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Charcoal drawing of two windswept women beside a block of handwritten verse, against dark swirling clouds.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Whence and Whither?

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Charcoal drawing of officials in uniform and top hats at a crowded exposition inauguration before an ornate pavilion.

Inauguration de L'Exposition Internationale de Liege, en 1905

Paul Renouard, 1900

Pencil sketch of hills, palm trees, and sailboats on a river, with handwritten inscription in lower right corner.

Biro Mountains

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Drawing of three draped women among swirling stars with a verse panel, shears and a lantern in the foreground.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Fates Gathering in the Stars

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pen and ink sketch of a rocky shoreline with bare trees and calm water reflections, signed by James D. Smillie.

Untitled (Landscape)

James D. Smillie, 1870

Pencil sketch of an ornate balcony, keys, chimney details and two veiled women, with handwritten 'Malta 19th Dec. 43'.

Malta

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of badlands buttes with trees and water in the foreground, with handwritten color notes above.

Bad Lands near Boise, N.P.R.R. (No. Pacific Railroad)

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of an open field with slender trees, a bare tree at right, shrubs, a pond, and a distant tree line.

Landscape

Henry Farrer, 1880

King from Tomb No. 6, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of a rocky mountain with cliffs, sparse trees and handwritten notes in the margins.

Sulphur Mountain

Thomas Moran, 1890

Brown and grey wash drawing of a female nude crouched on hands and knees, head turned to the side, dark hair falling forward.

Female Nude on Hands and Knees

Pencil sketch of a walled fortress and arched stone bridge by calm water, with a sailboat at right.

Sidon

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Ink and wash drawing of a formal room with paneled walls, framed portraits, a chandelier, armchairs, and two women by a windo

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Watercolor of classical gods gathered around an enthroned central figure, with lyre players, a warrior, and garlands.

Conclave of the Gods

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Pen and ink sketch of palm trees framing an oasis with dunes, a camel rider, and two figures by water.

Palms

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Sepia ink and wash drawing of historic cannons enclosed by a chain between stone pillars, surrounded by bare trees and hills.

West Point Revolutionary Relics

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Charcoal portrait of a man with tousled hair and mustache, head tilted, in a loose white garment, on yellow toned paper.

Portrait of Kahlil Gibran

Rose Cecil O'Neill, 1910

Pencil drawing of tall, shadowed cliffs with rocky ledges under a pale sky, with handwritten notes in the corners.

Valley of Kings, Thebes

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Ink and wash sketch of three standing female nudes grouped closely together, outlined in dark brush strokes.

Group of Three Female Nudes

Drawing of a winged angel offering a cup to a wreathed woman beneath a stanza of text, by Elihu Vedder.

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

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of an ornate Egyptian-style column capital and base, with a handwritten note reading Dendera, Feb. 5, 44.

Dendera, February 5, 1844

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil portrait of a young man with curly hair and a beard, holding an open book, drawn on lilac paper.

Benjamin Rush Spencer

Lilly Martin Spencer, 1840

Pen and ink drawing of a tree-lined pond with lily pads, reeds, and a narrow path through a garden.

(Arboretum)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Pencil sketch of Capri's steep cliffs rising from the sea, with a small boat near shore and a hazy sky.

Capri

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Ink and wash drawing of a village street with stone cottages, an ox cart, and a distant obelisk monument.

Yorktown

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Charcoal drawing of a battlefield with three fallen soldiers, a wrecked vehicle, a church steeple, and smoke over the landsca

After the Battle

Jean-François Raffaëlli, 1920

Pencil sketch of a flat Nile riverbank with sailboats and distant hills, with a handwritten inscription naming the Pyramid of

Approach to Cairo from the Nile with the Pyramid of Cheops

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Colored architectural elevation of a three-story Victorian house with a central tower, pagoda cupola, and arched windows.

Architectural Rendering of a Victorian House

n.d C. M. Seckner, 1800

Drawing of a crouched nude woman wrapped in cloth beside a stone block, with a handwritten verse panel above and hills behind

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Magdalen

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil drawing of a large iceberg rising above choppy sea, with handwritten location notes at lower left.

Iceberg

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860