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Brown and white chalk drawing of a reclining woman with flowing hair above handwritten verses, framed by blossoms and a water

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Invitation

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor study of a seated allegorical woman in gold above two miners working with tools, framed by laurel and scrollwork,

Mining (study for panel, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Pencil sketch of stacked mountain ridges on aged paper, with handwritten place names labeling the views.

Serpho (possibly Seriphos)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Title page drawing for the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám by Elihu Vedder, with lettering framed by blossoms and a knot motif.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Title Page

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Graphite pencil drawing of a flowering plant with frilled blossoms, buds, hairy stems, and lobed leaves on cream paper.

(Untitled--Plant Study)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1940

Pencil sketch of a wooden beam water device with a standing figure, a seated figure at left, and hills in the distance.

(Water Drawing Device)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Red chalk drawing of a pastoral pond scene with nude figures, cattle, trees and a cloudy sky.

Classical Subject

Émile-René Ménard, 1930

Pencil sketch of rocky cliffs and a sloping hillside, with handwritten notes including Yellowstone Park, July 1892.

Yellowstone Park

Thomas Moran, 1890

Sketch with a ship's bow, a sleeping man on grass, and pencil figures leading a horse, with handwritten notes.

St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Etching of two goats and a kid resting under a tree, with a flat landscape and church spire in the distance.

Two Goats and a Kid

Johann Heinrich Roos

Charcoal drawing of a reclining man on a stone slab beneath a hovering shrouded figure and starry sky, with a verse panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Suicide

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a plough, a harrow, and a wooden feed-box with a cart wheel on pale paper.

Plough, Harrow and Feed-box, St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Watercolor study of men in a legislative chamber beneath two winged allegorical figures, within a gilded arched frame.

A Legislative Session (study for panel, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a bearded man beside clay pots, with handwritten Rubaiyat verses in a central panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Ungainly Pot

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a riverside town with palm trees and a tall minaret under an empty sky.

Semelud (?)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of a rounded mountain peak and rocky ridges over a valley, with handwritten notes across the top of the page.

Sulphur Mt., Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil and charcoal study of a kneeling robed man, a winged reclining nude, and several bearded head sketches.

(Studies--Villa Borghese, 2 figures, etc.)

William Page, 1850

Pencil sketch of a smoking volcanic island across the water, with a sleeping dog curled at the left edge.

Stromboli/Sleeping Dog

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Nude woman holding an apple beside a serpent on a tree, with a winged cherub and a verse inscription in a garden.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) In the Beginning

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Col. Wm. Duane

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1770

Pencil sketch of a hilly landscape with village buildings on a ridge, tents on the left, and olive trees and rocks in the for

Near Jerusalem

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Chalk drawing of a draped figure reaching toward a laurel wreath with a monogram, above a dedication plaque.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Dedication

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a rocky shore with a boat mast and rigging, distant hills and trees, by Thomas Moran.

The Fan

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of a stone wall, domed buildings, a cypress tree, and a small figure in a long robe.

Red Balcony, Jerusalem

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Drawing of a nude woman with long hair on stone steps beside a lamp, with a verse panel in calligraphy above.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Long Rest

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil drawing of a city with church spires and a bridge on the left, and fragmented geometric abstract shapes on the right.

City Scene--Abstract

Pencil sketch of a stone archway in a masonry wall with small figures standing and seated at the gate entrance.

East Gate, Damascus

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Drawing of a songbird on a skull with a ribbon reading Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, surrounded by petals and swirling lines.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Omar's Emblem

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Study for Portrait of Mrs. Atherton Curtis

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Pencil sketch of several bands of mountain ridges with handwritten place labels and a date note along the bottom.

Landscapes

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Chalk drawing of a draped woman beside a vine and vessel, with handwritten Rubaiyat verses on a brown ground.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Vine

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a cloche hat and scarf, face turned upward, loosely hatched shading on cream paper.

Head of Woman

Pencil sketch of arid hills and mountains with a row of tents and an encampment on a plain.

Kineh

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of a seaside town with rooftops, chimneys, small figures on a promenade, and sailboats on the sea.

Untitled (Seaside Town)

Ida Josephine Burgess

Brown ink and wash sketch of a reclining nude female figure with an arm raised, set against loose washed trees.

