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Loose oil sketch of a small boat on dark green water under glowing orange cliffs, with dark rocks in the foreground.

Iceberg Fantasy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Sunlit dirt path winding past a reddish rock cliff with vines, slender trees and foliage on the left.

Woodland Path, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Charcoal and white-heightened sketch of exposed tree roots spreading across a hillside above dark shrubbery.

Tree Roots on a Hillside, Prout's Neck

Winslow Homer, 1880

Pencil sketches of rocky landforms with handwritten colour notes like grey, warm grey, and gold brown on pale paper.

Landscape Sketches, Palestine or Syria (Israel or Jordan)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Sketch of alpine mountain peaks with a sunlit summit, snow patches, and a valley of pencil-drawn forest in the foreground.

The Watzmann and the Hochkalter near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painted sunset over lavender mountains, with trees and a small figure on a brown hillside in the foreground.

Winter Sunset in the Hudson Valley, Looking Southwest from Olana

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of gnarled tree roots over a grassy slope with shrubs and a winding path.

Tree Roots, Prout's Neck

Winslow Homer, 1880

Loose sketch of a reddish hill above pale fields with scattered trees under a warm hazy sky.

Landscape with Low Hill and Fields

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a man fishing with a long rod on a rocky shore, with trees and water in loose hatched lines.

Study for "Ouananiche Fishing," Lake St. John

Winslow Homer, 1890

Loose painted sketch of a stone passage among Parthenon ruins, with a fluted Doric column against a grey sky.

North Peristyle of the Parthenon, Athens

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor sketch of a dry landscape with a white mission church, trees, a dirt road and hills under a pale sky.

Near San Francisco, Mexico

Thomas Moran, 1880

Night landscape with a glowing moon over water, a dark wooded island, and distant hills under a pale blue sky.

Moon Rising over the Porcupine Islands, Bar Harbor, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of white surf breaking over dark rocks on a coast, with a distant headland under an orange sky.

Coastal Surf, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of canoes with paddlers on a lake, with pine trees and a misty shoreline in the background.

Canoes on a Lake

Winslow Homer, 1890

Watercolor landscape of a valley with dark woodland, autumn-colored trees on a ridge, and small headstones in the foreground.

Valley and Hillside

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor and pencil landscape of the Teton peaks in pale blue above a meadow and a row of dark conifers.

The Tetons, Idaho

Thomas Moran, 1870

Red chalk drawing of a dog and sheep under a garlanded tree beside a stone pedestal, with a straw hat in the foreground.

Pastorale

Jean Baptiste Huet, 1770

Watercolor of a pointed mountain peak with snowfields and glacier, rocky foreground and conifers under a hazy sky.

Index Peak, Clarks Fork, Wyoming

Thomas Moran, 1890

Moonlit mountain landscape with a snowy peak, grazing cattle, a stream and a farmhouse on a plain.

Mountains by Moonlight, Colombia or Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of Niagara Falls with a seated figure in the foreground, cedar trees, and handwritten color notes on tan paper.

Niagara Falls, View from Goat Island, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Watercolor and pencil sketch of a river beneath cliffs and blue mountains under a warm sky, by Thomas Moran.

Port Neuf Canyon, Idaho

Thomas Moran, 1870

Loose oil sketch of rooftops and a domed church with a bell tower under a pale blue sky.

Rooftops near Sant'Andrea delle Fratte from the Via Gregoriana, Rome

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Loose oil sketch of a valley with brown mountains under a sunset sky of orange and green clouds.

Hudson Valley Landscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil and chalk sketch of a weathered clapboard shack with lean-tos and trees on blue-grey paper.

Clapboard Shack

Winslow Homer, 1860

Oil sketch of a dark hill under a cloudy sky with peach and gold sunset light breaking through at the left.

Cloudy Skies, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and chalk sketch of a tall royal palm with smaller palms and rows of palms climbing a distant hillside.

Royal Palm, Cuba

Winslow Homer, 1880

Small painted sketch of stone huts with shingled conical roofs beneath a large tree, with an inscription reading Jamaica, Mt.

Village on Mt. Salus, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Dark forest interior with tree ferns and slender trunks rendered in loose brown and green brushwork.

In the Woods, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a wooded hillside with a figure resting in grass on tan paper.

Shepherdess Resting Under a Tree

Winslow Homer, 1870

Oil sketch of green rolling hills, trees and distant ridges under a hazy blue sky in a summer landscape.

Summer View, Hudson Valley, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and ink sketch of Paris rooftops and a bell tower, with a man in a cap and a rat on a stone ledge in the foreground.

View of Paris

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil and watercolor study of resting sheep in several groups, with a sketched ram head at upper left on a pale sheet.

Sheep Resting

Winslow Homer, 1870

Loose oil sketch of a rocky hillside overlooking green plains and a distant city under a pink hazy sky.

