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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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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

Painted study of a tall coconut palm above terracotta tiled roofs of wooden houses, with two birds perched on its fronds.

Palm Trees and Housetops, Ecuador

Frederic Edwin Church, 1857

Pencil sketch of two tree trunks with gnarled roots and textured bark on the forest floor, dated June 1860.

Tree Trunks, Darmstadt

William Trost Richards, 1860

Pencil sketch of a gnarled tree with a dense canopy on a cream sheet, with faint background strokes.

Tree

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Oil study of two tree trunks on a forest floor, one pale and lichen-spotted, with a hazy green hillside behind.

Tree Trunk, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

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 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

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 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

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 and watercolor sketch of gnarled cypress tree trunks in a grove, with a small building at the right edge.

Cypress Trees of Chapultepec, Mexico

Samuel Colman, 1890

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 sketch of a brook flowing beside two leafy trees and grassy banks, drawn in soft graphite tones.

Brook and Trees

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 1840

Pencil sketch of tall cypress trees with shaded foliage on pale paper, inscribed with a Villa d'Este note.

Cypress, Villa d'Este, After Cropsey

Daniel Huntington, 1850

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 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 palm trees and fan-shaped plants on grey paper with handwritten notes.

Palm Tree Crowns, Jamaica

Frederic Edwin Church, 1860

Pencil sketch of a tree branch with twigs and a small perched bird on a tan sheet of paper.

Tree Branch

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

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

Hand-colored print of a couple seated under a tree, framed by an ornate rococo border of red and blue flowers.

Couple Beneath Tree

Martin Engelbrecht, 1680

Etching of a dense wooded landscape with two figures crossing a wooden bridge beside a rocky ledge and a distant view.

Wooded Landscape, With Two Figures on a Bridge

Anthonie Waterloo, 1650

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