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Frederic Edwin Church

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Pencil sketch sheet with tree studies, palm fronds, an alligator, and handwritten notes on foliage and bark colour.

Botanical Sketches with an Alligator, Río Magdalena, Colombia

1850

Pencil sketch of a palm tree trunk and fronds on tan paper, with handwritten color notes and a museum stamp.

Palm Tree, Aspinwall (Colón), Panama

1850

Pencil sketch page with two standing bulls, a bull head study, and an oak tree with branches, dated September 1840.

Sketches of Bulls and an Oak Tree, Catskill, New York

1840

Pencil sketch of clouds and sea with handwritten color notes such as 'silver' and 'sky golden milky' on cream paper.

Moonlit Sky at Sea, Egypt

1860

Two cloaked figures sit by a glowing campfire at night, with camels and a tent in the shadows behind them.

Bedouin Campfire at Night

1860

A Standing Stag

1840

Pencil sketch of a scaled dragon-like figure in an arch beside carved architectural ornament and a moulded cornice.

Architectural Details, Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek, Syria

1860

Loose oil sketch of a large reddish tree trunk in a mossy forest with thin trees and fallen branches in the foreground.

In the Maine Woods

1880

Oil sketch of a stormy sea with dark clouds, choppy waves, a distant sailboat, and a rocky headland at left.

Storm off Great Head, Mt. Desert Island

1850

Pencil costume study of a standing man in a turban, long robe and sash, with garment parts labeled in handwriting.

Effendi Gentleman

1860

Painting of a dense forest with tall leaning trees, fallen branches on the dark ground, and a grey overcast sky.

Maine Woods

1840

Pencil sketch of tall rocky cliffs and jagged peaks above calm water, drawn on pale paper.

Iceberg Panorama, Canada, Part One

1850

Oil sketch of wild flowers with a red bloom, yellow daffodils, and pink and white petunias on a dark green ground.

Wild Flowers

1880

Views of a Seated Bull, Catskill, New York

1840

Pencil sketches of tropical trees, palm fronds and grasses on grey paper with handwritten notes about foliage.

Botanical and Landscape Sketches along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

1850

Pencil and white highlight sketch of a jagged iceberg rising above a calm sea on buff paper.

Iceberg near Battle Harbour, Canada

1850

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a cotton tree's buttress roots and trunk, with handwritten notes in the margins.

Cotton Tree, Jamaica

1860

Pencil sketch of a feathery fern plant with stem and leaf studies, annotated with handwritten color notes on tan paper.

Botanical Sketch, Pride of the Mountain

1850

Pencil sketch of tall grasses and tropical plants with handwritten notes and a small seated figure in a hat.

Botanical Studies with a Seated Figure, Ecuador

1850

Pencil sketch of a standing man in Arabian robes and headcloth, with handwritten labels naming each garment and weapon.

Arabian Man

1860

Pencil sketch of figures in a rowboat, a bay window outline, and a hull in water, with handwritten notes reading Jaffa.

Boats and a Bay Window, Jaffa, Palestine (Tel-Aviv, Israel)

1860

Pencil sketches of plants and foliage with a poplar branch on the right, annotated with handwritten color notes.

Plant Sketches with Poplar Tree

1850

Pencil sketch of a lichen growth on pale paper with handwritten color notes and the date July 1844.

Lichen, Catskill, New York

1840

Pencil sketch of a leaning evergreen on a rocky coast with a small lighthouse at left, dated July 1850.

Coastal Evergreen and Lighthouse, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

1850

Painting of slender trumpet trees with broad green leaves and a white blossom over reddish earth and undergrowth.

Trumpet Trees, Jamaica

1860

Pencil botanical sketch of a tall flowering stem and blossoms on paper, with handwritten notes in the margins.

Botanical Sketches, Bloxburgh, Jamaica

1860

Pencil sketches of a woman carrying a child, a small child, and a man in a wide-brimmed hat on tan paper.

Figure Sketches, Mexico

1890

Painted landscape of two pine trees on a rocky slope above a reddish path, with rolling hills and a blue sky.

Two Pine Trees, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

1850

Anatomical Sketches of Human and Animal Heads

1880

Oil sketch of a sunset over layered pink and teal hills, with a small orange sun above a pale water band.

Two Views of the Sunset from Olana, Hudson, New York

1880

Pencil sketch of cardamom and arrowroot plants with handwritten colour notes on a tan sheet of paper.

Cardamom and Arrowroot Sketches, Jamaica

1860

Crouching Dromedary

1860

Pencil sketch of rocky cliffs and headlands on tan paper, labeled Great Island.

Coastline Cliffs of Great Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

1850

Pencil sketches of two leafy plant branches on tan paper, with a museum stamp at lower left.

Sketches of Plants

1850

Pencil sketch of a tree-lined lakeshore with loose grasses in the foreground and the date Sep 1876 written in the corner.

Lake View near Mt. Katahdin, Maine

1870

Pencil sketch of icebergs above a horizon line on tan paper, with white highlights suggesting ice, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Icebergs, Canada

1850

Oil study of a bright green lizard seen from above against a warm brown background with the inscription Jamaica June 65.

A Lizard, Jamaica

1860

Pencil and white-highlight drawing of a vine-wrapped tree trunk and branches beside a palm plant, inscribed Jamaica June 1860

Parasite Vine and Palm Plant, Jamaica

1860

Painted study of tall tree trunks, ferns, and a bromeliad in a dim tropical forest with olive-brown tones.

Trees and Undergrowth, Jamaica

1860

Pencil sketch of moonlit bamboo at left and small studies of figures in hats and dresses at right, on tan paper.

Moonlight Bamboo and Figure Sketches, Kingston, Jamaica

1860

Pencil sketch of arching fern fronds on tan paper, with handwritten colour notes in the upper and lower margins.

Botanical Sketch of Ferns, Jamaica

1860

Painting of thatch palms in a dense tropical forest with slender trees and a warm hazy sky at the horizon.

Thatch Palm, Jamaica

1860

Pencil sketch of a low cloud bank over a horizon with a faint bull outline and handwritten dates above.

Clouds and a Bull, Catskill, New York

1840