman in yellow fringed dress playing flute beside a resting bear, a pale dog and a white cat under a tree.

The Flute Player

Edwin Willard Deming, 1940

Painting of a thatched cottage, cows by a river, and a distant windmill under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Windmill

E. Landseer Harris, 1950

Nighttime rural scene with a red barn, white house, glowing utility pole light, and a dark road under a black sky.

Bright Light at Russell's Corners

George Ault, 1946

Watercolor of a studio interior with a red wood stove, black stovepipe, wooden staircase, easel, and small framed flower pain

Studio Interior

George Ault, 1949

Naive painting of a cream cottage with red tile roof, garden of flowers and trees, woman playing harp beside a dog, and a pon

Irish Cottage

Josephine Joy, 1935

Painting of a seated woman in red facing a man at a barred doorway, with a servant holding a candle in an ornate room.

Prisoner's Plea

Josephine Joy, 1935

Painting of a whitewashed mission church with bell tower and eucalyptus trees, with a robed figure on a dirt path.

San Diego Mission

Josephine Joy, 1935

Abstract painting of a dark sun above layered orange and yellow sunset bands, with wavy green and blue forms and a brown hill

Sun

Arthur Dove, 1943

Watercolor of a pink-hued mesa rising over grassland and dark shrubs under a pale overcast sky.

In the Plateau Country, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1931

Watercolor of a meadow with red and blue wildflowers, dark trees and distant rooftops under a pale overcast sky.

Michigan

William Henry Holmes, 1932

Painting of a stepped concrete spillway, arched bridge and curving walls with green hills and trees behind.

Spillway, Ashokan Dam

Arnold Wiltz, 1934

Painting of a snow-capped mountain above a pine forest, with a winding river and wooden bridge through a green meadow.

In the Cascade Mountains

Edward Bruce, 1931

Oil painting of a rocky coastal inlet with blue water, brown hills, a winding road, and pale sky.

Yankee Point

Edward Bruce, 1931

Cubist-style watercolor still life of a pitcher, fruit bowl, apple, and red patterned tablecloth in muted greens.

Still Life

Earl Horter, 1939

Loose watercolor of a stormy landscape with blue mountains, a dark tree in the foreground and green and ochre hills.

Untitled (Summer Landscape)

Ida Josephine Burgess

Brown ink sketch of an oasis with palm trees, a large tree, shrubs, and robed figures walking along a path.

Untitled (North African Oasis)

Thomas Handforth, 1920

Pencil sketch of a rocky desert valley with steep cliffs and peaks, labeled as the Israelite encampment near Mt. Sinai.

Mt. Sinai

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Untitled (Portrait of a Young Woman)

Ida Josephine Burgess, 1880

Watercolor study of allegorical harvest figures with a wreath, cornucopia of grapes, sheaves of grain and workers in a lunett

Wealth of the Soil (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Watercolor of Malta's stone fortifications, a cannon in the foreground, and boats in a harbor beyond the walls.

Fortifications at Malta

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pen and ink drawing of mounted officers and soldiers with flags riding along a road toward distant ships.

The Surrender of Cornwallis

F. Luis Mora, 1930

Watercolor study of an allegorical lunette with a winged seated woman, standing man, kneeling woman, and cherub.

Firm Belief--Truth, Boldness, Self-Reliance (study for over-door, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Watercolor and pencil drawing of an Egyptian temple interior with columns, stone fragments, animal sculptures, and a small fi

Ancient and Modern Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a rocky canyon with steep cliffs and a winding road, inscribed Yellowstone Park, Golden Gate.

Yellowstone Park, Golden Gate

Thomas Moran, 1890

Loose ink and colored pencil sketch of a nude woman reclining on a bed with raised legs, against a grey background.

Reclining Female Nude

Pen and ink studies of reclining camels, including a saddled camel and a sketched camel head, on pale paper.

(Camel Studies)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of billowing clouds over rolling hills, with handwritten color notes including gray and blue.

