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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Oil sketch of a pale iceberg on a dark sea under a peach sunset sky, with a small ice flower splash at left.

Iceberg and Ice Flower, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Sketch of sailing fishing boats on water near a rocky beach, with a group of people standing on the sand.

Beach Scene with People and Fishing Boats, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen and watercolor drawing of wind-bent trees and dunes along a sandy shore with the sea on the horizon.

Sea Girt, New Jersey

Samuel Colman, 1870

Pencil sketch of ocean waves and a distant rocky coastline on cream paper, with a handwritten date in the lower right.

Ocean Surf, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a man in a hat and cloak raising a lantern that casts a glow across an open, cloudy landscape.

Red Light

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil-like sketch of a harbor town with rooftops, a tall tower, and masts reflected in still water.

Inner Harbor

Childe Hassam, 1910

Pencil sketch of an Indian encampment on a rocky shore with canoes, a campfire, a tent, and tall cliffs.

Indian Encampment on the Coast of Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and wash sketch of a boat's rigging and pulleys with a seated figure and choppy sea behind a wooden rail.

Study for "The Signal of Distress"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Engraved frieze of sea nymphs, a piping satyr, putti and a sea dragon in fine line hatching.

Ornamental Frieze with Sea Nymphs

Michiel le Blon, 1630

Pencil sketch of a standing man in eighteenth-century coat and breeches with one hand on his hip, on cream paper.

Ship's Figurehead of Benjamin Franklin

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink sketch of a wooden house by the water with beached dories and horizontal hatched sky and sea.

House at a Railing with Beached Dories

Winslow Homer, 1880

Engraved decorative border of putti riding sea monsters and dolphins over rippling waves.

Decorative Panel: Sea Monsters

Flemish Theodor de Bry, 1540

Oil sketch of a large white iceberg above dark green sea, with smaller icebergs in the foreground under a muted sky.

Icebergs of Twillingate, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a steamship with a trailing smoke plume crossing rough sea under a cloudy sky.

Fishing Trawler

Winslow Homer, 1890

Grey lithograph of a French cruiser on harbor water with a shoreline of smokestacks and buildings behind it.

French Cruiser

Childe Hassam, 1910

Pencil sketch of a coastal seascape with clouds, a distant shoreline, and calm water, with handwritten color notes.

Sunset, Bar Harbor, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a windswept seacoast with scrub pines, a rocky outcrop, and surf breaking on sand.

Seacoast with Scrub Pines, Prout's Neck, Eastern Point

Winslow Homer, 1880

Etching of moored sailing ships and their reflections on a calm harbor, with riverfront buildings and a smokestack at right.

Below Chestnut Street Bridge

Joseph Pennell, 1880

Pencil sketch of a sunset over the sea with cloud forms and handwritten notes on colours and tones.

Sunset at Sea, Ecuador, Part Three

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of two schooners and small dories on calm water, with soft reflections on a tan sheet.

Two Schooners and Dories

Winslow Homer, 1880

Misty brown-toned print of a brewery with a tall chimney beside a river, with rowboats in the foreground.

Lion Brewery

Joseph Pennell, 1880

Small oil sketch of a turquoise iceberg on dark sea under a brown sky with sunlight breaking through clouds.

Iceberg, Battle Harbour, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor of a hazy grey sea with rocky outcrops and a cliff edge of green and ochre vegetation at the bottom.

Ocean Seen from a Cliff, Prout's Neck, Maine

Winslow Homer, 1900

Charcoal sketch of warships in a harbor under a sunburst breaking through clouds, with a small tugboat in the foreground.

Return of the Fleet

Childe Hassam, 1910

Pencil sketch of clouds and mist over a rippled sea horizon on tan paper, with handwritten notes at the top.

Clouds and Mist over the Sea, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Charcoal sketch of boats and a figure on wet sand at low tide under a cloudy sky.

Beach at Low Tide, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Nocturnal harbor scene in brown tones with clouds above, rows of lights on shore and water, and a lighthouse at center.

The Bay, New York

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Pencil sketch of a stone building with a pyramidal roof, cypress trees, and a rowboat on water.

Architectural Sketch, Beirut, Lebanon

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of sailboats and rowboats on calm water with a distant shoreline and lighthouse on the left.

Point of Land with a Lighthouse

Winslow Homer, 1890

Engraving of nude Venus seated on a shell with sea nymphs, a bearded Triton with trident, and cherubs in clouds above.

Venus, Triton, and Sea Nymphs

Pieter Soutman, 1640

Painting of a dark rippled sea under a tan sky, with a distant white iceberg at left and a small red boat near the horizon.

Distant Iceberg, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a horse-drawn wagon with a star-marked canvas cover, horses and riders on a tan sheet.

