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Watercolor of a sunlit rocky hillside with blue trees and yellow shrubs under a pale sky.

Point Lobos

Ernest Haskell, 1920

Portrait miniature of a woman in a lace bonnet and dark dress, in a gold frame inside an open red velvet case.

Sarah Carter Stearns

Sarah C. Frothingham, 1840

Painting of a flowery meadow with a figure walking a dirt path past trees under a cloudy sky.

Flowery Meadow

William Henry Holmes, 1910

Watercolor and ink night landscape with fiery swirling clouds over a dark cliff, moon, stars, blue sea and river.

The Creation

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Watercolor of the Alban Mountains under clouds, with farmhouses, trees and a flat green plain in the foreground.

Alban Mountains from Via Tuscolana, Rome

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Watercolor of a cloudy sky over a green sea, with dark cliffs on the left and figures beside a boat on the beach.

On the California Coast

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Watercolor of a haloed bearded figure surrounded by robed men in an ornate arched hall with columns and a counter.

Christ and the Pharisees

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Watercolor of red and yellow sailboats on a calm lagoon with mooring posts and soft reflections under a hazy sky.

Sailboats (Venice)

Cass Gilbert, 1890

Watercolor of a white clapboard house with green roof and red shutters, surrounded by trees and shrubs under a blue sky.

Untitled - B. Dreisler, Jr., n.d, 1900

B. Dreisler, Jr., n.d, 1900

Watercolor of rolling green and ochre fields and trees under a lavender cloudy sky, signed W.H. Holmes 1920.

The Maryland Fields

William Henry Holmes, 1920

Watercolor of a weathered stone abbey ruin with a tall gable and arched windows, figures on a path, and trees under pale sky.

Battle Abbey

Cass Gilbert, 1930

Pen and watercolor drawing of a riverbank with a domed building, logs, a wooden trestle, and rushing water near Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

Harry Fenn, 1860

Painting of a crowned king at a feast while servants drag a bound man past a stone archway, within a colorful border.

Parable of the Marriage of the King's Son

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Watercolor of a sunlit dusty street in an adobe pueblo, with flat-roofed stone houses, ladders and clay pots.

Street in the Pueblo of Oraibi, Tusayan, Arizona

De Lancey Gill, 1880

Watercolor of the Temple of Nike Apteros with Ionic columns, a seated figure in red at left, and sea beyond.

Temple of Nike Apteros

Henry Bacon, 1910

Painting of a bearded man in a yellow cloak gesturing to two turbaned men beside a stone building, with workers near a fence.

Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Watercolor of a large tree in a sunlit meadow with small figures beneath it and a pale lavender sky.

(Summer Scene)

William Henry Holmes, 1920

Watercolor of a town with a stone bridge over a river, willow trees, red-chimneyed houses and two ducks on the water.

Malmesbury

Esther Blaikie MacKinnon, 1920

Watercolor landscape of tall trees beside a calm river under a pale sky, with a distant shoreline.

On the Seekonk

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Watercolor of harvested wheat sheaves in a golden field, with a tree line and farmhouse beneath a cloudy sky.

Maryland Wheat Fields

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Watercolor of the Roman Forum with ruined columns, the Colosseum, a bell-towered church, and a triumphal arch under blue sky.

Forum from W.

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Miniature portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, in a gilt frame within a worn leather case.

Mordecai Manuel Noah

John Wood Dodge, 1830

Loose painting of a walled hilltop town with towers above cypress trees and fields under a cloudy sky.

Ancient Castle

Georgette Agutte, 1900

Watercolor of a small covered boat with two figures on misty lake water, blue mountains and pale clouds beyond.

Rain, Bellagio

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Painting of a fortified rock formation with cave and openings, surrounded by sailing ships, steamboats and green hills under

Rock of Gibraltar

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Watercolor of the Parthenon's west facade in warm light, with ruined marble blocks scattered across the foreground under a pa

The Parthenon, West Facade

Henry Bacon, 1910

Wells Cathedral, England

Wells Cathedral, England

Cass Gilbert, 1900

Untitled--Fishing Boat

Untitled--Fishing Boat

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Watercolor of a seated man in a red fez on marble seats of an ancient stone theatre, with goats and hills beyond.

Theatre of Dionysus

Henry Bacon, 1910

Watercolor of waves crashing on rocks along a sandy beach, with a tall sea stack and two figures walking in the foreground.

On the Coast of California

William Henry Holmes, 1930