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Watercolor portrait of a man in a white turban and mustache against a blue and brown cloudy background.

Turkish Cayeek

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor sketch of a brick arch and stone gateway with carved relief, framing distant mountains and domed buildings.

Crusaders Gate, Nicea

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil drawing of rocky sea cliffs rising from calm water under a hazy sky, in warm sepia tones.

Bidra (possibly Bida?)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil sketch of an elderly bald man seated in a chair, with faint grid lines across the page.

Elderly Man Seated in a Chair

William Page, 1810

Sepia ink and wash drawing of a vase of flowers and a stool in an angular, geometric abstract interior.

Abstract--Flowers in Left

Charcoal sketch of a seated nude woman with dark hair, one arm raised to her head, on cream paper.

Seated Female Nudes

Graphite drawing of a young woman's head in a light headscarf, looking directly at the viewer, with sketched background.

Head of Mary B. Thayer

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Pale pastel drawing of a willow tree over a soft meadow and faint horizon on tan paper.

Willow

John Henry Twachtman, 1830

Ink and wash sketch of a seated female dancer in a full skirt, with loose brown shading and dark contour lines.

Standing Female Dancer

Nude: Study of a Young Girl

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Pencil sketch of a woman holding a tennis racket beside two studies of nude figures, one seated and one kneeling.

Woman with Tennis Racket and Two Figure Studies

Graphite sketch of a steep Yellowstone canyon slope with pine forest, a jagged rock spire, and boulders in the foreground.

From near Inspiration Point, Yellowstone Canyon

Thomas Moran, 1890

Stippled charcoal drawing of two intertwined nude female figures in an angular, sketch-like composition.

Two Nude Female Figures

Pencil sketch of a tall church tower with spire beside a street, with trees and a small figure in front.

Church, St.-Germain-des-Prés, France

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Profile of an Ideal Female Head

William Page, 1810

Charcoal drawing of a uniformed man seen from behind at a canteen counter where women in white caps serve food.

A.R.C. Canteen, World War I

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1910