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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil sketch of two women handling a fishing net beside a beached dory with two men, sailboats on calm water behind.

Fisherman and Women Stowing Nets in a Beached Dory, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of waves breaking on a rocky shore under a wide, empty sky with a distant horizon line.

Seashore, Newport, RI

William Trost Richards, 1880

Pencil sketch of a sunset sky over a sea horizon with handwritten color notes in the margins.

Ionian Sea near Corfu, Greece

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a ship deck with rigging, a mast, rough waves and figures near the mast.

Ship Deck with Two Women Lashed to the Mast

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of sailboats on calm water near a wooded island, with rocks and evergreen trees in the foreground.

Rodick’s Island, Mt. Desert

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Small oil sketch of a white iceberg in choppy grey-blue sea under a hazy pale sky.

Iceberg off Torbay, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink sketch of two dories being launched into shallow surf, with figures wading beside them.

Two Dories Being Launched, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of a lagoon with a distant city skyline, a tall spire, and boats with figures in the foreground water.

View from Venetian Lagoon

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Oil sketch of waves breaking on dark rocks with a distant rocky island under a pale grey sky, by Frederic Edwin Church.

"Old Soaker" off Great Head, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a heavy sea breaking over rocks with spray rising under a streaked, stormy sky.

"Spoondrift," Heavy Sea, Prout's Neck

Winslow Homer, 1900

Pencil sketch of sailing boats moored in a calm harbor with reflections on the water and a rowboat near the center.

View of a Harbor

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Pencil sketch of a fleet of small fishing boats along a distant sea horizon, with handwritten notes above.

Fleet of Mackerel Fishers, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor of two rowboats on a pale beach under a dark overcast sky, with two figures and distant ships on the horizon.

Stern View of Two Rowboats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor design of a stairway with paneled balustrade and a pastoral landscape mural showing horsemen, animals and trees.

Design with Overlay for Portion of Stairway in Château-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island

Charles Salagnad, 1870

Painted view of a turquoise harbor with ships, framed by a white gate post, lattice fence and palm fronds.

Kingston Harbor from Galloway Hill, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and white-heightened sketch of three sailboats, including two schooners, on a calm sea under a pale horizon.

Two Schooners

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketch of several sailing boats beached on a sandy shore with masts and rigging against a pale sky.

Fishing Boats on the Seashore

Walter Clark, 1880

Oil sketch of a red and orange sunset over a dark, rippling sea beneath a low band of clouds.

Sunset at Sea, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of ship masts, rigging lines and a curved sail on a cut sheet of paper.

Sketches of Ships' Masts

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch of a sailboat by a grassy shore with trees at left and a distant horizon on tan paper.

Landscape

Walter Clark, 1880

Pencil sketch of icebergs with an arch, a sailing ship on the horizon, and handwritten notes on tan paper.

Icebergs off Greenspond, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketches of several sailing boats and schooners on a tan sheet, with sails and hulls drawn in varying sizes.

Sketches of Sailing Craft

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor design for a stairway wall with pastoral figure scenes above carved wood paneling and tall framed openings.

Design for Portion of Stairway, Château-sur-Mer, Newport, Rhode Island

Charles Salagnad, 1870

Pale iceberg floating on dark calm sea under a warm muted sky, painted sketch by Frederic Edwin Church.

Floating Iceberg, Battle Harbour, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Charcoal drawing of dark storm clouds over wind-bent trees and sand dunes, with a small figure running in the foreground.

Storm Coming

Winslow Homer, 1880

Wood engraving of people at a beach clam bake among rocks, with smoke rising and sailboats on the sea.

Sea-Side Sketches - A Clam-Bake

William H. Redding, 1870

Small oil sketch of pale icebergs lit by warm sunset light above dark, choppy sea, with a tiny red boat at left.

Icebergs

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a dune coastline with three sailboats on calm sea under cloudy sky.

Seascape, Prout's Neck

Winslow Homer, 1880

Engraving of boats attacking a sea monster in a harbour while crowds watch from the shore and a lighthouse stands nearby.

Whale Hunt by the Emperor Claudius in the harbour at Ostia, pl. 19 in the Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium series

Flemish Adriaen Collaert, 1590

Pencil and white-highlighted sketch of two icebergs on a horizon line, one large and one smaller, on tan paper.

Two Floating Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850