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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

Pencil sketch of rocky mountain ledges and slopes with sparse vegetation, inscribed "Sinai from Horeb".

Sinai from Horeb

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of an open field with slender trees, a bare tree at right, shrubs, a pond, and a distant tree line.

Landscape

Henry Farrer, 1880

Pencil sketch of a rocky mountain with cliffs, sparse trees and handwritten notes in the margins.

Sulphur Mountain

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of a tomb entrance beside an ancient Egyptian boat, with a standing figure, serpents and hieroglyphs.

Entrance of Tomb of Kings, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Brown and grey wash drawing of a female nude crouched on hands and knees, head turned to the side, dark hair falling forward.

Female Nude on Hands and Knees

Ink and wash drawing of a formal room with paneled walls, framed portraits, a chandelier, armchairs, and two women by a windo

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Pencil sketch of two robed men seated indoors, one in a hooded cloak and one smoking a long pipe.

Bedouin

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of classical gods gathered around an enthroned central figure, with lyre players, a warrior, and garlands.

Conclave of the Gods

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Sepia ink and wash drawing of historic cannons enclosed by a chain between stone pillars, surrounded by bare trees and hills.

West Point Revolutionary Relics

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Pencil sketch with green accents of a rocky landscape, trees, and a grotto entrance on a hillside.

Exterior of Grotto, Aldberg

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pen and ink drawing of a tree-lined pond with lily pads, reeds, and a narrow path through a garden.

(Arboretum)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Ink and wash drawing of a village street with stone cottages, an ox cart, and a distant obelisk monument.

Yorktown

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Pencil sketch of Constantinople's fortified waterfront with towers, minarets and two sailing boats on the water.

Constantinople

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Charcoal drawing of a battlefield with three fallen soldiers, a wrecked vehicle, a church steeple, and smoke over the landsca

After the Battle

Jean-François Raffaëlli, 1920

Pencil sketch of the Rhine gorge with steep cliffs, a castle on a hill, and riverside buildings.

Rhine at the Lurlei

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of ruined stone columns, a carved capital and fallen architectural blocks, inscribed Carnac, Feb. 2, 1864.

Carnac, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pastel drawing of a woman with tousled dark hair looking upward, surrounded by soft green and yellow foliage strokes on tan p

Blossom

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of a river with trees, reeds, and two people in a rowboat, dated September 19, 1848.

Untitled - Daniel Kotz

Watercolor and pencil drawing of an obelisk topped by a fleur-de-lis in a Florentine square with arcaded buildings.

Firenze, St. Maria Novella, Italy

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil study of a reclining nude woman raising a sphere in one hand, drawn within a faint arch, by Kenyon Cox, 1900.

(Iowa State Capitol Rotunda) (Art, study for panel)

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pastel set design of a hall with lilac doors, a stool, cushions on the floor, and blue framing curtains.

Hall with Doors (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson

Pencil drawing of a long mountain range with hatched shading above a horizon line, with a small rocky islet at lower left.

Scylla

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil landscape drawing of a river with a large tree, distant mountains, and cumulus clouds in the sky.

Untitled - George Elbert Burr, 1930

George Elbert Burr, 1930

Pastel set design of a heart-decorated royal court interior with a golden throne, pink walls and floral doors.

The Court of Hearts (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland)

William Penhallow Henderson, 1910

Pencil sketch of steep mountains above a rocky shoreline with small buildings and a distant boat under a pale sky.

Scylla

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of a steep forested mountain above a valley with farm buildings and trees, titled The Dürrenstein near Alt-Prag

The Dürrenstein, near Alt-Prags, Tyrol

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of gnarled bare trees, a tall cypress, shrubs and rocks on a pale paper background.

Landscape

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a smoking volcano with lava flows in the foreground and small figures nearby.

Figures Near Volcano

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

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 two figures beside a boat with a raised sail on a shoreline, with wooden posts and open water behind.

Untitled (Two Figures near a Boat)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of rolling hills with trees and low stone buildings in a valley, inscribed 'Hebron, Mch 30, 1844'.

