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Pencil sketch of a layered desert canyon with cliffs receding toward distant hills under a pale sky.

Desert Canyon, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil handwritten supply list on cream paper itemizing tools, kitchenware, food, and camping gear.

Supply List, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of cumulus clouds above a dark treeline and open ground on cream paper, dated Sept 1840.

Clouds over Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Graphite sketch on brown paper of a tropical landscape with hills, trees, a palm, and handwritten notes.

View of the Sabaneta, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of a mountain peak over a shadowed valley, with rocky cliffs and evergreens in the foreground under a dusky sky.

Mt. Katahdin from South Turner Mountain, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of a woman in a headscarf with studies of two hands on cream paper.

Two Heads and Two Hands

Pencil sketch of gnarled tree trunks, roots, and a grape vine study on pale paper, dated September 1844.

Gnarled Tree Trunks and a Grape Vine, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of a hillside village with rooftops and hills, plus a small study of a thatched gateway hut with a wooden door.

Gateway and Partial View of Guaranda, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

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

Wigwam, Niagara Falls

Frederic Edwin Church, 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

Frederic Edwin Church, 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

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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

Obersee, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 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)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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

Alps over Hinterer Gosausee, Austria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of soldiers and tents in an army encampment, with tree branches in the foreground.

Army Encampment

Winslow Homer, 1860

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

Sketch of Evergreens

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of waves and a sailboat on a stormy sea, with handwritten color notes at the top.

Combers in a Stormy Sea

Winslow Homer, 1890

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

Century Plant, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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

Mountains and Clouds in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 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

Frederic Edwin Church, 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

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

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

Italian Farmhouse

Frederic Edwin Church, 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

Frederic Edwin Church, 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

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Soldier with Sword and Pipe

Winslow Homer, 1860

Charcoal sketch of fishermen hauling a wooden dory up a wet beach, with sailboats on the sea behind.

Fishermen Beaching a Dory, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

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

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of three ship masts, one flagged, above a shoreline with figures, with handwritten notes on the page.

Masts of Ship with United States Flag

Winslow Homer, 1890

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

Palm Tree Crowns, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 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

Frederic Edwin Church, 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

Frederic Edwin Church, 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

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850