Study for "The Wreck"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Dark tonal nocturne of a riverside city at dusk, with glowing lamps along the embankment and silhouetted buildings under mist

Mist of the Thames

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Oil sketch of a large iceberg with smaller ice masses on dark sea under a pink evening sky.

Iceberg Against the Evening Sky, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Etching of a shoreline with a tree branch arching over rocks, a fisherman at the water's edge, and a distant sailboat.

A Villefranche-sur-Mer (Environs de Carqueiranne)

Adolphe Appian, 1880

Pen and brown ink sketch of women behind a railing watching boats launched into the sea, with a lower study of a boat and fig

Two Studies of Women Standing behind Railing, Looking at the Launching of Dories, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil and chalk sketch of rocky coastal outcrops at half tide, with reflections in calm water under a pale sky.

Rocks at the Coast at Half Tide, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a craggy rocky outcrop and boulders with trees on the ridge, inscribed Study from Nature.

Study from Nature

Thomas Doughty, 1830

Pencil sketch sheet with shaded trees above, a small sailboat study, and a small building with figures by the sea.

Figures in Lee of Building with Ocean Beyond, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of a jagged iceberg with fractured edges and hatched shading against a blank sky.

Sketch of an Iceberg

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil and wash sketch of a steep cliff with small buildings above a calm sea, with a horizon line on the left.

Study of coastal cliff, Amalphi, Italy

William Stanley Haseltine, 1850

Pencil sketch of two boats on a beach with figures, a sail, and a small dog, by Winslow Homer.

Two Boats on Beach with Figures, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of fishermen hauling a seine net on a beach with a boat and cart, signed E. Hampton.

Fishermen by the Sea, East Hampton, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketches of gabled buildings with a tower, a sailboat on water, and two figures seated on a grassy bank.

Sketches at Marlborough

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of a standing man with a lantern beside seated figures and rocks, a study for Winslow Homer's The Wreck.

Sketch for "The Wreck"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of sailing ships at sea on cream paper, with the handwritten inscription 'Mrs E. W. Bethune' at top.

Ships at Sea

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a flat marsh landscape with grasses, a large tree at left, distant wooded hills, and small cattle at right.

Study of seashore, Rhode Island

William Trost Richards, 1880

Ink and wash sketch of two figures in a rowboat on calm sea, with a distant sailboat on the horizon.

Two Figures in a Rowboat

Winslow Homer, 1880

Loose oil sketch of a dark sailboat on calm water before reddish hills and a cloudy sky.

The Strait of Messina, Looking towards Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a shoreline with sandy banks, grasses and a line of trees on a hill, with a small study in the upper left.

Seashore, Newport, RI

William Trost Richards, 1870

Charcoal study of a rescuer in a cap holding an unconscious woman beneath a hanging rope and life ring.

Study for "The Life Line"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Small painting of two pale icebergs rising above dark choppy sea under a warm tan sky.

Two Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pale watercolor of a Venetian lagoon with a church tower, small sailboats with pink sails, and mooring poles under a hazy sky

Study of lagoon, Venice, Italy

William Stanley Haseltine, 1880

Watercolor of a small boat's stern and oars in rough teal sea with white-capped waves, by Winslow Homer.

Study for "The Gulf Stream"

Winslow Homer, 1890

Oil sketch of a flat-topped iceberg above dark water under a muted sky, painted by Frederic Edwin Church in 1850.

Iceberg in Cartwright's Bight, Southwest from Battle Harbor, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a two-masted sailboat on calm water beside rocky shore and evergreen trees, with a wooded headland beyond.

Bald Porcupine Island

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of men and women unloading a fishing dory on a beach, with boats and a distant sailboat.

Men and Women Unloading a Fishing Dory, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of icebergs and sea, with handwritten notes about colour on pale paper.

Four Floating Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a rocky coastline with cliffs and shrubs framing a sea inlet receding toward the horizon.

Study for "From Paradise to Purgatory, Newport"

William Trost Richards, 1870

Charcoal sketch of figures on a shoreline looking out at a bay, with a small boat and distant lighthouse on the horizon.

Figures Overlooking Bay and Small Boat, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Loose oil sketch of a calm sea horizon under a pink and gray streaked sky with soft clouds.

Icebergs in the Distance, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Sepia architectural rendering of a domed civic center with a tall clock tower above a plaza with gardens and tram tracks.

Sketches - Lake Como

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Charcoal sketch of a figure in a hat looking out at sailboats and rowboats on a sea with rocks and other figures.

Beach with Boats and People, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketches of icebergs and rocky forms along horizon lines on a tan sheet, with a few white highlights.

Iceberg Sketches, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850