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Pen and ink map of the Western Hemisphere showing North and South America, Greenland, and surrounding ocean with place names.

Map of the Western Hemisphere (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1851

Graphite study on blue-grey paper of three figures in motion, one reaching forward with outstretched arms, beneath faint red

Study for "The Siege of Gibraltar": Three Figures

John Singleton Copley, 1785-86

Watercolor of a domed neoclassical academy building with a columned portico and tall poplar trees in a garden.

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia (Copy after an Engraving in The Port Folio Magazine, June 1809)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

Portrait of Frederick R. Leyland

James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1871-73

Watercolor of gnarled trees on a hillside overlooking a winding road and open fields under a pale sky.

Olive Trees at Tivoli

George Inness, 1873

Watercolor of the Pennsylvania Hospital with a central columned portico, cupolas, tall trees, and an iron fence along the str

The Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

Pen sketches on a page: seated man, robed figures, a shouting newspaper seller with caption 'Terrible Disaster! Loss of the A

Terrible Disaster! Loss of the Arctic! (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Watercolor of a tiered stone tomb with a roofed shrine and finial, framed by tall trees, in brown and gray washes.

The Tomb of Iyeyasu Tokugawa

John La Farge, 1888

Watercolor of a clergyman immersing a kneeling woman in a river while a crowd watches from a wooden dock under a stormy sky.

A Philadelphia Anabaptist Immersion during a Storm

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

Indian Figure in Profile

Henry Kirke Brown, 1851

Pencil and chalk study of two prone soldiers on grey paper, with handwritten scale notes across the top.

Study for "The Death of Major Peirson": Two Dead Figures

John Singleton Copley, 1782-83

Watercolor of tall trees on a riverbank, an American flag on a dock, sailing ships and a distant city skyline.

Philadelphia from across the Delaware River

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

Charcoal and chalk study of a nude woman raising her arms beside swirling drapery, set within a pale arched architectural fra

"Coral" (Study for Mural, World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago)

Walter Shirlaw, ca. 1892

Embroidered oval picture of a shepherd playing flute and a shepherdess with crook beside sheep in a pastoral landscape.

The Shepherdess of the Alps

Evelina Hull, ca. 1812

Watercolor of an American three-masted ship with sailors, surrounded by spouting whales and seabirds on rough sea.

Replenishing the Ship's Larder with Codfish off the Newfoundland Coast

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

Brown wash drawing of four feathered figures on a riverbank, with a city and paddle steamer visible on the water behind them.

Visit to Their Old Hunting Grounds (from Hosack Album)

John Ludlow Morton, ca. 1843

Pencil sketch of a log cabin with a chimney and woodpile among tall forest trees, on an open sketchbook spread.

Camp A: Log Cabin in Woods (from Sketchbook)

William Trost Richards, 1885

Watercolor of fishermen hauling a net on a rocky Hudson shore, with sailboats on the river and hills beyond.

Shad Fishermen on the Shore of the Hudson River

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

Open sketchbook page of blue paper with loose white chalk strokes depicting cloud forms.

Cloud Study (recto, from sketchbook)

Jervis McEntee, 1869

Pencil sketch of clouds over a calm sea with waves and rocks in the foreground, drawn on a sketchbook page.

Sketch of Clouds and Sea (from Sketchbook VII)

William Trost Richards, 1886

Calligraphic title page in French reading Voyage Pittoresque aux Etats-Unis de l'Amerique, with ornamental flourishes on crea

Voyage Pittoresque aux Etats-Unis de l'Amerique. Par Paul Svignine. En 1811, 1812, et 1813. (Title Page from Svinin's…

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, ca. 1813

Pastel portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue coat with pink lining against a brown background.

Hugh Hall

John Singleton Copley, 1758

Pencil sketch of a log cabin with a chimney and woodpile among tall trees in a misty forest, in a sketchbook.

Camp A: Log Cabin in Woods (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards, 1885

Watercolor of a yellow stagecoach with passengers and four white horses on a dirt road beside a river and hills.

Travel by Stagecoach Near Trenton, New Jersey

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

Peter LaBagh

James Sharples, 1793-1811

Pencil drawing of dense tropical palms, cycads and banana leaves with a tall palm trunk on the right.

Palms

William Trost Richards, 1855

Watercolor of a flagstaff with an American flag above an octagonal pavilion, with strolling figures, ships, and a distant for

The Traveler's First View of New York - The Battery and Flagstaff

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

Pencil sketchbook map of rivers and lakes near Tacoma and Mount Tacoma, with a small sailboat drawn at upper right.

Map of Region Northwest of Mount Tacoma (from Sketchbook)

Albert Bierstadt, 1890

Pencil grid of diagonal lines and dotted guide points on a torn, stained sketchbook page.

Grid (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Watercolor of two Indigenous men and a man in a top hat in a canoe on a river between rocky cliffs and pines.

Two Indians and a White Man in a Canoe

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813