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Pencil and chalk drawing of a mountain valley with a river, pine trees, and snowy peaks under clouds.

Valley of the Tomichi, Colorado

Henry Arthur Elkins, 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

Pencil sketch of a geyser erupting on a hillside at Norris, with handwritten color notes in the margins.

Geyser in Hillside, Norris, the Hurricane

Thomas Moran, 1890

Etching of a classical landscape with a ruined arch, a river, a rocky cliff, large trees, and small figures by the water.

Landscape

Herman van Swanevelt

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

Pencil sketch of wooded Stevensons Island on Yellowstone Lake with mountains behind and reflections in still water.

Stevensons Island (no. 1) Yellowstone Lake

Thomas Moran, 1890

Allegorical watercolor of robed figures with scales, sword, book and torch, a chained man, and banners reading Order, Justice

Order

Louis Schaettle, 1910

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

Dardanelles

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Etching of a long-haired man holding a tablet with a small figure, beside an etching of an armored soldier with a spear.

(Figurine Series) Long-Haired Man Holding Sign

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

Female Nude, Reclining

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

Oxen

Christoph Voll, 1930

Charcoal drawing of officials in uniform and top hats at a crowded exposition inauguration before an ornate pavilion.

Inauguration de L'Exposition Internationale de Liege, en 1905

Paul Renouard, 1900

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

Pen and ink sketch of a rocky shoreline with bare trees and calm water reflections, signed by James D. Smillie.

Untitled (Landscape)

James D. Smillie, 1870

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

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

Sinai from Horeb

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of an open field with slender trees, a bare tree at right, shrubs, a pond, and a distant tree line.

Landscape

Henry Farrer, 1880

Pencil sketch of a rocky mountain with cliffs, sparse trees and handwritten notes in the margins.

Sulphur Mountain

Thomas Moran, 1890

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

Brown and grey wash drawing of a female nude crouched on hands and knees, head turned to the side, dark hair falling forward.

Female Nude on Hands and Knees

Ink and wash drawing of a formal room with paneled walls, framed portraits, a chandelier, armchairs, and two women by a windo

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ernest C. Peixotto, 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 of classical gods gathered around an enthroned central figure, with lyre players, a warrior, and garlands.

Conclave of the Gods

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Sepia ink and wash drawing of historic cannons enclosed by a chain between stone pillars, surrounded by bare trees and hills.

West Point Revolutionary Relics

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

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

Pen and ink drawing of a tree-lined pond with lily pads, reeds, and a narrow path through a garden.

(Arboretum)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Ink and wash drawing of a village street with stone cottages, an ox cart, and a distant obelisk monument.

Yorktown

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

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

Constantinople

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Charcoal drawing of a battlefield with three fallen soldiers, a wrecked vehicle, a church steeple, and smoke over the landsca

After the Battle

Jean-François Raffaëlli, 1920