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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Oil study of a fig tree covered in philodendron vines rising from rocks, with a hazy sky and distant trees.

Fig Tree and Wild Philodendron, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Etching of tall trees beside a pond with a small wooden footbridge and a distant tower under cloudy sky.

Wooded Landscape with a Foot Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Ink drawing of a fantastic branch with ferny leaves, ruffled blossoms tied with ribbon bows, and twisting stems on paper.

Bough of a fantastic tree

Jean-Baptiste Pillement, 1800

Pencil sketch of a gnarled bare tree above low shrubs and a leafy weed sprig, with handwritten labels on tan paper.

Gnarled Tree and Weed, Obersee, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Etching of a large oak in a wooded landscape with a nymph fleeing a horned figure through tall reeds.

Syrinx Pursued by Pan in a Wooded Landscape

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Grey-toned painting of a stagecoach with passengers and four horses descending a dusty hillside road past rocks and trees.

Down Grade Into The Valley

William Henry Sheldon, 1890

Pencil sketch of a tree with branches and loose foliage on pale paper, with a handwritten date at upper right.

Sketch of a Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Graphite pencil study of a female figure in a head wrap with a bare arm and hand resting in the foreground.

Study of Mercy for "Christiana and Her Family Passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Two circular pen-and-ink drawings of winged victory figures with horse-drawn chariots on pale blue paper.

Two Roundels with Victories in Chariots; River Victory

Felice Giani, 1800

Pencil sketch of a rocky valley with cliffs, terraces, and distant hills under an empty sky.

El Yemen Valley, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil study of a bent arm and relaxed hand on cream paper, by Daniel Huntington, 1850.

Study of an Arm for "Christiana and Her Family Passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Two graphite and white chalk sketches of a lake shoreline with reeds, trees and cloudy sky on grey paper.

Study of lake

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1870

Pencil sketch of a tree trunk with a dark ant nest and a small leafy plant growing from it on pale paper.

Ant's Nest on a Tree Trunk, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil study of a man's right arm with clenched hand, drawn on cream paper.

Study of Right Arm for "Christiana and Her Family Passing through the Valley of the Shadow of Death"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketches of a reclining river god and other figures with handwritten notes, on a pale sheet of paper.

Two Sketches of River Gods

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740

Painted study of a slender palm tree on a grassy slope with rocks and shrubs, against a brown, brushy background.

Palm Trees, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a tall hemlock tree with layered branches above undergrowth and a distant shoreline, on aged paper.

Study of Hemlock near White Lake

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pencil sketch of two young girls in bonnets standing in a grassy field beneath clouds, one leaning toward the other.

Two Young Girls in a Field

Winslow Homer, 1870

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

Pencil sketch of a seated nude woman resting one arm on a ledge, gazing over her shoulder, on gray paper.

Seated Female Nude, Study for Portrait of Mrs. Cortland DePeyster Field (nee Hamersley)

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pen and grey wash sketch of a reclining nude figure with flowers in her hair beneath a large tree in a landscape.

Sketch, Landscape

Antonio Baini, 1800

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 study on grey paper of a hemlock and beech tree beside a forest clearing with sketched branches and foliage.

Study of Hemlock and Beech, White Lake

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Watercolor of a mountain laurel branch with pink and white blossoms and green leaves on a grey background.

A Bough of Mountain Laurel with Leaves and Blossoms

Samuel Colman, 1880

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

Gnarled Dead Tree

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Two circular brown ink drawings on blue paper: a winged victory driving a horse above, and a winged victory crowning a river

A Winged Victory Riding a Chariot; A Winged Victory Crowning a River God, Reno; two roundels

Felice Giani, 1800

Grey wash drawing of a shepherd boy playing a flute beside a seated shepherdess with sheep under trees.

Shepherd Boy and Shepherdess in a Landscape

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1760

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 a young woman in a hat holding a leafy apple tree branch in a grassy field.

Girl Holding a Branch of an Apple Tree

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pen drawing of a Tammany tiger on New York City skyline watching Teddy Roosevelt hunt a mountain lion in Colorado.

Tammany Tiger: "Teddy's going to hunt mountain lions so that gives me a vacation"

John Tinney McCutcheon, 1900