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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Graphite sketch of a mountain road with trees, a rocky cliff, a distant village and a walking figure.

Mountain Pass and Village

Arnold William Brunner, 1880

Sunset over a lake and wooded hills, with a dark mountain at left and sunlight glinting on the water.

Eagle Lake Viewed from Cadillac Mountain, Mount Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pale watercolor of a flat plain with a blue mountain range under a hazy sky, with a small pond at lower left.

American Plains with Mountain Range in the Distance

Thomas Moran, 1770

Pencil sketch of a conical mountain peak with rolling ridgelines, with a handwritten note in the lower right corner.

Haystack Mountain from Littleton, New Hampshire

Daniel Huntington, 1870

Oil sketch of a golden plateau, lavender mountain, and thatched hut under a pale blue sky.

Ecuador ?, mountain plateau with hut

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Charcoal drawing of a man in a wide-brimmed hat resting on a rocky ledge, smoking a pipe, with a hazy landscape behind him.

Mountain Climber Resting

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pencil sketch of two mountain peaks above rolling hills and trees, with handwritten place notes along the bottom edge.

Welch Mountain in Waterville and Thornton, New Hampshire, from Sandwich Notch Road, Campton

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of a rocky cliff at left and a jagged mountain ridge with rolling hills at right, on pale paper.

Mountain Sketches

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pen and ink sketch of peasant women, oxen with a cart, a hunter, rabbits and birds among foliage, within a ruled border.

In the Mountains (Decorative Design)

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil sketch of a river valley with rocks, trees and distant mountains under a pale sky.

Ammonoosuc River and White Mountains, N.H.

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pencil sketch of cumulus clouds above a dark treeline and open ground on cream paper, dated Sept 1840.

Clouds over Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil study of a hooded female figure holding leaves, with additional sketches of hands and arms on aged paper.

Study of Figure for "In the Mountains"

Walter Shirlaw, 1880

Pencil drawing of a rocky brook with boulders, trees, and distant mountains under a pale cloudy sky.

View of Moat Mountain from Wildcat Brook, Jackson, New Hampshire, Looking Southwest

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Oil sketch of a mountain peak over a shadowed valley, with rocky cliffs and evergreens in the foreground under a dusky sky.

Mt. Katahdin from South Turner Mountain, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1870

Grey watercolor of a seated man in a hat looking over a lake toward wooded hills, with a fallen log in the foreground.

Mountain River or Lake

Winslow Homer, 1890

Pencil sketch of a tall slender pine tree beside rocks on aged paper, with handwritten notes at lower left.

Study of Pine Tree, Shawangunk Mountains

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pencil sketch of craggy alpine peaks above a lake shore with sparse trees, inscribed Gosau at lower right.

Alps over Hinterer Gosausee, Austria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of two artists painting at easels outdoors, one under a parasol, with mountains in the distance.

Artists Sketching in the White Mountains

Winslow Homer, 1860

Watercolor of a mountain laurel branch with pink and white blossoms and green leaves on a grey background.

A Bough of Mountain Laurel with Leaves and Blossoms

Samuel Colman, 1880

Pencil sketch of clouds over a distant mountain ridge with handwritten color notes and a signature dated 1880.

Mountains and Clouds in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of two pine trees with spreading branches and a distant hill on pale paper.

Study of Two Pines, Catskill Mountains

Daniel Huntington, 1830

Pen drawing of a Tammany tiger on New York City skyline watching Teddy Roosevelt hunt a mountain lion in Colorado.

Tammany Tiger: "Teddy's going to hunt mountain lions so that gives me a vacation"

John Tinney McCutcheon, 1900

Pencil sketch of a hilly ridge with clouds and handwritten colour notes on grey paper, Jamaica, 1860.

Mountain Ridge with Clouds, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Engraving of two men camping by a lake with canoes, a branch shelter, a campfire with fish, a dog, and mountains behind.

Camping Out in the Adirondack Mountains

Edward Lagarde, 1870

Engraving of two women with walking sticks beside a rocky gorge, a tall waterfall on the right, small hikers below.

