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Child with Fruit

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a lakeside village with cypress trees and mountains reflected in still water.

(Sketchbook) The Lake from Vevey

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a young woman with dark hair, red lips and a white ruffled collar against a green background.

Pierette

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of poplar trees, a farmhouse and a mountain ridge across a flat landscape.

Near Evian

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with upswept hair, head turned upward, against a loose teal and grey background.

Self-Portrait in Light Tones

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Sepia crayon portrait of a young man in a peaked military cap and tunic, with the name Richard S Conover inscribed above.

Richard Stevens Conover

John Elliott, 1920

Joseph B. Carr

James Edward Kelly, 1890

Seated man with a cigar in a dark jacket on a chair, with lettering naming C.S. Reinhart as a Scribner's illustrator.

C.S. Reinhart/Is. One. of. the. Illustrators./in. this./Month.s./.Scribner.s

William Sergeant Kendall, 1930

Sepia wash drawing of a tall tree, a standing man with a staff, rocks, and distant mountains.

Untitled - Charles Conner, 1880

Charles Conner, 1880

Pen drawing of a mustached cowboy in a wide hat smoking a cigarette, hand on his gun belt, in chaps and spurs.

Cowboy Smoking

Walt Kuhn, 1940

Red chalk portrait of a mustached man in a peaked military cap and uniform, with Latin inscription above.

Richard Norton

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a woman in a dark feathered hat and black fur stole, looking to the side against a tan background.

Marianne with Hat

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Youthful Model

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark hair and a flower ornament, glancing over her bare shoulder against a green background.

La Cigale

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of ruined arched aqueduct on open plain with distant hills and a lone walking figure.

From Via Appia and Alban Mountains

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Nude against Sea

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel drawing of a woman in a white crinoline gown against a dark green background, by Alice Pike Barney, 1910.

En Crinoline

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Meditation

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of an Alpine valley with wooded hills and distant mountain peaks, with handwritten color notes at left.

Botzen, Tyrol

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Charcoal drawing of Venice lagoon with gondolas, sailing boats, and a domed church under a cloudy sky.

Venice

Marie-Joseph Iwill, 1920

Raynal Cawthorne Bolling

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a yellow shawl holding a swaddled infant against a warm, glowing background.

By Lamplight

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pencil anatomical study of a bird skeleton with leg, wing, and skull details and handwritten notes on tan paper.

Horse Anatomy

Solon H. Borglum, 1910

Pencil sketch of a wooded valley with trees, grassy slopes and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Valley of the Lledr, North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of oxen pulling logs beside a wooden hoist frame, with workers standing near a timber structure.

Logging Camp

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil sketch of a gnarled tree beside a small house, with an open field and distant hills on the right.

Untitled (Tree with House)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of Rome's rooftops and a large dome rising above trees, with church towers at left.

From Pincio, Rome

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Mrs. Patrick Campbell

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Pencil sketch of the Rhine river valley with wooded banks, a village with a church spire, and hills in the distance.

The Rhine below Trechtlingshausen

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Charcoal and white chalk portrait sketch of a woman with upswept hair on brown paper, by Alice Pike Barney, 1900.

Impression of Natalie

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Portrait of a bearded man in dark navy military uniform with gold sash, medals and sword, leaning on a railing.

Prince Henry of Prussia

Max Krusemark, 1900

Watercolor of an acrobat rider in red and blue standing on four galloping horses, holding a long whip.

Acrobat Rider on Four Horses

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Pencil and coloured crayon portrait of an elderly woman with a dark headscarf, rosy cheeks and a dedication inscribed below.

Old Woman

Eugène Burnand, 1920

Pencil drawing of a young child in draped clothing beside a stone pedestal with a sundial, arm outstretched.

Untitled (Child with Sun Dial)

Louise Cox, 1900

Pencil sketch of a stone building with a round window and dark archway, flanked by trees and a wooden fence.

Untitled (Archway)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil drawing of a desert mountain range with saguaro cacti, desert shrubs, and cumulus clouds under a pale sky.

Untitled (transfer drawing for Camelback Mountain, Phoenix)

George Elbert Burr, 1920

Charcoal sketch of a man in half-length view, head bowed, with loose sweeping strokes for hair, face and arms on cream paper.

Self-Portrait

Marsden Hartley, 1900

Watercolor of tree trunks framing a distant hilltop with ruined towers above a valley of trees and rooftops.

Landscape, Italy

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Major General John Pope

James Edward Kelly, 1870

Pastel portrait of a young woman with a green and blue flowered headdress and pink striped shawl, against a yellow background

Bacchante Triste

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor and pastel landscape of layered clouds over a flat plain with blue mountains on the horizon.

Vega(*)

Arthur Bowen Davies, 1920

Pastel portrait of an elderly woman in a white lace headdress and black dress, smiling, against a tan and blue background.

Madame Girard

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel portrait of a smiling man with short hair in a dark blue jacket and white collar, on grey paper.

Hail Fellow, Well Met

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pastel portrait of a woman in a dark hat and blue scarf against swirling green and teal background.

The Blue Scarf

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of buildings, windows and a street on the right page; left page blank.

(Sketchbook) Old Street, Ouchy

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil study of a standing male nude with one arm raised overhead, drawn on aged paper.

(Untitled) (Study of Standing Male Nude)

Kenyon Cox, 1870

Pastel drawing of a dancer with raised arms in a sheer costume and red drapery, beside a vase and fruit bowl.

Anna Pavlova in Oriental Fantasy, Chicago, 1915-16

William Penhallow Henderson

Pale wash drawing of a rocky riverbank with evergreen trees on the left and a misty wooded shore across calm water.

Montmorency River, Quebec

Johann Hermann Carmiencke, 1850

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a towered building among tall cypress trees and distant hills, with a blank facing pag

(Sketchbook) (Untitled)

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of a riverside town with a church spire, stone tower, and hilltop castle ruin above the water.

Oberwesel

George Elbert Burr, 1900

G.K. Warren

James Edward Kelly, 1880

Soft crayon drawing of a woman's head with long dark hair framing her face, with handwritten inscription below.

Female Head

Ernest Joseph Laurent, 1910

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark bobbed hair and a fur stole against a grey background.

The Countess Carraciolo

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of a fountain framed by trees, with a domed basilica and rooftops in the background.

Untitled - George Elbert Burr, 1900

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a Rhone valley with steep mountains, a village and a church spire, in an open sketchbook.

(Sketchbook) Up Rhone Valley from Sion

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Charcoal and pastel drawing of a seated woman with short wavy hair, arms crossed on her knee, looking to the side.

The Model

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of a path climbing a hillside past trees, with two small figures standing near the top.

Path

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of a building with rooftops and chimneys, and handwritten notes beside it.

(Sketchbook) Old House, Lausanne

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Graphite sketch of a twisting nude male figure with arm raised, plus a small horse head study in the upper left corner.

Dream of a Broncho #3

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil sketch of a stone-paved Pompeii street with stepping stones and a figure in a long coat and hat standing among ruins.

Street Crossing, Pompeii

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark curly hair in a yellow off-shoulder dress against a golden background.

Laura In Yellow

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of seated men in hats, some playing instruments, gathered beneath trees in an outdoor scene.

Untitled (Seated Figures and Musicians)

Howard Russell Butler

Charcoal drawing of a mother holding a child before a burning village with smoke and flames behind them.

Mother and Child and Burning Village

Paul Albert Laurens, 1930

Pencil sketch of the town of Bacharach on the Rhine, seen from above between wooded hills with ruined walls.

Bacharach from Above (Rhine)

George Elbert Burr, 1900