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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 broken tree trunks and branches on tan paper, with the upper part of the sheet left blank.

Broken Tree Trunks

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Painted study of broken fluted columns and stone fragments overlooking a blue sea and distant mountains.

Broken Columns, View from the Parthenon, Athens

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Ink and wash design drawing of a neoclassical chimneypiece with Ionic columns and a relief frieze of figures and lions.

Design for a Chimneypiece

Luigi Righetti, 1800

Pencil sketch of distant mountains and trees with handwritten color notes on cream paper.

Mountain Views from Cuautla, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 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

Sunset over Rome with St. Peter's dome and a statue-topped column above rooftops, drawn in loose brown and orange strokes.

The Column of the Immaculate Conception and St. Peter's Basilica, Rome

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and brown wash drawing of a classical facade with four standing figures in niches and reclining figures on the pediment.

Entrance to a prison

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Ink and wash stage design showing classical columns, an arcade and a rocky cave with trees under diagonal light.

Stage Design, Cave and Temple

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Oil sketch of a forest path with tree trunks and sunlit undergrowth, painted in browns and greens.

A Road into the Woods

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a stone lazaretto with a domed roof, arched doors and a low wall on a hillside.

Lazaretto at Hebron, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Small sketch of a broad plain with rounded hills, forested slopes, cloudy sky and a red path in the foreground.

Liguanea Plain, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of the Parthenon temple on the Acropolis in Athens, with ruins and fallen stones in the foreground.

The Parthenon and Erechtheion, Athens, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painted design for an embroidered border with yellow leaf garland, orange drapery swags, fringe and twisted rope on brown pap

Design for an Embroidered Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"

Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, 1800

Pencil and paint sketch of a mauve mountain rising over a pale tan plain under a grey-blue sky.

Mountain Landscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a wooded ridge and leaves on pale paper, with a small bird form and handwritten notes at right.

Wooded Ridge and Leaves, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of rugged mountain peaks and ridges on tan paper, with handwritten color notes and white highlights.

Approaching Mt. Hor

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Brown ink and wash drawing of a lake with a small boat, clouds above, and trees along the shore.

Imaginary Landscape with a Boat

Frederic Edwin Church, 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

Brown ink and wash drawing of a sphinx tied by rope to an ornate tripod stand with a flaming urn.

Fender

Giuseppe Barberi, 1800

Brown ink and wash sketch of a seated draped figure in a vaulted stone interior with arches and pillars.

Sketch, Seated Allegory in Architectural Setting

Fortunato Duranti, 1820

Pencil sketch of stone arches, ruined walls and figures in robes on a terrace, with handwritten notes, by Frederic Edwin Chur

Buildings and Figures at as-Samu, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch on brown paper of a landscape with trees, shrubs, rocks and hills receding into the distance.

View of Toche, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink sketch of a shell-shaped cartouche with two seated cherubs at its base and a small figure above.

Tablet bearing the coat of arms of Pope Benedict XIV with shell as background

Filippo Marchionni, 1740

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

Faint pencil sketch of low rolling hills receding under an empty sky on tan paper.

Clouds

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of a river valley with wooded hills and ruined castle towers on a rocky height at right.

A Valley in Mountainous Country

Eugène Edouard Soulès

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

Fishing Trawler

Winslow Homer, 1890

Sunset over a river with red clouds, dark mountains beyond, and a small figure on the grassy bank at lower left.

Sunset, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of mountains and a foreground hill with handwritten color notes such as blue, brown, and cloud on cream paper.

Mountains, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890