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Frederic Edwin Church

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Pencil sketch of a bark-covered wigwam with a dark entrance, a smaller wigwam at left, and bare branches around it.

Wigwam, Niagara Falls

1850

Pencil sketch of a church with a domed tower among trees and shrubs on a hill, with handwritten color notes.

Church on a Wooded Hill, Mexico

1880

Pencil sketch of a classical tomb carving with pediment, wreath and urn reliefs, labeled Museum at Athens.

Tomb Carving from the Museum at Athens, Greece

1860

Pencil sketch with white highlights of a lake framed by steep mountain slopes and a distant peak.

Obersee, Bavaria (Germany)

1860

Pencil and white-highlight sketch of a deep valley with layered cliffs, a winding stream and distant hills under a pale sky.

Valley of the Yemen, Palestine (Israel)

1860

Pencil sketch of craggy alpine peaks above a lake shore with sparse trees, inscribed Gosau at lower right.

Alps over Hinterer Gosausee, Austria

1860

Pencil sketch on tan paper of two evergreen trees and a drooping conifer branch study with handwritten notes.

Sketch of Evergreens

1880

Painting of a large century plant with spiky green leaves and small yellow flowers against a dim brown background of shrubs.

Century Plant, Jamaica

1860

Pencil sketch of clouds over a distant mountain ridge with handwritten color notes and a signature dated 1880.

Mountains and Clouds in Mexico

1880

Pencil sketch of a lake beneath mountains with clouds, inscribed Togue Lake, Sept. 1870, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Mount Katahdin across Togue Lake, Maine

1870

Oil sketch of a dark sea under a pale sky with a small rocky outcrop at right and a handwritten weather note below.

Maine Coast, Mt. Desert Island

1850

Pencil sketch of a whitewashed Italian farmhouse with a tiled roof, chimney, and exterior staircase with railing.

Italian Farmhouse

1860

Snow-capped mountain rising through mist and clouds above dark hills, with a pale moon in a rust-coloured sky.

Chimborazo through Rising Mist and Clouds, Ecuador

1850

Pencil sketch of distant mountain peaks and rolling hills with a small stone temple in the foreground.

Pichincha at Morning from the Hill of the Temple of the Sun, Quito, Ecuador

1850

Pencil sketch of two schooners on choppy ocean waves, with a small arrow notation in the upper right corner.

Schooners and Ocean Waves, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

1860

Pencil sketch of palm trees and fan-shaped plants on grey paper with handwritten notes.

Palm Tree Crowns, Jamaica

1860

Loose oil sketch of icebergs in dark water under a pink sunset sky, with a brown rocky coastline on the horizon.

Icebergs off Cape St. John, Canada

1850

Pencil sketch of an old olive tree beside a stone column and an arched entablature with scalloped detail.

Old Olive Tree and Entablature, as-Samu, Palestine

1860

Pencil and wash sketch of steep cliffs above a rocky shore with dark shadows over the water, Grand Manan Island.

Effect of Shadows over Cliffs, Grand Manan Island, Canada

1850

Hazy coastal view of a green hillside above a calm sea with a curving sandbar stretching into the distance.

View of the Palisadoes near Kingston, Jamaica

1860

Oil sketch of a rounded mountain above dark forest and a grey lake, under a warm cloudy sky.

Pamola Peak and Mt. Katahdin from a Basin Pond, Maine

1880

Oil sketch of a rocky desert valley with steep cliffs, a carved rock facade, and small figures on the valley floor.

El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel)

1860

Anatomical Sketches of Heads and Facial Expressions

1880

Pencil sketch on tan card showing a horizon with a small building at left, trees at right, and handwritten color notes above.

Building and Trees in Mexico

1890

Pencil sketch of a forested gorge with a waterfall between rocky cliffs, with handwritten notes on light and rock colour.

Approaching Tequendama Falls, Colombia

1850

Pencil sketch sheet with a rock outcrop, a leafy tree, and studies of grazing sheep on pale paper.

Mixed Sketches, Catskill, New York

1840

Oil sketch of a sunlit golden autumn tree on a hillside with red foliage, rocks, and distant mountains.

Autumn in Vermont

1880

Pencil sketch of a river landscape with hills, a distant snowy peak, trees, and handwritten color notes below.

View along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

1850

Pencil sketch of fern fronds and bamboo on tan paper, with handwritten color notes and a round museum stamp.

Botanical Sketches of Ferns and Bamboo, Jamaica

1860

Pencil sketch of a hilly ridge with clouds and handwritten colour notes on grey paper, Jamaica, 1860.

Mountain Ridge with Clouds, Jamaica

1860

Pencil sketch of a broken carved column capital with acanthus leaves beside a camel head with bridle.

Column Capital and Head of a Camel, as-Samu, Palestine

1860

Pencil sketch of a wooded island in a calm lake with distant hills and clouds, by Frederic Edwin Church, 1870.

Wooded Island, Lake Millinocket, Maine

1870