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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil sketch of a leafless tree with bare, twisting branches on pale paper, with the date April 1845 written above.

Leafless Bough of a Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Loose oil sketch of an autumn meadow with red and orange wildflowers, rust-colored grasses, and pale white blooms.

Meadow in Autumn, Vermont

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a gnarled, leafless tree with twisting branches crossing diagonally on pale paper.

Gnarled Dead Tree

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of a rippling lake under a pale sky, with low wooded hills on the distant shore and sandy foreground.

Millinocket Lake, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Painting of a glowing sun over distant mountains, with dark trees and hills in the foreground under a warm hazy sky.

Radiant Sun above Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of tree ferns, broad-leaved plants and stems on brown paper, with handwritten labels.

Sketches of Plants and Tree Ferns near Jorje, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Painting of a large tree with vines and roots on rocky ground, with green hills and misty mountains behind it.

Tree with Vines, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of two trees on cream paper, one leafy and one with bare branches, with "July 1844" written in the upper corner

Two Trees, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of a bare, leafless tree with spreading branches on cream paper, with a handwritten date at upper right.

A Leafless Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Painted view of a turquoise harbor with ships, framed by a white gate post, lattice fence and palm fronds.

Kingston Harbor from Galloway Hill, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a tall tree with feathery foliage on a bank, with a faint stream and rocks sketched below.

Tree by a Stream, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch on tan paper of several trees, with leafy clusters at left and center and a bare branching tree at right.

Sketches of Trees

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a dead birch tree trunk with peeling bark rising from the ground on a cream sheet.

Trunk of a Dead Birch Tree, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Oil sketch of a tree trunk with exposed roots over mossy ground and scattered autumn leaves in a woodland setting.

Tree Trunk with Roots

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of tall trees and undergrowth at a woodland edge, with an open grassy clearing in the centre.

Chestnut Trees at the Water's Edge, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of an evergreen tree with a small branch study above, on cream paper with a museum stamp at lower left.

Evergreen Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Sketch of a tree trunk with red and yellow autumn vine leaves against a loose brown background.

Tree and Leaves

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of slender trees with bare branches and leafy clusters on pale paper, with a museum stamp in the lower left.

Trees on Goat Island, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketches of a leafy tree and tall elecampane plant stalks on tan paper, with a museum stamp at lower left.

Sketches of a Tree and Elecampane Plant, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a tall papaya tree with lobed leaves and clusters of round fruit near its crown.

Papaya Tree, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a ceiba tree and thatched house on a riverbank, with a sailing boat and small canoe on the water.

House beneath a Ceiba Tree and Champan Canoes, Santa Cruz de Mompox, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Two white birch trunks stand in a forest with autumn yellow and red leaves in the undergrowth below.

Birch Trees in Autumn, Vermont

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Graphite sketch of distant mountains, tropical plants, tree trunks, and studies of men in hats, with handwritten notes.

River Bank with Mountains and Clouds, Three Plants, and Men with Hats, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a tall tree with bare and leafy branches above rocks, with a small figure at lower left.

Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Oil sketch of a lake among wooded hills at sunset, with a bright sun reflected on the water and a rounded mountain at left.

Eagle Lake Viewed from Cadillac Mountain, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of tree trunks and bare branches on a mossy forest floor, with handwritten moss notes on tan paper.

Trees on a Slope

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a ruined stone wall, grasses, botanical studies and handwritten color notes.

Landscape and Botanical Sketch from the Temple of the Sun, Quito, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch on grey-blue paper of several tree canopies with handwritten notes about purple flowers and foliage gaps.

Sketches of Tree Tops, Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a multi-trunked tree with sparse leaves, inscribed 'A small leaved tree near Jorje' and 'June 57'.

Small-Leaved Tree near Jorje, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and white-highlight sketches on brown paper showing branches, a palm, bamboo, and a rocky stream in Jamaica.

Sketches in the Blue Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860