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Dark charcoal drawing of a row of small houses under a pale dusk sky, with a tall tree trunk at the right edge.

Landscape with Houses

Georges Seurat, 1881-82

Landscape with a circular temple on a rocky hill, a tree at left, a distant town, and two figures on a path below.

Landscape with Figures

Pierre Antoine Patel the Younger, 1693

Sepia wash drawing of a village with a church steeple in an alpine valley, with a winding river and mountains behind.

Village in an Alpine Valley

Victor-Jean Nicolle, n.d.

Pen and brown ink drawing of a large gnarled tree with twisting trunk and dense foliage on tan paper.

A Large Tree

Salvator Rosa, 1615-73

Pen and watercolor drawing of a seated woman nursing an infant, a praying man in a hat, a palm tree, and a donkey at sunset.

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (The Repose of the Holy Family in Egypt)

William Blake, 1806

Red chalk drawing of a river scene with trees, houses, reeds and a rower in a small boat on calm water.

River Scene

Abraham Rutgers, 1645-99

Watercolor landscape of rolling hills, a cottage, and two small figures walking on a winding road.

Hilly Landscape with Two Figures on a Road

William Taverner, mid-18th century

Grey wash drawing of a river valley with trees, rocky banks, two figures, and a domed building on a hill.

View of Ariccia, Italy

Jonathan Skelton, ca. 1758

Monochrome blue-green drawing of a moonlit ruined abbey beside a river, with boats and figures in the foreground.

Tintern Abbey by moonlight

John 'Warwick' Smith, ca. 1789

Pen and grey wash drawing of a rushing rocky stream passing a large boulder, with trees and hills behind.

A rocky stream, Italy

Samuel Woodforde, ca. 1786-91

Grey wash drawing of craggy rock formations with boulders and trees, pen outlines on pale paper.

Design for rock-work at Virginia Water, Windsor Great Park

Thomas Sandby, 1780s (?)

Watercolor landscape of a winding river gorge with cliffs and trees, a distant town and hills under cloudy sky.

View of Chepstow, Wales

John Scarlett Davis, 1834

Grey wash drawing with white highlights of two tall overgrown tree trunks, vines, flowers and rocks on tan paper.

Study of Overgrown Trees; verso: Study of a Cypress and Two Overgrown Trees

Joseph Werner the Younger

Watercolor study of a windswept tree with golden and green foliage against blue and green washes of sky and hillside.

Study of a tree

George Richmond, possibly 1848

Pencil sketch of a wooded hillside with small figures on a flat foreground beneath an open sky.

Landscape at Margate

George Richmond, 1840-60 (?)

Red chalk and graphite sketch of large cedar trees in a park with grass, a figure, and grazing animals.

Cedar trees in a park

George Richmond, 1840-70

Watercolor of a young woman with a stick in a forest, with workers and stacked timber behind her.

Barking Timber in Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire

Joshua Cristall, 1818 (?)

Graphite sketch of a dense clump of trees above a shaded path, with hatched shading on the foliage and ground.

A clump of trees

Thomas Gainsborough, ca. 1757

Pencil sketch of a rocky stream with a fallen log, boulders, shrubs and pebbles in the foreground.

A Rocky Stream or River

James Ward, ca. 1811

Grey wash drawing of a rocky coast with breaking waves, a headland on the right, and a pale stormy sky.

Barren Coast and Slight Storm

John Glover, 1794

Watercolor of a Gothic archway and water trough with a church tower rising behind trees under a cloudy sky.

Waltham Abbey, Essex

Peter De Wint, ca. 1840

Pencil sketch of a nude female figure with arms raised, hair and drapery flowing, standing atop a mound.

"Jocund Day Stands Tip Toe on the Misty Mountain Tops" (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 5)

George Richmond, ca. 1830

Pen and wash drawing of a rocky gorge with a stone arch bridge, a small building, and a tiny figure in the foreground.

View of the Ponte San Rocco at Tivoli; verso: Buildings on the River Aniene near Tivoli (?)

Guilliam du Gardijn, ca. 1640-45 (?)

Pencil drawing of a hilltop village above a wooded valley with a river, arched bridge, and hazy mountains beyond.

A View of Cavi in the Sabine Hills

Louis Gurlitt, 1848

Pen and ink drawing of a hilltop town on a cliff above the sea, with trees and two figures in the foreground.

View of Capri

Carl Wagner, 1823

Colored print of two soldiers in blue jackets and red caps giving a haircut to a seated man in a striped cape.

Life in Camp, Part 2: The Field Barber

Winslow Homer, 1864

Watercolor of a ruined arched castle on a hilltop with rocks, a path with two figures, and a lake under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Fantastic Castle

George Sand, 1865

Watercolor of a winding road through a rocky gorge with a red cross, figures, pine trees and a stone wall.

A Road in a Gorge near Naples

Thomas Jones, 1782

Watercolor of dead game birds, a hare, a shotgun and a hunting dog beneath an oak tree in a forest landscape.

Hunting Still Life in a Forest

Wybrand Hendricks, 1784

Drawing of reclining sheep and a flock in a landscape, rendered in brown ink with white highlights on tan paper.

Reclining Sheep in a Landscape

Francesco Londonio, 1759-82