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Pastel portrait of a young man with short hair, head and bare shoulders turned left, on a tan paper ground.

Christian

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Lucy

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel portrait of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat with yellow pompoms and a white shawl, against green hatched strokes.

Spanish Fantasy III

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Tan and white chalk drawing of grapevines with grape clusters, vine leaves, morning glory flowers and tendrils on a dark grou

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Lining Paper

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a street crowd with women in hats, a child in front, and a flag above.

Group Scene

Jerome Myers, 1900

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

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Charcoal drawing of a skull on stacked books beside a candlestick, with a panel of Rubaiyat verses and faint faces in the sky

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Theology

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a female nude seen from behind, one arm raised to her head, shaded with loose graphite hatching.

Back View of Female Nude

Pastel drawing of tall wildflowers with pink and white blossoms among blue and green strokes on tan paper.

Flowers

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man in a robe leaning by a large clay jar, with pottery on shelves and verse text.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) In the Potter's House

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Reader

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of ruined brick archways beside palm trees, with a riverbank and hills in the distance above.

Beni Berzi

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Drawing of a bearded old man looking up at a starry night through an arched window, with a table of objects and printed verse

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Vain Questioning

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Ink wash drawing of a seated woman seen from behind beside a window with curtains and a dark chair.

Untitled (Seated Figure)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Charcoal drawing of a nude woman with arms raised behind her head, set against angular shaded forms.

Female Nude with Black Stockings

A Syrian

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1850

Charcoal study of a bald, bearded man in a loose robe, looking downward in a pensive pose.

Study for the Disciple Peter

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Ink drawing of two seated figures in a room before a window with curtains, a chair between them, and a bare tree outside.

(Figures before Window)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Architectural drawing of a classical interior with Corinthian columns and an arched mural of angels above a group of men.

A Town Meeting

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Chalk drawing of a seated spinning woman, a standing woman with a distaff, goats, and a clay jug, with a verse panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Youth and Age

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Ink drawing of a compass rose with ornate script below reading Levi Mentzer, born May 3, 1811, on aged paper.

Levi Mentzer Born May 3, 1811

n.d Mentzer Family Member, 1810

Thelma Snowdon

James Owen, 1840

Pencil sketch of a jagged mountain peak above a sloping valley with a winding creek path.

In Camp on Soda Butte Creek, Cook City

Thomas Moran, 1890

Ink drawing of a standing nude woman with dark hair beside a chair, rendered in loose brush outlines on pale paper.

Female Nude, Standing

Charcoal and red pastel drawing of a seated female nude torso with head wrap, bold outlines on pale paper.

Female Nude Torso

Pencil drawing of a bearded man in a cap, head resting on his hand, shaded with soft tonal strokes.

Man Resting

Joseph Stella, 1910

Design drawing of a round footed vase with two dancing nude figures in relief, decorated with white dots and green glaze.

Vase with Dancing Figures

André Metthey, 1910

Charcoal drawing of a haloed recording angel with an open book, two winged attendants, and many hands reaching up from below.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Recording Angel

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a building interior with large pipes suspended by chains, stone blocks, and a man in a hat at right.

How the Pipes Are Suspended

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Drawing of a winged figure above a seated woman with her back turned, beside three stanzas of handwritten verse.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Awakening

Elihu Vedder, 1880