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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

Albert Gallatin

James Sharples, ca. 1796

Watercolor portrait of a seated man in a black coat and white cravat, leaning on a black spindle chair, dated 1810.

Allan Melville

John Rubens Smith, 1810

Watercolor of a distant city skyline with church spires across a river, with sailing boats and a flagpole in the foreground.

Albany, New York

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

Dorothea Hart

James Sharples, 1809

Watercolor of a crowded hall with feathered figures on a wooden stage, a standing man, and spectators.

Exhibition of Indian Tribal Ceremonies at the Olympic Theater, Philadelphia

John Lewis Krimmel, 1811-ca. 1813

The Chief of the Little Osages

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

Pastel portrait of a man with white hair in an olive coat and white cravat against a dark blue background.

Mederic-Louis-Elie Moreau de Saint-Mery

James Sharples, 1798

Watercolor of a dense crowd of Native American faces with feathered headdresses, painted faces, and a nursing infant in the f

Tableau of Indian Faces

John Lewis Krimmel, 1811-ca. 1813

Watercolor of a striped paddle steamboat with passengers and an American flag moving between rocky cliffs on a river.

Steamboat Travel on the Hudson River

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca.1813

Pastel portrait of a man with gray hair, dark coat and white ruffled cravat against a dark background.

Noah Webster

James Sharples, 1751-1849

Watercolor of uniformed soldiers with bearskin hats, a drummer, mounted cavalry, and a blue flag, marching on a dirt road.

Members of the City Troop and Other Philadelphia Soldiery

John Lewis Krimmel, 1811-ca. 1813

Watercolor of a ferry with carriage and passengers crossing a rocky river toward pale cliffs and wooded hills.

A Ferry Scene on the Susquehanna at Wright's Ferry, near Havre de Grace

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

Pastel landscape on tan paper showing rolling open ground, dark shrubs and a pale sky with a distant horizon.

Landscape

John Henry Twachtman, after 1890

Watercolor of people dancing and socializing in a wayside inn, with a fiddler playing near an open door.

Merrymaking at a Wayside Inn

John Lewis Krimmel, 1811-ca. 1813

Watercolor of a white clapboard country house with columned porch, framed by large trees, a statue and urns on the lawn.

A Country Residence, Possibly General Moreau's Country House at Morrisville, Pennsylvania

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

Pastel portrait of a woman in a pleated white bonnet with lace trim and a pale shawl against a dark background.

Abigail Smith Adams

James Sharples, ca.1796

Watercolor of Black sawyers cutting logs before a columned neoclassical building, with a woman holding a child and a horse ne

Black Sawyers Working in front of the Bank of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

John Lewis Krimmel, 1811-ca. 1813

Watercolor of a stone tomb with an arched wooden door on a grassy hill, framed by trees and cypresses under a pale sky.

General Washington's Tomb at Mount Vernon (Copy after Engraving in The Port Folio Magazine, 1810)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca.1813

Watercolor of trees and boulders on a shore, with rowboats and sailboats on a calm river and wooded cliffs beyond.

Weehawken from Turtle Grove

William James Bennett, ca. 1830

Watercolor of men in top hats eating oysters at a street barrow at night, with a woman holding a candle beside them.

Nightlife in Philadelphia - an Oyster Barrow in front of the Chestnut Street Theater

John Lewis Krimmel, 1811-ca. 1813

Watercolor of three brown clay vessels: a frog-shaped cup, a ribbed jar, and a narrow-necked bottle on a pale ground.

Indian Antiquities (Copy after Engraving in American Medical and Philosophical Register, 1812)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1812-ca. 1813

Pen sketches on a page: seated man, three robed figures in an arch, a newsboy, a hat-wearing man, and a smoker.

Christ and Two Disciples on the Road to Emmaus (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Watercolor of people walking on a cobbled street past a brick wall and classical building, with willow trees behind.

Sunday Morning in front of the Arch Street Meeting House, Philadelphia

John Lewis Krimmel, 1811-ca. 1813

Watercolor of a crowd gathered before an open doorway, with a man in the doorway and many people raising arms and kneeling.

Black Methodists Holding a Prayer Meeting

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

Pen and ink sketch of a hooded figure bent over a desk with an open book, inkwell and candlestick.

Half-length Figure in a Monk's Cowl (Possibly a Self-portrait) (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854

Watercolor of a two-horse sleigh with passengers on a snowy Philadelphia street beside a columned bank building.

Winter Scene in Philadelphia - The Bank of the United States in the Background

John Lewis Krimmel, 1811-ca. 1813

An Osage Warrior

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

Ink sketch of a seated man at a table under a mosquito net, with insects around him, on orange paper.

Man at Table beneath Mosquito Net (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Watercolor of a couple and street figures before a classical church, with a street lamp and a spotted dog.

"Worldly Folk" Questioning Chimney Sweeps and Their Master before Christ Church, Philadelphia

John Lewis Krimmel, 1811-ca. 1813

Watercolor of the packet ship Mohawk of Albany sailing past high wooded cliffs on a river with small sailboats nearby.

The Packet "Mohawk of Albany" Passing the Palisades

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

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

Drawing of a nude man kneeling and reaching upward with one arm, rendered in chalk on toned grey paper.

Study from Life: Nude Male

John Trumbull, ca. 1795-96

Graphite sketch on grey paper of a seated man at a table and kneeling figures, with a standing figure at upper right.

Four sketches (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Watercolor of a river valley with wooded hills, rocky shoals in the water, and a soft cloudy sky.

A View of the Potomac at Harpers Ferry

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813

Grayscale watercolor of a standing woman in a white gown with her hand on a globe beside a draped table.

Standing Portrait of a Lady with a Globe (from Sketchbook)

Thomas Sully, 1810-20

Pale arch-shaped sketchbook page with faint grey wash and a loose dark ink sketch of a head in the lower left.

(from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler, 1854-55

Watercolor of a river view framed by trees, with a distant town, masted ships, and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

Washington and Georgetown from the Alexandria Road

Pavel Petrovich Svinin, 1811-ca. 1813