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Frederic Edwin Church

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Pencil sketch of a sandy plain, mountain range, shrub, rocks and folding chair, with handwritten colour notes.

Sandy Plain and Mountain Range, Palestine or Syria (Israel or Jordan)

1860

Pencil sketch of a standing man in eighteenth-century coat and breeches with one hand on his hip, on cream paper.

Ship's Figurehead of Benjamin Franklin

1850

Pencil sketch of a coconut palm trunk and drooping fronds with a small leaf study and handwritten notes on pale paper.

Coconut Palm, Jamaica

1860

Pencil sketch of rolling hills and ridges receding into the distance, with handwritten notes above describing the landscape.

Landscape near San Miguel de Chimbo, Ecuador

1850

Pencil sketch of clouds and distant hills with trees and a small building on tan paper.

Cloud Sketch, Hudson, New York

1870

Loose sketch of sunlit mountain peak above a shadowed valley and dark evergreen trees under a pale sky.

Mountains near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

1860

Pencil sketch of tall conifers along a wooded lakeshore with low hills and an empty sky behind them.

Wooded Lakeshore

1850

Pencil sketch on grey-blue paper of a palm tree and a tree trunk with branches, with handwritten labels.

Botanical Sketches from the Río Magdalena, Colombia

1850

Oil sketch of a large white iceberg above dark green sea, with smaller icebergs in the foreground under a muted sky.

Icebergs of Twillingate, Canada

1850

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridges on tan paper, with handwritten notes about light in the lower right corner.

Mountain Landscape on the Road to Mocha, Ecuador

1850

Pencil and white highlight sketch of a river valley with a distant city skyline and handwritten colour notes.

View of Damascus from the Wadi Barada, Syria, Part One

1860

Pencil sketch of a winding road beside a wooden fence leading into a valley with mountains and trees.

Winding Mountain Road in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria

1860

Pencil sketch of snowy Andean peaks under clouds, with handwritten notes reading Cayambe near Quito at lower left.

Cayambe, Ecuador

1850

Pencil sketch of a wooded ridge with sunlight rays on cream paper, with a faint blue outline at right.

Sunlight Cresting a Wooded Ridge

1840

Hazy Catskill mountains rise above a pastoral valley with white farmhouses, trees, and fields under streaked clouds.

The Catskill Mountains from the Village of Catskill, New York

1840

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a building at upper left and mountain peaks below, with handwritten notes.

Sketches of a Building and Mountains, Mexico

1890

Pencil sketch of a Mexican landscape with distant mountains, a sun in the sky, and foreground hills and shrubs.

Mexican Landscape

1880

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of clouds and a river shoreline with handwritten color notes.

Smoke on the Hudson River, Hudson, New York

1880

Pencil sketch of a craggy mountain above trees and low buildings, inscribed Bavaria, on tan paper.

Mountain in Bavaria

1860

Graphite anatomical sketches of heads, necks, shoulders and arms on tan paper, with handwritten muscle labels.

Anatomical Sketches of the Head, Neck, and Shoulders

1880

Pencil sketch of a rugged cliff with rock layers, a sloping path, and a fence with cactus in the foreground.

Rugged Cliff, Mexico

1880

Small sketch of rose-colored rock cliffs with carved facades, a camel and rider, under a pale blue and pink sky.

Jabal al-Habis, Petra, Jordan

1860

Pencil sketches of castle towers, flags, and figures including a woman holding a child and a man in a hat on tan paper.

Architecture and Figure Sketches, Thun, Switzerland

1860

Pencil outline of a mountain ridgeline with a tall central peak on grey paper, labeled Katahdin from Katahdin Lake.

Cut-out of Mt. Katahdin from Katahdin Lake, Maine

1880

Pencil sketch of grass blades clustered at upper left on pale paper, with handwritten inscription above.

Arrangement of Grass, Catskill, New York

1840

Pencil sketch of the Acropolis and Parthenon in Athens seen across a plain, with rocky hills at right and handwritten color n

View of the Acropolis from Lycabettus Hill, Athens, Greece

1860

Pencil sketch of hills and layered clouds at twilight, with handwritten color notes in the margins.

Twilight in the Catskills, Hudson, New York

1880

Graphite sketch of a stone arch bridge with wooden railings over a brook, flanked by rocks and trees on tan paper.

Bridge Over a Brook

1850

Pencil sketch of a coastal seascape with clouds, a distant shoreline, and calm water, with handwritten color notes.

Sunset, Bar Harbor, Maine

1850

Pencil sketch of a valley with shrubs and hills leading to a distant mountain range under a pale sky.

Pichincha from the Chillo Valley, Ecuador

1850

Pencil sketch of the Baalbek temple ruins across a hazy landscape, with fallen stone blocks in the foreground and handwritten

Temples at Baalbek from the Roman Quarry, Lebanon, Part One

1890

Oil sketch of autumn hills with orange and red trees, a grassy meadow in front and a pale sky above.