Hebron, Jordan

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor landscape of cattle grazing in a meadow with a blue sea and hills beyond, a flowering tree at right.

Landscape, Brittany

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pastel portrait of a dark-haired woman in a yellow shawl against a golden background, with lettering and the date 1900.

Marianne in Yellow

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of a domed building, city walls, small boats and a rowboat in the foreground at a harbor.

Carth at Sidon

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of gnarled olive trees with twisted branches and feathery foliage, drawn near Fiesole in 1900.

Olives--Fiesole

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pastel and pencil sketch of a breaking wave with white foam, dark green water and a pale pink sky above the horizon.

Untitled (Breaking Wave)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of the Theban Mountains with cliffs, hills and a row of palm trees under a long horizon line.

View of the Theban Mountains from Kineh

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil drawing of a harvest field with haystacks, round bales, a farmhouse, trees, and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (Harvest Scene)

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a wooden manufacturing machine with a toothed gear, lever and open hatch on a pale sheet.

(Iowa State Capitol Rotunda) (Manufactures, study for panel)

Pencil sketch of a hillside village with flat-roofed houses, hills behind, and a carved stone fragment in the upper left.

Samaria

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pastel drawing of a sunlit colonial graveyard with weathered arched headstones, grass, a brick wall and trees.

Colonial Graveyard at Lexington

Childe Hassam, 1890

Pencil sketch of a calm shoreline with marsh grasses, shrubs and trees on the right and water extending to a distant horizon.

Untitled (Shoreline)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of stone ruins with a basin-topped pedestal and a large block with a rectangular window opening.

Ruins, Krindi, Malta

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pen drawing of plant stems, buds and leaves with a central tower-like form radiating lines, on aged paper.

"Sound Construction" study

Solon H. Borglum, 1910

Charcoal sketch of two bears, one in the foreground and one behind it, drawn in loose dark tonal strokes on cream paper.

Bears

Henry Keller, 1930

Pencil sketch of ancient Egyptian ruins with fallen stone blocks, a large arch, and a carved head framed in the upper center.

Abydos, February 7, 1844, Turkey

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

(Untitled--Head, Two Women, studies)

George Grey Barnard, 1920

(Iowa State Capitol Rotunda) (Agriculture, study for panel)

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pencil sketch of a distant skyline and coastline above water, labeled 'Alexandria, first sight' and 'Aboukir Bay'.

Alexandria

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil sketch of a two-masted sailing boat on misty, calm water near a shoreline in Nevin, North Wales.

Foggy Morning, Nevin, North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of several nude figures in swimming and diving poses on tan paper, covered by tissue.

Swimming Nudes

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil sketch of a town with a minaret, stone arched bridge, trees and a lone walking figure in the foreground.

Eshi Shehr, Ancient Darylaum

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil sketch of a row of leafy trees above a flat meadow, with handwritten inscription about Windsor below.

In the Meadows at Windsor

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a crowd of figures marching across a dim, open field on tan paper.

The Night March

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Pencil sketch of a two-story hermitage with a bell niche and cross, a horse under an arch, and trees beside it.

Hermitage at Vesuvius

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

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

(Sketchbook) Near Sion

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor landscape of a pale road winding past green trees toward distant blue hills under a soft sky.

On the Albi Road

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of hills, palm trees, and sailboats on a river, with handwritten inscription in lower right corner.

Biro Mountains

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of an old arched stone bridge over a river, with a small boat, a riverside town, and hills behind.

Old Bridge at Heidelburg

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pastel stage design of a night garden with flowers, a seated figure on a mushroom pedestal, and blue framing curtains.

Garden of Flowers (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson, 1910

Pencil sketch of an ornate balcony, keys, chimney details and two veiled women, with handwritten 'Malta 19th Dec. 43'.

Malta

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

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

Pencil sketch of caricatured musicians playing double bass, horn, drum and lute outdoors, with a building in the background.

The Muses

David Claypoole Johnston, 1830