Damascus, View from the Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor sketch of jagged rock spires in muted violet and peach tones under a pale sky, labeled The Needles.

The Needles

Thomas Moran, 1890

Watercolor and pencil drawing of rocky mountain peaks and snowy slopes above a grassy foreground with boulders.

The Upper End of Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Range, near Ogden, Utah

Thomas Moran, 1870

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a sheep in a field, with grazing sheep and trees in the background.

Sheep Grazing in a Field

Winslow Homer, 1870

Loose painted woodland scene with dark tree trunks, autumn foliage and a sunlit slope of leaf litter in the foreground.

Woodland Scene

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pen and wash sketch of a winding road past rocky cliffs, windswept trees and a blue mountain under clouds.

Road in a Mountain Landscape

Thomas Moran, 1870

Oil sketch of three Corinthian columns amid rubble under a sunset sky, with hills and a plain beyond.

Classical Ruins, Syria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor of a domed building and tower on a hill above a river, with trees, a boat, and small figures in the foreground.

Hacienda on the Lerma River, San Juan, Mexico

Thomas Moran, 1890

Oil sketch of a winter landscape at sunset, with dark mountains, evergreens, a pale snowy foreground and a rose-colored sky.

Hudson Valley in Winter, Looking Southwest from Olana

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Watercolor of a misty hillside landscape with evergreens and a red deer standing behind a split-rail fence.

Landscape with Deer in a Morning Haze

Winslow Homer, 1900

Sepia wash drawing of pale rock cliffs and dark evergreen trees in a misty valley landscape.

Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1870

Oil sketch of billowing cumulus clouds over a dense band of green tropical trees under a pale blue sky.

Thunder Clouds, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Small painted landscape of green forested hills under a towering pink sunset cloud, with a valley receding into haze.

Sunset over Hilltops, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and white chalk drawing of a woodland slope with trees and flowering shrubs, inscribed Goat Island, by Frederic Edwin

Goat Island, Niagara River, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pen and ink drawing of a woman's head with an upswept hairstyle, looking down, with a signature at lower left.

A Lady's Head, from Scribner's "Eighty Drawings including the Weaker Sex"

Charles Dana Gibson, 1900

Graphite drapery study of a seated figure with gridlines, drawn for a mural at the Essex County Court House.

Drapery Study for Figure of Peace in "The Beneficence of the Law," Mural at Essex County Court House, Newark, New Jersey

Kenyon Cox, 1910

Pencil and chalk drawing of a stone church with a tower beside a winding path, dunes and trees, and water on the horizon.

Landscape

Howard Russell Butler, 1880

Pencil and chalk drawing of a Cuban hillside with tall palm trees, grassy tufts in the foreground, and clouds above.

Cuban Hillside

Winslow Homer, 1880

Oil sketch of a full rainbow arching over rolling hills and dark trees beneath a warm rosy sky.

Rainbow over a Hilly Landscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of a calm lake, wooded islands, and a distant mountain under a soft sky, with a sandy shore in the foreground.

Mt. Katahdin from the South, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Dark painted drawing of a paddle steamer with a smoke plume moving across choppy water under a dusky evening sky.

Paddle Steamer at Dusk

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of rolling ocean swells and foaming wave crests under a bright horizon.

Ocean Swells

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch of rooftops and a church bell tower with a cross, with distant hills behind.

Adjoining Buildings with Church Tower, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painted bouquet of pink roses, a teal flower and small purple blossoms with green leaves on a tan background.

Polychrome floral group c

Herman A. Elsberg, 1910

Ink and wash drawing of a classical plaza with an obelisk, central fountain with statues, colonnade, and horse sculpture.

Architectural Fantasy with Fountain and Obelisk

Louis Joseph le Lorrain, 1760

Watercolor and pencil sketch of layered red canyon walls and a sandy trail with scrubby trees under a blue sky.

Looking up the Trail at Bright Angel, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Thomas Moran, 1900

Pencil and watercolor sketch of twisted, wind-blown old cypress trees on a sandy coastal ground.

Study of Old Cypress Trees, Cypress Point

Samuel Colman, 1890

Watercolor textile design with vertical gold and green foliage bands, pink ribbons, and small green botanical sprigs on pale

Textile Design: Vertical

Louis-Albert DuBois, 1810

Painted landscape of a brown mountain above a rocky stream with green shrubs and yellow grasses in the foreground.

Near Jericho, Wady Kilt

Lockwood de Forest, 1870

Painting of a red sandstone palace with twin domes and carved balconies on sandy ground under a pale blue sky.

Fatehpur Sikri, Birbal’s Palace, India

Lockwood de Forest, 1880

Painting of a red wagon with a dark canopy carrying passengers across a field under a cloudy, golden-lit sky.

White Mountain Wagon

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil and ink sketch of a gnarled, twisted old cypress tree with branches reaching across the page.

Study, Old Cypress Tres, Cypress Point

Samuel Colman, 1890