Under the Falls, Catskill Mountains

Winslow Homer, 1870

Brown and gold landscape sketch of sunlit mountain peaks under a dramatic cloudy sky, with a leaning tree in the foreground.

Overlook Mountain with Snow, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of layered mountains and a lake on tan paper, with handwritten notes about light and shadow.

Mountains and Lake, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of mountains across a flat plain with two small figures, annotated with handwritten color notes.

Mountains across a Plain, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of layered mountains above a valley with shrubs in the foreground and handwritten notes below.

Mountains and Valley, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of a mountain range and hills with handwritten color notes on cream paper.

Mountains near Toluca, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Hazy brown and green mountain slopes with trees in the foreground under a pale, cloudy sky, painted in oil on paper.

Mountains of Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of rugged mountains under clouds, with handwritten notes reading Silver grey and golden brown.

Mountains in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of mountains and a yellow plain with handwritten colour notes and small clouds above.

Mountains in Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of hilly terrain with trees and handwritten color notes, labeled April.

Mountain Pass, Lebanon

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a sloping mountain ridge with hatched shading, shrubs in the foreground and handwritten notes on the page.

Portion of a Mountain Panorama, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Loose oil sketch of white clouds over a dark forested valley with distant hills and small evergreens in the foreground.

Clouds over the Hudson Valley, from the Catskill Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil and white chalk sketch of a snow-capped mountain and shadowed slopes on tan paper.

Mountain Landscape, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of craggy mountain ridges above a sloping foreground, with the handwritten label Königsee at lower right.

Mountains over the Königssee, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of a rain-filled mountain valley under dark storm clouds, with brown hills and scattered trees.

Storm in the Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Painting of a forested mountain above a lake with red autumn trees along the shore under a dusky sky.

Mountainside Lake in Autumn

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of the Catskill Mountain House, a large multi-story building on a sloping mountainside, on cream paper.

Catskill Mountain House

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Faint pencil sketch of a distant mountain ridge outlined on cream paper with an empty sky above.

The Catskill Mountains, Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Small sketch of a reddish mountain ridge above green and yellow shrubs under a pale blue sky.

Mountain View on the Road to Baalbek, Lebanon

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a lake with hills, mountains, shrubs and trees along the shore, with handwritten notes at the top and bottom

North-South Lake near the Catskill Mountain House, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Graphite and white highlight sketch on brown paper showing a narrow mountain valley with rocky ridges and lit slopes.

Narrow Mountain Valley near Ysapan, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a riverbank with tropical foliage, a tall palm, and mountains receding into the distance.

Riverbank and Mountains from the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a sandy plain, mountain range, shrub, rocks and folding chair, with handwritten colour notes.

Sandy Plain and Mountain Range, Palestine or Syria (Israel or Jordan)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Loose sketch of sunlit mountain peak above a shadowed valley and dark evergreen trees under a pale sky.

Mountains near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria (Germany)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridges on tan paper, with handwritten notes about light in the lower right corner.

Mountain Landscape on the Road to Mocha, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a winding road beside a wooden fence leading into a valley with mountains and trees.

Winding Mountain Road in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Hazy Catskill mountains rise above a pastoral valley with white farmhouses, trees, and fields under streaked clouds.

The Catskill Mountains from the Village of Catskill, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a building at upper left and mountain peaks below, with handwritten notes.

Sketches of a Building and Mountains, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of a craggy mountain above trees and low buildings, inscribed Bavaria, on tan paper.

Mountain in Bavaria

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Hazy mountain ridges under a red and orange sunset sky, painted in loose brushwork with a misty valley below.

Sunset and Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Loose sketch of an alpine valley with dark slopes, pink-tinged clouds in a blue sky, and green meadow in the foreground.

Valley in the Alps

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of sunbeams radiating over mountain ridges with handwritten colour notes on tan paper.

Sunbeams over Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of clouds over a jagged mountain range, with handwritten notes on the sky and peaks.

Clouds over Mountains, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch on tan paper of mountain ridges and trees with handwritten colour notes like green light and green blue.

