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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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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

Oil sketch of a lake among wooded hills at sunset, with a bright sun reflected on the water and a rounded mountain at left.

Eagle Lake Viewed from Cadillac Mountain, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

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

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

Pencil studies of icebergs in rows on pale green paper, with handwritten notes and a date in the lower right.

Icebergs at Sea near Newfoundland, 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

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 a large iceberg with jagged peaks above calm water, with a small sailing ship in the foreground.

The Iceberg, Canada

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

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 rendered in white gouache on tan paper, with a handwritten date in the upper right corner.

Iceberg near Cape Race, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of fishing boats on a beach with figures carrying baskets and two sailboats on the sea behind.

Beach with Four Fishing Boats, Cullercoats, England

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

Pencil and white chalk sketch of water spraying up over rocks on a tan paper ground.

Water Falling on Rocks

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of tall masts and a group of small figures on a low horizon, with faint handwriting and stains on the paper.

Figures on a Sand Dune

Winslow Homer, 1890

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 sketch of two sailing ships and a coiled maritime device on cream paper, by Frederic Edwin Church, 1850.

Ships at Anchor and a Maritime Device, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a beach with waves, a standing figure on a rise of land, and distant figures under a pale sky.

Beach Scene, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Woodblock print of a harbor town at dawn with sailboats, lantern-lit shops, travelers on a road, and pine trees.

Shinagawa Station, Sunrise, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Pencil and white chalk drawing of rocky coastal cliffs, a calm sea, and a distant sailboat under a streaked evening sky.

Cliffs at Southwest Head, Grand Manan Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor of a two-masted schooner with grey sails floating on calm water, with its reflection rippling below.

Two-masted Schooner with Dory

Winslow Homer, 1890

Woodblock print of a bay with white-sailed boats, pine-lined shore, and layered mountains under a pale sky.

Ejiri, View Over Mio-no-Matsu-bara, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Brown-toned sketch of cliffs, churning sea and a distant island, with white highlights on the waves and rocks.

Views near Cape St. John and Gull Island, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Loose charcoal sketch of two sailboats on choppy sea, one large sail in the foreground and a smaller boat on the horizon.

Sailing Boats

Winslow Homer, 1890

Woodblock print of boats on a blue bay beside a row of thatched houses and travelers on a road under a sunset sky.

Hilltop View, in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Kanagawa, Dai-no-kei Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Pencil sketch of a floating iceberg and distant mountains with a small head study and handwritten color notes on aged paper.

Sketches of a Man's Head and Floating Iceberg, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Charcoal drawing of a steamship with smoking funnel battling rough waves under a dark, cloudy sky.

Seascape with Fishing Trawler, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Woodblock print of travelers crossing a bridge under a torii gate, with village rooftops and a temple on a wooded hill.

Yugoyoji Temple (Fugisawa), in The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road (Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-no Uchi)

Utagawa Hiroshige, 1820

Pencil sketch of two craggy cliffs rising above a low horizon, with the sky left largely blank.

Iceberg Panorama, Canada, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown wash drawing of a crowded lifeboat battling rough waves, with a distant ship on a stormy sea.

The Life Boat

Winslow Homer, 1880