Reclining Nude

Night seascape drawing with a full moon over calm water, a sailboat silhouette, and a dark shoreline on blue paper.

Nile

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Sepia drawing of the bronze Minute Man statue with musket and plow on a stone pedestal, trees and water at right.

The Minute Man Monument

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a woman beside roses and ivy, with calligraphic verse and a carved horse relief below.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Blowing Rose

Elihu Vedder, 1880

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

Charcoal sketch of an old stone street with a tower, an archway, and small figures walking near the entrance.

Untitled - Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Watercolor and ink drawing of a heavenly city above a path of figures, with a devil and skeletal Death figure at lower right.

Representation of the Different Ways Leading to Everlasting Life or Eternal Damnation

Gustav Sigismund Peters, 1840

(Bedouin Studies)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pastel study of a woman in white and a bearded man in purple walking a pale path through a hazy landscape.

Study for Flight to Egypt

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1920

Sepia landscape of a river with a ruined castle, a rowing boat, a stone house and stormy clouds overhead.

Untitled - Louisa Ferguson Weir, 1800

Louisa Ferguson Weir, 1800

Pencil sketch of a two-masted sailing ship on choppy sea under a pale sky, with handwritten 'malta - in sight' lower right.

Malta (Ship)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Ink line drawing of a standing female acrobat in a ruffled leotard with floral details and crosshatched fishnet sleeve.

Female Acrobat

Walt Kuhn, 1940

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a woman with a bundle walking past a wooden gate and slide in a sunlit field.

The Gate Slide

Walter Shirlaw, 1830

Pencil sketch of a woman in a veiled headdress and belted robe, with smaller studies of a cap and bodice, captioned Costume o

Costume of Nazareth, Israel

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Nude child kneeling and gazing upward in a glowing gothic cathedral with tiled floors and a distant altar.

Child of the Ages

Da Loria Norman, 1910

Pencil sketch of badlands mesas and mountains under rising smoke, with handwritten color notes along the bottom edge.

Fire in the Bad Lands of Dakota

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of a building with hanging laundry, a robed figure at a doorway, and two arched openings.

House of the Governor of Thebes

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Chalk drawing of a spiky vine coiling around a cup, with white wind lines on grey paper.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Bitter Cup

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Charcoal drawing of a workman in a straw hat climbing a ladder while carrying a large woven basket on his back.

Workman on a Ladder

Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin, 1940

Pencil sketch of layered coastal headlands and distant mountains, labeled Ida, Patroclus, Achilles, and Entering the Dardanel

Dardanelles

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil drawing of a young boy in a white robe standing with clasped hands against a shaded background.

Choir Boy

Belle Silveira, 1890

Seated woman in blue drapes with a tragedy mask, laurel wreath and trumpet beside her, framed by an arched gilded border.

Muse of Tragedy

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Pencil sketch of a camp stool, a bedstead with animal-shaped legs, and a seated figure beside a small stand.

Campstool/Beadstand

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pastel drawing of a moonlit marsh at night with reeds, reflective water, a glowing moon and a small wooden structure.

Marshes in New Jersey

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Brown and white chalk drawing of allegorical figures with an owl, a pillar, and a handwritten Rubaiyat verse panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Divorce of Reason

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a ruined stone city wall with an arched niche, a cobbled path, a tree, and distant hills.

Wall of Zareh, Damascus

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pen and ink drawing of Independence Hall in Philadelphia with its clock tower, flagpole, trees and street scene.

Philadelphia, Independence Hall, Chestnut Street

Ernest C. Peixotto

Drawing of dancing draped women holding a garland of stars above a verse block, bordered by ivy and clouds with haloed heads.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Omar's Horoscope

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of Naples harbor with a red lighthouse, moored ships, sailing boats, and a dark stormy sky over the coast.

Naples from the Moli

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Sepia wash drawing of a wooden bridge over a calm river with two rowboats on the bank and trees along the far shore.

Washington Crossing

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Bowed woman in dark dress with a young girl on a dirt road under an orange dusk sky.

Refugees

Georges Rochegrosse, 1910

Pencil sketch of rocky mountain ledges and slopes with sparse vegetation, inscribed "Sinai from Horeb".

