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Pencil sketch of a rocky shoreline with a rowboat, open water, and a low horizon with distant buildings under clouds.

Untitled (Sailboat)

Howard Russell Butler

Pastel portrait of a woman with long loose hair and a jewel headband, holding a mandolin against a deep blue background.

Natalie with Mandolin

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel portrait of a woman in a dark veil and gold comb against a warm brown background, by Alice Pike Barney, 1930.

Spanish Comb

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Red-brown crayon portrait of a man in a leather flying helmet, with the name Raoul Lufbery inscribed at upper left.

Raoul Lufbery

John Elliott, 1920

Pencil sketch of Marksburg castle on a steep hill above Braubach village and the Rhine river, with a church steeple.

Castle Marksburg at Braubach, Rhine

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a river valley with steep hills, a steamboat with smoke, a sailboat, and trees along the banks.

Up Rhine from Hirzenach

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pastel portrait of a woman in a black hat and veil, wearing a white high-collared blouse, on tan paper.

Self Portrait with Hat and Veil

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel drawing on tan paper of a young girl with bowed head, long hair and raised hands, with white highlights.

Young Girl

Paul Émile Chabas, 1930

Pencil sketch of a narrow sunlit street with stone buildings, balconies, and figures walking, titled Calle del Campanero.

Calle del Campanero

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a long stick beside a basket, with a hat study above.

Untitled (Seated Man with Stick)

Howard Russell Butler

Pastel head study of a man with a mustache and pince-nez glasses on a dark gray background.

Allan Chesterton

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with auburn bob hair in a green cloche hat against a dark background.

The Green Hat

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of a rearing horse with a rider slumped over its neck on cream paper.

Dream of a Broncho #5

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil sketch of an old multi-arched stone bridge over a river with rowboats, a sailboat, and a factory with a chimney.

Old Bridge over the Dee, Chester

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of jagged Tyrolean mountains above a forested slope, with farm buildings and conifers in a meadow below.

Bad Moos, Sexten Thal, Tyrol

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Untitled (Head of Bearded Man)

Howard Russell Butler

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a feathered hat and fur stole holding a glass beside a small table.

La Parisienne en 1906

Maurice Éliot, 1910

Pastel portrait of a dark-haired woman in black holding a sleeping infant, with a blurred figure and gold vase behind her.

Italian Woman with Child

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pencil sketch of a horse rearing with a rider or figure clinging to its neck, drawn in loose gestural lines on cream paper.

Dream of a Broncho #4

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pastel and charcoal portrait of a young man with dark hair, head turned, on grey paper, by Alice Pike Barney, 1910.

Hippolyte Thom

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pencil sketch of a stone cromlech with a capstone, a grazing sheep, and a distant village on a flat horizon.

Cromlech near Criccieth, North Wales/Coast near Pensarn, North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Aileen at Asolo

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of teepees on a plain with horses and figures near a rocky ridge, on aged torn paper.

Teepees

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of a towered castle before distant mountains, inscribed Castle at Aigle.

(Sketchbook) Castle at Aigle

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of Palermo harbor with a steep mountain, waterfront buildings, masts, and a steamboat with smoke.

Harbor of Palermo

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Sanguine crayon portrait of a man in a flying helmet and goggles, with the name Quentin Roosevelt printed across the top.

Quentin Roosevelt

John Elliott, 1920

Red chalk drawing of a seated nude woman from behind, raising her arms to tie up her long hair.

Female Figure Dressing Hair

Paul-Albert Baudouin, 1930

Pencil portrait of an older man with a full mustache, wearing a jacket and tie, on a tan paper background.

Ferdinand De Lesseps

Léon Bonnat, 1910

Pastel portrait of a man in a felt hat holding a pipe, drawn with soft colored strokes on tan paper.

Alec Francis

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Evalina Cortland Palmer

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pastel sketch of a seated woman in yellow and orange clothing, arms around her knees, on brown paper.

