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Pastel portrait of a woman with upswept hair and red lips against a brown background, signed and dated 1900.

Gladys

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Loose pastel portrait of a dark-haired woman with red lips resting her hand on a large dark crystal globe.

The Crystal Globe

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

A Priest

Kate Clifton Osgood Holmes, 1920

Pencil sketch of the West Gate in Warwick, a tall stone tower with an arched doorway, flanked by trees and houses.

West Gate, Warwick

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel drawing of a nude woman with a flower wreath playing reed pipes beside a torch, with a dog at her feet.

Pagan Dancer

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Charcoal drawing of a bearded male plaster cast head in three-quarter view, shaded dark on the right side.

Drawing of Cast of Male Head

Howard Russell Butler

Red chalk portrait of a young man in aviator helmet and goggles, with Latin inscription across the top.

William Halsall Cheney

John Elliott, 1920

Pencil sketch of a bare hickory tree with a textured trunk and spreading branches on cream paper.

Hickory

George Elbert Burr, 1880

Pastel portrait of an elderly bearded man with grey hair in a brown robe against a dark background.

R. D. Shepherd as Shylock

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Major General Rufus Ingalls

James Edward Kelly, 1900

Pastel portrait of a young man with short hair, head and bare shoulders turned left, on a tan paper ground.

Christian

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Lucy

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel portrait of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat with yellow pompoms and a white shawl, against green hatched strokes.

Spanish Fantasy III

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Tan and white chalk drawing of grapevines with grape clusters, vine leaves, morning glory flowers and tendrils on a dark grou

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Lining Paper

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a street crowd with women in hats, a child in front, and a flag above.

Group Scene

Jerome Myers, 1900

Two women in blue gowns and flowered hats stand before green drapery in a softly painted interior.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Charcoal drawing of a skull on stacked books beside a candlestick, with a panel of Rubaiyat verses and faint faces in the sky

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Theology

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a female nude seen from behind, one arm raised to her head, shaded with loose graphite hatching.

Back View of Female Nude

Pastel drawing of tall wildflowers with pink and white blossoms among blue and green strokes on tan paper.

Flowers

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man in a robe leaning by a large clay jar, with pottery on shelves and verse text.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) In the Potter's House

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Reader

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of ruined brick archways beside palm trees, with a riverbank and hills in the distance above.

Beni Berzi

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Drawing of a bearded old man looking up at a starry night through an arched window, with a table of objects and printed verse

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Vain Questioning

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Ink wash drawing of a seated woman seen from behind beside a window with curtains and a dark chair.

Untitled (Seated Figure)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Charcoal drawing of a nude woman with arms raised behind her head, set against angular shaded forms.

Female Nude with Black Stockings

A Syrian

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1850

Charcoal study of a bald, bearded man in a loose robe, looking downward in a pensive pose.

Study for the Disciple Peter

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Ink drawing of two seated figures in a room before a window with curtains, a chair between them, and a bare tree outside.

(Figures before Window)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Architectural drawing of a classical interior with Corinthian columns and an arched mural of angels above a group of men.

A Town Meeting

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Chalk drawing of a seated spinning woman, a standing woman with a distaff, goats, and a clay jug, with a verse panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Youth and Age

Elihu Vedder, 1880