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Pencil sketch of a steep rocky hillside with scattered shrubs and a small figure, inscribed 'Jehosephat' at lower left.

Jehosephat

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Black and white chalk drawing of two hands emerging from dark clouds, tangled in twisting chains on tan paper with a black bo

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Pardon Giving and Pardon Imploring Hands

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Charcoal study of two hands and forearms on aged paper, one hand gripping the wrist of the other arm.

Study of Two Hands

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Pencil sketch of ancient temple columns and a doorway beneath a stone lintel, with the inscription Temple Carnac, Egypt.

Temple Carnac, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Dark drawing of a seated figure reading in a grove, deer and a stone basin with irises, with handwritten verses on a panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Thoughtful Soul to Solitude Retires

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pen and ink drawing of a tall church tower with a clock and columned portico, with a man carrying a sack in the foreground.

Michael's Church

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Pencil and yellow wash sketch of a conical mountain island with rocky cliffs and trees along a coastline.

Island near Adalia

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pen drawing of a white lion pulling a chained carriage with a bearded archer, with the words 'Why not learn to write?'

Why not learn to write?

n.d J. C. Saterlee, 1860

Untitled (standing female figure)

George Ault, 1920

Pencil sketch of a valley between two hillsides with rocks and shrubs in the foreground and an empty sky above.

Jacob's Well, Samaria

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Monochrome wash drawing of a leafy landscape with cypress trees and a circular inset showing a stone inscription marker.

Battle Pass, Prospect Park, Site of the Battle of Long Island

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Brown and white drawing of robed men, a wreathed figure with a staff, and a feast under grape vines beneath an inscribed pane

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Frontispiece

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Prisoners of War (Egyptian and African)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Charcoal drawing of a screaming man with a hand raised to his head, with a French dedication in the lower right corner.

Head of Man Expressive of Horror

Victor Joseph Ségoffin, 1910

Pencil sketch of a geyser basin with a steam plume, rocky mounds, and distant hills on a pale sheet.

Lioness and Cubs, Upper Geyser Basin

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of a crowded domed interior with a tiered central shrine surrounded by pilgrims in the Holy Sepulchre.

Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Ink drawing of a street with a trolley car, a large house among trees, a utility pole, and a swirling sky.

Untitled (#14)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Pencil sketch of tall turreted rock spires and a sloping canyon ridge, Yellowstone Canyon, by Thomas Moran.

Turreted Peaks in Yellowstone Canyon

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of a winged angel in flight with one arm raised and billowing drapery, on pale paper.

Angel for Mercy's Dream

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Ink and wash drawing of two standing female nudes in an interior beside a window and curtain.

Two Standing Female Nudes

Pastel drawing of a harbor with steamships, masts and a glowing moon under a swirling green and yellow sky.

Untitled (NMG 1,248)

Will Henry Stevens, 1940

Pencil sketch of Beni Hasan cliffs with rows of rock-cut tomb openings above the Nile plain, by Miner Kilbourne Kellogg.

Beni Hasan

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

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