Seated Woman

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of an old house with a tall pointed spire among trees, drawn on an open sketchbook page.

(Sketchbook) Old House, Sierre

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a young woman in a black hat, yellow scarf and orange wrap against a grey background.

Young Woman in Black Hat

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of Heidelberg at sunset with a stone arched bridge, church towers, and a river in the foreground.

Sunset, Heidelberg

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Red chalk sketch of a seated woman with her head bent and hair in swirling strokes, draped figure below.

Aileen at Venice

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of a sailboat and rowboats on a calm river with a village, church spire and hills beyond.

The Rhine at Camp

George Elbert Burr, 1900

General Charles Greeley Loring

James Edward Kelly, 1900

Ink and wash drawing of a river landscape with trees, buildings on the far bank, and a figure by the water.

Landscape

Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemet, 1900

Pencil sketch of a horse standing beside a wagon wheel, with dark trees in the background.

Horse and Wagon

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Pastel portrait of a standing woman in a white gown with a long blue beaded necklace, against a tan background.

Laura in Whites

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Graphite sketch of a seated woman in flowing drapery, head bowed, with faint grid lines across the tan paper.

Untitled (Draped Female Figure)

Louise Cox, 1900

Pastel portrait of a bearded man in a striped turban and white headcloth, wearing a brown robe, on tan paper.

The Sheik

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Charcoal self-portrait of a man in three-quarter view wearing a collared shirt and tie, with a steady serious gaze.

Self-Portrait

John Steuart Curry, 1920

Pencil sketch of the Rhine river below St. Goar, with a church spire, riverside town, small boats and hazy hills.

Rhine below St. Goar

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a wooded creek bank with bare trees and a small grazing animal, on aged cream paper.

Crow Creek, S.D.

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Pastel portrait of a young woman with dark hair in a green and gold top, gazing to the side against a muted background.

Monique

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pencil sketch of Heidelberg castle with a long arcaded wing, a tall turreted tower, and foliage in the foreground.

Heidelberg

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Sepia portrait drawing of a man in a peaked cap with a light band, head and shoulders fading into the paper.

Bert Hall

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark curly hair holding a round fan against a yellow-olive background.

L' Africaine

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of a tipi, grazing horses, a campfire and a seated figure on a plain, dated Sept 99 Yankton S.D.

Yankton, S.D.

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Pencil sketch of two hourglass-shaped millstones on stone bases above a paved floor, labeled mills in bake shop Pompeii.

Mills in Bake Shop--Pompei

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Graphite drawing with white highlights of a nude male athlete modeled on a classical statue, holding a discus.

(Untitled) (Greco-Roman Discus Thrower)

Kenyon Cox, 1870

The Tanagra Figure

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil study of a bearded male figure with both arms raised, on aged yellowed paper.

Drawing - Paolo de Matteis

Paolo de Matteis

D. Sickles

James Edward Kelly, 1890

Edward N. Duryee

James Edward Kelly, 1900

Ink drawing of a yarn ball and knitting needles with a yarn strand forming the words "vive L'Amérique".

Knitting

Léo Laporte Blairsy, 1910

Soft pastel portrait of a woman with downcast eyes, wearing a green headwrap and pink shawl against a blended green backgroun

Two Faces

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Brown monochrome watercolor of a pale road lined with trees, fields and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Moonlight no. 1

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of a standing male nude with one arm raised overhead, on tan paper with faint wash marks.

Nude

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Soft pastel portrait of a woman's head and shoulders in green and blue tones, with blurred features.

A Memory

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Charcoal landscape of dark trees on the left, an open field, a faint distant house, and a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Trees

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Watercolor and ink landscape of rolling green fields, a pale stone tower on a hill, and distant blue hills.

On the Road to Gaillac

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pen and ink drawing of a thatched cottage in open fields with a walking figure and a grazing cow under clouds.

Poigny

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan