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Oil painting of autumn treetops in red and green foliage with a hazy mountain ridge and pale sky beyond.

Autumn Tree Tops

Winslow Homer, 1873

Pen and brown ink sketch of farm buildings, a ruined hut, and several trees and shrubs on rocky ground.

Sketches of Buildings and Trees

Remigio Cantagallina, 1610

Pencil sketch of conifers along a wooded shoreline with a tall pine at right and handwritten date in lower right.

Wooded Shoreline, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of gnarled bare trees and boulders on a rocky shore under a pale sky.

Study, Trees, Santa Barbara, California

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pencil study of a dense cluster of trees with spreading branches on a sloping hillside, drawn on toned paper.

Study of Trees, North Conway, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of gnarled tree roots and branches spreading across pale paper, with a handwritten date in the upper right corn

Tree Roots, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Brown ink drawing of a wooded landscape with large trees, a pond, a seated figure, and distant hills.

Wooded Landscape with a Pond

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?, 1650

Watercolor study of an apple tree with branches of green leaves and small apples on a pale background.

Apple Tree (Study for a Decorative Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of gnarled tree trunks, roots, and a grape vine study on pale paper, dated September 1844.

Gnarled Tree Trunks and a Grape Vine, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil drawing of an eagle with spread wings standing in front of an oak leaf wreath with ribbon swags below.

Oak Leaf Wreath with Eagle

Romolo Achille Liverani, 1830

Pencil study of a dense cluster of trees and foliage on tinted paper, with handwritten inscription in lower right corner.

Study of Trees, Geneva

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pencil sketch of a church with a domed tower among trees and shrubs on a hill, with handwritten color notes.

Church on a Wooded Hill, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pen and wash drawing of a windswept tree beside a classical colonnaded building with statues and a bridge.

Tree in Landscape with Building

Carlo Marchionni, 1770

Pencil sketch of a leafless tree with spreading bare branches, with handwritten colour notes along the bottom edge.

Study of a Dead Oak Tree

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pencil sketch of an old olive tree beside a stone column and an arched entablature with scalloped detail.

Old Olive Tree and Entablature, as-Samu, Palestine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Watercolor sketch of cypress tree trunks and green foliage in a grove, with warm light on the ground, on tan paper.

Cypress Trees, Chapultepec, Mexico

Samuel Colman, 1890

Pencil sketch of a wooded landscape with tall trees, undergrowth, and a winding path on aged paper.

Wooded Scene - West Campton, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch on tan card showing a horizon with a small building at left, trees at right, and handwritten color notes above.

Building and Trees in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Etching of a forest path with tall trees, a wooden footbridge over a pond, and a distant church tower under an open sky.

Entrance Into a Forest by a Little Wooden Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Engraving of soldiers attacking mothers and infants in a paved street before an arched bridge and city towers.

Massacre of the Innocents (without the Fir Tree)

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1510

Pencil sketch of a wooded island in a calm lake with distant hills and clouds, by Frederic Edwin Church, 1870.

Wooded Island, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Etching of a wooded landscape with a path winding between tall trees toward distant figures under an open sky.

Three Figures in a Wooded Landscape

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Etching of a shaded urban street with brick buildings, pointed towers, a large tree on the left and walking figures.

Fig Tree House, Lincoln's Inn

Joseph Pennell, 1900

Pencil sketch of a charred, broken tree trunk lying over a pale granite boulder, with handwritten notes.

Broken Tree upon a Boulder

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Etching of a wooded landscape with a stream, a rowing boat with a fisherman, a fence, and a distant town under clouds.

Wooded Landscape With a Stream and Fisherman

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

Graphite drawing of a large willow tree with a fence and distant hills in a rural landscape.

Study of a Willow, North Conway, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of bare winter trees and distant hills with handwritten color notes, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Winter Landscape with Barren Trees, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch on paper in an album showing loose trees, a house outline, and a diagonal line across the scene.

Burned Trees and Houses

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil study of a birch tree with white highlights beside a leafy oak on tan paper, labeled birch and oak.

Study of Trees, Birch and Oak

Daniel Huntington, 1840

Pencil sketch of hills and distant mountains on tan paper, with handwritten color notes including rich green and rainbow red.

Rainbow over Wooded Hills

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of tree branches and foliage on pale paper, mounted in a grey and red sketchbook page.

Sketches of Soldiers and Trees

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of a leafless tree with a thick horizontal limb and bare branches on aged paper.

Study of a Leafless Tree

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pencil sketch of two bare trees with twisting branches above loosely drawn foliage on tan paper.

Trees in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pen and ink sketch with compartments showing Elijah under a tree, a banquet, the Annunciation, and Christ among angels.

Wooded Landscape with Elijah Awakened and Nourished by an Angel on Mount Horeb [above left]; Annunciation [below left…

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1600

Pencil sketch of a woman in a headscarf seated on a grassy bank, with distant boats and trees across a hazy landscape.

Girl Seated on a Tree Trunk

Winslow Homer, 1870

Pencil sketch of a wooded Jamaican valley with rolling hills, tropical trees, banana plants and distant mountains.

Wooded Vale, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a gnarled willow tree with twisting trunk and spreading bare branches on a pale sheet.

Willow on the Rhône, Geneva, Switzerland

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Watercolor study of two drooping chestnut branches with green serrated leaves and pale hanging catkins on a tan background.

Study of Chestnut Tree Branches

Sophia L. Crownfield, 1900

Pencil sketch of gnarled trees and rocky ground with handwritten notes about leaves, mosses and airplants.

Trees and Rocks on the Road to Mocha, Ecuador, near Chimborazo

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Engraving of a family Christmas celebration, with children dancing around a decorated tree while adults watch in a festive pa

The Christmas-Tree

Winslow Homer, 1850

Faint pencil sketch of a hill ridgeline on cream paper, with the date May 1840 inscribed in the upper right corner.

Wooded Hill, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of tall conifers along a wooded lakeshore with low hills and an empty sky behind them.

Wooded Lakeshore

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a wooded ridge with sunlight rays on cream paper, with a faint blue outline at right.

Sunlight Cresting a Wooded Ridge

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Small sketch of wooded hills under a pink evening sky, with a lone tree and a patch of water in the foreground.

Wooded Hills

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a wooded island with pine trees in calm water, a sailboat at left, and handwritten notes above.

Wooded Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Loose pencil sketch of fallen and diagonal tree trunks over a forest floor with sparse undergrowth on cream paper.

Fallen Trees, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of trees, shrubs and a flock of birds in flight, with handwritten notes about colour and foliage greens.

Birds and Trees along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of broken tree trunks and branches on tan paper, with the upper part of the sheet left blank.

Broken Tree Trunks

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of a wooded ridge and leaves on pale paper, with a small bird form and handwritten notes at right.

Wooded Ridge and Leaves, Italy

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a bare tree with exposed roots on a rocky slope, by Frederic Edwin Church.

Königssee Tree, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a rocky outcropping beside birch and hemlock trees, with handwritten labels on pale paper.

Rocky Outcropping with Trees, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of a mountain range with two palm-like plants in the foreground and handwritten color notes on tan paper.

Mountain Range with Palm Trees, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of an elm tree with a spreading leafy canopy and branches on a tan paper sheet.

Elm Tree, Hartford, Connecticut

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of a wooded landscape with a tall poplar and handwritten tonal notes on pale paper.

Cloud Sketches with a Common Poplar

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Loose painted sketch of a brown wooded hillside above a pale green field under a light sky.

Wooded Hillside

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of a wooded bank with tall pine trees, fallen branches and rocks on tan paper.

Wooded Bank, Lake Millinocket, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Pencil sketch of several trees with handwritten notes on bark, leaves and branches, on pale paper.

Trees and Plants, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Brown ink drawing of a river landscape with a leaning tree, dense foliage, and distant buildings across the water.

Imaginary River Landscape with Wooded Banks

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketches of a leafy tree and an uprooted tree with exposed roots on cream paper, dated September 1840.

Sketches of Tree and Roots, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of a leafy tree with a branching trunk above a wooden fence, with faint smaller tree studies to the right.

Tree Sketches, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of tree ferns, broad-leaved plants and stems on brown paper, with handwritten labels.

Sketches of Plants and Tree Ferns near Jorje, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of two trees on cream paper, one leafy and one with bare branches, with "July 1844" written in the upper corner

Two Trees, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch on tan paper of several trees, with leafy clusters at left and center and a bare branching tree at right.

Sketches of Trees

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of a tree trunk with exposed roots over mossy ground and scattered autumn leaves in a woodland setting.

Tree Trunk with Roots

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of tall trees and undergrowth at a woodland edge, with an open grassy clearing in the centre.

Chestnut Trees at the Water's Edge, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketches of a leafy tree and tall elecampane plant stalks on tan paper, with a museum stamp at lower left.

Sketches of a Tree and Elecampane Plant, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a ceiba tree and thatched house on a riverbank, with a sailing boat and small canoe on the water.

House beneath a Ceiba Tree and Champan Canoes, Santa Cruz de Mompox, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of tree trunks and bare branches on a mossy forest floor, with handwritten moss notes on tan paper.

Trees on a Slope

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch on grey-blue paper of several tree canopies with handwritten notes about purple flowers and foliage gaps.

Sketches of Tree Tops, Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketches on paper of a gnarled tree trunk, hands, and a white cedar sprig with handwritten notes.

Shaking Hands and a Gnarled Tree Trunk, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of wooded riverbanks and tree canopies reflected in water, with handwritten notes naming the Río Magdalena.

Wooded Banks along the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketches of several trees with varied foliage and trunks on blue-grey paper, with handwritten annotations.

Sketches of Trees, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of tree tops and foliage on tan paper, with the handwritten word Niagara at upper right.

Tree Tops, Niagara Falls, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch on paper of a boy in a hat, a cow's rear, cow legs with hooves, and a small tree.

Sketches of Theodore Cole, Cow Legs, and a Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch page with two standing bulls, a bull head study, and an oak tree with branches, dated September 1840.

Sketches of Bulls and an Oak Tree, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketches of plants and foliage with a poplar branch on the right, annotated with handwritten color notes.

Plant Sketches with Poplar Tree

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Painted landscape of two pine trees on a rocky slope above a reddish path, with rolling hills and a blue sky.

Two Pine Trees, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850