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Pencil sketch of an old multi-arched stone bridge over a river with rowboats, a sailboat, and a factory with a chimney.

Old Bridge over the Dee, Chester

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil anatomical study of a horse skeleton with separate leg bones and skull drawings and handwritten annotations.

Horse Anatomy, Human Anatomy

Solon H. Borglum, 1910

Pastel drawing of an adobe village under a canvas awning, with purple mountains and a blue twilight sky behind.

Scene Design for One Act Play by William Vaughn Moody

William Penhallow Henderson

Pencil sketch of jagged Tyrolean mountains above a forested slope, with farm buildings and conifers in a meadow below.

Bad Moos, Sexten Thal, Tyrol

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Watercolor of a dusk landscape with silhouetted trees, rolling blue hills, and a pale yellow glowing sky.

After-Glow

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pastel stage set of a dusk garden terrace with a girl, blue chairs, a draped table and pink roses.

March Hare's Garden (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland)

William Penhallow Henderson, 1910

Pencil sketch of a stone cromlech with a capstone, a grazing sheep, and a distant village on a flat horizon.

Cromlech near Criccieth, North Wales/Coast near Pensarn, North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel drawing of a reclining nude woman resting on a blue and ochre textured ground, one arm raised behind her head.

Reclining Nude Figure of a Girl

Thomas Dewing, 1920

Colored pencil drawing of the steamship U.S.S. Tybee in a busy harbor with flags, small boats, and waterfront buildings.

U.S.S. Tybee

William O. Golding, 1930

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of a towered castle before distant mountains, inscribed Castle at Aigle.

(Sketchbook) Castle at Aigle

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Abstract drawing in green, black and grey with a dark rectangular car shape among flattened organic forms.

Car across the Street

Arthur Dove, 1940

Pastel sketch of two women in dark dresses and hats, one seated and one standing, with colored accents on gray paper.

Street Life

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of Palermo harbor with a steep mountain, waterfront buildings, masts, and a steamboat with smoke.

Harbor of Palermo

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Crayon drawing of a quiet canal curving toward village houses and trees, with warm lit windows and water reflections.

Landscape

Henri Le Sidaner, 1930

Pen and ink drawing of three arm studies with clenched fists on cream paper, by Solon H. Borglum, 1890.

Three Arm Studies

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Pencil sketch of an old house with a tall pointed spire among trees, drawn on an open sketchbook page.

(Sketchbook) Old House, Sierre

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel drawing of a reclining nude woman with dark hair resting on white pillows and lavender drapery.

Reclining Model

Pierre Carrier-Belleuse, 1890

Drawing of two towhee birds, one brown and one black with white wing patches, perched on a pale log.

Towhee Bunting

John James Audubon, 1810

Pencil sketch of Heidelberg at sunset with a stone arched bridge, church towers, and a river in the foreground.

Sunset, Heidelberg

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Charcoal study on brown paper of an outstretched arm with a clenched fist, shaded to show forearm muscles.

Arm study for Equestrian Monument

Solon H. Borglum, 1900

Night watercolor of illuminated Chicago skyscrapers and a monument on a pedestal under a dark blue sky.

Chicago, London Guaranty Building

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of a sailboat and rowboats on a calm river with a village, church spire and hills beyond.

The Rhine at Camp

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Brown wash drawing of a muddy country road with bare trees, two walking figures, and a distant chimney under a pale sky.

Landscape

Ferdinand Luigini, 1910

Pencil sketch of a shepherd with a staff and hat standing in a field with grazing sheep and a dog.

Shepherd and Sheep

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil sketch of the Rhine river below St. Goar, with a church spire, riverside town, small boats and hazy hills.

Rhine below St. Goar

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Charcoal drawing of wind-bent trees on a hillside under a cloudy sky, with a dedication and signature in the corners.

Landscape

Henri Harpignies, 1910

Pencil sketch sheet with numbered studies of nude male figures in diving, reclining and stretching poses.

Nude Studies, Bell

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil sketch of Heidelberg castle with a long arcaded wing, a tall turreted tower, and foliage in the foreground.

Heidelberg

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Charcoal sketch of a woman nursing an infant beside a reclining man under a tree, with loose outdoor background strokes.

Harvest Rest

Léon Augustin L'hermitte, 1910

Pencil sketch of a horse pulling a cart with a large wheel along a road beside trees, with a man in a hat.

Untitled (Horse Drawn Cart)

Howard Russell Butler