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Painting of a dusky landscape with a rider on a dirt road, trees at left, and bright clouds over a sunset horizon.

Untitled (landscape, man on horse)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Painting of a rocky cliff with trees beside dark water, a small sailboat, and a stormy sky with breaking light.

Lake Scene

Edward L. Custer, 1870

Painting of a green river valley with trees, pink wildflowers, a red-roofed farm and distant mountains under clouds.

Housatonic Valley

Frank von der Lancken, 1900

Painting of two large oak trees over a meadow with grazing cows, a walking figure, a rowboat on a pond, and hills under cloud

Oak Trees

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1870

Painting of a hillside cornfield in autumn tones, with a small tree group at left and birds flying across a pale sky.

The Cornfield

Henry Ward Ranger, 1900

Watercolor of a Cucumber Tree branch with a yellow-green magnolia bud and long green leaves on a pale background.

Cucumber Tree (Magnolia scuminata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Small painting of a man plowing a field with an ox beside a farmhouse and trees under a hazy sky.

Untitled (landscape with man plowing fields)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of a calm river with wooded banks, a rowboat with one figure, seated figures and ducks on the grassy shore.

Landscape Called "The Acorn"

James Crawford Thom, 1830

Painting of a sunlit hacienda seen through dark trees, with a lake, sailboats, and a seated figure in the foreground.

A Mexican Hacienda, Lake Cuitzeo

Thomas Moran, 1880

Hazy landscape painting of a white house with red roof, trees, marsh reeds and water under a pale sky with a moon.

Untitled (landscape with house in background)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Watercolor of a branch with long green leaves and fluffy white willow catkins with yellow stamens on a pale background.

Drummond Willow (Salix drummondiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with curly auburn hair, dark jacket and bow tie, in an ornate gilt frame.

Hiland Hill, Jr.

Alfred T. Agate, 1830

Dim landscape with dark trees, a distant water view under clouds, and two women on a rocky rise at lower right.

Untitled (Landscape with Two Women Reclining on Rocks)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Watercolor of a low mound of small green willow leaves with tiny flowers on a pale background.

Snow Willow (Salix nivalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor landscape of tall pine trees on a sandy bank, sheep grazing, two walkers on a path, and distant hills.

Landscape

Sr John Varley, 1830

Dark landscape with rocks, a man carrying a pole, large trees, and two sailboats on water under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape with rocks, man and sailboats)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Watercolor of a branching plant with narrow green leaves and small white flowers with yellow stamens.

Yellow Willow-Weed (Epilobium lutem)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a row of trees with dappled green and violet foliage, small figures beneath, and a low building behind.

Trees

Maurice Prendergast, 1910

Painting of a dramatic cloudy sky with sunlight breaking through, above dark rolling hills and trees.

Untitled (landscape, cloudy sky)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Painting of Paris rooftops and chimneys with a red tree and yellow-green foliage in the foreground.

Landscape, Paris

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Watercolor of a Rocky Mountain rhododendron branch with white bell-shaped flowers and green leaves on a pale background.

Rocky Mountain Rhododendron (Rhododendron albiflorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Loose oil landscape of two grazing cows in a grassy field beneath dark trees and a pale embankment, with distant hills.

Untitled (landscape with two cows)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Landscape painting of a lake and mountain framed by autumn trees, with a woman in red walking a dirt path.

Landscape

John O'Brien Inman, 1890

Watercolor of two white forest anemone flowers with serrated green leaves on long stems against a pale background.

Forest Anemone (Anemone deltoidea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Painting of cows grazing under trees beside a calm river, with distant hills and a cloudy sky in warm earth tones.

Untitled (landscape with cows grazing near river)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of a sandy road winding through grassy dunes under a blue sky with white clouds, with water on the horizon.

Shinnecock Hills

William Merritt Chase, 1890

Hazy landscape painting of rolling mountains and a central peak, with dark evergreen trees in the foreground.

Mountains in Colorado

John Frederick Kensett, 1870

Painting of cattle grazing in a flowery meadow beside large trees under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape with cattle grazing)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Painting of a sunlit meadow with rocks and a path, dark trees on the right, and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

Hillside

Edward Gay, 1900

Watercolor landscape of a hillside with a bare tree, two walking figures, and muted autumn trees under a pale sky.

Landscape

William Henry Holmes, 1930