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Pencil sketch of thatched huts on stilts behind a wooden fence, with leafy trees at right, on grey-green paper.

Street with Houses, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and wash drawing of layered Andean-style mountains and hills receding into a hazy sky, with a white patch in the foreg

Mountains near Guanujo and Guaranda, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Loose oil sketch of a sunset with orange light behind dark clouds over a mountain ridge and dark green foreground.

Sunset across the Catskills, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a hazy landscape with hills, clouds and trees, with handwritten colour notes in the margins.

Looking Southwest over the Hudson Valley, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a nude male figure seen from behind, standing on a scrolled pedestal with arms raised.

figure study: design for a fountain

Elihu Vedder, 1900

Graphite and red chalk study of two hands, one holding an open book, with draped sleeves on salmon paper.

study for hands holding an open book with drapery from clothing

Elihu Vedder, 1900

Pencil study of a seated nude woman raising one arm, with handwritten note 'The East, sketch for figure of Law'.

Law, Nude Study for "Contemplative Spirit of the East," Lunette in East Grand Staircase, Minnesota State Capitol, Sai…

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Loose painted sketch of Roman rooftops and a distant temple under an orange and red sunset sky.

Rooftops at Sunset, Rome

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of white rapids surging through a wooded gorge with dark rocks and a cloudy sky above.

Gorge of the Niagara River, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Gray wash drawing of tall trees beside a rocky woodland stream with a dense forest background.

Pool in the Woods

William Trost Richards, 1870

Watercolor of a lake with reeds in the foreground, wooded hills on the far shore, and a cloudy blue sky.

Lakeside Landscape

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Circular pencil study of a seated robed woman holding a tablet, with a sea serpent and scroll ornament below.

Study for "Law," Lunette in Hudson County Courthouse, Jersey City, NJ

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Pencil and crayon sketch on blue paper of a weathered rock formation above a flat desert-like landscape and distant horizon.

The Sphinx, Egypt

Elihu Vedder, 1890

Pencil sketch of a craggy mountain range with hatched shading on a pale sketchbook page.

Sketchbook: Newport, Rhode Island, New Jersey, and England Views

William Trost Richards, 1900

Oil sketch of a sunlit rocky peak above a broad valley with a distant mountain range under a pale blue sky.

Mount Pentelicus, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor of a mountain valley with jagged peaks, forested slope, red-roofed buildings, and a river in the foreground.

Study of landscape, Norway

William Trost Richards, 1900

Pencil sketch of saddled pack horses standing among rocks on a mountain summit, drawn by Winslow Homer in 1860.

Summit of Mt. Washington

Winslow Homer, 1860

Watercolor of spiky purple and teal agave plants on a grey hillside under a pale cloudy sky.

Hillside with Clumps of Maguey

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch with white highlights of ruined stone walls, arches and a slender tree among overgrown weeds near Rome.

Ruins near the Baths of Caracalla, Rome, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of three people in a canoe on water, with a paddle and reflections, on lined paper.

Three Men in a Canoe, Il Manigne, Quebec

Winslow Homer, 1890

Brown-toned perspective drawing of a domed church interior with coffered ceiling, rosettes, Corinthian columns and central oc

Perspective Design for a Painted Dome and Cupola of a Church

Andrea Pozzo, 1700

Oil sketch of a snow-capped volcanic peak above brown rolling hills under a warm hazy sky, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Chimborazo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a river with trees on the left, white rushing water on the right, and hazy hills in the distance.

Prospect Point and the American Falls, Niagara River, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of a mountain valley at sunset with pink clouds, dark forest, and a stream in the foreground.

Mountain Landscape at Sunset

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a man in a hat fishing from a rocky shore, with trees and hills across a calm lake.

Men Fishing with a Rod and Net

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pale drawing of a calm sea with a sunlit reflection, white cloud forms above the horizon, and a rocky shoreline at lower edge

Seascape, Bloxburgh, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor design of a green reliquary with lion-head handles, gilded mitre and crossed crosier, and a Latin inscription.

Sarcophagus for the Relic

Luigi Righetti, 1810

Monochrome sketch of a fisherman casting a line from a log over a river, with dark evergreen forest behind.

Fisherman in Quebec, Canada

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch of a distant city skyline with a large central dome and spire under loose, drifting clouds.

Distant View of St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican, Rome, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painted landscape of a rose-colored mountain above a still lake, with autumn trees on the shore and a small rowboat at left.

Mt. Katahdin from Upper Togue Pond, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880