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Watercolor of rocky cliffs and green valley opening to a distant sea under a pale sky, by William Trost Richards.

From Paradise to Purgatory, Newport

William Trost Richards, 1878

Pencil sketch of a pergola terrace with lattice roof, balustrade and an urn, framing a view of water and distant hills.

Sketchbook of Greek, Italian Islands, and Near East Subjects

Mary Newbold Sargent, 1904

Grayscale watercolor of a wide bay with sailing ships, a windmill, grazing cows, and a seated figure on a hill.

The Bay of New York Looking to the Narrows and Staten Island, Taken from Brooklyn Heights

William Guy Wall, 1820-25

Monochrome watercolor of several deer resting and standing on an open grassy plain under a pale cloudy sky.

Deer in a Landscape

Pencil sketch of large trees in an open landscape, inscribed Charles River June 22 1886, on a sketchbook page.

Charles River June 22 '86 (from Sketchbook VII)

William Trost Richards, 1886

Pencil sketch of trees and a distant building group on a hillside, with open sky above.

Landscape (from Cropsey Album)

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1849

Pale drawing of a river town with a Gothic church tower, a windmill, and sailing boats on calm water.

View of the Groote Kerk in Dordrecht from the River Maas

Aelbert Cuyp, ca. 1647-48

Pen and wash drawing of a river with sailboats, a grassy bank with trees and figures, and a distant church spire.

River Landscape with Sailboats

Aelbert Cuyp, ca. 1640-42

Woodblock print of a coastal village with pines, a calm bay, sailboats and green hills, by Utagawa Hiroshige.

Ōiso

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1838

Woodblock print of a misty lake with white-sailed boats, pine trees, layered hills and a dark mountain under a pink sky.

Clearing Weather at Awazu, Lake Biwa

Utagawa Hiroshige, ca. 1835

Grey wash drawing of a park with tall poplars, a shaded allée, a seated statue and small figures near a wheelbarrow.

View of a Park

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, ca. 1757-59

Sepia drawing of Joshua raising his arm toward the sun over a walled city on cliffs, with armies in a valley below.

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still Upon Gibeon (Joshua: 10: 12-14)

John Martin, ca. 1822

Sepia print of a stormy mountain lake with sailboats, lightning in the sky, and figures beside a cart on the shore.

Lake of Thun, Swiss, part III, plate 15 from "Liber Studiorum"

Joseph Mallord William Turner, June 10, 1808

Sepia print of Martello towers on a shore below a white chalk cliff, with travelers, a donkey, and a beached boat under a sto

Martello Towers near Bexhill, Sussex, part VII, plate 34 from "Liber Studiorum"

Joseph Mallord William Turner, June 1811

Grey wash drawing of a rock outcrop with a shadowed recess, framed by trees and shrubs above a water edge.

Design for rock-work at Virginia Water, Windsor Great Park (recto); Two Architectural Plans (one partially cut off) (…

Thomas Sandby, 1780s (?)

Etching of a bearded river god pointing upward while a helmeted warrior rests on his shield beside a sword.

Dream of Aeneas, Aeneas rests on his shield, while the river god Tiber points upward

Salvator Rosa, ca. 1663-64

Engraving of the Virgin Mary seated outdoors holding the Christ Child, both with halos, beside a tree and radiating light.

"The Beautiful Virgin of Regensburg" Seated in a Landscape

Albrecht Altdorfer

A Cow Lying in a Landscape

Pieter Gerardus van Os, early 19th century

Watercolor of a steep mountain shore on a still lake, with a small village at left and trees at right under a cloudy blue sky

View of Lake Como with Monte Legnone

Francis Towne, August 27, 1781