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Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long dress with puffed sleeves, glancing over her shoulder, with a handwritten inscrip

Sketch of a Lady

Carolus-Duran, 1910

Pencil sketch of an alpine valley with steep mountain slopes, trees, and a small village on the valley floor.

View from Toblach, Tyrol

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Open sketchbook with pencil drawing of a hill topped by castle ruins, mountains and bare trees in the foreground.

(Sketchbook) Sion

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Charcoal portrait of a man with short hair and stubble, head turned slightly, looking directly at the viewer.

Portrait of a Man

Thomas La Farge, 1930

Pastel portrait of a woman in a blue cloche hat and pearl earring against a grey background.

The Visitor (Mrs. Richard P. McCullough)

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pastel sketch of an opera stage scene with a crowd, a red canopy, and a couple in white and red at center.

Scene Design for Opera

William Penhallow Henderson

Pastel and charcoal drawing of a woman in a dark skirt and white blouse, seen from behind, looking over her shoulder.

1900

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair wearing a green cape with embroidered blue and gold collar.

Laura in Green Cape

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel set design of a dim living room with a fireplace, pink armchair, wooden chairs, and red checkered curtains.

Alice's Living Room--False Proscenium (set design)

William Penhallow Henderson

Claudine

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a white gown with gold trim, holding a fan in an ornate gilded chair.

Lady with Fan

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Beatrice

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a stone farmhouse with a red tiled roof, trees, a pig and a wooden fence.

Farmyard, Albi

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Sunset over the sea with orange and pink clouds, dark rocks and surf in the lower left foreground.

Maine Coast (#34)

Howard Russell Butler, 1920

Pencil sketch of the Rhine river with a ruined castle on a hillside and distant mountains.

The Rhine below St. Goarshausen

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a lake with hatched mountains rising to snowy peaks on the right, in an open sketchbook.

(Sketchbook) (Lake of Geneva from Vevey)

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a smiling woman with short white hair in a dark dress against a green background.

Mrs. Leslie Carter

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Charcoal and chalk drawing of two women embracing, one in a red headscarf, with a handwritten French dedication below.

Greeting

Antoine Calbet, 1940

Pastel portrait of a woman with long red hair, a white flower in her hair, and a blue dress against a green background.

Woman with Red Hair

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pen and ink sheet with five studies of raised muscular arms and hands showing anatomy and shading.

Arm Studies, #2

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Old Peasant

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a hilltop town with a church tower, rooftops, and a wooded hill.

(Sketchbook) Church and Tower, Laufenberg

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with a rust and green head wrap and soft, loosely drawn pale garment.

Fresque

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of wooden farm buildings in an alpine valley with steep mountain peaks and conifer forest behind.

View from Sextan, Tyrol

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil and wash drawing of bare trees and branches rising from snow-covered ground in a misty winter woodland.

Untitled (Trees in Snow)

George Elbert Burr, 1880

Red-chalk portrait of a young man in a military cap and high-collared uniform, with Latin inscription above.

Kiffin Rockwell

John Elliott, 1920

Zingare

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel portrait of a smiling young blonde woman with a bob haircut against a tan and blue hatched background.

Blonde Girl

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil drawing of Castle Oberlahnstein on the Rhine, showing a tall stone tower, gabled buildings and trees in the foreground

Castle Oberlahnstein, Rhine

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Vamp of 1900 (Lottie Stein)

Alice Pike Barney, 1900