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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 sketch of a bearded standing man in a patterned kilt beside a seated sphinx-like figure, with handwritten labels.

From Tombs/Hebrew/No. 8/A King

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Ink line drawing of a standing female acrobat in a ruffled leotard with floral details and crosshatched fishnet sleeve.

Female Acrobat

Walt Kuhn, 1940

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

Pencil sketch of a palm tree with a standing robed figure at left and two seated figures and a jar at right.

Bedouins

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a woman with a bundle walking past a wooden gate and slide in a sunlit field.

The Gate Slide

Walter Shirlaw, 1830

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

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

Nude child kneeling and gazing upward in a glowing gothic cathedral with tiled floors and a distant altar.

Child of the Ages

Da Loria Norman, 1910

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

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 columned excavation interior at Beni Hassan with a domed chamber and a figure in a doorway.

Interior of Excavations at Beni Hassan, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

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

Chalk drawing of a spiky vine coiling around a cup, with white wind lines on grey paper.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Bitter Cup

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Charcoal drawing of a workman in a straw hat climbing a ladder while carrying a large woven basket on his back.

Workman on a Ladder

Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin, 1940

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

Pencil drawing of a young boy in a white robe standing with clasped hands against a shaded background.

Choir Boy

Belle Silveira, 1890

Seated woman in blue drapes with a tragedy mask, laurel wreath and trumpet beside her, framed by an arched gilded border.

Muse of Tragedy

Elihu Vedder, 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

King from Tomb No. 6, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Brown and white chalk drawing of allegorical figures with an owl, a pillar, and a handwritten Rubaiyat verse panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Divorce of Reason

Elihu Vedder, 1880

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

Bowed woman in dark dress with a young girl on a dirt road under an orange dusk sky.

Refugees

Georges Rochegrosse, 1910

Drawing of dancing draped women holding a garland of stars above a verse block, bordered by ivy and clouds with haloed heads.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Omar's Horoscope

Elihu Vedder, 1880

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

Pencil sketch of a female torso in outline on yellowed paper, with simple contour lines for breasts, waist and hips.

Venus Guiding Eneas and the Trojans to the Latin Shore (Torso of Venus)

William Page, 1850

Charcoal drawing of a lion and lioness on a stone ledge above a sleeping figure, with a handwritten verse panel in the center

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Courts of Jamshyd

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a branching stem with tubular purple penstemon flowers, green leaves and buds on a pale background.

Purple Pentstemon (Pentstemon lyallii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Pencil sketch of an ornate Egyptian-style column capital and base, with a handwritten note reading Dendera, Feb. 5, 44.

Dendera, February 5, 1844

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil and crayon drawing of a tall pine tree with drooping gray branches and blue accents on pale paper.

Pine Tree

Joseph Stella, 1910