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Pencil sketch of a tall poplar beside a thatched cottage and dirt path, with a fence post in the foreground.

Landscape

Solon H. Borglum, 1900

Native of Tibet

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pastel portrait of a man with a mustache, dark hair and white collar, set against a dark gray swirling background.

Henry M. Stanley

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Charcoal sketch of mounted officers, one raising a sabre, leading infantry through smoke and burning buildings on a battlefie

Washington and Lee at Monmouth

Pencil sketch of layered mountains and islands along a coast, with handwritten labels reading Naxos.

Naxos

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Ink and watercolor drawing of a standing woman in a white swimsuit with short curled hair and red lips.

Web - artiste

Walt Kuhn, 1930

Pastel portrait of a smiling woman with dark hair and green jacket against a yellow background.

Light-Hearted

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil drawing of rocky sea cliffs, a church on a headland, distant hills and a sailboat on calm water.

Calabria

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Hazy watercolor of lavender mountains and blue misty hills under a pale sky, signed by Arthur B. Davies.

Blue Mist

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1920

Pastel portrait of a woman with auburn hair in a red top before a sunlit window grid.

Against the Window

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of a young woman in a bonnet and lace collar, head tilted back against a chair, on tan paper.

Consumptive Young Lady of New Orleans

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Charcoal sketch of a seated woman in a draped dress, head turned, arms resting on a chair, on cream paper.

Seated Woman

Robert Henri, 1920

Pastel portrait study of a dark-haired man with a mustache, head only, against a brown background.

Ali Kuli Khan

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil drawing of a stone fortress with a round tower and battlements rising above a harbor edge with mooring posts.

Civitavecchia

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil sketch of the village of San Piero a Grado with a tall bell tower, tiled roofs and trees under a pale sky.

San Piero a Grado, near Pisa

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pastel portrait of a smiling woman in a wide black hat with a feather, wearing a green jacket and pearl necklace.

Hat and Shadow

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Drawing of a man in a red fez and ottoman-style costume with a red sash, holding a cane beside a column.

Venetian Man

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Pencil sketch on cream paper showing several studies of horses, including legs, hooves and a bowed head.

Horses

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pastel portrait of a mustached man in a gold turban, yellow robe and pink scarf against a green background.

Gold Turban

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of a flat valley with palm trees and cliffs in the distance, labelled Thebes.

Thebes

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of San Xavier Mission with twin bell towers, a domed roof, cacti and small figures in the foreground.

Untitled (transfer drawing for San Xavier Mission, Tucson, Arizona)

George Elbert Burr, 1920

Charcoal and yellow chalk drawing of a crouching boy reaching toward a snake on blue-grey paper.

Crouching Boy with Snake

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch on pale blue paper of two Turkish women, one in a white muslin summer dress and one veiled in a riding cloak.

Turkish Woman (summer dress/riding attire)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a village with a church spire in a valley below mountains.

(Sketchbook) Down Rhone Valley from Sierre

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel drawing of a standing woman in a dark hooded robe against a blue and red background on brown paper.

Sara Algood As Cathleen Ni Houlihan, Chicago, 1915

William Penhallow Henderson

Pencil sketch of Nazareth showing a minaret, domed building, cypress trees and stone walls under a pale sky.

Nazareth

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil drawing of a young man in a cap and tunic seated and holding a lute, over a faint grid of transfer lines.

(Untitled) (Young Man with Lute)

Louise Cox, 1900

Pastel portrait of a smiling woman in a dark gown with a black cat, seated before a patterned screen and colorful cushion.

The Decorator

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a stone arched bridge over a river, with shrubs and a hillside behind it.

Greek Bridge at Azani

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Graphite study of a seated nude woman reading an open book, with faint grid lines, by Kenyon Cox.

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

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Pen and ink caricature of two laughing men in bowler hats seated at a dinner table with wine glasses and a carafe.

Untitled - Ralph Barton

Watercolor of two tall stems with clusters of orange four-petaled wallflower blooms and narrow green leaves.

Wallflower (Erysimum wheeleri)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1937

Pencil sketch of a mud-brick village on a Nile riverbank with small figures on a path and a mast at right.

