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Watercolor of a country road beside a red brick thatched cottage with a white picket fence and tall trees.

A Road in Dorset

Cass Gilbert, 1930

Watercolor of a rocky mountain gorge with a stream and two small figures on the boulders under a cloudy sky.

Mountain Gorge, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1920

Watercolor of a flat marsh with water channels, tree clusters on the horizon, and pink wildflowers in the foreground.

(Landscape with Marshes)

De Lancey Gill, 1890

Watercolor of a pink and lavender sunset over a dark horizon of trees, a church spire and flat fields.

Sunset after Storm

Otto Gaertner, 1900

Watercolor of blue mountain foothills behind dark trees, a green meadow with a dirt path, and a tall conifer at left.

Wyoming Foot Hills

William Henry Holmes, 1920

Watercolor of a man in a white shirt reclining with arms behind his head, eyes closed, against a gray wash background.

S.O.D.

Thomas La Farge, 1930

Watercolor of the Parthenon's east facade in Athens, with ochre Doric columns, scattered ruins, and a pale blue sky.

The Parthenon, East Facade

Henry Bacon, 1910

Watercolor landscape of open fields and trees under a cloudy sky, with two small figures walking a path.

Over the Maryland Fields

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Oval miniature of a sleeping woman with dark curly hair, one arm raised, wearing a white chemise and blue drapery on red cush

Sleeping Beauty

Henry Brintnell Bounetheau, 1850

Loose watercolor landscape of dark trees, blue distant hills and a pale sky, with brown and green washes in the foreground.

Landscape Sketch

J. Frank Currier, 1880

Watercolor of a thatched village along a calm shoreline with palm trees and two boats with figures on the water.

Indian Village, Cozumel Island, Yucatan

William Henry Holmes

Watercolor of two men resting on a grassy plain with horses and distant mesas under a pale sky.

Swapping Lies

Henry F. Farny, 1900

Watercolor of a brick house with a red roof on a grassy hill, a dirt path winding up, and a distant white dome on flat land.

Washington, D.C.

De Lancey Gill, 1880

Watercolor of a rocky seashore with dark boulders, tidal pools, and choppy blue water beneath a green headland.

Appledore No. 2

Childe Hassam, 1910

Watercolor of a curving sandy bay with two small figures, cliffs on the right, and misty purple mountains beyond.

Bay at Nevin, Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of a large curved arch of layered rock strata rising above hills, with dark trees in the foreground and a pale clo

Folded Strata, a Great Geological Arch, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1870

Watercolor of a stone castle with towers and ivy-covered walls behind a green lawn and a winding gravel path.

Compton Castle, Devonshire, England

Cass Gilbert, 1920

Blue monochrome drawing of a sea grotto with a glowing opening, a rowboat with figures, and three men on a rocky ledge.

The Blue Grotto

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Watercolor of trees silhouetted against a glowing sunset, with warm reflections in water below.

Untitled - Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1880

Jasper Francis Cropsey, 1880

Watercolor sketch of a town with church spires and trees beneath a pastel sky with peach and blue clouds.

Sketch of a Village

Charles Albert Lebourg, 1920

Colorful painting of a rich banquet with musicians, contrasted with a sore-covered beggar and dogs on the floor.

Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Watercolor of a gray house with laundry, trees, chickens and a group of women and children in a sunny yard.

(Landscape)

Ann Brockman, 1940

Oval portrait miniature of a woman with braided dark hair, white dress and red shawl, in a velvet-lined leather case.

Mrs. John Jordan, Jr.

John Henry Brown, 1840

Watercolor of a man in blue tending to an injured man on grass beside a donkey and tree, framed by a colorful patterned borde

The Good Samaritan

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Watercolor of a rearing horse and a draped figure in a classical relief style, in warm ochre tones.

Central Metope of the Frieze of Phidias, Parthenon

Henry Bacon, 1910

Watercolor of grain elevators and silos beside a golden wheat field with sunflowers under a cloudy blue sky.

Grain Elevator, Kansas

n.d Robert Johnson, 1900

Watercolor of a green caterpillar with pale jagged markings on a twig beside two serrated green leaves.

Jagged Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Louis Agassiz Fuertes

Loose watercolor of a meadow of pink Joe Pye weed flowers with a dark green tree line and cloudy sky behind.

Field of Joe Pie Weeds (Pride of the Meadow)

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Watercolor of bathers wading in surf before a row of white wheeled bathing cabins under a grey-blue sky.

Ostend

Armenian Arsène Chabanian, 1910

Watercolor of the Roman Forum ruins with classical columns, an arch, and pink and ochre buildings under a blue sky.

Forum from E

George Elbert Burr, 1900