Sinai from Horeb

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Charcoal drawing of a lion and lioness on a stone ledge above a sleeping figure, with a handwritten verse panel in the center

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Courts of Jamshyd

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a female torso in outline on yellowed paper, with simple contour lines for breasts, waist and hips.

Venus Guiding Eneas and the Trojans to the Latin Shore (Torso of Venus)

William Page, 1850

Pencil sketch of a tomb entrance beside an ancient Egyptian boat, with a standing figure, serpents and hieroglyphs.

Entrance of Tomb of Kings, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil and crayon drawing of a tall pine tree with drooping gray branches and blue accents on pale paper.

Pine Tree

Joseph Stella, 1910

Pencil sketch of rugged mountains, pine trees and a winding creek in a valley, inscribed on the Soda Butte creek.

On the Soda Butte Creek

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of two robed men seated indoors, one in a hooded cloak and one smoking a long pipe.

Bedouin

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor and ink drawing of a nude woman with red hair seated on a bed, one arm extended, purple drape behind her.

Female Nude Resting on Knees on Bed

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of a horse head, horse legs and hooves, and a rider on horseback.

(Studies--figures, log, horse and rider, etc.)

William Page, 1850

Pencil sketch with green accents of a rocky landscape, trees, and a grotto entrance on a hillside.

Exterior of Grotto, Aldberg

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil drawing of angular abstract nudes arranged in framed panels, with a large central standing figure.

Group of Abstract Nudes

Painted decorative panel of a gold-robed woman with cherubs, lilies and a winged bird within an ornate Art Nouveau border.

Easter Greetings

Walter Shirlaw, 1890

Pencil sketch of Constantinople's fortified waterfront with towers, minarets and two sailing boats on the water.

Constantinople

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil and chalk drawing of a boy holding a conch shell to his ear beside handwritten verses, with leaves swirling below.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Present Listening to the Voices of the Past

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a woman's head with closed eyes and short hair on cream paper, signed in the lower right corner.

Head #9

Pencil sketch of ruined stone columns, a carved capital and fallen architectural blocks, inscribed Carnac, Feb. 2, 1864.

Carnac, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a nude male figure in side view with one arm raised, on yellowed paper.

Moses, Aaron and Hur on Mount Horeb (study - figure at right)

William Page, 1850

Pen and graphite drawing of a uniformed man gesturing before a crowded wooden hall of seated and standing men.

Washington Prevents a Military Dictatorship

Albert Edward Sterner, 1930

Watercolor and pencil drawing of an obelisk topped by a fleur-de-lis in a Florentine square with arcaded buildings.

Firenze, St. Maria Novella, Italy

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Ink drawing of a long skylit building and an ornate brick facade with trees, a gravel path, and a small standing figure on th

Untitled (Figure and Buildings)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Head of a Young Lady

Antonin Mercié, 1910

Pencil drawing of a long mountain range with hatched shading above a horizon line, with a small rocky islet at lower left.

Scylla

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pen and ink sketch of a wooded headland above a river, with a commemorative medal reproduced in the lower right.

Stony Point

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Pencil sketch of a seated young woman with dark hair in a bun, eyes lowered, hands resting in loose drapery.

Study of a Young Woman

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Pencil sketch of steep mountains above a rocky shoreline with small buildings and a distant boat under a pale sky.

Scylla

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Embroidered silk sampler of two flying yellowhammer birds linked by a twig, with handwritten verse and a ribbon border.

Yellow Hammer's

n.d E. M. Donough, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of the Old North Church steeple above a cobblestone street with pedestrians and brick buildings.

Boston--North Church

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1940

Watercolor and pencil seascape of a stormy sea with a sailboat, dark headlands on the horizon, and a rocky shore in the foreg

Sea, Coming Storm, St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Pencil landscape drawing of a windswept pine in a valley with rocky cliffs, rolling hills, and distant mountain peaks.

Untitled - Henry Arthur Elkins

Henry Arthur Elkins

Pencil sketch of the Yellowstone Range with layered mountain ridges and peaks, inscribed with the title and date at top.

The Yellowstone Range from Dead Indian Hill

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a smoking volcano with lava flows in the foreground and small figures nearby.

Figures Near Volcano

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg