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Pencil sketch of the Rhine river valley with wooded banks, a village with a church spire, and hills in the distance.

The Rhine below Trechtlingshausen

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Charcoal and white chalk portrait sketch of a woman with upswept hair on brown paper, by Alice Pike Barney, 1900.

Impression of Natalie

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Portrait of a bearded man in dark navy military uniform with gold sash, medals and sword, leaning on a railing.

Prince Henry of Prussia

Max Krusemark, 1900

Watercolor of an acrobat rider in red and blue standing on four galloping horses, holding a long whip.

Acrobat Rider on Four Horses

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Pencil and coloured crayon portrait of an elderly woman with a dark headscarf, rosy cheeks and a dedication inscribed below.

Old Woman

Eugène Burnand, 1920

Pencil drawing of a young child in draped clothing beside a stone pedestal with a sundial, arm outstretched.

Untitled (Child with Sun Dial)

Louise Cox, 1900

Pencil sketch of a stone building with a round window and dark archway, flanked by trees and a wooden fence.

Untitled (Archway)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil drawing of a desert mountain range with saguaro cacti, desert shrubs, and cumulus clouds under a pale sky.

Untitled (transfer drawing for Camelback Mountain, Phoenix)

George Elbert Burr, 1920

Charcoal sketch of a man in half-length view, head bowed, with loose sweeping strokes for hair, face and arms on cream paper.

Self-Portrait

Marsden Hartley, 1900

Watercolor of tree trunks framing a distant hilltop with ruined towers above a valley of trees and rooftops.

Landscape, Italy

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Major General John Pope

James Edward Kelly, 1870

Pastel portrait of a young woman with a green and blue flowered headdress and pink striped shawl, against a yellow background

Bacchante Triste

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor and pastel landscape of layered clouds over a flat plain with blue mountains on the horizon.

Vega(*)

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1920

Pastel portrait of an elderly woman in a white lace headdress and black dress, smiling, against a tan and blue background.

Madame Girard

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel portrait of a smiling man with short hair in a dark blue jacket and white collar, on grey paper.

Hail Fellow, Well Met

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pastel portrait of a woman in a dark hat and blue scarf against swirling green and teal background.

The Blue Scarf

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of buildings, windows and a street on the right page; left page blank.

(Sketchbook) Old Street, Ouchy

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil study of a standing male nude with one arm raised overhead, drawn on aged paper.

(Untitled) (Study of Standing Male Nude)

Kenyon Cox, 1870

Pastel drawing of a dancer with raised arms in a sheer costume and red drapery, beside a vase and fruit bowl.

Anna Pavlova in Oriental Fantasy, Chicago, 1915-16

William Penhallow Henderson

Pale wash drawing of a rocky riverbank with evergreen trees on the left and a misty wooded shore across calm water.

Montmorency River, Quebec

Johann Hermann Carmiencke, 1850

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a towered building among tall cypress trees and distant hills, with a blank facing pag

(Sketchbook) (Untitled)

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a riverside town with a church spire, stone tower, and hilltop castle ruin above the water.

Oberwesel

George Elbert Burr, 1900

G.K. Warren

James Edward Kelly, 1880

Soft crayon drawing of a woman's head with long dark hair framing her face, with handwritten inscription below.

Female Head

Ernest Joseph Laurent, 1910

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark bobbed hair and a fur stole against a grey background.

The Countess Carraciolo

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of a fountain framed by trees, with a domed basilica and rooftops in the background.

Untitled - George Elbert Burr, 1900

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a Rhone valley with steep mountains, a village and a church spire, in an open sketchbook.

(Sketchbook) Up Rhone Valley from Sion

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Charcoal and pastel drawing of a seated woman with short wavy hair, arms crossed on her knee, looking to the side.

The Model

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of a path climbing a hillside past trees, with two small figures standing near the top.

Path

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of a building with rooftops and chimneys, and handwritten notes beside it.

(Sketchbook) Old House, Lausanne

George Elbert Burr, 1890