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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil sketch of men and women unloading a fishing dory on a beach, with boats and a distant sailboat.

Men and Women Unloading a Fishing Dory, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 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

Pencil sketch of a rocky coastline with cliffs and shrubs framing a sea inlet receding toward the horizon.

Study for "From Paradise to Purgatory, Newport"

William Trost Richards, 1870

Charcoal sketch of figures on a shoreline looking out at a bay, with a small boat and distant lighthouse on the horizon.

Figures Overlooking Bay and Small Boat, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 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

Sepia architectural rendering of a domed civic center with a tall clock tower above a plaza with gardens and tram tracks.

Sketches - Lake Como

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Charcoal sketch of a figure in a hat looking out at sailboats and rowboats on a sea with rocks and other figures.

Beach with Boats and People, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketches of icebergs and rocky forms along horizon lines on a tan sheet, with a few white highlights.

Iceberg Sketches, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of rooftops and the Red Lion Hotel sign beside a harbor with sailboats and flying gulls.

Red Lion Hotel

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a two-masted schooner towing three dories across choppy sea under streaked clouds.

Schooner with Three Dories

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil and chalk sketch of rocky columnar cliffs and a sailboat on the sea under streaked clouds, Grand Manan Island.

View on Southwest Head, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a village with church spires on a shore, with two sailboats on the water.

Two Sketches of Sailboats at St. Lawrence

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pale sketch of Murano's low waterfront skyline with church towers rising above a flat lagoon.

Study of seascape, Murano, Italy

William Stanley Haseltine, 1870

Night seascape with a full moon behind dark clouds above a glowing horizon and a shadowy shoreline.

Moonlit Coast, Mt. Desert Island

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of figures with parasols on rocky shore, with a sailboat on the sea and distant coastline.

On the Rocks, Mt. Desert

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Watercolor of moored sailing boats and rowboats in calm water beneath an overcast sky with a distant shoreline.

A Seascape

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pale graphite and white-highlighted drawing of rolling hills, a winding path, a bright sea and sky, with a small tree at lowe

View of the Palisadoes and Kingston Harbor from Bellevue, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a sailboat seascape with a rowboat and rocks beside an interior view of a wooden staircase.

Sketch of Landscape and Staircase

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of several sailboats with raised sails and masts moored in a harbor, with small figures on the quay.

Study of Sailboats, Venice, Italy

William Stanley Haseltine, 1880

Graphite and white chalk sketch of surf breaking over rocks along a coastline under a pale sky.

Coastline at Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch in two panels showing a sailboat near a shore and a steep wooded bluff above calm water with distant hills.

Two sketches of Ridges

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of a rocky shoreline with a lighthouse and house on a headland, calm water and a small figure at right.

Study of seashore, Point Judith, RI

William Trost Richards, 1880

Pencil sketch of two ships on a horizon under a moon, with handwritten colour notes on a cream card.

Moonlit Ships, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of sailboats on calm water with a rocky headland and shoreline in the distance.

Point Levi From Boat

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Pencil sketch of the Venice lagoon skyline with domes, bell towers, a gondola and sailboats on the water.

Study of lagoon, Venice, Italy

William Stanley Haseltine, 1870

Oil sketch of a pale iceberg floating on teal water under rosy, cloudy pink skies.

Iceberg Under Cloudy Skies, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a winding river lined with trees and shrubs, with rolling hills in the distance and a small boat on the righ

Delaware River, Milford, Pa

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Charcoal and chalk study of two fishermen hauling a net of herring from a rowboat, with sailboats in the distance.

Study for "The Herring Net"

Winslow Homer, 1880

Oil sketch of a calm blue sea and pale sky above brown coastal hills, with small clouds along the horizon.

View of the Sea from Bloxburgh, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of seated figures on rocky shore looking at sea with sailboat, with inset views of a rowboat and standing man.

Rocking

Arnold William Brunner, 1880