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Oil sketch of a volcanic peak with a billowing rust-colored ash plume under a pale, warm sky.

Study of Cotopaxi Erupting

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a sunset sky with clouds over a horizon, with handwritten color notes along the bottom edge.

Sunset in the Hudson River Valley

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of a forested valley with a steep mountain, distant rocky peaks, green meadows and a white farmhouse in the foregr

The Grünstein and Hochkalter from Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painted study of fluted Doric columns and an entablature on a hillside, with blue sky and distant mountains behind.

Columns of the Parthenon, Athens

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of a Gothic Revival hilltop mansion with towers, seen above a lawn and framed by dense green trees.

Olana from the Southeast

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Painted study of a rushing woodland stream flowing past rocks and trees with autumn foliage overhead.

Woodland Stream

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil and white chalk sketch of cumulus clouds over a horizon on tan paper, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Clouds, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painted landscape of a thatched hut on a golden plain before a pale mountain under a blue sky, with a grazing cow.

Hut in a Mountain Valley, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Oil sketch of a mossy forest floor with fallen logs, ferns, and tall tree trunks in dappled light.

Maine Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil and white highlight sketch of rapids churning through a rocky gorge flanked by wooded cliffs, on tan paper.

Niagara River Gorge, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Sunset landscape of a dark mountain above a calm lake, with red clouds streaking the sky and a sailboat on the water.

Mount Katahdin, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink and wash design of a vertical ornament with a seated woman, an urn, cherubs with garlands, and a reclining figure a

Design for an Arabesque Motif

Étienne de Lavallée-Poussin, 1770

Pencil sketch of a mountain range with handwritten color notes and small figure studies along the left edge.

Landscape Sketch with Figures, Palestine or Syria (Israel or Jordan)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painted study of a reddish cliff above a curved sandy cove with calm sea and a distant rock under a hazy sky.

Coast of Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of covered army wagons and trees across a flat landscape on pale paper.

Army Wagon Train

Winslow Homer, 1860

Loose sketch of a sunset over dark hills and calm water, with red and orange clouds streaking the sky above.

Sunset Near Bar Harbor, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of a rose-lit mountain peak above dark forested slopes and a golden evening sky.

The Watzmann, near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Loose sketch of a grove of red and orange autumn trees on a rolling hill above a golden field.

Grove of Trees in Autumn, Vermont

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen sketch of two mesas and layered cliffs in the Grand Canyon, with handwritten color notes above.

Two Cliffs in Grand Canyon, Arizona

Thomas Moran, 1900

Pencil sketch of a river view with a domed church, villas, and a gateway, with handwritten place notes in the margins.

View of the Castel Sant'Angelo, Claude's Villa, and St. Peter's, Rome, Italy, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Drawing of a red sunset sky over dark city rooftops with a church spire silhouetted on the left.

Sunset at Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sepia drawing of a wide river beside pale cliffs, a wooded island, and distant rock formations under a hazy sky.

Green River, Wyoming

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pencil sketch of a two-storey house with arched doorways beside a large palm tree and smaller trees.

House beside a Palm Tree, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sketch of a calm lake with wooded shores and a mountain range under a warm hazy sky, painted in muted browns and blues.

Mt. Katahdin from Togue Pond, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Small painted sketch of a glowing sunset behind wooded hills, with dark trees in the foreground and orange clouds above.

Sunset over a Wooded Landscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and white-highlight sketch of a moonlit rocky landscape with a rainbow arc and handwritten color notes.

Moonlight Rainbow over Horseshoe Falls, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Autumn river rapids flowing between rocky banks toward hills glowing orange in evening light, with a lone tree on the right.

Autumn Landscape in North Carolina

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of Lower Fire Hole geyser basin with steam rising, thermal pools, conifers and handwritten color notes.

Lower Fire Hole, Geyser Basin, Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of trees and foliage framing an open clearing with faint white highlights and distant hills on tan paper.

Woodland Scene at Sunset

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Sketch of a sunset over a flat plain with a crescent moon, pink clouds, a ruined stone wall and a distant dome.

Sunset near Rome

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860