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Pencil sketch of two hourglass-shaped millstones on stone bases above a paved floor, labeled mills in bake shop Pompeii.

Mills in Bake Shop--Pompei

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Graphite drawing with white highlights of a nude male athlete modeled on a classical statue, holding a discus.

(Untitled) (Greco-Roman Discus Thrower)

Kenyon Cox, 1870

The Tanagra Figure

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil study of a bearded male figure with both arms raised, on aged yellowed paper.

Drawing - Paolo de Matteis

Paolo de Matteis

D. Sickles

James Edward Kelly, 1890

Edward N. Duryee

James Edward Kelly, 1900

Ink drawing of a yarn ball and knitting needles with a yarn strand forming the words "vive L'Amérique".

Knitting

Léo Laporte Blairsy, 1910

Soft pastel portrait of a woman with downcast eyes, wearing a green headwrap and pink shawl against a blended green backgroun

Two Faces

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Brown monochrome watercolor of a pale road lined with trees, fields and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Moonlight no. 1

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of a standing male nude with one arm raised overhead, on tan paper with faint wash marks.

Nude

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Soft pastel portrait of a woman's head and shoulders in green and blue tones, with blurred features.

A Memory

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Charcoal landscape of dark trees on the left, an open field, a faint distant house, and a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Trees

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Watercolor and ink landscape of rolling green fields, a pale stone tower on a hill, and distant blue hills.

On the Road to Gaillac

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

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

Red chalk portrait of a smiling man in a peaked military cap and uniform collar, with the name inscribed at upper left.

Elliot Christopher Cowdin

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel drawing of a woman in a rose-embroidered black shawl beside a gilt mirror reflecting her figure.

The Spanish Shawl

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of two mules pulling a cart with a spoked wheel on yellowed, torn paper.

Two Mules and Cart

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil sketch of a large tree by a seaside promenade with a horse cart, lamp post, seated figure and distant hills.

On the Marina, Palermo

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Charcoal drawing of a seated peasant woman with a dark bun, striped shawl and clasped hands, with handwritten notes around he

Peasant Woman

Charles Léandre, 1910

Fantasy

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Charcoal drawing of low farm buildings under a stormy sky with diagonal rain strokes and muddy ruts in the foreground.

An Ambulance Post

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Soft pastel portrait of a young blonde girl with a dark bow in her hair, wearing a white blouse against a dark background.

Peggy

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Sepia drawing of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and jacket, looking directly at the viewer.

Walt Whitman

Thomas Dewing, 1870

The Letter

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Brigadier General Oliver Otis Howard

James Edward Kelly, 1880

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a green hat and dark dress holding a cigarette against a gray background.

Cigarette

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel portrait of a bearded man in a straw hat with a black band, turned three-quarters, on brown paper.

Hippolyte Dreyfus

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel portrait of a grey-haired woman with a pearl earring turning toward the viewer against a green background.

La Marquise

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of Florence seen from above, with arched bridges crossing the Arno River, rooftops, domes and framing trees.

View from S. Miniato, Florence

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Charcoal drawing of a seated figure in a heavy draped cloak and plumed helmet on a stone pedestal.

(Untitled) (Drapery Study)

Kenyon Cox, 1870