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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil sketch of figures with a parasol on a sandy beach, wooden posts and a flat horizon in the distance.

Seashore

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

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

Charcoal sketch of two sailing fishing boats on the sea with hatted figures watching from a rocky shore.

Two Fishing Boats with Sails, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil drawing of a sea centaur fighting a sea monster, with a winged sea creature and figure above.

Sea Cintaur Combats Sea Monster

Felice Giani, 1800

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