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Pencil sketch of a nude male figure in side view with one arm raised, on yellowed paper.

Moses, Aaron and Hur on Mount Horeb (study - figure at right)

William Page, 1850

Pen and graphite drawing of a uniformed man gesturing before a crowded wooden hall of seated and standing men.

Washington Prevents a Military Dictatorship

Albert Sterner, 1930

Watercolor and pencil drawing of an obelisk topped by a fleur-de-lis in a Florentine square with arcaded buildings.

Firenze, St. Maria Novella, Italy

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Ink drawing of a long skylit building and an ornate brick facade with trees, a gravel path, and a small standing figure on th

Untitled (Figure and Buildings)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Head of a Young Lady

Antonin Mercié, 1910

Pencil drawing of a long mountain range with hatched shading above a horizon line, with a small rocky islet at lower left.

Scylla

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pen and ink sketch of a wooded headland above a river, with a commemorative medal reproduced in the lower right.

Stony Point

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Pencil sketch of a seated young woman with dark hair in a bun, eyes lowered, hands resting in loose drapery.

Study of a Young Woman

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1890

Pencil sketch of steep mountains above a rocky shoreline with small buildings and a distant boat under a pale sky.

Scylla

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Embroidered silk sampler of two flying yellowhammer birds linked by a twig, with handwritten verse and a ribbon border.

Yellow Hammer's

n.d E. M. Donough, 1810

Pen and ink drawing of the Old North Church steeple above a cobblestone street with pedestrians and brick buildings.

Boston--North Church

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1940

Watercolor and pencil seascape of a stormy sea with a sailboat, dark headlands on the horizon, and a rocky shore in the foreg

Sea, Coming Storm, St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Pencil landscape drawing of a windswept pine in a valley with rocky cliffs, rolling hills, and distant mountain peaks.

Untitled - Henry Arthur Elkins

Henry Arthur Elkins

Pencil sketch of the Yellowstone Range with layered mountain ridges and peaks, inscribed with the title and date at top.

The Yellowstone Range from Dead Indian Hill

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a smoking volcano with lava flows in the foreground and small figures nearby.

Figures Near Volcano

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor frieze of dancing figures with garlands, panpipes and a lyre in a garden procession, by Louis Schaettle, 1910.

(Bacchanale Revel, Pan and Procession)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Loose ink and colored pencil sketch of a standing female nude seen from behind, with a dark hair bun and a chair.

Female Nude

Pencil sketch of rolling hills with trees and low stone buildings in a valley, inscribed 'Hebron, Mch 30, 1844'.

Hebron, Jordan

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

The Portrait

Henry Wolf, 1890

Ink drawing of a Trenton street with carriages, tram tracks, brick storefronts, telegraph poles, and a distant monument colum

Trenton, Old King Street Looking from Hessian Headquarters

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Pencil sketch of a domed building, city walls, small boats and a rowboat in the foreground at a harbor.

Carth at Sidon

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a harbor village with wooden houses, masted sailboats, two standing figures, and a rowboat in the water.

View of Provincetown

Henry Farrer, 1890

Brown and white wash drawing of a seated woman with a stone tablet and stylus, surrounded by radiating light and clouds.

(Untitled)

Victor Nehlig, 1830

Pencil sketch of the Theban Mountains with cliffs, hills and a row of palm trees under a long horizon line.

View of the Theban Mountains from Kineh

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Ink drawing of an older man in a cap seated on a bench, working on a thick rope across his knees.

Boatman on the Ithaca Canal

Albert Leighton Rawson

Watercolor study of allegorical figures with sailors, anchor and oar, framed by laurels and labeled NAVIGATION.

Navigation (study for panel, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded classical sea god statue standing on a pedestal beside a dolphin, with a draped cloth.

Statue of Neptune, Venice

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil and chalk drawing of a mountain valley with a river, pine trees, and snowy peaks under clouds.

Valley of the Tomichi, Colorado

Henry Arthur Elkins, 1880

Graphite sketch of a nude male figure in a twisting reclining pose, head resting on arm, legs extended.

Figure Sketch

Auguste Rodin, 1910

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a wooden cart and a wooden frame with rope, with a leather strap and buckle below.

Wooden Cart, St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860