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Red chalk drawing of a dog and sheep under a garlanded tree beside a stone pedestal, with a straw hat in the foreground.

Pastorale

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1770

Watercolor of a pointed mountain peak with snowfields and glacier, rocky foreground and conifers under a hazy sky.

Index Peak, Clarks Fork, Wyoming

Thomas Moran, 1890

Moonlit mountain landscape with a snowy peak, grazing cattle, a stream and a farmhouse on a plain.

Mountains by Moonlight, Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of Niagara Falls with a seated figure in the foreground, cedar trees, and handwritten color notes on tan paper.

Niagara Falls, View from Goat Island, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor and pencil sketch of a river beneath cliffs and blue mountains under a warm sky, by Thomas Moran.

Port Neuf Canyon, Idaho

Thomas Moran, 1870

Loose oil sketch of rooftops and a domed church with a bell tower under a pale blue sky.

Rooftops near Sant'Andrea delle Fratte from the Via Gregoriana, Rome

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Loose oil sketch of a valley with brown mountains under a sunset sky of orange and green clouds.

Hudson Valley Landscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil and chalk sketch of a weathered clapboard shack with lean-tos and trees on blue-grey paper.

Clapboard Shack

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketches of a covered cart, two standing soldiers in turbans, a reclining ox, and a small tent on paper.

Sketches of a Cart, Soldiers, and an Ox

William Simpson, 1860

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in loose clothing with jewelry and bare feet, with handwritten notes on the page.

Sketch of a Woman, Amritsar, 26 March 1860

William Simpson, 1860

Pencil sketch of two draped female figures on pale paper, with handwritten note reading Amritsar 26 March 1860.

Sketch of Two Female Figures, Amritsar, 26 March 1860

William Simpson, 1860

Oil sketch of a dark hill under a cloudy sky with peach and gold sunset light breaking through at the left.

Cloudy Skies, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and chalk sketch of a tall royal palm with smaller palms and rows of palms climbing a distant hillside.

Royal Palm, Cuba

Winslow Homer, 1880

Small painted sketch of stone huts with shingled conical roofs beneath a large tree, with an inscription reading Jamaica, Mt.

Village on Mt. Salus, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Dark forest interior with tree ferns and slender trunks rendered in loose brown and green brushwork.

In the Woods, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a wooded hillside with a figure resting in grass on tan paper.

Shepherdess Resting Under a Tree

Winslow Homer, 1870

Oil sketch of green rolling hills, trees and distant ridges under a hazy blue sky in a summer landscape.

Summer View, Hudson Valley, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and ink sketch of Paris rooftops and a bell tower, with a man in a cap and a rat on a stone ledge in the foreground.

View of Paris

Winslow Homer, 1860

Engraved view of a palace courtyard with tiled roofs, a stone balustrade, trees, and people walking along a street.

The Imperial Palace, Pekin, by William Simpson (1823-1899)

William Simpson, 1823

Coloured drawing of a formal tent ceremony with seated officials, a turbaned ruler, attendants and a red carpet.

Return visit of the Viceroy to the Maharaja of Cashmere

William Simpson, 1867

Pencil and watercolor study of resting sheep in several groups, with a sketched ram head at upper left on a pale sheet.

Sheep Resting

Winslow Homer, 1870

Loose oil sketch of a rocky hillside overlooking green plains and a distant city under a pink hazy sky.

Damascus, View from the Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor sketch of jagged rock spires in muted violet and peach tones under a pale sky, labeled The Needles.

The Needles

Thomas Moran, 1890

Watercolor and pencil drawing of rocky mountain peaks and snowy slopes above a grassy foreground with boulders.

The Upper End of Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Range, near Ogden, Utah

Thomas Moran, 1870

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a sheep in a field, with grazing sheep and trees in the background.

Sheep Grazing in a Field

Winslow Homer, 1870

Loose painted woodland scene with dark tree trunks, autumn foliage and a sunlit slope of leaf litter in the foreground.

Woodland Scene

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pen and wash sketch of a winding road past rocky cliffs, windswept trees and a blue mountain under clouds.

Road in a Mountain Landscape

Thomas Moran, 1870

Oil sketch of three Corinthian columns amid rubble under a sunset sky, with hills and a plain beyond.

Classical Ruins, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch sheet with a standing turbaned man, several bulls, a child on shoulders, and standing figures in robes.

Sketches of Standing Figures and Bulls, Lahore, 18 March 1860

William Simpson, 1860

Watercolor of a domed building and tower on a hill above a river, with trees, a boat, and small figures in the foreground.

Hacienda on the Lerma River, San Juan, Mexico

Thomas Moran, 1890