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Pencil sketch of the Rhine gorge with steep cliffs, a castle on a hill, and riverside buildings.

Rhine at the Lurlei

George Elbert Burr, 1900

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

Carnac, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pastel drawing of a woman with tousled dark hair looking upward, surrounded by soft green and yellow foliage strokes on tan p

Blossom

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of a river with trees, reeds, and two people in a rowboat, dated September 19, 1848.

Untitled - Daniel Kotz

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

Pencil study of a reclining nude woman raising a sphere in one hand, drawn within a faint arch, by Kenyon Cox, 1900.

(Iowa State Capitol Rotunda) (Art, study for panel)

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pastel set design of a hall with lilac doors, a stool, cushions on the floor, and blue framing curtains.

Hall with Doors (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson

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

Pencil landscape drawing of a river with a large tree, distant mountains, and cumulus clouds in the sky.

Untitled - George Elbert Burr, 1930

George Elbert Burr, 1930

Pastel set design of a heart-decorated royal court interior with a golden throne, pink walls and floral doors.

The Court of Hearts (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland)

William Penhallow Henderson, 1910

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

Pencil sketch of a steep forested mountain above a valley with farm buildings and trees, titled The Dürrenstein near Alt-Prag

The Dürrenstein, near Alt-Prags, Tyrol

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of gnarled bare trees, a tall cypress, shrubs and rocks on a pale paper background.

Landscape

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

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

Figures Near Volcano

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

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 two figures beside a boat with a raised sail on a shoreline, with wooden posts and open water behind.

Untitled (Two Figures near a Boat)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of rolling hills with trees and low stone buildings in a valley, inscribed 'Hebron, Mch 30, 1844'.

Hebron, Jordan

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor landscape of cattle grazing in a meadow with a blue sea and hills beyond, a flowering tree at right.

Landscape, Brittany

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pastel portrait of a dark-haired woman in a yellow shawl against a golden background, with lettering and the date 1900.

Marianne in Yellow

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of a domed building, city walls, small boats and a rowboat in the foreground at a harbor.

Carth at Sidon

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of gnarled olive trees with twisted branches and feathery foliage, drawn near Fiesole in 1900.

Olives--Fiesole

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pastel and pencil sketch of a breaking wave with white foam, dark green water and a pale pink sky above the horizon.

Untitled (Breaking Wave)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of the Theban Mountains with cliffs, hills and a row of palm trees under a long horizon line.

View of the Theban Mountains from Kineh

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil drawing of a harvest field with haystacks, round bales, a farmhouse, trees, and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (Harvest Scene)

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a wooden manufacturing machine with a toothed gear, lever and open hatch on a pale sheet.

(Iowa State Capitol Rotunda) (Manufactures, study for panel)

Pencil sketch of a hillside village with flat-roofed houses, hills behind, and a carved stone fragment in the upper left.

Samaria

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pastel drawing of a sunlit colonial graveyard with weathered arched headstones, grass, a brick wall and trees.

Colonial Graveyard at Lexington

Childe Hassam, 1890

Pencil sketch of a calm shoreline with marsh grasses, shrubs and trees on the right and water extending to a distant horizon.

Untitled (Shoreline)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of stone ruins with a basin-topped pedestal and a large block with a rectangular window opening.

Ruins, Krindi, Malta

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pen drawing of plant stems, buds and leaves with a central tower-like form radiating lines, on aged paper.

"Sound Construction" study

Solon H. Borglum, 1910