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American

12,327 works

Pencil drawing of crumbling stone arches and a wall with an arched window, overgrown with vines and scattered rubble.

Ruins

Mary Altha Nims, c. 1840

Grayscale drawing of a harbor with sailboats, a paddle steamer, a stone pier, and a rowboat with figures.

Harbor Scene

Mary Altha Nims, 1850s or 60s

Soft grey drawing of a gothic stone church with crenellated towers and pointed windows beside a bare tree.

A Gothic Church by Moonlight

Mary Altha Nims, 1840

Painted coral dahlia with a yellow center on a green stem with serrated leaves, on a cream background.

Dahlia

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Watercolor of a white magnolia flower with yellow stamens and three large green leaves on a cream background.

Magnolia

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Watercolor botanical study of a pink damask rose branch with buds, serrated green leaves and a thorny stem.

Damask Rose

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Painting of a red camellia-like flower with a speckled yellow center and dark green leaves on a stem, on cream paper.

Chinese Flower

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Shaded drawing of an obelisk tomb behind an iron lattice fence with arched corners and shrubs, under a pale sky.

Tomb of Messina

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Watercolor drawing of a butterfly with green red-veined wings, blue-grey lower wings and rust-colored eyespots on cream paper

Butterfly

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Pencil sketch of sand dunes with trees and driftwood along a calm lakeshore, drawn on pale paper.

Sand Dunes, Lake Ontario

Homer Dodge Martin, c. 1874

Watercolor of a man standing in a small boat spearing eels on calm water, with a shingled house on the shore.

Spearing Eels

Painting of a blue star-shaped flower with yellow center and green leaves on a slender stem, on cream paper.

Star Flower

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Soft grey drawing of a crenellated castle tower and walls under a pale moon in a misty sky.

Ruins by Moonlight

Mary Altha Nims, 1840

Pencil drawing of a tall stone lighthouse with a domed lantern and weathervane, labeled Buffalo Light House.

Buffalo Lighthouse

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Pencil drawing of Chillon Castle with towers, dark roofs and flags on a hill, with a tree at left.

Chillon Castle

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Soft grey drawing of a white swan with a red bill, neck curved, reflected in still water below.

Swan

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Painting of several moored schooners with red masts and rigging at a wharf, reflected in calm harbor water.

Idle Days, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Caroline E. Coit, c. 1920

Watercolor of an orange and yellow butterfly with green-edged wings resting on a branch with serrated green leaves.

Rose Bush and Butterfly

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Pencil drawing of two trees side by side: a tall upas tree with spreading crown on the left, a twisted maple on the right.

Studies of Upas and Maple Trees

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Watercolor bust of a bare-shouldered woman with dark braided hair, turned to one side, on a sheet with pencil guidelines.

Bust of Sophie

Walt Kuhn, c. 1900-1929

Grayscale drawing of a stone gateway with an iron gate, flanked by walls, picket fences and trees.

The Gateway of Mount Auburn, near Boston

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Watercolor botanical drawing of a pink wild rose with two buds, serrated green leaves and a thorny brown stem.

Wild Rose

Mary Altha Nims, 1800s

Pencil and colored pencil sketch of a seated woman in a white blouse and dark skirt, leaning on a table.

The Toiler

Carroll Beckwith, before 1917

Wood engraving of a man grafting branches of a bare fruit tree on a ladder, with haystacks and farm buildings behind.

Spring Farm Work - Grafting

Winslow Homer, 1870

Black chalk and white highlight drawing of a seated man in a judge's wig and robe reading at a lectern.

Portrait of William Murray, Earl of Mansfield (1705-1793)

John Singleton Copley, c. 1783

Charcoal drawing of a shirtless man reclining on a sand dune while a woman crouches below beside grass, with the sea behind.

Figures on the Beach

George Bellows, c. 1900-1925

Pencil drawing of an industrial city with tall towers, smokestacks, a steam locomotive on a trestle, and a Fort Pitt Hotel si

Harmonious Volumes

Alpo S. Tuura, 1920s

Man on a green wagon pulled by a white horse crosses a ford beneath a large tree, with mountains in the distance.

The Ford

Henry Keller, 1919

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded man in a helmet and sword speaking with a younger man holding a rolled paper.

Illustration for Chapter XXIII from "Lorna Doone"

William Henry Drake, 1871-1919

Pen and ink drawing of a man in period dress lying in grass beside a sword and hat, under dark shrubs and trees.

Tail Piece for Chapter XXI from "Lorna Doone"

William Henry Drake, c. 1889

Pencil sketch of four men in loose outlines, one central figure leaning forward mid-step, with handwritten date and signature

The Jig

William Sidney Mount, c. 1866

Watercolor of an autumn river at dusk with red-gold trees, a rowboat on the bank, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Landscape (Hastings-on-Hudson)

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1888