Autumn in the Hills of Vermont

1880

Oil sketch of a volcano erupting with a dark smoke plume and glowing orange summit under a pale sky, rocky slopes below.

Sangay Erupting, Ecuador

1850

Pencil sketch of a snow-capped mountain peak above forested hills and a valley, with white highlights on the snow.

The Watzmann from the Grounds of the Château in Aigen, near Salzburg, Austria

1860

Pencil sketch of Acropolis ruins overlooking a distant plain and hills, with columns at the right edge.

View from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece, Part Two

1860

Pencil sketch of a sunset over the sea with cloud forms and handwritten notes on colours and tones.

Sunset at Sea, Ecuador, Part Three

1850

Pencil sketch of a covered champan river boat with figures, a standing woman, a bush, and a thatched hut with palm.

Mixed Sketches with a Champan, Río Magdalena, Colombia

1850

Pencil botanical sketch on aged paper of thistle leaves, a thistle head, and plant stems with handwritten notes.

Thorns and Thistles

1840

Sketch of a walled town with a tall minaret and domed buildings, with small figures and red and green banners in front.

Parade Entering Jaffa, Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)

1860

Loose oil sketch of a layered rust and lavender cliff face with dark shadowed recesses, painted in quick brushstrokes.

Cliff Face, Petra, Syria (Jordan)

1860

Oil sketch of distant blue mountains under a pink evening sky, with dark evergreen trees on a hillside in the foreground.

Looking toward the Catskills, Hudson, New York

1880

Small oil sketch of a turquoise iceberg on dark sea under a brown sky with sunlight breaking through clouds.

Iceberg, Battle Harbour, Canada

1850

Small sketch of wooded hills under a pink evening sky, with a lone tree and a patch of water in the foreground.

Wooded Hills

1880

Hazy mountain ridges under a red and orange sunset sky, painted in loose brushwork with a misty valley below.

Sunset and Mountains, Jamaica

1860

Pencil sketch of clouds and mist over a rippled sea horizon on tan paper, with handwritten notes at the top.

Clouds and Mist over the Sea, Mexico

1890

Pencil sketch of an air plant, a fern frond, and a flowering stalk with handwritten notes, above a distant hilly landscape.

Botanical Sketches with a Landscape View, Ecuador

1850

Pencil sketch of a stone building with a pyramidal roof, cypress trees, and a rowboat on water.

Architectural Sketch, Beirut, Lebanon

1860

Study of a single coconut palm with spreading fronds against a pale gray and ochre background, on worn paper.

Coconut Palm

1850

Painting of a dark rippled sea under a tan sky, with a distant white iceberg at left and a small red boat near the horizon.

Distant Iceberg, Canada

1850

Pencil sketch of a valley with a winding river and distant volcano, annotated with handwritten notes, by Frederic Edwin Churc

Volcano Puracé and the Rio de Vinagre, Colombia

1850

Oil sketch of a large iceberg with smaller ice masses on dark sea under a pink evening sky.

Iceberg Against the Evening Sky, Canada

1850

Pencil sketch of Niagara Falls seen from a cliff edge, with a tall tree on the left and distant treeline.

Niagara Falls from Prospect Point, New York

1850

Loose sketch of an alpine valley with dark slopes, pink-tinged clouds in a blue sky, and green meadow in the foreground.

Valley in the Alps

1860

Pen and ink drawing of an imaginary landscape with classical ruins on a cliff, a leaning tree, figures on a path, and distant

Imaginary Landscape with Classical Ruins

1880

Pencil sketch of a valley with rocky hills, trees and a distant city, with handwritten colour notes along the margins.

Distant View of Damascus, Syria

1860

Brown sheet with faint pencil sketches of tall plant stems and branching foliage, with a museum stamp in the lower left.

Botanical Sketches, South America

1850

Pencil sketch of a distant landscape with buildings, palm trees and handwritten color notes on pale paper.

Looking East at Sunset, Cali, Colombia

1850

Oil sketch of the Catskill mountains at sunset with orange and rose sky and dark trees in the foreground.

The Catskills at Sunset, Hudson, New York

1870

Pencil sketch of sunbeams radiating over mountain ridges with handwritten colour notes on tan paper.

Sunbeams over Mountains, Jamaica

1860

Pencil and chalk sketch of rocky coastal outcrops at half tide, with reflections in calm water under a pale sky.

Rocks at the Coast at Half Tide, Grand Manan Island, Canada

1850

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a dusty street with thatched-roof houses and streaky clouds in a tan sky.

Calle de Commerce, Barranquilla, Colombia

1850

Pencil sketch of a fountain jet beside colonnade columns and trees in St. Peter's Square, with handwritten color notes.

Bernini's Fountain in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City

1860

Pencil sketch of a wooded island with pine trees in calm water, a sailboat at left, and handwritten notes above.

Wooded Island, Maine

1870

Pencil sketch of a church spire, rooftops, a wooden chair, and faint rocky forms on cream paper, dated Aug 68.

Architecture and Landscape Sketches, Austria or Switzerland

1860