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Pencil sketch of two cows by a broken wooden fence with a tree at left and three small figures at top.

Landscape with Two Cows and a Broken Fence; Three Standing Figures (from McGuire Scrapbook)

Thomas F. Hoppin, 1841

Watercolor of wind-bent palm trees and rooftops under a dark storm sky, with turquoise sea at the left edge.

Hurricane, Bahamas

Winslow Homer, 1898

John Adams

James Sharples, ca.1796

Watercolor of two figures on a ledge beside a waterfall between steep rock cliffs under a sky streaked with red clouds.

At the Waterfall

David Claypoole Johnston, ca. 1850

Watercolor of white sailboats and a rowboat in turquoise sea, with rusted cannons on sandy shore under a cloudy sky.

Nassau

Winslow Homer, 1899

Pastel portrait of a man in a powdered wig and brown coat with a white cravat, against an oval ochre background.

Pierre Bacot

Henrietta Johnston, ca. 1708-10

Pencil sketch of a valley between mountains with buildings in the distance and trees in the foreground.

North of the White Mountains

John Frederick Kensett, 1850

Watercolor of wind-bent palm trees on a grassy shore, with blue waves and a white lighthouse under a gray sky.

Palm Tree, Nassau

Winslow Homer, 1898

Watercolor of a barefoot female figure in white drapery holding a thyrsus, with grapes and a green garland against blue.

A Bacchante

John La Farge, 1897

Pencil drawing of canoes with paddlers crossing a lake toward tipis on a wooded shore, with rocks in the foreground.

Indians Returning from the Hunt (from McGuire Scrapbook)

Charles Lanman, 1841

Watercolor of a man with an axe on his shoulder looking over a sunlit clearing with stumps and distant hills.

The Pioneer

Winslow Homer, 1900

Watercolor of a young woman in a flower garland beside an outrigger canoe under a tree, with a thatched hut behind.

Portrait of Faase, the Taupo, or Official Virgin, of Fagaloa Bay, and Her Duenna, Samoa

John La Farge, 1891 (?)

Watercolor of a porched dining room building and stage offices at White Sulphur Springs, surrounded by trees and hills.

Dining Room and Stage Offices at White Sulphur Springs

John Hazelhurst Boneval Latrobe, 1832

Watercolor of turquoise surf breaking on dark rocks, with a steamship on the horizon under a grey sky and a lighthouse at lef

Shore and Surf, Nassau

Winslow Homer, 1899

Three women carry a long canoe along a grassy shore by the sea, under tropical trees, in a 1891 watercolor.

Girls Carrying a Canoe, Vaiala in Samoa

John La Farge, 1891

Pencil and ink sketch on blue paper of a man lying on the ground beside foliage and trees, with a handwritten caption.

The Last Drop (from McGuire Scrapbook)

Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

Watercolor of a white sloop with billowing sails on choppy blue water, with a small rowboat and distant shoreline.

Sloop, Nassau

Winslow Homer, 1899

Watercolor of two blue irises and pink wild roses among green leaves on a loose green background.

Wild Roses and Irises

John La Farge, 1887

Pencil sketch on grey paper of birch-like trees with pale trunks and branches in a woodland, inscribed Dry Brook, Aug 9 1888.

Dry Brook

Jervis McEntee, 1888

Watercolor of a weathered stone wall with red flowers, green shrubs, and a sailboat on the sea under a pale blue sky.

A Wall, Nassau

Winslow Homer, 1898

Pastel watercolor of pink and lavender mountain peaks across a calm strait, with palms and shoreline vegetation in the foregr

The Island of Moorea Looking across the Strait from Tahiti, January 1891

John La Farge, 1891

Pencil drawing of birch tree trunks with pale bark and dark fissures against a faint background of branches and undergrowth.

Study of Birch Trunks (Scribners')

Jervis McEntee, 1869

Watercolor of a stream winding through rocky woodland with tall trees and a distant wooded ridge under a pale sky.

Catskill Clove in Palingsville

William Rickarby Miller, 1856

Pencil sketch of a shingled cabin with a chimney behind a split-rail fence and trees, inscribed as the studio of William S. M

Studio of William S. Mount (from McGuire Scrapbook)

Shepard Alonzo Mount

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat sitting and drawing in an open field with a lone tree, by William Sidney Mount, 1840.

Artist Sketching at Stony Brook, New York (from McGuire Scrapbook)

William Sidney Mount, 1840

Sepia watercolor of mounted riders and pack mules on grassland beside a winding river, with wooded hills in the distance.

On the Head-Waters--Burgess Finding a Ford

Frederic Remington, ca. 1893

Watercolor of Collect Pond with a rocky hillside, willow tree, three walking figures, and a distant New York skyline with chu

Collect Pond, New York City

Archibald Robertson, 1798

Charcoal drawing of a woman in a dark dress seated at an upright piano, her hands on the keys, in a soft-shaded interior.

At the Piano

Theodore Robinson, ca. 1887

Dyer Sharp Wynkoop

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 1800

Portrait of a Woman (from McGuire Scrapbook)

Thomas F. Hoppin, ca. 1841