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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

10,695 works

Moonlit valley with two tall trees, a winding stream, and hazy mountains under a cloudy night sky.

Moonlight on Mount Lafayette, New Hampshire

William Trost Richards, 1873

Watercolor of a leafy woodland path with a picket fence and a distant rooftop under a cloudy sky.

Pleasant Valley, New Jersey

William Rickarby Miller, 1858

Watercolor of a hazy mountain valley with a man in a dark coat standing on a path beside a meadow.

Franconia Notch, New Hampshire

William Trost Richards, 1872

Pencil sketch of wind-bent cedar trees and exposed roots on sandy flatland, receding to a low distant horizon under open sky.

Cedar Trees near Atlantic City

William Trost Richards, ca. 1870-71

Watercolor of surf breaking against a rocky cliff, with a sailing ship on the distant sea and gulls in a cloudy sky.

Purgatory Cliff

William Trost Richards, 1876

Watercolor of a lake and distant mountains at sunset, seen from a rocky hillside with trees in the foreground.

Sundown at Centre Harbor, New Hampshire

William Trost Richards, 1874

Watercolor of a calm lake with wooded shores and distant blue mountains under a pale cloudy sky.

Lake Squam and the Sandwich Mountains

William Trost Richards, 1872

Watercolor of a hazy mountain valley seen from a rocky slope with birch trees, by William Trost Richards.

The Mount Washington Range, from Mount Kearsarge

William Trost Richards, 1872

Watercolor of a rocky hillside with a cabin emitting smoke, a wooden fence, bare trees, and a stream under an evening sky.

Frontier Cabin

William Louis Sonntag, 1894

Graphite portrait study of a young man with curly hair, ruffled collar and clasped hands, looking upward.

Hugh Mercer, Jr. (Study for "The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, Janury 3, 1777")

John Trumbull, 1791

Seated young woman in a pale gown before a dark garden with a classical urn, drawn in chalk.

Elizabeth Maria Church

John Vanderlyn, 1799

Watercolor of a bay with an island, sailboats and steamboats, and figures in period dress on a grassy bank in the foreground.

The Bay of New York and Governors Island Taken from Brooklyn Heights

William Guy Wall, 1820-25

Chalk portrait of a woman in a white gown holding a toddler who gazes outward, against a dark background.

Mrs. Daniel Strobel, Jr. (Anna Church Strobel) and Her Son, George

John Vanderlyn, ca. 1799

Watercolor of rapids tumbling over boulders into a pool, with cliffs and pine trees rising on both sides.

On the Ausable

James David Smillie, 1869

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a young woman in a white dress seated before a tree and landscape.

Sarah Russell Church (daughter of Edward Church)

John Vanderlyn, 1799

Seated man in a dark coat and white cravat with a powdered wig, resting a gloved hand on a chair arm.

Daniel Strobel, Jr.

John Vanderlyn, ca. 1799

Watercolor of an elderly bearded man in spectacles reading a large book beside a fireplace and broom.

Reading the Scriptures

Thomas Waterman Wood, 1874

Watercolor of a busy harbor with sailing ships, a city waterfront, and two men on a wooded bluff in the foreground.

The Bay of New York Taken from Brooklyn Heights

William Guy Wall, 1820-25

Portrait of an elderly man with white hair, white cravat and dark coat with gold buttons, against a brown background.

Captain Abraham Vorhees

Micah Williams, ca. 1803-5

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a leather apron standing with one hand on his hip, on grey paper.

The Village Blacksmith

Thomas Hovenden, ca. 1885

Watercolor of a carved stone doorway at an Egyptian temple, with hieroglyphs and rubble in the foreground and a columned hall

East Entrance, Room of Tiberius, Temple of Isis, Philae

Henry Roderick Newman, 1905

Watercolor of a broad river with sailboats, a distant city skyline, and a winding dirt road with a cart on a wooded hill.

New York from Weehawk

William Guy Wall, ca. 1820-23

Watercolor of a man in a top hat by a stream, with a fallen log, waterfall, ferns and tall trees in a dark forest.

The Entrance to a Wood

Robert Walter Weir, 1836

Adelaide Napier

Olin Levi Warner, 1882

Pencil panorama of a river landscape with trees, grazing cow and a walking figure in an open sketchbook.

Panorama of the Charles River June 22 '86 (from Sketchbook VII)

William Trost Richards, 1886

Watercolor of a snowy winter road beside a frozen river and icy cliff, with a carriage and bare trees.

View on the New Turnpike Road, on the Margin of the Juniata, with a Distant View of the Warrior Mountain

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1820

Sepia wash drawing of a woman reading by an arched window, with a draped table, flowers and a framed picture in the room.

Woman at a Window (from Sketchbook)

Thomas Sully, 1810-20

Pencil sketch of a bay with a village, beached rowboats, wooded hills, and a sailboat at anchor on calm water.

Bay Scene with Sailboat at Anchor (from Sketchbook X)

William Trost Richards, 1885

Graphite sketch of a river lined with trees, reflections in still water, and a distant town with a church spire.

Charles River, Cambridge, Massachusetts (from Sketchbook of New England and Pennsylvania Landscape and Marine Subjects)

William Trost Richards, 1886

Watercolor of a cascading waterfall over rocks into a pool, framed by tall trees and an overhanging branch.

Indian Falls, Indian Brook, Cold Springs, New York

William Rickarby Miller, 1850