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Pencil sketch of a lakeshore with ruined stone buildings on a rise and rolling hills in the distance.

Tiberias from the Baths

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor frieze of dancing figures with garlands, panpipes and a lyre in a garden procession, by Louis Schaettle, 1910.

(Bacchanale Revel, Pan and Procession)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Pencil drawing of a reclining female nude in angular cubist style, overlaid with a grid of lines.

Female Nude, Reclining

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

Alexandria

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor study of allegorical figures with sailors, anchor and oar, framed by laurels and labeled NAVIGATION.

Navigation (study for panel, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Oxen

Christoph Voll, 1930

Pencil sketch of a flat Nile riverbank with sailboats and distant hills, with a handwritten inscription naming the Pyramid of

Approach to Cairo from the Nile with the Pyramid of Cheops

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

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

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 a pyramid-shaped mound on a flat horizon with trees, a small boat, and water below.

Pyramid

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

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

(Sketchbook) Near Sion

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Ink and watercolor drawing of a standing woman in a white swimsuit with short curled hair and red lips.

Web - artiste

Walt Kuhn, 1930

Pencil sketch of rolling hills and distant mountains with shrubs in the foreground, inscribed with a view from Tabor.

Tabor

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

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

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

Pencil sketch of an ancient stone gateway with rounded arches and masonry walls, labeled Ancient East Gate, Damascus.

Ancient East, Damascus

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a riverside town with a church with twin towers above rows of houses.

(Sketchbook) Laufenberg

George Elbert Burr, 1890

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

Pencil sketch of a rocky shoreline with a rowboat, open water, and a low horizon with distant buildings under clouds.

Untitled (Sailboat)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a village with a church spire in a valley below mountains.

(Sketchbook) Down Rhone Valley from Sierre

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a horse standing beside a wagon wheel, with dark trees in the background.

Horse and Wagon

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Pen and ink drawing of a thatched cottage in open fields with a walking figure and a grazing cow under clouds.

Poigny

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of village houses, a stone tower, and mountain ridges on a sketchbook page.

(Sketchbook) At Sierre

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel drawing of an adobe village under a canvas awning, with purple mountains and a blue twilight sky behind.

Scene Design for One Act Play by William Vaughn Moody

William Penhallow Henderson

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a young girl with long hair reading a book at a slanted wooden table.

Schoolgirl

Louise Catherine Breslau, 1920

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of a flat rural landscape with a tall poplar and farm buildings.

(Sketchbook) Near Roche

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pen and ink drawing of three arm studies with clenched fists on cream paper, by Solon H. Borglum, 1890.

Three Arm Studies

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Pastel drawing of a nude woman with a flower wreath playing reed pipes beside a torch, with a dog at her feet.

Pagan Dancer

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a castle corner with two conical towers, trees, and a hillside beyond.

(Sketchbook) Corner of Castle at Aigle

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a rounded hill with scattered shrubs and low ridges on either side under an empty sky.

Mt. Tabor, Israel

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg