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Pencil sketch of Niagara Falls seen from a cliff edge, with a tall tree on the left and distant treeline.

Niagara Falls from Prospect Point, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Loose sketch of an alpine valley with dark slopes, pink-tinged clouds in a blue sky, and green meadow in the foreground.

Valley in the Alps

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink drawing of an imaginary landscape with classical ruins on a cliff, a leaning tree, figures on a path, and distant

Imaginary Landscape with Classical Ruins

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

The Corner of the Sofa, No. 3

Mary Cassatt, c. 1880

Pencil sketch of a valley with rocky hills, trees and a distant city, with handwritten colour notes along the margins.

Distant View of Damascus, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a distant landscape with buildings, palm trees and handwritten color notes on pale paper.

Looking East at Sunset, Cali, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of the Catskill mountains at sunset with orange and rose sky and dark trees in the foreground.

The Catskills at Sunset, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of sunbeams radiating over mountain ridges with handwritten colour notes on tan paper.

Sunbeams over Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

At the Dressing Table

Mary Cassatt, c. 1880

Pencil and chalk sketch of rocky coastal outcrops at half tide, with reflections in calm water under a pale sky.

Rocks at the Coast at Half Tide, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a dusty street with thatched-roof houses and streaky clouds in a tan sky.

Calle de Commerce, Barranquilla, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a fountain jet beside colonnade columns and trees in St. Peter's Square, with handwritten color notes.

Bernini's Fountain in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a wooded island with pine trees in calm water, a sailboat at left, and handwritten notes above.

Wooded Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of a church spire, rooftops, a wooden chair, and faint rocky forms on cream paper, dated Aug 68.

Architecture and Landscape Sketches, Austria or Switzerland

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch sheet with multiple studies of heads, facial profiles, limbs and seated nude figures, labeled Jupiter and Esqui

Anatomical Sketches of Heads and Torsos

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of treetops and branches on cream paper, loosely drawn with open paper around the study.

Treetops, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch sheet of camels in multiple poses, with a robed figure and the handwritten note 'Against evening sky'.

Camel Studies, Against Evening Sky, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of clouds over a jagged mountain range, with handwritten notes on the sky and peaks.

Clouds over Mountains, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of resting mules tethered near covered wagons, a log cabin and a tree in the background.

Resting Mules Tethered to Wagons

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a fish, a rowboat with figures, and standing figures, with handwritten notes.

Mixed Sketches, Obersee, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a jagged iceberg with fractured edges and hatched shading against a blank sky.

Sketch of an Iceberg

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Loose pencil sketch of fallen and diagonal tree trunks over a forest floor with sparse undergrowth on cream paper.

Fallen Trees, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a creek with shrubs, reeds and distant hills, dated Aug 1844 in the upper right corner.

Catskill Creek, Catskill, New York, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Sketch of a dusky landscape with a glowing sunset behind orange-edged clouds and a dark rock outcrop at lower left.

Winter Afternoon at Olana, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch on tan paper of mountain ridges and trees with handwritten colour notes like green light and green blue.

Mountains above the Königssee, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of fishermen hauling a seine net on a beach with a boat and cart, signed E. Hampton.

Fishermen by the Sea, East Hampton, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch with white highlights of boulders beneath a cascading waterfall on tan paper.

Boulders beneath Niagara Falls, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of Horseshoe Falls on the Niagara River with mist and a faint double rainbow above the cascade.

Horseshoe Falls with a Double Rainbow, Niagara River, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a canoe with three men on a river, framed by trees and shoreline, with reflections in the water.

Canoe with Three Men, Ile Maligne, Quebec

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch of trees, shrubs and a flock of birds in flight, with handwritten notes about colour and foliage greens.

Birds and Trees along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

In the Opera Box (No. 3)

Mary Cassatt, c. 1880

Pencil drawing of a woman with a folding fan seated in a curved opera box, signed Mary Cassatt, 1880.

In the Opera Box (No. 3) [recto]

Mary Cassatt, 1880