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Painting of a riverbank with tall trees, a dirt path, grass, a small boat on calm water, and hills under clouds.

Untitled (landscape, trees near river)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of a winding river through green rolling bluffs, with a small figure standing on a hilltop in the foreground.

River Bluffs, 1320 Miles above St. Louis

George Catlin, 1830

Small landscape of cows wading in a calm lake beside a wooded hillside, with ducks on the shore.

(Small Landscape)

Thomas Hicks, 1860

Painting of a dirt road leading into a dark wooded hillside beneath a cloudy sky with distant mountains.

The Road to the Valley

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of Native men in feathered headdresses dancing with spears and rattles, with a drummer on the left, on a pale sandy

Beggar's Dance, Mouth of Teton River

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a white-sailed ship and a small sloop in rough green seas under clouds, with a distant coastline.

Whaler off the Vineyard--Outward Bound

William Bradford, 1850

Small painting of a white sailboat on a river with wooded mountains, trees on the right bank, and cloudy sky.

Untitled (sailboat in river)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1870

Loose painted autumn landscape with golden and orange trees, a stream, a small waterfall and dark rocks.

Autumn Landscape

Louis Eilshemius, 1910

Painting of a pale lake with wooded islands, reeds, white swans, and distant blue hills under a soft cloudy sky.

Lac du Cygne (Swan Lake), Near the Coteau des Prairies

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a dusky hillside with two cows on the crest and a figure in a red shawl under a bright, cloudy sky.

Untitled (cows descending hillside)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Painting of a green hillside with dark pine trees on the left, a stone wall curving across the slope, and a pale blue sky.

Landscape, Cornish, N.H.

John White Alexander, 1890

Painting of a sunlit rocky mountain cliff above a grassy slope with yellow wildflowers and a winding path under blue sky.

Ta-wa-que-nah, or the Rocky Mountain, Near the Comanche Village

George Catlin, 1830

Small painting of dark hills and a rock beside a stream under a warm, cloudy sky at dusk.

Untitled (mountainous landscape with rock and stream in foreground)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of a large tree beside a lake at dusk, with seated figures on the shore and a rowboat on the water.

Landscape with Family by Lake

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1850

Painting of a tall saguaro cactus and a desert path with a figure carrying a bowl, plus a circular portrait of an older man i

Cactus Landscape with Portrait of Geronimo

Henry H. Cross, 1900

Painting of a moody landscape with a rock, grassy field, a steepled building by trees, a lake, and a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape with rock in foreground and roof with steeple, lake in background)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Watercolor of a wooded hillside, a wooden bridge over water, thatched buildings and small figures along the bank.

Landscape with Bridge

Winckworth Allan Gay

Painting of a winding river through green prairie with rounded hills, trees in the foreground, and a pale cloudy sky.

View of the Junction of the Red River and the False Washita, in Texas

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a sunlit wooded path with tall trees, a dirt road, grassy slope, and small figures in the distance.

Untitled (landscape with trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of a fantastical rock castle on a green hill above a river, with two deer and a bow-drawing archer.

Landscape with Castles and Deer

n.d M. A. Hall, 1870

Painting of a valley village with red roofs, green hills, a winding path and a small figure under a swirling blue sky.

Untitled Landscape

Preston Dickinson, 1910

Painting of a wooded landscape with pine trees and a small woman in red standing among wildflowers beside a path.

Untitled (landscape with trees and woman)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of two tree trunks with exposed roots and a green canopy, with shrubs and a stream in the background.

Trees beside a Stream

Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, 1910

Painting of a village of red and pink roofed houses among green trees and bushes, rendered in bold, energetic brushstrokes.

Houses and Landscape

Preston Dickinson, 1910

Painting of two houses among trees and shrubs beneath billowing clouds, with a grassy field and distant hills.

Untitled (houses and trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Loose painting of a sunlit woodland with tall trees, leafy canopy, and a shaded pond edge with reeds.

Wooded Landscape

Samuel Isham, 1910

Painting of a forested valley with a pond, cliffs, a distant mountain, and two small figures under a cloudy sky.

Cumberland Mountain Hunters

Samuel M. Lee, 1830

Painting of a dark tree beside a sunlit meadow path, with low hills and a heavy cloudy sky beyond.

Untitled (landscape with meadow and trees)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of canoes pursuing a swimming stag on a calm river, with green hills and reflections under a pale sky.

View on the St. Peter's River, Sioux Indians Pursuing a Stag in their Canoes

George Catlin, 1830

Loose painting of three figures, two women and a child in yellow, walking a shaded woodland path beneath dense green foliage.

The Woodland Way

William Baxter Closson, 1920