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Brown ink and wash drawing of a mountainous landscape with waterfalls, trees, and a reclining man in the foreground.

Reclining Man in a Mountainous Landscape with Waterfalls

Johann Georg von Dillis, 18th-early 19th century

Sepia print of Alpine peaks over a valley town, with vineyards and resting figures in the foreground under sunbeams.

Chain of Alps from Grenoble to Chamberi, part X, plate 49 from "Liber Studiorum"

Joseph Mallord William Turner, May 23, 1812

Watercolor landscape of a twisted tree beside a dirt path, with shrubs, a stream, and a pale blue-gray sky.

Mountain Path with a Tree

Friedrich Nerly, 1825-35

Grey wash landscape drawing of two trees on a rocky hillside with a path and distant hills.

Landscape near Albano and Pallazole

Josef Rebell, 1812

Sepia etching of a glacier winding between jagged mountain peaks, with broken ice and boulders in the foreground under a clou

Mêr de Glace, Valley of Chamouni-Savoy, part X, plate 50 from "Liber Studiorum"

Joseph Mallord William Turner, May 23, 1812

Etching of three men on a path beneath a palm tree, with rocky cliffs and a mountain valley behind them.

Landscape with Brigands

Claude Lorrain, 1633

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a classical relief tomb, two travelers on a path, and distant mountains.

Landscape with an Antique Tomb and Two Wayfarers

Salomon Gessner, 1768

Sepia engraving of jagged Alpine peaks above a valley, with tall pine trees and rocks in the foreground under dramatic clouds

The Source of the Arvaron in the Valley of Chamouni, Savoy, part XII, plate 60 from "Liber Studiorum"

Joseph Mallord William Turner, January 1, 1816

Etching of a giant seated male figure above a city, a volcano, and a nude man reaching out beside a cliff with huddled figure

"Integer Vitae...", from "Vom Tode Zweiter Teil"

Max Klinger, 1878, later edition

Sepia drawing of tall trees and travellers on a rocky path before a valley and distant mountains.

Mountainous landscape with travellers (Scene on the river Pellene Achaia)

Hugh William Williams, 1818-29

Sepia engraving of a mountain valley with a stone bridge, a church, trees, and two seated figures on rocks.

Bonneville, Savoy, part XIII, plate 64 from "Liber Studiorum"

Joseph Mallord William Turner, January 1, 1819

Sepia print of a city with a large central dome, aqueduct arches, rolling hills and distant mountains under a hazy sky.

View of Rome and Surrounding Country

Richard Earlom, 1810

Brown ink and wash drawing of a lake below a mountain, with a ruined tower, small figures and a large tree at left.

Southern Imaginary Landscape with Mountains and a Lake

Theodorus Wilkens, late 17th-18th century

Sepia print of a rocky valley with a dead tree, a seated armored knight, cliffs, and birds under a dramatic sky.

From Spenser's Fairy Queen (Liber Studiorum, part VII, plate 36)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, June 1811

Etching of a dark rocky gorge opening onto a moonlit valley with a river and a small figure at the cliff base.

Adieu aux Karpatz

Félix Bracquemond, 1857

Watercolor of the Watzmann mountain peaks above blue foothills under a pale sky.

The Watzmann (recto); Sketch of Sankt Bartholomä on the Königssee (verso)

August Heinrich, 1820-22

Sepia etching of a glacier winding between jagged mountain peaks under a cloudy sky, by J. M. W. Turner, 1812.

Mêr de Glace, Valley of Chamouni-Savoy (Liber Studiorum, part X, plate 50)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, May 23, 1812

Watercolor of a mountain above a valley with a lake, wooded slopes, and two seated figures in the foreground.

Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle, North Wales

George Fennel Robson, 1832

Grey wash drawing of a river valley with a castle on a cliff, a winding road, and a distant town with church spires.

View of the Rhine and Remagen from the North (?)

Ernst Fries, 1815-33

Sepia engraving of a rugged Scottish mountain valley with a stream, boulders, pine trees and dramatic clouds.

Ben Arthur, Scotland (Liber Studiorum, part XIV, plate 69)

Joseph Mallord William Turner, January 1, 1819

Watercolor of two cattle resting on a hillside above a river and hazy mountains under a pale sky.

Cattle resting in a mountainous landscape, Bengal

George Chinnery, ca. 1808-12

Watercolor landscape of a hillside village above a bay, with dancing women and seated figures among trees in the foreground.

View of Vietri with Young Country Women Dancing for Shepherds in the Foreground

Joseph Anton Koch, 1800

Engraving of two women with walking sticks beside a tall waterfall beneath a stratified rock overhang, with hikers far off.

Under the Falls, Catskill Mountains, from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XVI

Winslow Homer, September 14, 1878

Hand-colored print of a lake with a stag at the shore, framed by autumn trees and a distant mountain.

Moosehead Lake, Maine

Currier & Ives, 1857-71

Engraving of a seated shepherd girl with a sheep by a stream, a shepherd boy and flock in an alpine landscape.

Shepherd Girl of the Alps

Philippe Trière

Wood engraving of riders, horses and visitors among boulders on a cloud-covered mountain summit.

The Summit of Mount Washington (from "Harper's Weekly," Vol. XIII)

Winslow Homer, July 10, 1869

Watercolor sketch of the Bay of Naples framed by an arch and trees, with sailboats, a town, and Mount Vesuvius.

View of the Bay of Naples with Mount Vesuvius

Franz Ludwig Catel, ca. 1820-1822

Engraving of cavalry charging through a tented camp in a rocky mountain valley, with soldiers wielding swords and lances.

Storming the Camp at Mount Gadan

Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, 1769

Grey wash drawing of cattle and shepherds wading through water below a hilltop town and steep rocky mountains.

Cattle and Shepherds in a Southern Mountainous Landscape

Karel Dujardin, mid-17th century

Engraving of a seated woman carried on a litter past grieving figures, a winged child and pipe players, with Italian verses b

Plate 5: Psyche carried on a litter to a mountain, from "The Fable of Psyche"

Master of the Die, 1530-60