Lower Geyser Basin

Thomas Moran, 1890

Charcoal drawing of three farm workers harvesting in a field, with haystacks and trees on the horizon.

Harvest Scene

Jules Emile Zingg, 1910

Pencil sketch of a carved column capital with scrolls and acanthus leaves on a grey-green paper.

Capital of Column at Theatre at Azani

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a geyser pool with rocky terraces, a river and distant hills and trees in Yellowstone.

Beryl Geyser on Gibbon River, Yellowstone Park

Thomas Moran, 1890

Decorative lunette study with two kneeling miners flanking a medallion of Diego Velasquez and the word Mining.

Mining (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Pencil sketch of Greek island coastlines with a castle on a hilltop and handwritten labels for Naxos and Paros.

Naxos/Castle of Paros

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of a distant mountain ridge over limestone blocks and a lone pine in the foreground.

Big Horn, Tongue River

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of a woman holding an infant on a donkey, led by a walking figure, with pyramids and desert landscape behind.

Flight into Egypt (figure study)

William Page, 1850

Pencil sketch of ruined stone church walls and an arch, with a grazing camel and distant hills beneath a pale sky.

Ruin of Christian Church, Tyre

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a canyon with layered cliffs, distant mountains and handwritten color notes across the sky.

Toquerville, S. Utah

Thomas Moran, 1870

Untitled (seated female figure)

George Ault, 1920

Pencil sketch of rolling hills, numbered peaks, village buildings in a valley, and a cloudy sky.

View from Back of Petrarch's House

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil and wash drawing of a room with tall windows, classical columns, wooden chairs, benches, framed pictures and a piano.

Philadelphia

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Monochrome drawing of a woman mourning at a stone memorial under a weeping willow, with a town and church behind.

In Memory of Beloved Parents Oloff and Betsey Hanson

n.d Hanson Family Member, 1830

Pencil sketch of a stone cottage with a chimney among rolling hills and distant mountains, with a winding road.

Cottages, Radicofane

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of several nude female figures on a rocky shore beside a small sailboat on the sea.

Group of Female Nudes

Pen and ink drawing of two crossed ornate flintlock pistols with engraved scrollwork and an eagle shield emblem behind them.

Lexington--Major Pitcarin's Pistols

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Pencil sketch of Jerusalem's walls and tower with tents, robed figures and camels in the foreground.

Encampment Jerusalem

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Charcoal drawing of a dark landscape with trees on the left, a wooded treeline, and a cloudy sky.

Landscape

Auguste-Emmanuel Pointelin, 1930

Colored pencil drawing of a row of brick storefronts with awning and sign shops on a city street.

Atlantic Ave No 257-263

Miklos Suba, 1930

Pencil sketch of rocky sea cliffs and headlands along a horizon, with handwritten place labels beneath.

Nanfio

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Grey watercolor of a pale canyon cliff above a river with dark trees, by Thomas Moran, 1890.

The Cañon of the Belle Fourche, Wyoming

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a dirt path winding up a grassy slope past trees, with a small red-roofed house at right.

Landscape Sketch

Walter Shirlaw, 1830

Pale watercolor of Jerusalem's walled city and golden-domed mosque seen across a hazy valley with an olive tree.

Jerusalem

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Grey wash landscape of a tall rock tower rising above a valley at dusk, with cliffs, trees and small buildings below.

The Devil's Tower from Johnstons

Thomas Moran, 1890

Etching of a swineherd driving pigs down a path through rolling hills under a sunburst sky.

Le Porcher

Herman Saftleven

Pencil sketch of a conical volcano with a billowing smoke plume drifting sideways over layered mountain ridges.

Etna

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of mountains and trees along Goose Creek near Sheridan, with a stream in the foreground.

Goose Creek, Sheridan (Wyoming)

Thomas Moran, 1890

Watercolor lunette study of allegorical figures with scales, a sword, a hammer, and a standing woman in white drapery.

The State as Arbitrator for Industry, Education and the Military (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Pencil sketch of a hilltop town with stone walls and buildings above terraced fields, with a rounded hill behind.

Pizzo

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg