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Pencil sketch of a row of leafy trees above a flat meadow, with handwritten inscription about Windsor below.

In the Meadows at Windsor

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of a silvery branch of Death Valley sage with small purple flowers on a cream background.

Death Valley Sage (Salvia funerea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of a tall poplar beside a thatched cottage and dirt path, with a fence post in the foreground.

Landscape

Solon H. Borglum, 1900

Pencil sketch of a wooded valley with trees, a stream, and a mountain rising under cloudy skies in North Wales.

Valley of the Llugwy (Moel Siabod), North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Drawing of a curving dirt road beside willow trees, with a plowed field and split-rail fence in soft brown chalk.

Landscape with Willow Trees

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of a dead, leafless tree with a grazing colt and rocks at its base on pale paper.

Dead Tree and Colt Grazing

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a village with a church spire in a valley below mountains.

(Sketchbook) Down Rhone Valley from Sierre

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pen and ink landscape drawing of tall trees along a dirt road with two small figures and a handwritten French inscription.

Landscape

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1910

Pencil sketch of a tree, fence, hayrick and grazing cattle in an open landscape, with handwritten notes in the margins.

Untitled (Tree with Hayrick)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of a valley with trees and a winding stream leading toward distant mountains, inscribed Valley of Lledr.

Looking toward Dolwyddelan, Valley of Lledr

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of tree trunks framing a distant hilltop with ruined towers above a valley of trees and rooftops.

Landscape, Italy

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil sketch of a massive tree trunk beside a garden wall with an arched gate and urn finials.

Untitled (Tree Trunk with Gate)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch of Eton College's towers and windows rising above trees, with a small rowing boat on the river.

Eton College from the River

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pale wash drawing of a rocky riverbank with evergreen trees on the left and a misty wooded shore across calm water.

Montmorency River, Quebec

Johann Hermann Carmiencke, 1850

Pencil sketch of a gnarled tree beside a small house, with an open field and distant hills on the right.

Untitled (Tree with House)

Howard Russell Butler

Pencil sketch in an open sketchbook of a lakeside village with cypress trees and mountains reflected in still water.

(Sketchbook) The Lake from Vevey

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel drawing of a marsh with a wooden pier, moored rowboats, and autumn trees along a far shoreline.

Up the River, Late Afternoon, October

Childe Hassam, 1900

Pastel drawing of a desert plain with yellow shrubs, a dirt road, and pink and orange mountains under a pale blue sky.

Desert Landscape (#69)

Howard Russell Butler, 1930

Pencil sketch of ruined arched aqueduct on open plain with distant hills and a lone walking figure.

From Via Appia and Alban Mountains

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Ink and wash sketch of bare trees framing a lake and distant hills under a pale sky.

The Lake

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Charcoal drawing of a park with trees, a small classical pavilion, and two figures walking on an open lawn.

Landscape

Angèle Delasalle, 1910

Pencil sketch of a wooded valley with trees, grassy slopes and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Valley of the Lledr, North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Charcoal drawing of a large tree beside a winding path, with a hillside and distant tower in the background.

The Lake of Garda, Italy

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pencil landscape drawing of leaning pine trees on a sloping sandy hillside with a distant horizon.

Landscape

André Dauchez, 1940

Pencil drawing of a desert mountain range with saguaro cacti, desert shrubs, and cumulus clouds under a pale sky.

Untitled (transfer drawing for Camelback Mountain, Phoenix)

George Elbert Burr, 1920

Ink and wash drawing of a river landscape with trees, buildings on the far bank, and a figure by the water.

Landscape

Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemet, 1900

Charcoal landscape of dark trees on the left, an open field, a faint distant house, and a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Trees

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Pencil sketch of a Rhone valley with steep mountains, a village and a church spire, in an open sketchbook.

(Sketchbook) Up Rhone Valley from Sion

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Crayon drawing of a quiet canal curving toward village houses and trees, with warm lit windows and water reflections.

Landscape

Henri Le Sidaner, 1930

Brown wash drawing of a muddy country road with bare trees, two walking figures, and a distant chimney under a pale sky.

Landscape

Ferdinand Luigini, 1910