Mountains above the Königssee, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch on green paper with horizontal strokes, numbered tone notes, and handwritten color notes in the upper corner.

Clouds over Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of distant mountains and trees with handwritten color notes on cream paper.

Mountain Views from Cuautla, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil and paint sketch of a mauve mountain rising over a pale tan plain under a grey-blue sky.

Mountain Landscape

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of mountains and a foreground hill with handwritten color notes such as blue, brown, and cloud on cream paper.

Mountains, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of distant mountains above a lake with handwritten color notes on tan paper.

Mountains and Lakes, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch of rugged mountain peaks and rocky cliffs on tan paper, with a diagonal line and handwritten label.

Mountain Peaks

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of cloudy skies over mountain ridges, with handwritten color notes along the bottom edge.

Cloudy Skies over Mountain Ridges near Hacienda Chillo, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of jagged mountain ridges and steep slopes on blue-grey paper, with handwritten notes and labels.

Mountains by the Königssee, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a snow-capped conical mountain above hatched foothills on cream paper, with handwritten notes.

Snow-Capped Mountain, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Oil sketch of a forest waterfall between dark rocks and trees, with a pink foreground and a pale pool of sky.

Mountain Stream, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a railway bridge spanning a rocky mountain ravine, with distant hills drawn in light lines.

Railroad in the Mountains, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

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

Oil sketch of dark clouds framing a glowing sunset over purple mountains and a dim green-brown landscape.

Sunset Clouds over Purple Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of hills and evergreen trees on tan paper, with numbered color notes written beside it.

Meadow and Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a mountain range above a shaded ridge, with handwritten color notes on a cream sheet.

Rugged Mountain, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1890

Pencil sketch with white highlights of snowy mountain peaks, a wooded riverbank, and handwritten colour notes on paper.

River and Mountain Peaks, Berchtesgaden, Germany

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a tall evergreen tree beside distant mountains and clouds, with handwritten notes on the landscape.

Mountains and an Evergreen, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of jagged snowy Alpine peaks above a valley with a church spire at left.

Landscape in the Austrian Alps

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a distant mountain range with a small cow in the foreground and handwritten color notes on the paper.

Mountain Landscape with a Cow, Mexico

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch on grey paper with cloud studies, hills, handwritten color notes, and a small moon at upper left.

Full Moon over Mountains, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Oil sketch of a misty mountain gorge with a tower on a cliff top, peaks lit pink under a golden evening sky.

Castle in the Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Loose painted sketch of autumn-toned rolling hills in reddish and ochre hues under a pale sky, with grass in the foreground.

The Catskill Mountains in Autumn, Hudson, New York

Frederic Edwin Church, 1880

Pencil sketch of distant mountain ridges with a small bare tree and shrubs in the foreground, on pale paper.

Blue Mountain Peak, from Bloxburgh, Jamaica, Part Two

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil and chalk sketch of mountains under a swirling sky with a small house and handwritten color notes.

Thunderstorm over the Alps

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Hazy blue mountains rise above a green valley with ferns and shrubs in the foreground under a pale sky.

In the Blue Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of farmhouses on a hillside with trees and distant mountains, inscribed Guaranda June 3 37.

Houses in the Mountains of Guaranda, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Painting of a glowing sun over distant mountains, with dark trees and hills in the foreground under a warm hazy sky.

Radiant Sun above Mountains

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch sheet showing a resting camel, a walled ruin, a horse, a spear, and a mountain slope with handwritten notes.

Camels on a Mountainside with Mixed Sketches, Palestine (Israel)

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Graphite sketch of distant mountains, tropical plants, tree trunks, and studies of men in hats, with handwritten notes.

River Bank with Mountains and Clouds, Three Plants, and Men with Hats, Colombia

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

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 and white-highlight sketches on brown paper showing branches, a palm, bamboo, and a rocky stream in Jamaica.

Sketches in the Blue Mountains, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a feathery fern plant with stem and leaf studies, annotated with handwritten color notes on tan paper.

Botanical Sketch, Pride of the Mountain

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850