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Painted study of spiky green plants, a red poppy and pink flowers over brown brushstrokes, with a tiny figure in a tan coat a

Botanical and Figure Study

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Narrow oil sketch of a pale iceberg floating on dark sea water beneath a muted brown sky.

Floating Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a valley with a winding river, distant mountains, and handwritten colour notes along the bottom edge.

Valley of El Arabah, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sketch of green rolling hills under a sunset sky with orange and grey clouds, labeled Jamaica.

Sunset in Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Faint pencil mountain sketch on brown paper with handwritten color notes and a museum stamp in the lower left.

Chimborazo and El Altar from Riobamba, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of snowy mountains, a ruined columned temple on a grassy hill, and a dark rock outcrop at right.

Imagined Landscape with Ruined Temple

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of Mt. Hor, a flat-topped sandstone mesa with layered rock, with three camels in the foreground.

Mt. Hor, Jordan

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of two bare trees with twisting branches above loosely drawn foliage on tan paper.

Trees in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Painted landscape of a hillside forest in autumn, with orange and yellow trees, bare trunks, and a grassy meadow below.

Autumn Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of the old town of Visp with a church spire, stepped-gable houses, a bell tower and mountains behind.

Old Town of Visp, Switzerland

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of a large pale iceberg on dark sea under gray clouds, with smaller icebergs in the foreground.

Icebergs at Sea, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of a rain-filled mountain valley under dark storm clouds, with brown hills and scattered trees.

Storm in the Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a rocky cliff with a small tower above a river, boulders in the foreground, and a distant treeline.

Horseshoe Falls from the American Bank, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pale ochre landscape with a winding water channel, scattered shrubs, and purple mountains under a pink sky.

View from Olana, Southwest Across the Hudson Valley

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketches of trees with handwritten notes on foliage, bark and a monkey on a branch, on grey paper.

Botanical Studies, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a wooded Jamaican valley with rolling hills, tropical trees, banana plants and distant mountains.

Wooded Vale, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of gnarled trees and rocky ground with handwritten notes about leaves, mosses and airplants.

Trees and Rocks on the Road to Mocha, Ecuador, near Chimborazo

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and white highlight sketch of a rocky coastline with pine trees, a small cabin, driftwood, and cliffs under clouds.

Long's Eddy at William Cronk's, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Faint pencil sketch of a hill ridgeline on cream paper, with the date May 1840 inscribed in the upper right corner.

Wooded Hill, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Painting of a forested mountain above a lake with red autumn trees along the shore under a dusky sky.

Mountainside Lake in Autumn

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil and white highlight sketch of a smoking volcano above rugged ridges, with plant studies and handwritten color notes.

Sangay Volcano, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Small sketch of fern fronds in green and grey on a brown ground, inscribed Jamaica AUG 65.

Fern Sketch, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of a snow-capped Andean peak over brown hills, green fields, thatched huts, and a figure in red on a path.

Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a thatched church with a bell tower and fence, a small figure in a hat at right, labeled Church at Naré.

Church at Puerto Naré, Rio Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

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

Pencil sketch sheet with a reclining bull, a bull's head, a tree stump, a rock, and dated handwritten notes.

Bull and Landscape Sketches, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Painted view of a green alpine lake with a rowboat at lower left, framed by forested mountains and rocky cliffs.

Alpine Lake, Bavaria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of layered cliffs and rolling hills in a canyon landscape, with a handwritten note in the lower right.

Canyon and Cliffs, Palestine or Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of layered mountains and an elevated plain with handwritten annotations and numbered features.

View of an Elevated Plain from Mojarras, Colombia, Part One

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridges with a handwritten note reading Brownish warm gray stripes at top left.

Landscape Study, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860