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Pencil sketch of several trees with handwritten notes on bark, leaves and branches, on pale paper.

Trees and Plants, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

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

Brown ink drawing of a river landscape with a leaning tree, dense foliage, and distant buildings across the water.

Imaginary River Landscape with Wooded Banks

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketches of a leafy tree and an uprooted tree with exposed roots on cream paper, dated September 1840.

Sketches of Tree and Roots, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

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 sketch of a leafy tree with a branching trunk above a wooden fence, with faint smaller tree studies to the right.

Tree Sketches, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Oil sketch of a tall tree fern over banana plants and a grassy Jamaican hillside, with a pale blue sky.

Tree Fern, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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 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 gnarled, leafless tree with twisting branches crossing diagonally on pale paper.

Gnarled Dead Tree

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of tree ferns, broad-leaved plants and stems on brown paper, with handwritten labels.

Sketches of Plants and Tree Ferns near Jorje, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

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 two trees on cream paper, one leafy and one with bare branches, with "July 1844" written in the upper corner

Two Trees, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of a bare, leafless tree with spreading branches on cream paper, with a handwritten date at upper right.

A Leafless Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of a tall tree with feathery foliage on a bank, with a faint stream and rocks sketched below.

Tree by a Stream, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch on tan paper of several trees, with leafy clusters at left and center and a bare branching tree at right.

Sketches of Trees

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a dead birch tree trunk with peeling bark rising from the ground on a cream sheet.

Trunk of a Dead Birch Tree, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Oil sketch of a tree trunk with exposed roots over mossy ground and scattered autumn leaves in a woodland setting.

Tree Trunk with Roots

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of tall trees and undergrowth at a woodland edge, with an open grassy clearing in the centre.

Chestnut Trees at the Water's Edge, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of an evergreen tree with a small branch study above, on cream paper with a museum stamp at lower left.

Evergreen Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Sketch of a tree trunk with red and yellow autumn vine leaves against a loose brown background.

Tree and Leaves

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of slender trees with bare branches and leafy clusters on pale paper, with a museum stamp in the lower left.

Trees on Goat Island, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketches of a leafy tree and tall elecampane plant stalks on tan paper, with a museum stamp at lower left.

Sketches of a Tree and Elecampane Plant, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a tall papaya tree with lobed leaves and clusters of round fruit near its crown.

Papaya Tree, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a ceiba tree and thatched house on a riverbank, with a sailing boat and small canoe on the water.

House beneath a Ceiba Tree and Champan Canoes, Santa Cruz de Mompox, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Two white birch trunks stand in a forest with autumn yellow and red leaves in the undergrowth below.

Birch Trees in Autumn, Vermont

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a tall tree with bare and leafy branches above rocks, with a small figure at lower left.

Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of tree trunks and bare branches on a mossy forest floor, with handwritten moss notes on tan paper.

Trees on a Slope

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch on grey-blue paper of several tree canopies with handwritten notes about purple flowers and foliage gaps.

Sketches of Tree Tops, Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a multi-trunked tree with sparse leaves, inscribed 'A small leaved tree near Jorje' and 'June 57'.

Small-Leaved Tree near Jorje, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850