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12,416 works

Pencil sketch of an Indian encampment on a rocky shore with canoes, a campfire, a tent, and tall cliffs.

Indian Encampment on the Coast of Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and chalk sketch of snow-capped volcanic peaks with smoke rising over hills and a lake, with handwritten notes.

Puracé Volcano, Colombia and Mt. Sincholagua, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch on cream paper of fern fronds and leaf studies, with the handwritten word 'fern' above the center.

Botanical Sketch of a Fern, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Sketch of a red wooden house with a chimney in a field, with blue mountains rising behind it.

House in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Horizontal strip of grey and black wash showing a lake shoreline, dark water and a distant tree line under pale sky.

Fragment of "Trout Fishing, Lake St. John, Quebec"

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch of a snow-capped volcano above a cloud band, with church towers and handwritten notes on tan paper.

Cayambé, Morning, from the Panecillo in Quito, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Small sketch of a reddish mountain ridge above green and yellow shrubs under a pale blue sky.

Mountain View on the Road to Baalbek, Lebanon

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor and pencil sketch sheet showing a blue and yellow macaw on a rock with studies of a building and a parrot.

Sketches of Guacamaya, Bogotá, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a mountain valley with an arched bridge, large boulders, and a tree, with handwritten color notes.

Monte Rosa and a Bridge near Pontegrande, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a mountain gorge with a wooden trestle bridge, a stream, pine trees and handwritten colour notes on the pape

Gorge between Ceppo Morelli and Macugnaga, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a lake with hills, mountains, shrubs and trees along the shore, with handwritten notes at the top and bottom

North-South Lake near the Catskill Mountain House, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a robe and turban, with handwritten labels naming his garments and accessories.

Fellah of Bethlehem

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of twilight clouds with orange sunset glow over dark tree silhouettes at the bottom edge.

Clouds at Twilight

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil and white-heightened sketch of a mountain's south face with snow streaks and forest at its base.

South Face, Mt. Katahdin, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Sketch of a marshy landscape with white water reflections, reeds, and a distant tree line on tan paper.

Marshy Landscape near Millinocket Lake, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Graphite and white highlight sketch on brown paper showing a narrow mountain valley with rocky ridges and lit slopes.

Narrow Mountain Valley near Ysapan, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Blue-line ninth floor plan of the Temple building showing room partitions, vaults, staircases and corridors with red dimensio

Women's Temple Building, Chicago, Illinois, Ninth Floor Plan

Burnham and Root, July 23, 1891

Pencil sketch on cream paper of spiky, fanning leaves and curving plant stems in loose botanical study.

Botanical Sketch, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a rock on a hilltop with faint distant hills and ridgelines on cream paper.

Rock on a Hilltop, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Faint pencil sketch of landscape forms on aged paper mounted in a grey album page.

Bivouac with Unhitched Army Wagons

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of a riverbank with tropical foliage, a tall palm, and mountains receding into the distance.

Riverbank and Mountains from the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Loose oil sketch of a twilight sky with pink and orange clouds over a dark horizon and olive ground.

Twilight, Color Effects

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Painting of a ruined castle on a hill above a valley, with a lit thatched cottage and storm clouds overhead.

Landscape with Castle

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Painted study of a sunlit hillside with a winding dirt path, shrubs and rounded trees under a pale blue sky.

Hillside, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch sheet of Egyptian-style figures in robes and turbans, a veiled woman, a child, and a tower with a domed top.

Sketches of Figures and a Signal Tower, Egypt

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of figures on a shore with a sailboat and bay, and women in long dresses standing near a railing.

Figures Looking Towards a Bay

Winslow Homer, 1900

Charcoal portrait of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat, fur stole and pearl necklace, drawn on tan paper.

Harriett Pullman Carolan

John Singer Sargent, 1911

Charcoal sketch of two sailing fishing boats on the sea with hatted figures watching from a rocky shore.

Two Fishing Boats with Sails, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of coastal views with sailboats, a rocky shore, a wooden shed, and clouds over hills.

Coastal Views, Maine or Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Painted study of a campfire glowing beneath fallen logs beside a stream, with autumn leaves and moss on the forest floor.

Campfire, Maine Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Graphite sketch sheet of palm trees, tropical trees, a small church, and handwritten botanical labels.

Botanical Sketches with a Church, Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of misty hills, a tree cluster on a slope, distant mountains in fog, and an orange and blue sunset sky.

Winter Fog in the Hudson Valley, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890