On the Nile

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Charcoal sketch of a standing soldier in a plumed helmet and uniform, holding a rifle, drawn on tan paper.

A Soldier

Jean-Paul Laurens, 1920

Sepia drawing of flat-topped mesas on a desert plain under a sun with radiating rays and clouds.

Untitled (transfer drawing for print)

George Elbert Burr, 1920

Pencil sketch of a rugged mountain range above a horizon line, with a small rocky headland at lower left.

Patmos

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Charcoal drawing of moored boats and rowboats on water in a harbor, with waterfront buildings and masts behind.

London in the Pool

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pen and ink sketch of three heads of a woman in different poses, with handwritten French and Italian notes on the page.

Three Portrait Heads of a Woman

Albert Besnard, 1910

Pencil sketch of Karnak ruins with a tall obelisk, stone walls, scattered blocks and carved hieroglyphs in the foreground.

Carnac

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of clowns in striped costumes falling from brown horses on a dusty ground, with green trees behind.

Clowns and Horses

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Painting of a woman in a yellow gown seated beside a carved bench, with her reflection visible in a mirror behind her.

Reflected Grace

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of a cucumber tree branch with a yellow-green closed bud and long green leaves on a pale background.

Cucumber Tree (Magnolia scuminata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Pencil sketch of an ancient stone gateway with rounded arches and masonry walls, labeled Ancient East Gate, Damascus.

Ancient East, Damascus

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil drawing of a Chicago street with tall brick buildings, an elevated railway, parked cars, and smoke rising over rooftop

Chicago, North Dearborn Street

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Watercolor of two white wake-robin trillium flowers above broad green leaves on pale stems, signed M.V.W. 1939.

Wake-Robin (Trillium simile)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1939

Red chalk drawing of a haloed figure at a table with other draped figures in an interior, by Benedetto Luti.

Drawing - Benedetto Luti

Soft pastel portrait of a woman's face framed by green hair, with red lips and muted gray background.

Petite

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of a wild pea plant with red and pink blossoms, narrow green leaves, and curling tendrils on a pale background.

Wild Pea (Lathyrus decaphyllus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Pencil sketch of village houses, a stone tower, and mountain ridges on a sketchbook page.

(Sketchbook) At Sierre

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a young woman in a white gown seated beside a bush of red roses against a soft, swirling background.

Young Woman with Roses

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Charcoal sketch of a Venetian canal with gondolas, an arched footbridge, and tall old buildings on both sides.

A Canal at Venice

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1920

Watercolor of white trout lily plants with mottled green leaves and drooping white flowers with yellow centers.

White Troutlily (Erythronium albidum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1919

Pastel drawing of a woman with long windswept auburn hair and a fur wrap against a pale blue-grey background.

Circe

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of a stone wall with an arched doorway, trees, and a small building, with handwritten color notes.

Untitled (Stairways, Etc.)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of a dead, leafless tree with a grazing colt and rocks at its base on pale paper.

Dead Tree and Colt Grazing

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

The Writer (Natalie Clifford Barney)

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Watercolor of green pitcher plants with tubular leaves, a yellow-green flower, and purple-tipped rosette leaves.

Green Pitcherplant (Sarracenia orephila)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Drawing of a curving dirt road beside willow trees, with a plowed field and split-rail fence in soft brown chalk.

Landscape with Willow Trees

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pastel portrait of a man in a red fez and dark suit against a grey textured background.

Mirza Sarab

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of a hemlock conifer branch with green needles and small purple young cones on a cream background.

Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Brown wash drawing of a harnessed horse pulling a loaded cart toward a bridge and distant trees.

The Horse

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pastel portrait of a woman in a white dress with hands clasped, set against a teal forest background with tree trunks.

Sylvan Background

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of a reclining nude female figure with bent legs and outstretched arms on cream paper.

Swimming Nude, "The Plunge"

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Watercolor of wild hyacinth with clusters of purple flowers on thin stems and long green leaves against a pale background.

Wild Hyacinth (Brodiaea pulchella)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1927