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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Two Sailing Ships

Frederic Edwin Church, 1840

Pencil sketch of two schooners and small dories on calm water, with soft reflections on a tan sheet.

Two Schooners and Dories

Winslow Homer, 1880

Engraved frieze of sea nymphs, a piping satyr, putti and a sea dragon in fine line hatching.

Ornamental Frieze with Sea Nymphs

Michiel le Blon, 1630

Narrow oil sketch of a pale iceberg floating on dark sea water beneath a muted brown sky.

Floating Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Engraved decorative border of putti riding sea monsters and dolphins over rippling waves.

Decorative Panel: Sea Monsters

Flemish Theodor de Bry, 1540

Charcoal sketch of figures on a shoreline looking out at a bay, with a small boat and distant lighthouse on the horizon.

Figures Overlooking Bay and Small Boat, Cullercoats, England

Winslow Homer, 1880

Small oil sketch of a turquoise iceberg on dark sea under a brown sky with sunlight breaking through clouds.

Iceberg, Battle Harbour, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of a large iceberg with smaller ice masses on dark sea under a pink evening sky.

Iceberg Against the Evening Sky, 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

Small painting of two pale icebergs rising above dark choppy sea under a warm tan sky.

Two Icebergs, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Oil sketch of a twilight sea with dark water, a horizon line, and a sky glowing pink and yellow with streaked clouds.

Twilight at Sea, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a rocky coast with boulders, a flat shoreline, three small figures, and distant buildings under a pale sky.

Study for "Rocky Coast and Gulls"

Winslow Homer, 1860

Small oil sketch of a white iceberg in choppy grey-blue sea under a hazy pale sky.

Iceberg off Torbay, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

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

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

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

Small sketch of a pale iceberg on a dark sea under a pink and mauve twilight sky.

Iceberg at Twilight, Canada

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850