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Red chalk portrait of a smiling man in a peaked military cap and uniform collar, with the name inscribed at upper left.

Elliot Christopher Cowdin

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel drawing of a woman in a rose-embroidered black shawl beside a gilt mirror reflecting her figure.

The Spanish Shawl

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of two mules pulling a cart with a spoked wheel on yellowed, torn paper.

Two Mules and Cart

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil sketch of a large tree by a seaside promenade with a horse cart, lamp post, seated figure and distant hills.

On the Marina, Palermo

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Charcoal drawing of a seated peasant woman with a dark bun, striped shawl and clasped hands, with handwritten notes around he

Peasant Woman

Charles Léandre, 1910

Fantasy

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Charcoal drawing of low farm buildings under a stormy sky with diagonal rain strokes and muddy ruts in the foreground.

An Ambulance Post

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Soft pastel portrait of a young blonde girl with a dark bow in her hair, wearing a white blouse against a dark background.

Peggy

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Sepia drawing of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat and jacket, looking directly at the viewer.

Walt Whitman

Thomas Dewing, 1870

The Letter

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Brigadier General Oliver Otis Howard

James Edward Kelly, 1880

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a green hat and dark dress holding a cigarette against a gray background.

Cigarette

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel portrait of a bearded man in a straw hat with a black band, turned three-quarters, on brown paper.

Hippolyte Dreyfus

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel portrait of a grey-haired woman with a pearl earring turning toward the viewer against a green background.

La Marquise

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of Florence seen from above, with arched bridges crossing the Arno River, rooftops, domes and framing trees.

View from S. Miniato, Florence

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Charcoal drawing of a seated figure in a heavy draped cloak and plumed helmet on a stone pedestal.

(Untitled) (Drapery Study)

Kenyon Cox, 1870

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long dress with puffed sleeves, glancing over her shoulder, with a handwritten inscrip

Sketch of a Lady

Carolus-Duran, 1910

Pencil sketch of an alpine valley with steep mountain slopes, trees, and a small village on the valley floor.

View from Toblach, Tyrol

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Open sketchbook with pencil drawing of a hill topped by castle ruins, mountains and bare trees in the foreground.

(Sketchbook) Sion

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Charcoal portrait of a man with short hair and stubble, head turned slightly, looking directly at the viewer.

Portrait of a Man

Thomas La Farge, 1930

Pastel portrait of a woman in a blue cloche hat and pearl earring against a grey background.

The Visitor (Mrs. Richard P. McCullough)

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pastel sketch of an opera stage scene with a crowd, a red canopy, and a couple in white and red at center.

Scene Design for Opera

William Penhallow Henderson

Pastel and charcoal drawing of a woman in a dark skirt and white blouse, seen from behind, looking over her shoulder.

1900

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair wearing a green cape with embroidered blue and gold collar.

Laura in Green Cape

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel set design of a dim living room with a fireplace, pink armchair, wooden chairs, and red checkered curtains.

Alice's Living Room--False Proscenium (set design)

William Penhallow Henderson

Claudine

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a white gown with gold trim, holding a fan in an ornate gilded chair.

Lady with Fan

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Beatrice

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a stone farmhouse with a red tiled roof, trees, a pig and a wooden fence.

Farmyard, Albi

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Sunset over the sea with orange and pink clouds, dark rocks and surf in the lower left foreground.

Maine Coast (#34)

Howard Russell Butler, 1920

Pencil sketch of the Rhine river with a ruined castle on a hillside and distant mountains.

The Rhine below St. Goarshausen

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a lake with hatched mountains rising to snowy peaks on the right, in an open sketchbook.

(Sketchbook) (Lake of Geneva from Vevey)

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a smiling woman with short white hair in a dark dress against a green background.

Mrs. Leslie Carter

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Charcoal and chalk drawing of two women embracing, one in a red headscarf, with a handwritten French dedication below.

Greeting

Antoine Calbet, 1940

Pastel portrait of a woman with long red hair, a white flower in her hair, and a blue dress against a green background.

Woman with Red Hair

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pen and ink sheet with five studies of raised muscular arms and hands showing anatomy and shading.

Arm Studies, #2

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Old Peasant

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a hilltop town with a church tower, rooftops, and a wooded hill.

(Sketchbook) Church and Tower, Laufenberg

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with a rust and green head wrap and soft, loosely drawn pale garment.

Fresque

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of wooden farm buildings in an alpine valley with steep mountain peaks and conifer forest behind.

View from Sextan, Tyrol

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil and wash drawing of bare trees and branches rising from snow-covered ground in a misty winter woodland.

Untitled (Trees in Snow)

George Elbert Burr, 1880

Red-chalk portrait of a young man in a military cap and high-collared uniform, with Latin inscription above.

Kiffin Rockwell

John Elliott, 1920

Zingare

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel portrait of a smiling young blonde woman with a bob haircut against a tan and blue hatched background.

Blonde Girl

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil drawing of Castle Oberlahnstein on the Rhine, showing a tall stone tower, gabled buildings and trees in the foreground

Castle Oberlahnstein, Rhine

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Vamp of 1900 (Lottie Stein)

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Untitled (Two Drawings of Men)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil drawing of a Gothic cathedral with tall spires and a rose window, surrounded by scattered rubble in the foreground.

Cathedral

Solon H. Borglum, 1910

Pencil sketch of the Rhine at Oberwesel showing a church, riverside town, hilltop castle ruins and a rowboat on the shore.

Rhine at Oberwesel

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pen line drawing of a woman's face and shoulders, facing forward with bobbed hair, signed Gorky in the upper left.

Head

Arshile Gorky, 1940

Graphite and red chalk sketch of a woman in a red headscarf holding a young child on her shoulder, on gray paper.

Mother and Child

Fernand Maillaud, 1940

Poster of a standing bearded man in white sweater and pink trousers beside a pole, with text advertising Robert Blum's painti

Robert Blum's/Great Decorative/Painting/In/January/Scribner's

William Sergeant Kendall, 1930

Major General David Sloan Stanley

James Edward Kelly, 1890

Pastel head study of a young man with dark hair, drawn in loose colored strokes on a tan paper ground.

Head Study

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Charcoal and colored crayon drawing of a black toucan with a large upturned beak and yellow throat, perched on a branch.

Aerial Toucan

Henry Keller, 1930

Pencil sketchbook spread of pollarded willows and poplars before a hazy mountain range, left page blank.

(Sketchbook) Near Aigle

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Colorful drawing of a crowd fleeing a burning opera house, with flames and smoke at upper left and tiered balconies.

Fire in an Opera House

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1890

Pencil sketch of figures carrying a bundle on a shore, with a sailing ship with masts at right and hills behind.

Crushed

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Titian Hair

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel drawing of a woman with dark hair turned slightly to one side, against a soft blue background.

Untitled - Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pastel portrait of a young woman with dark bobbed hair and a white fichu, on tan paper, signed Alice Pike Barney.

Jaqueline with Fichu

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil portrait of a young child with curly hair and a direct gaze, on stained, aged paper.

Portrait of Ethel D. Puffer

Thomas Dewing, 1870

Pencil sketch of a muscular nude man in a dynamic pose with a small horse below, on cream paper.

Dream of a Broncho #2

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with rugged peaks, forested slopes and a cluster of village houses.

From Our Hotel, Cortina

George Elbert Burr, 1900