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Pen drawing of Declaration signers' names on radiating decorative cards, framed by oak and laurel branches tied with a ribbon

The Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Matilda Elizabeth Schmahl, 1850

Pencil sketch of distant mountains over calm water with a wooded shore at left, inscribed Stevensons Island 2.

Stevensons Island (no. 2)

Thomas Moran, 1890

Watercolor sketch of two thatched huts with wooden doors, ducks, a cow, and a standing figure in a hat.

Wells, St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Pen-and-ink sketch of a tree-lined village road past a stone house, with a smaller study of a picket fence below.

Tappan

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Charcoal study of two hands and forearms on aged paper, one hand gripping the wrist of the other arm.

Study of Two Hands

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Pencil sketch of a stone building with arched doorway and lattice windows, flanked by palm trees, with a seated figure in fro

Minieh

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pen drawing of a white lion pulling a chained carriage with a bearded archer, with the words 'Why not learn to write?'

Why not learn to write?

n.d J. C. Saterlee, 1860

Pencil sketch of a geyser basin with a steam plume, rocky mounds, and distant hills on a pale sheet.

Lioness and Cubs, Upper Geyser Basin

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of layered mountain and island silhouettes across a sea horizon, with handwritten place labels.

Santorin

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Red chalk drawing of a pastoral pond scene with nude figures, cattle, trees and a cloudy sky.

Classical Subject

Émile-René Ménard, 1930

Pencil sketch of rocky cliffs and a sloping hillside, with handwritten notes including Yellowstone Park, July 1892.

Yellowstone Park

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil and yellow wash sketch of a conical mountain island with rocky cliffs and trees along a coastline.

Island near Adalia

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Etching of two goats and a kid resting under a tree, with a flat landscape and church spire in the distance.

Two Goats and a Kid

Johann Heinrich Roos

Pencil sketch of a rounded mountain peak and rocky ridges over a valley, with handwritten notes across the top of the page.

Sulphur Mt., Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of a valley between two hillsides with rocks and shrubs in the foreground and an empty sky above.

Jacob's Well, Samaria

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil and charcoal study of a kneeling robed man, a winged reclining nude, and several bearded head sketches.

(Studies--Villa Borghese, 2 figures, etc.)

William Page, 1850

Pencil sketch of a rocky shore with a boat mast and rigging, distant hills and trees, by Thomas Moran.

The Fan

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of Beni Hasan cliffs with rows of rock-cut tomb openings above the Nile plain, by Miner Kilbourne Kellogg.

Beni Hasan

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil drawing of a city with church spires and a bridge on the left, and fragmented geometric abstract shapes on the right.

City Scene--Abstract

Watercolor of a seaside town with rooftops, chimneys, small figures on a promenade, and sailboats on the sea.

Untitled (Seaside Town)

Ida Josephine Burgess

Pencil sketch of a wooden beam water device with a standing figure, a seated figure at left, and hills in the distance.

(Water Drawing Device)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Brown ink and wash sketch of a reclining nude female figure with an arm raised, set against loose washed trees.

Reclining Nude

Charcoal sketch of an old stone street with a tower, an archway, and small figures walking near the entrance.

Untitled - Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a plough, a harrow, and a wooden feed-box with a cart wheel on pale paper.

Plough, Harrow and Feed-box, St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Watercolor and ink drawing of a heavenly city above a path of figures, with a devil and skeletal Death figure at lower right.

Representation of the Different Ways Leading to Everlasting Life or Eternal Damnation

Gustav Sigismund Peters, 1840

Pastel study of a woman in white and a bearded man in purple walking a pale path through a hazy landscape.

Study for Flight to Egypt

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1920

Pencil sketch of a riverside town with palm trees and a tall minaret under an empty sky.

Semelud (?)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Sepia landscape of a river with a ruined castle, a rowing boat, a stone house and stormy clouds overhead.

Untitled - Louisa Ferguson Weir, 1800

Louisa Ferguson Weir, 1800

Pencil sketch of badlands mesas and mountains under rising smoke, with handwritten color notes along the bottom edge.

Fire in the Bad Lands of Dakota

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of a smoking volcanic island across the water, with a sleeping dog curled at the left edge.

Stromboli/Sleeping Dog

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pastel drawing of a moonlit marsh at night with reeds, reflective water, a glowing moon and a small wooden structure.

Marshes in New Jersey

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Pen and ink drawing of Independence Hall in Philadelphia with its clock tower, flagpole, trees and street scene.

Philadelphia, Independence Hall, Chestnut Street

Ernest C. Peixotto

Pencil sketch of a hilly landscape with village buildings on a ridge, tents on the left, and olive trees and rocks in the for

Near Jerusalem

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of rugged mountains, pine trees and a winding creek in a valley, inscribed on the Soda Butte creek.

On the Soda Butte Creek

Thomas Moran, 1890

Sepia wash drawing of a wooden bridge over a calm river with two rowboats on the bank and trees along the far shore.

Washington Crossing

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Pencil sketch of a stone wall, domed buildings, a cypress tree, and a small figure in a long robe.

Red Balcony, Jerusalem

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pen and graphite drawing of a uniformed man gesturing before a crowded wooden hall of seated and standing men.

Washington Prevents a Military Dictatorship

Albert Edward Sterner, 1930

Ink drawing of a long skylit building and an ornate brick facade with trees, a gravel path, and a small standing figure on th

Untitled (Figure and Buildings)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Pencil sketch of a stone archway in a masonry wall with small figures standing and seated at the gate entrance.

East Gate, Damascus

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pen and ink sketch of a wooded headland above a river, with a commemorative medal reproduced in the lower right.

Stony Point

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Embroidered silk sampler of two flying yellowhammer birds linked by a twig, with handwritten verse and a ribbon border.

Yellow Hammer's

n.d E. M. Donough, 1810

Pencil sketch of several bands of mountain ridges with handwritten place labels and a date note along the bottom.

Landscapes

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil landscape drawing of a windswept pine in a valley with rocky cliffs, rolling hills, and distant mountain peaks.

Untitled - Henry Arthur Elkins

Henry Arthur Elkins

Pencil sketch of the Yellowstone Range with layered mountain ridges and peaks, inscribed with the title and date at top.

The Yellowstone Range from Dead Indian Hill

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of arid hills and mountains with a row of tents and an encampment on a plain.

Kineh

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor frieze of dancing figures with garlands, panpipes and a lyre in a garden procession, by Louis Schaettle, 1910.

(Bacchanale Revel, Pan and Procession)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Ink drawing of a Trenton street with carriages, tram tracks, brick storefronts, telegraph poles, and a distant monument colum

Trenton, Old King Street Looking from Hessian Headquarters

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Night seascape drawing with a full moon over calm water, a sailboat silhouette, and a dark shoreline on blue paper.

Nile

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a harbor village with wooden houses, masted sailboats, two standing figures, and a rowboat in the water.

View of Provincetown

Henry Farrer, 1890

Pencil and chalk drawing of a mountain valley with a river, pine trees, and snowy peaks under clouds.

Valley of the Tomichi, Colorado

Henry Arthur Elkins, 1880

Pencil sketch of a lakeshore with ruined stone buildings on a rise and rolling hills in the distance.

Tiberias from the Baths

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a geyser erupting on a hillside at Norris, with handwritten color notes in the margins.

Geyser in Hillside, Norris, the Hurricane

Thomas Moran, 1890

Etching of a classical landscape with a ruined arch, a river, a rocky cliff, large trees, and small figures by the water.

Landscape

Herman van Swanevelt

Pencil sketch of a building with hanging laundry, a robed figure at a doorway, and two arched openings.

House of the Governor of Thebes

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of wooded Stevensons Island on Yellowstone Lake with mountains behind and reflections in still water.

Stevensons Island (no. 1) Yellowstone Lake

Thomas Moran, 1890

Allegorical watercolor of robed figures with scales, sword, book and torch, a chained man, and banners reading Order, Justice

Order

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Pencil sketch of layered coastal headlands and distant mountains, labeled Ida, Patroclus, Achilles, and Entering the Dardanel

Dardanelles

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Etching of a long-haired man holding a tablet with a small figure, beside an etching of an armored soldier with a spear.

(Figurine Series) Long-Haired Man Holding Sign

Pencil drawing of a reclining female nude in angular cubist style, overlaid with a grid of lines.

Female Nude, Reclining

Pencil sketch of a ruined stone city wall with an arched niche, a cobbled path, a tree, and distant hills.

Wall of Zareh, Damascus

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Oxen

Christoph Voll, 1930

Charcoal drawing of officials in uniform and top hats at a crowded exposition inauguration before an ornate pavilion.

Inauguration de L'Exposition Internationale de Liege, en 1905

Paul Renouard, 1900

Watercolor of Naples harbor with a red lighthouse, moored ships, sailing boats, and a dark stormy sky over the coast.

Naples from the Moli

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pen and ink sketch of a rocky shoreline with bare trees and calm water reflections, signed by James D. Smillie.

Untitled (Landscape)

James David Smillie, 1870