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Graphite sketch of a twisting nude male figure with arm raised, plus a small horse head study in the upper left corner.

Dream of a Broncho #3

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil sketch of a stone-paved Pompeii street with stepping stones and a figure in a long coat and hat standing among ruins.

Street Crossing, Pompeii

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark curly hair in a yellow off-shoulder dress against a golden background.

Laura In Yellow

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of seated men in hats, some playing instruments, gathered beneath trees in an outdoor scene.

Untitled (Seated Figures and Musicians)

Howard Russell Butler

Charcoal drawing of a mother holding a child before a burning village with smoke and flames behind them.

Mother and Child and Burning Village

Paul Albert Laurens, 1930

Pencil sketch of the town of Bacharach on the Rhine, seen from above between wooded hills with ruined walls.

Bacharach from Above (Rhine)

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a derailed railway coach tilted beside tracks in a rocky landscape with distant mountains.

Untitled (Derailed Coach)

Howard Russell Butler

Pastel drawing of a bearded man in a white turban above a study of a raised hand, on a tan background.

Mirza Abul Fazl

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Major General Irvin McDowell

James Edward Kelly, 1880

Charcoal drawing of dark windblown trees beside a winding dirt road across an open field, signed Max Bohm 1917.

Untitled - Max Bohm

Pencil sketch of a shadowed stone archway and round tower with foliage on an aged cream paper.

Le Chateau de Chevenevase

Solon H. Borglum, 1900

Pencil sketch of a two-masted lumber schooner under sail on choppy water, with white highlights on the waves.

Lumber Boat, Mackinac

George Elbert Burr, 1880

Major General Alfred Pleasonton

James Edward Kelly, 1890

Pencil sketch of a goat seen from behind, standing with raised head and spread ears on cream paper.

Goat

Henry Keller, 1930

Pastel drawing of a nude woman with arms raised behind her head, lowered eyes, and soft green background.

In Pose

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pencil sketch of the Drachenfels on the Rhine, with a castle ruin on a hilltop and a small boat on the water.

The Drachenfels, Rhine

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Ray of Sunshine

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pastel portrait of a bearded man with long dark hair and pale drapery, facing the viewer against a brown background.

Anchorite

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Charcoal and chalk study of a leather boot on tan paper, signed Solon H. Borglum, made as a study for an equestrian monument.

Boot, study for Equestrian Monument

Solon H. Borglum, 1900

Pencil sketch of a castle tower by a lake with a sailboat, mountains behind, and a small arched doorway below.

(Sketchbook) Doorway to Castle at Aigle/Near Villeneuve

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with flowers in her dark hair, set against soft green and yellow strokes on tan paper.

Morning Glories

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pencil sketch of a narrow sea inlet between rocky cliffs, with seabirds overhead and a sailboat on the horizon.

Porthwen, North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil drawing of a seated draped woman holding a tablet beside a stone pedestal, with grid lines over the sheet.

Untitled (Seated Draped Female Allegorical Figure)

Louise Cox, 1900

Sepia crayon portrait of a mustached man in a military cap and buttoned high-collared jacket, facing forward.

Alan Seeger

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel drawing of a marsh with a wooden pier, moored rowboats, and autumn trees along a far shoreline.

Up the River, Late Afternoon, October

Childe Hassam, 1900

Pastel portrait of a woman with upswept hair, hand on her cheek, wearing a dark dress with gold strokes in a white chair.

Self-Portrait in Repose

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Pastel drawing of a desert plain with yellow shrubs, a dirt road, and pink and orange mountains under a pale blue sky.

Desert Landscape (#69)

Howard Russell Butler, 1930

Watercolor of white horses pulling chariots at speed past a red lantern post, with a charioteer raising a whip and orange ban

Chariots and Horses

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Red chalk portrait of a young man in a beret and military-style jacket, with inscription Philip N. Rhinelander across the top

Philip N. Rhinelander

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel study of a woman with auburn hair and beaded earrings against an ochre background, by Alice Pike Barney.

Study Head of a Woman

Alice Pike Barney, 1920