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(Untitled--Head, Two Women, studies)

George Grey Barnard, 1920

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

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pencil sketch of church towers, a sailing boat and a rowboat on calm water with a distant town skyline.

Study (Adage)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pastel portrait of a young blonde woman in a dark garment with a gold necklace, against a red background, with the name Berth

Bertha

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of a two-masted sailing boat on misty, calm water near a shoreline in Nevin, North Wales.

Foggy Morning, Nevin, North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a turban and robe seated on a ledge, with handwritten inscription below.

Achmet, Cairo

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of several nude figures in swimming and diving poses on tan paper, covered by tissue.

Swimming Nudes

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil sketch of a row of leafy trees above a flat meadow, with handwritten inscription about Windsor below.

In the Meadows at Windsor

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a coastal scene with a sailboat, a round tower on the right, and a hillside town on the left.

Bari

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a yellow dress and green turban, arms resting on a carved wooden chair.

Laura Dreyfus Barney

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Open sketchbook with pencil drawing of trees, a small building and mountains near Sion, dated March 1894.

(Sketchbook) Near Sion

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketches of Egyptian vessels, a column capital with a face, and a leg study, with handwritten notes on aged paper.

Tomb of Kings, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Untitled (Seated Draped Female Figure, Profile)

Louise Cox, 1900

Pencil sketch of a crowd of figures marching across a dim, open field on tan paper.

The Night March

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Pencil sketch on cream paper of several small putti figures, one winged, with cursive inscription along the right edge.

Putti (sketches of Venice)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil sketch sheet with several studies of birds in flight and perched, drawn in loose graphite lines on cream paper.

Birds

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pastel poster design of a woman in a large feathered hat with a blue ribbon, with 'Friendship Hat Sale' lettering in the marg

Hat Sale Poster

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Charcoal and chalk drawing on blue paper of stone temple columns and blocks at Karnak in moonlight.

Temple of Carnac--Moonlight (Egypt)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of an old arched stone bridge over a river, with a small boat, a riverside town, and hills behind.

Old Bridge at Heidelburg

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Victor Chapman

John Elliott, 1920

Pencil sketch of rolling hills and distant mountains with shrubs in the foreground, inscribed with a view from Tabor.

Tabor

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of old stone towers rising above trees, with a handwritten caption reading Old Towers, Laufenbe

(Sketchbook) Old Towers, Laufenberg

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair and blue eyes on a brown paper ground.

Laura Attentive

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pencil sketch of a jagged central mountain peak with ridges and a small boat near the shore, on tan paper.

Horeb, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor landscape of a pale road winding past green trees toward distant blue hills under a soft sky.

On the Albi Road

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

General Grant

James Edward Kelly, 1880

Pencil sketch of a stone doorway with carved corbels and an arched lintel set in an ashlar block wall.

Malta, Entrance to a Courtyard at Citta Vecchia

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pastel portrait of a smiling woman with short dark hair and colorful earrings, holding pink drapery against her chest.

Model Holding Drapery

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pastel stage design of a night garden with flowers, a seated figure on a mushroom pedestal, and blue framing curtains.

Garden of Flowers (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson, 1910

Pencil sketch of a tall lone cypress tree among rocky cliffs and a stone building on Mount Sinai.

Oak Tree on Mt. Sinai

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of waves breaking over rocky coastline with a small sailboat on the horizon.

Bordighera, Italy

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of caricatured musicians playing double bass, horn, drum and lute outdoors, with a building in the background.

The Muses

David Claypoole Johnston, 1830

Watercolor and pencil sketch of ships at sea, a wooded coast, a boat hull study, and a plant drawing with handwritten notes.

Coastal Scene

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a riverside town with a church with twin towers above rows of houses.

(Sketchbook) Laufenberg

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait sketch of a bespectacled, mustached man with tousled hair on brown paper, signed and dated 1900.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of a bathing place with a flagpole, watchtower, small wooden huts, pilings and trees under a pale sky.

Bathing Place, St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Graphite study of a draped seated figure with a hooded fabric arch over the head, over a faint grid.

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

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark curly hair looking down, holding a red and yellow fan against a gray background.

Study with Fan

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of a hatched mountain above a horizon with layered island silhouettes labeled Little Milo, Milo, and Kimolo.

Cimolus/Melos

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Sepia portrait drawing of a young man in U.S. military uniform and garrison cap, with Latin inscription above.

Hamilton Coolidge

John Elliott, 1920

Blue-toned pastel drawing of a marsh at dusk with a winding stream, reeds, and dark wooded hills under a pale sky.

Marshlands at Sundown

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of a reclining lion beside a scrolled architectural bracket and stylized foliage, with handwritten inscription.

Theatre at Azani

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a seated woman seen from behind in a period dress, with tall windows suggested in the background.

Ella at the Piano

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pastel portrait of a young woman with a tilted head against sweeping green and brown strokes.

Freda

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Sheep

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Red chalk portrait of a young man in a naval cap and high-collared uniform, looking directly at the viewer.

Richard McCall Elliot, Jr.

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a black veil and dark dress holding a parasol, against a rose background.

Julienne

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pencil sketch of Gallipoli waterfront with a fortified hill, minarets, low buildings and moored sailing boats.

Gallipoli

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a wooded valley with trees, a stream, and a mountain rising under cloudy skies in North Wales.

Valley of the Llugwy (Moel Siabod), North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with short dark hair and blue eyes wearing a pale blue dress against a soft background.

Mrs. Pansy Cotton

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Armenian Girl of Constantinople

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Horse Study

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Brown wash drawing of a smiling woman with short wavy hair, earrings and a lace collar, with French inscription at right.

Woman's Head

Antoine Injalbert, 1910

Pencil sketch of the volcano Stromboli emitting a smoke plume above the sea, with a small rock at the left edge.

Stromboli

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of three arched openings in a weathered stone wall with worn steps and rubble in the foreground.

Untitled (Three Arches)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil and ink sketch of a bare tree with spreading branches above haystacks in an open field.

Motive for Etching

George Elbert Burr, 1910

Harpress Tomb, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Brown wash drawing of a formal garden with terraced steps, conical trees, and figures by a pool.

Saint Cloud--4 Juin 1906

François Flameng, 1900

Pastel drawing of Medusa with snake-hair, wide eyes, open mouth and clawed hand reaching forward against dark blue tones.

Medusa (Laura Dreyfus Barney)

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Pencil sketch of a fortified castle and town on a shoreline with hills behind, labeled European Castle, Dardanelles.

European Castle, Dardanelles

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a red oil tanker with masts, rigging and a cargo boom beside a green shoreline.

Oil Tanker II

Arthur Dove, 1930

Pencil drawing of a nude female figure in a twisting pose on gridded tan paper, with arms outstretched.

(Untitled-nude female figure)

Louise Cox, 1900

Pencil sketch of a flat plain with hills, a stone building on the right, and trees on the left.

Plain of Jericho, Jerusalem

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pastel drawing of a woman with flowing hair set against a swirling woodland of green and blue trees.

Vision through Woods

Alice Pike Barney, 1900