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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pen and ink design for a stage curtain showing a crowd gathered before a classical temple beneath clouds.

Design for Stage Curtain: Hercules Receives Gifts from Nymphys after his Victory over the River God Achelous

Felice Giani, 1810

Loose pencil sketch of a partial figure's head and neck on a beige sheet of paper.

Landscape

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

Pencil sketch of a deep Andean valley with steep mountain slopes, rocky outcrops, and a winding path in the foreground.

A Valley in the Andes, Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Faint pencil sketch of a rough outdoor scene with a fence line on a cream sheet mounted in a red-bound album.

Field Kitchen Fire

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil study of a hooded female figure holding leaves, with additional sketches of hands and arms on aged paper.

Study of Figure for "In the Mountains"

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of a hilltop town, a carved shell-like stone fragment in an arch, and a stepped stone block, with handwritten l

Landscape and Architecture Sketches, as-Samu, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Grey ink and wash drawing of a rocky valley with tall cliffs, trees, ruined walls and a building on a ridge.

Stage Design, Rocky Valley with Buildings

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1800

Grey watercolor of a seated man in a hat looking over a lake toward wooded hills, with a fallen log in the foreground.

Mountain River or Lake

Winslow Homer, 1890

Graphite sketch of pine trees on a rocky bank with grass and shrubs, with handwritten color notes at upper right.

Pine Trees Along a Rocky Bank, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil study of a dense cluster of trees and foliage on tinted paper, with handwritten inscription in lower right corner.

Study of Trees, Geneva

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pen and wash drawing of a windswept tree beside a classical colonnaded building with statues and a bridge.

Tree in Landscape with Building

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Pencil sketch of a charred, broken tree trunk lying over a pale granite boulder, with handwritten notes.

Broken Tree upon a Boulder

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

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, 1790

Pencil sketch of a leafless tree with spreading bare branches, with handwritten colour notes along the bottom edge.

Study of a Dead Oak Tree

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Brown and gold landscape sketch of sunlit mountain peaks under a dramatic cloudy sky, with a leaning tree in the foreground.

Overlook Mountain with Snow, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Brown ink landscape drawing of figures crossing a wooden bridge over a stream, with trees, a distant house, and clouds.

Landscape with Bridge

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil sketch of a tree branch with twigs and a small perched bird on a tan sheet of paper.

Tree Branch

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of layered mountains and a lake on tan paper, with handwritten notes about light and shadow.

Mountains and Lake, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of the Franconia Range with a snow-capped peak rising above rolling hills on pale paper.

Franconia Range Lafayette with Snow from Jefferson Hill

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Monochrome watercolor of a granite cliff above conifers and boulders reflected in still water at Mirror Lake, Yosemite.

Mirror Lake, Yosemite

Thomas Moran, 1870

Snowy winter landscape with rolling hills, bare trees, a sunlit orange slope, and a pale yellow sky at dusk.

Hudson Valley in Winter from Church's Farm, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a jagged mountain peak over rolling hills and boulders, with a handwritten caption below.

Chocorua, After the Picnic at Lake

Daniel Huntington, 1860

Pencil landscape drawing of a farmhouse, leaning tree, wooden gate and rocky ground under a pale sky.

Landscape with Farm

Vincenzo Martinelli, 1800

Pencil sketch of mountains across a flat plain with two small figures, annotated with handwritten color notes.

Mountains across a Plain, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil drawing of a fortified town on a terrace with arched walls, trees, a paved path, and a lake with hills at left.

A Fortified Town Overlooking a Lake

Felice Giani, 1800

Watercolor sketch of cypress tree trunks and green foliage in a grove, with warm light on the ground, on tan paper.

Cypress Trees, Chapultepec, Mexico

Samuel Colman, 1890

Pencil sketch of bare winter trees and distant hills with handwritten color notes, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Winter Landscape with Barren Trees, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a wooded landscape with tall trees, undergrowth, and a winding path on aged paper.

Wooded Scene - West Campton, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a rustic cottage with a tall chimney and bushes beside a dirt road, with distant hills at left.

A Peasant's House at a Lake

Eugène Edouard Soulès, 1830

Pencil sketch of a lone canoeist on misty, calm water with faint horizon lines and a reflection beneath the boat.

Canoe Rider in the Fog, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870