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Oil sketch of a snow-capped Andean peak over brown hills, green fields, thatched huts, and a figure in red on a path.

Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a thatched church with a bell tower and fence, a small figure in a hat at right, labeled Church at Naré.

Church at Puerto Naré, Rio Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a wooded hillside under sky, with handwritten notes on color such as clear blue and smoky yellow.

Wooded Island, near Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Oil sketch of a pale iceberg on a dark sea under a peach sunset sky, with a small ice flower splash at left.

Iceberg and Ice Flower, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch sheet with a reclining bull, a bull's head, a tree stump, a rock, and dated handwritten notes.

Bull and Landscape Sketches, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Painted view of a green alpine lake with a rowboat at lower left, framed by forested mountains and rocky cliffs.

Alpine Lake, Bavaria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of layered cliffs and rolling hills in a canyon landscape, with a handwritten note in the lower right.

Canyon and Cliffs, Palestine or Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of layered mountains and an elevated plain with handwritten annotations and numbered features.

View of an Elevated Plain from Mojarras, Colombia, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of three sailing boats: a schooner on calm water, a small sloop, and a grounded boat on rocks.

Three Sketches of Schooners

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil and white chalk sketches of four sloops on tan paper, one with a bright sail and reflection.

Four Sketches of Sloops

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridges with a handwritten note reading Brownish warm gray stripes at top left.

Landscape Study, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a towered Gothic Revival building among trees, with a tall bare trunk on the right.

View of Olana

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch sheet of canoes and paddlers in hats, drawn in loose studies on buff paper.

Canoeing, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a landscape with tall grasses, a small figure on a path, distant hills, and handwritten color notes.

Landscape Scene near Velletri, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch on tan paper of rigging lines and a ship's bell form, with handwritten notes Right and Green at upper right.

Sketch of a Boat Deck and a Ship's Bell

Winslow Homer, 1900

Pencil sketch of a palm-lined riverbank across water with handwritten colour notes, opposite Guayaquil.

East Bank of the Guayas River, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of rolling hills and a distant volcano near Popayan, with handwritten color notes in the margins.

View near Popayan with the Volcano Purese, Cauca River, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Anatomical Sketches of Heads

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of the Catskill Mountain House, a large multi-story building on a sloping mountainside, on cream paper.

Catskill Mountain House

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Painting of a woodland stream with a waterfall under a fallen mossy log, leaves floating on dark water in late autumn.

Woodland Stream, Late Autumn

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sheet of small figure sketches of people in hooded and layered clothing, with handwritten colour notes.

Figure Sketches around Athens, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Faint pencil sketch of a distant mountain ridge outlined on cream paper with an empty sky above.

The Catskill Mountains, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Autumn woodland study with a large oak tree in red and orange foliage, a sunlit grassy path, and a grey-blue sky.

Autumn Foliage

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink sketches of a staircase, rooftops, a tower-topped building, and a stone wall with handwritten notes.

Architectural Sketches, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a Doric temple colonnade at Paestum with column studies and handwritten colour notes.

Temples of Hera and Athena at Paestum, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a mountain and its reflection in a lake, with rocky slopes, shoreline trees and a small boat.

Reflections on the Königssee, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of cumulus clouds lit in warm tones above a reddish ground and a distant blue hill at dusk.

Clouds over Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Twilight landscape with dark mountains, a glowing orange and pink sunset sky, and a tree in the lower right foreground.

Twilight in the Hudson Valley, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of ocean waves and a distant rocky coastline on cream paper, with a handwritten date in the lower right.

Ocean Surf, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of hatched cumulus clouds on cream paper, with handwritten notes about brilliant white edges and hazy sky.

Backlit Clouds

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil and wash drawing of a seated man in a headwrap resting on a barrel labeled Contraband, titled Dixie.

Dixie

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a glowing cross in the sky over cliffs, a sea, and a lone figure on a path.

Vision of the Cross

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880