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Lace Making

Joseph Bail, 1920

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

Child with Fruit

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

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

Pastel portrait of a young woman with dark hair, red lips and a white ruffled collar against a green background.

Pierette

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of poplar trees, a farmhouse and a mountain ridge across a flat landscape.

Near Evian

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with upswept hair, head turned upward, against a loose teal and grey background.

Self-Portrait in Light Tones

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Sepia crayon portrait of a young man in a peaked military cap and tunic, with the name Richard S Conover inscribed above.

Richard Stevens Conover

John Elliott, 1920

Joseph B. Carr

James Edward Kelly, 1890

Seated man with a cigar in a dark jacket on a chair, with lettering naming C.S. Reinhart as a Scribner's illustrator.

C.S. Reinhart/Is. One. of. the. Illustrators./in. this./Month.s./.Scribner.s

William Sergeant Kendall, 1930

Sepia wash drawing of a tall tree, a standing man with a staff, rocks, and distant mountains.

Untitled - Charles Conner, 1880

Charles Conner, 1880

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

Red chalk portrait of a mustached man in a peaked military cap and uniform, with Latin inscription above.

Richard Norton

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a woman in a dark feathered hat and black fur stole, looking to the side against a tan background.

Marianne with Hat

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Youthful Model

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark hair and a flower ornament, glancing over her bare shoulder against a green background.

La Cigale

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of ruined arched aqueduct on open plain with distant hills and a lone walking figure.

From Via Appia and Alban Mountains

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Nude against Sea

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel drawing of a woman in a white crinoline gown against a dark green background, by Alice Pike Barney, 1910.

En Crinoline

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Meditation

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of an Alpine valley with wooded hills and distant mountain peaks, with handwritten color notes at left.

Botzen, Tyrol

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Charcoal drawing of Venice lagoon with gondolas, sailing boats, and a domed church under a cloudy sky.

Venice

Marie-Joseph Iwill, 1920

Raynal Cawthorne Bolling

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a yellow shawl holding a swaddled infant against a warm, glowing background.

By Lamplight

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pencil anatomical study of a bird skeleton with leg, wing, and skull details and handwritten notes on tan paper.

Horse Anatomy

Solon H. Borglum, 1910

Pencil sketch of a wooded valley with trees, grassy slopes and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Valley of the Lledr, North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of oxen pulling logs beside a wooden hoist frame, with workers standing near a timber structure.

Logging Camp

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil sketch of a gnarled tree beside a small house, with an open field and distant hills on the right.

Untitled (Tree with House)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of Rome's rooftops and a large dome rising above trees, with church towers at left.

From Pincio, Rome

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Mrs. Patrick Campbell

Alice Pike Barney, 1890