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Pencil sketch of a street before a gateway with robed figures, a donkey, minarets and a palm tree behind the walls.

Entrance to Bazaar

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor study of an allegorical lunette with a winged seated woman, standing man, kneeling woman, and cherub.

Firm Belief--Truth, Boldness, Self-Reliance (study for over-door, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Pen and ink drawing of mounted officers and soldiers with flags riding along a road toward distant ships.

The Surrender of Cornwallis

F. Luis Mora, 1930

Watercolor and pencil drawing of an Egyptian temple interior with columns, stone fragments, animal sculptures, and a small fi

Ancient and Modern Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Black and white ink drawing of a tree framing a distant town with church spires and a white fountain in a garden.

Untitled - H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Drawing of a nude woman seen from behind raising a wine cup, with a bending figure above and verses of the Rubáiyát beside he

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Cup of Love

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pen and ink studies of reclining camels, including a saddled camel and a sketched camel head, on pale paper.

(Camel Studies)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a rocky canyon with steep cliffs and a winding road, inscribed Yellowstone Park, Golden Gate.

Yellowstone Park, Golden Gate

Thomas Moran, 1890

Loose ink and colored pencil sketch of a nude woman reclining on a bed with raised legs, against a grey background.

Reclining Female Nude

Pencil sketch of a carved column capital with scrolls and acanthus leaves on a grey-green paper.

Capital of Column at Theatre at Azani

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of billowing clouds over rolling hills, with handwritten color notes including gray and blue.

Lower Geyser Basin

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of a woman in evening dress beside a classical statue figure, on aged yellowed paper.

Lady in Evening Dress with Figure of Venus de Milo

William Page, 1870

Pencil sketch of Greek island coastlines with a castle on a hilltop and handwritten labels for Naxos and Paros.

Naxos/Castle of Paros

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Red chalk drawing of a woman and a man in a cap standing close together before a sketched tree.

Figure Study

Alfred Phillipe Roll, 1910

Grey ink and wash drawing of a standing nude woman seen from behind, hair in a bun, with a pale cloth at her side.

Standing Female Nude

Pencil sketch of ruined stone church walls and an arch, with a grazing camel and distant hills beneath a pale sky.

Ruin of Christian Church, Tyre

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a geyser pool with rocky terraces, a river and distant hills and trees in Yellowstone.

Beryl Geyser on Gibbon River, Yellowstone Park

Thomas Moran, 1890

Charcoal drawing of three farm workers harvesting in a field, with haystacks and trees on the horizon.

Harvest Scene

Jules Emile Zingg, 1910

Pencil sketch of rolling hills, numbered peaks, village buildings in a valley, and a cloudy sky.

View from Back of Petrarch's House

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Brown and white chalk drawing of a hooded old man and a nude winged woman beside a dead bird, with verse text in the center.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Sorry Scheme

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Brown ink wash drawing of a seated female nude with long dark hair, arm raised to her head, legs crossed.

Seated Female Nude

Pencil sketch of a stone cottage with a chimney among rolling hills and distant mountains, with a winding road.

Cottages, Radicofane

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of the Excelsior Geyser formation with terraced rock ledges and distant ridges on cream paper.

Excelsior Geyser, Yellowstone Park

Thomas Moran, 1890

Decorative lunette study with two kneeling miners flanking a medallion of Diego Velasquez and the word Mining.

Mining (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Closed sketchbook with blue marbled cover and dark leather spine, photographed against a plain light background.

Sketchbook (Italian Travels)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a distant mountain ridge over limestone blocks and a lone pine in the foreground.

Big Horn, Tongue River

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of a woman holding an infant on a donkey, led by a walking figure, with pyramids and desert landscape behind.

Flight into Egypt (figure study)

William Page, 1850

Pencil sketch of Jerusalem's walls and tower with tents, robed figures and camels in the foreground.

Encampment Jerusalem

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a canyon with layered cliffs, distant mountains and handwritten color notes across the sky.

Toquerville, S. Utah

Thomas Moran, 1870

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man's severed head on a platter, held by a hand, with a faint halo behind it.

Head of John the Baptist

Léon-Daniel Saubès, 1910