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Watercolor of brown and red-sailed boats in a harbor beside a stone arched bridge under a cloudy sky.

Boats in Trouville

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Loose oil sketch of a calm sea under a pinkish cloudy sky with a thin distant horizon line.

Seascape with Icecap in the Distance

Frederic Edwin Church, 1859

Pencil sketch of rocky shore with saplings, calm bay, and wooded islands in the distance.

Study of seascape. Porcupine Islands, Bar Harbor, ME

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Pencil sketch of rocky sea cliffs with a distant buoy, two seated figures in the foreground, and a small inset study of the c

Otter Cliffs

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Graphite and chalk sketch of rough sea waves breaking under a pale, cloudy sky with a distant shoreline.

Study of waves

William Trost Richards, 1880

Pencil sketch of a two-masted sailing vessel and small rowboats on a sandy shore, with a figure standing near the boats.

Study of boats on the coast

William Stanley Haseltine, 1880

Pencil sketch of a river with wooded banks, shrubs and two small boats on the water, on tan paper.

River at Milford

Arnold William Brunner, 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

Pencil sketch of a rocky sea cliff and islet on the left, and a steep rock face with stone buildings on the right.

Study of seascape

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Pencil sketch of sailboats on calm sea with a smoking volcano behind, and masts and seated figures in the foreground.

Last Glimpse of Vesuvius

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of a Venice waterfront with a gondola, masts, a bell tower, a domed church and strolling figures.

View of Venice, Italy

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

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 stone tower and arched bridge above a harbor with two sailboats on the water.

Villefranche

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

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 Bar Harbor with sailboats on calm water, a wooded shoreline, rowboats, and a small framed sailboat inset.

Bar Harbor, Maine

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

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

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

Watercolor of a dark silhouetted town with church spires under an orange sunset, with tidal flats and pilings in the foregrou

Sunset, Nantucket

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of three sailboats beached on a sandy shore with two small figures and a calm sea behind.

Sailboats

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Hazy coastal view of a green hillside above a calm sea with a curving sandbar stretching into the distance.

View of the Palisadoes near Kingston, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a fishing village with rooftops, chimneys, and small sailboats on water in the distance.

Fishing Village

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketches of figures at a ship's railing with rigging and sea, on a tan sheet.

Sketches of Figures at Ships' Railings

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil drawing of a rocky shore with pine trees on the left and distant islands across a calm sea.

Sea Shore

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1810

Pencil sketch of a steep cliff above a harbor with masted boats on calm water and hills fading into haze.

Last View of Quebec

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Brown ink drawing of two friezes: winged figures with a sea monster above, a seated woman and an ox below.

Two Friezes with Women and Sea Monsters

Felice Giani, 1820

Oil sketch of green hills sloping to a blue sea with distant mountains, with pencil outlines of boats in the foreground.

Sea View from Athens, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sepia drawing of a formal tree-lined park with stone urns, steps, and a domed colonnaded pavilion with strolling figures.

Sketches of Lake Lugano

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of a seated man on a boat deck beside a mast, with sea and rigging sketched in the background.

Man on Deck with Ship's Bell

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch of a seabird, a rowboat with a seated figure, rocky cliffs and a distant shoreline over water.

Sketches from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850