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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Watercolor of a river reflecting pale cliffs and a red-capped rock formation, with cottonwood trees on the left bank.

Green River, Wyoming Territory

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pencil sketch of a lake with wooded shore in front and mountains behind, with a small boat on the water.

Landscape Sketch, Walker Pond, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil and white-highlight sketch of a deep valley with layered cliffs, a winding stream and distant hills under a pale sky.

Valley of the Yemen, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor study of an apple tree with branches of green leaves and small apples on a pale background.

Apple Tree (Study for a Decorative Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of rustic peasant houses with pitched roofs and chimneys in a valley, with trees and a path in the foreground.

Peasant Houses in a Valley

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1830

Pencil sketch of clouds over a distant mountain ridge with handwritten color notes and a signature dated 1880.

Mountains and Clouds in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil and watercolor sketch of gnarled cypress tree trunks in a grove, with a small building at the right edge.

Cypress Trees of Chapultepec, Mexico

Samuel Colman, 1890

Pale watercolor of a wide river beneath hazy sky, with sandstone bluffs on the right and a sandbar in the foreground.

Green River from the Ferry, Wyoming Territory

Thomas Moran, 1880

Pencil sketch of a lake beneath mountains with clouds, inscribed Togue Lake, Sept. 1870, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Mount Katahdin across Togue Lake, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of East River shoreline with trees, a distant obelisk, and a small boat, with handwritten notes on the left edg

East River from Deck of Steamboat

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pen and ink drawing of a fantasy landscape with a castle on rocky cliffs, an arched bridge, a watermill and trees.

Fantasy Landscape with Watermill

Domenico Campagnola, 1530

Pencil sketch of distant mountain peaks and rolling hills with a small stone temple in the foreground.

Pichincha at Morning from the Hill of the Temple of the Sun, Quito, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Loose watercolor of rough waves breaking around dark rocks with white foam and a distant shoreline.

Woodland Stream

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch of a brook flowing beside two leafy trees and grassy banks, drawn in soft graphite tones.

Brook and Trees

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1840

Pencil sketch of palm trees and fan-shaped plants on grey paper with handwritten notes.

Palm Tree Crowns, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil drawing of ruined stone walls and arches among trees, with mountains and a winding path under a cloudy sky.

Ruins at a Lake

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1830

Pencil sketch of a river valley with rocks, trees and distant mountains under a pale sky.

Ammonoosuc River and White Mountains, N.H.

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of an old olive tree beside a stone column and an arched entablature with scalloped detail.

Old Olive Tree and Entablature, as-Samu, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of tall eroded rock formations and cliffs above a foreground ridge and gully, with handwritten notes.

Rio Virgin River with Large Rock Formations

Thomas Moran, 1870

Pencil drawing of a rocky brook with boulders, trees, and distant mountains under a pale cloudy sky.

View of Moat Mountain from Wildcat Brook, Jackson, New Hampshire, Looking Southwest

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Oil sketch of a rocky desert valley with steep cliffs, a carved rock facade, and small figures on the valley floor.

El Yemen Valley, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a flat landscape with windmills and small buildings along a far bank, with open water in the foreground.

Landscape

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Brown ink drawing of figures in procession offering garlands to a nude statue before a classical temple and rotunda.

Worship of Venus in a Classical Landscape

Felice Giani, 1810

Pencil sketch on tan card showing a horizon with a small building at left, trees at right, and handwritten color notes above.

Building and Trees in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Horizontal strip of grey and black wash showing a lake shoreline, dark water and a distant tree line under pale sky.

Fragment of "Trout Fishing, Lake St. John, Quebec"

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch of tall cypress trees with shaded foliage on pale paper, inscribed with a Villa d'Este note.

Cypress, Villa d'Este, After Cropsey

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a hilly ridge with clouds and handwritten colour notes on grey paper, Jamaica, 1860.

Mountain Ridge with Clouds, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink sketch of peasant women, oxen with a cart, a hunter, rabbits and birds among foliage, within a ruled border.

In the Mountains (Decorative Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Loose pencil sketch of a landscape with a central tree trunk and scribbled shrubs on a cream sheet.

Landscape

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Pencil sketch of a wooded island in a calm lake with distant hills and clouds, by Frederic Edwin Church, 1870.

Wooded Island, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870