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Charcoal drawing of a screaming man with a hand raised to his head, with a French dedication in the lower right corner.

Head of Man Expressive of Horror

Victor Joseph Ségoffin, 1910

Pencil sketch of a geyser basin with a steam plume, rocky mounds, and distant hills on a pale sheet.

Lioness and Cubs, Upper Geyser Basin

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of a crowded domed interior with a tiered central shrine surrounded by pilgrims in the Holy Sepulchre.

Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Ink drawing of a street with a trolley car, a large house among trees, a utility pole, and a swirling sky.

Untitled (#14)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Pencil sketch of tall turreted rock spires and a sloping canyon ridge, Yellowstone Canyon, by Thomas Moran.

Turreted Peaks in Yellowstone Canyon

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of a winged angel in flight with one arm raised and billowing drapery, on pale paper.

Angel for Mercy's Dream

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Ink and wash drawing of two standing female nudes in an interior beside a window and curtain.

Two Standing Female Nudes

Pastel drawing of a harbor with steamships, masts and a glowing moon under a swirling green and yellow sky.

Untitled (NMG 1,248)

Will Henry Stevens, 1940

Pencil sketch of Beni Hasan cliffs with rows of rock-cut tomb openings above the Nile plain, by Miner Kilbourne Kellogg.

Beni Hasan

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Brown and white chalk drawing of a reclining woman with flowing hair above handwritten verses, framed by blossoms and a water

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Invitation

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor study of a seated allegorical woman in gold above two miners working with tools, framed by laurel and scrollwork,

Mining (study for panel, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Pencil sketch of stacked mountain ridges on aged paper, with handwritten place names labeling the views.

Serpho (possibly Seriphos)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Title page drawing for the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám by Elihu Vedder, with lettering framed by blossoms and a knot motif.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Title Page

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Graphite pencil drawing of a flowering plant with frilled blossoms, buds, hairy stems, and lobed leaves on cream paper.

(Untitled--Plant Study)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1940

Pencil sketch of a wooden beam water device with a standing figure, a seated figure at left, and hills in the distance.

(Water Drawing Device)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Red chalk drawing of a pastoral pond scene with nude figures, cattle, trees and a cloudy sky.

Classical Subject

René Ménard, 1930

Pencil sketch of rocky cliffs and a sloping hillside, with handwritten notes including Yellowstone Park, July 1892.

Yellowstone Park

Thomas Moran, 1890

Sketch with a ship's bow, a sleeping man on grass, and pencil figures leading a horse, with handwritten notes.

St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Etching of two goats and a kid resting under a tree, with a flat landscape and church spire in the distance.

Two Goats and a Kid

Johann Heinrich Roos

Charcoal drawing of a reclining man on a stone slab beneath a hovering shrouded figure and starry sky, with a verse panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Suicide

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a plough, a harrow, and a wooden feed-box with a cart wheel on pale paper.

Plough, Harrow and Feed-box, St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Watercolor study of men in a legislative chamber beneath two winged allegorical figures, within a gilded arched frame.

A Legislative Session (study for panel, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a bearded man beside clay pots, with handwritten Rubaiyat verses in a central panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Ungainly Pot

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a riverside town with palm trees and a tall minaret under an empty sky.

Semelud (?)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of a rounded mountain peak and rocky ridges over a valley, with handwritten notes across the top of the page.

Sulphur Mt., Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil and charcoal study of a kneeling robed man, a winged reclining nude, and several bearded head sketches.

(Studies--Villa Borghese, 2 figures, etc.)

William Page, 1850

Pencil sketch of a smoking volcanic island across the water, with a sleeping dog curled at the left edge.

Stromboli/Sleeping Dog

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Nude woman holding an apple beside a serpent on a tree, with a winged cherub and a verse inscription in a garden.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) In the Beginning

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Col. Wm. Duane

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1770

Pencil sketch of a hilly landscape with village buildings on a ridge, tents on the left, and olive trees and rocks in the for

Near Jerusalem

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg