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Brown ink wash drawing of a seated female nude with long dark hair, arm raised to her head, legs crossed.

Seated Female Nude

Pencil drawing of a stone house corner with stacked blocks, a cornice, carved brackets, and shuttered windows on tan paper.

Corner of House--Malta

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of the Excelsior Geyser formation with terraced rock ledges and distant ridges on cream paper.

Excelsior Geyser, Yellowstone Park

Thomas Moran, 1890

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man's severed head on a platter, held by a hand, with a faint halo behind it.

Head of John the Baptist

Léon-Daniel Saubès, 1910

Pencil sketch of stone temple columns and architectural blocks at Thebes, Egypt, with hatched shading.

Temple at Thebes, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a flowering plant with a spike of pea-like blossoms and long narrow leaves on tan paper.

(Untitled--Flower Study)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Pencil sketch of tall eroded cliffs above trees and a rocky foreground, with handwritten inscription at lower left.

Tongue River Cliffs (In Camp)

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of a mud-brick house with a bare tree and figures above, and a cliff and riverside town below.

Gebel el Haridi

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Drawing of a young man pouring water from a jug beside a tree, with shadowed figures below and a verse inscription.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Mighty Mahmud

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Charcoal drawing of an angular, fragmented figure built from geometric planes and dark hatched shading.

Abstract

Pencil sketches of a carved column capital and a rooftop with a water tower, ladder and brick wall.

Alexandria (Rooftop/Cap of a Column)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Drawing of a seated woman with a flower crown beside a river, with handwritten verse text on the left.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The River-Lip

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Brown paper sketchbook cover with large black script title 'Croquis' and a flourish, plus pencil marks and smudges.

sketchbook

Frederick Carl Frieseke, 1920

Crazy French Monk...Mt. Sinai

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Book cover design with swirling light ribbons, starbursts, ivy and the title Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, drawn by Elihu Vedder.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Cover

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of two female figures, one reclining with raised arms and one seated, on aged tinted paper.

Two Female Figure Studies

Pencil and wash drawing of a bearded man in a blue turban seated with clasped hands, gazing at the viewer.

Untitled (Hill Tribesman)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Drawing of a standing nude man beside a serpent, with a sleeping winged figure on a pile of skulls and a verse above.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Last Man

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pastel drawing of tall wild flowers with white blossoms and green stems against a warm yellow background.

Wild Flowers

John Henry Twachtman

Pencil sketch of Nile riverbank cliffs and a sailboat, with a second view of rocky hillside below.

Nile (3rd and 4th view, Gebel el Fedah)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Drawing of a bearded man tending a plant in an urn beside a window, with a verse panel and glass vessels on a table.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Vain Pursuit

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pastel drawing of tall stems with curled pink and yellow tiger lilies on a warm ochre background with soft blue-green strokes

Tiger Lilies

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Pencil drawing of a standing figure in a feathered headdress and patterned robe, labeled Persian at lower left.

Prisoners of War (Persian)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Loose black ink sketch of a young child in a flared dress, standing with one arm outstretched on yellowed paper.

Untitled (Child)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Loose brown ink sketch of a standing nude woman with raised arms and a long drape, washed with pale pink.

Standing Female Nude with Drape

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

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 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