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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Pencil drawing of two friezes showing a sea centaur with a ram-headed creature above and a sea figure battling a winged sea m

Sea Centaur Battles Sea Monster

Felice Giani, 1800

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

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 a rowboat with a seated figure and an oar on calm water, on a tan sheet.

Row Boat

Robert Frederick Blum, 1900

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

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 sketches of dunes, a house among trees, and a wind-bent tree on a coastal page with handwritten colour notes.

Sketches from Sea Girt, New Jersey

Samuel Colman, 1870

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

Pencil sketch of a figure in a hat leaning on a ship's railing beside rigging and deck structures.

Figure in Oilskins at a Ship's Railing

Winslow Homer, 1890

Brown ink and wash drawing of Neptune riding a sea chariot over waves, with attendant figures blowing a horn.

Neptune Riding over the Sea in a Chariot

Felice Giani, 1820

Pencil sketch of a sea horizon under horizontal cloud bands, with handwritten color notes on the sky.

View at Sea near Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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

Two Dories Being Launched, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pen drawing of an ornate royal galley seen from the stern, with carved decoration, a canopy, and choppy sea.

A Royal French Galley Seen from the Stern

Pierre Puget, 1660

Sketch of waves breaking over dark rocks on a rugged coast under a pale sky, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Near Otter Cliffs, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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

Watercolor sketch of a sailing ship's deck with rigging, masts, and a seated sailor beside a hanging boat.

On Board Ship

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil and white gouache sketch of icebergs floating on calm water under a flat horizon, on tan paper.

Icebergs near Cape St. John, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Faint pencil sketch of a seated female nude with raised arm, with a distant shoreline and buildings on warm toned paper.

Beach Scene

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

Pale sketch of a low sun over a calm sea with a shimmering reflection and thin clouds on a tan paper ground.

Seascape near Newfoundland, Canada

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

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

Painting of surf crashing against a rocky, cliff-lined coast with dark boulders in the foreground and a hazy sky.

Surf Pounding Against the Rocky Maine Coast

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of women wading in surf near a beach, with a seated figure in a hat beside a rowboat on pebbles.

Women Surf Bathing

Winslow Homer, 1870

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

Pencil sketch of a large floating iceberg with hatched shading on tan paper, dated July 16th.

Floating Iceberg, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

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 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 study sheet of several icebergs by Frederic Edwin Church, with handwritten notes on capsizing and avalanche.

Foundering Icebergs near Battle Harbour, 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