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Watercolor of a village of tiled-roof houses beside a green field, with two figures walking a winding path under a pale sky.

Kansas City, Kansas

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1859

Painting of a crowded city street with tenements, laundry lines, a fruit cart, and families gathered in the foreground.

Scenes of New York--Lower East Side (mural study, Madison Square Postal Station, New York City)

Kindred McLeary, 1930

Watercolor of a stone tower and arched bridge over a river, with red roofs and a cloudy blue sky.

Bridge at Moret, France

Cass Gilbert, 1928

Watercolor of a rainy Munich street with a Gothic clock tower, carriages, and pedestrians on wet cobblestones.

Street Scene in Munich

Ross Turner, 1880

Oil painting of a Montreal street with a tram, storefronts with awnings, utility poles and pedestrians under a stormy sky.

Main Street, Montreal

Louis Wiesenberg, 1920

Watercolor of workers shoveling snow near industrial buildings, rail cars, and a multi-arched bridge over a river in winter.

C.W.A. Worker at Key Bridge by Edgar Nye

Painting of a shaded blue arched street with robed figures, opening onto a sunlit square beyond the arch.

Street in Tangier

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1910

Painted landscape with bare trees, red and orange foliage, green fields, winding paths, and distant blue hills.

Landscape, Bridge, Huntingdon Valley

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Watercolor of a canal in Bruges with a stone arch bridge, moored boats, gabled houses and church spires.

On the Canal, Bruges

Cass Gilbert, 1928

Painting of a man leading a dark calf down a sunlit street lined with whitewashed buildings and arched doorways.

Street Scene, Tangier (Man Leading Calf)

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1910

Night painting of a hilltop town with a bright moon glowing over swirling clouds and pale water below.

Magic City

John Noble, 1920

Painted street scene of Greenwich Village with brick buildings, a lamp post, a mailbox, two dogs, and several figures in 1930

Scenes of New York--Greenwich Village (mural study, Madison Square Postal Station, New York City)

Kindred McLeary, 1930

Painting of a Venetian canal with gondolas, a tall brick bell tower, a stone arched bridge and palaces under a blue sky.

Scene on the Grand Canal, Venice

Canaletto, 1700

Small painting of a Venetian canal with gondolas, a brick church with bell tower, and figures on a stone quay under a cloudy

Canal in Venice

Francesco Guardi

Painting of Venice with colorful sailboats and figures on a sandy shore, a domed church and bell tower across calm water.

A View of Venice

Thomas Moran, 1890

Painting of a wooded landscape with cows wading in a stream beside a wooden bridge, under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (forest scene with bridge, cows in stream in foreground)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Portrait of Fidelia Bridges

Oliver Ingraham Lay, 1890

Loose, textured painting of a street lined with bare and autumn-colored trees, a pale house, and a dark stone wall.

View of Melrose Street from the Spiers' Porch

Walt Kuhn, 1910

Painting of oxen pulling a haycart through a grassy field beside large trees under a cloudy sky.

Untitled (landscape with oxen and haycart crossing bridge)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

Loose oil painting of a sunlit street with pale buildings, a bell tower, and groups of walking figures in dark and blue cloth

Street Scene

Eleanor Harris, 1940

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 narrow Venetian canal with gondolas, a small arched bridge, and tall palazzo facades under blue sky.

Canal in Venice, San Trovaso Quarter

Robert Frederick Blum, 1880

Mural study of park scene with figures, a large tree, flying birds, and a dog, in orange, green and blue tones.

Scenes of New York--Central Park (mural study, Madison Square Postal Station, New York City)

Kindred McLeary, 1930

Watercolor of the Clifton Suspension Bridge over the Avon Gorge, with a sailing ship, a steamboat, and people on a path.

The Avon Gorge and Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, England

n.d Olivia C. Starring, 1880

Miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair, pearl tiara and necklace, in a blue gown, in a gilded frame inside a red case

Dama rubia de la familia Canals

Canals, 1830

Painting of a crowded street festival with a decorated religious shrine, candle-holding children, flags, and balcony spectato

Street Shrine

Jerome Myers, 1930

Painting of an Indian street with a carved balcony, a rider on a white horse, and women watching from above.

Street Scene in India

Edwin Lord Weeks, 1880

Watercolor of a suspension bridge over a river with stone towers, small figures on the bank, and a cloudy sky.

Suspension Bridge over the Arno, near the Cascine, Forence

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Loose painted street scene of a sunlit Paris road with a church tower, stone buildings and small pedestrians.

Street in the Latin Quarter

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Watercolor of a village of brick houses beside trees, with two figures walking a path across a green field.

Kansas City, Kansas

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with curly brown hair in a dark coat and white cravat, in a silver frame.

Mr. Bennett, of Revere Street, Boston

Henry Williams, 1820

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with curly hair in a white lace blouse and pink sash, in a gold frame.

Elsie Clough Street

Gerald Sinclair Hayward, 1890

Dusky city street with tall buildings, a glowing street lamp, a horse cart, pedestrians, and a yellow twilight sky with one s

Fifty-Seventh Street

Louis Eilshemius, 1900

Watercolor of a two-arched stone bridge over a rocky river, framed by trees, with a small figure on the bridge.

Old Bridge near Bettws-y-Coed, North Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil drawing of a city with church spires and a bridge on the left, and fragmented geometric abstract shapes on the right.

City Scene--Abstract

Pen and ink drawing of Independence Hall in Philadelphia with its clock tower, flagpole, trees and street scene.

Philadelphia, Independence Hall, Chestnut Street

Ernest C. Peixotto

Ink drawing of an older man in a cap seated on a bench, working on a thick rope across his knees.

Boatman on the Ithaca Canal

Albert Leighton Rawson

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a stone arched bridge over a river, with shrubs and a hillside behind it.

Greek Bridge at Azani

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Ink drawing of a Trenton street with carriages, tram tracks, brick storefronts, telegraph poles, and a distant monument colum

Trenton, Old King Street Looking from Hessian Headquarters

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Pencil sketch of an old arched stone bridge over a river, with a small boat, a riverside town, and hills behind.

Old Bridge at Heidelburg

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil drawing of a Chicago street with tall brick buildings, an elevated railway, parked cars, and smoke rising over rooftop

Chicago, North Dearborn Street

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Ink and wash drawing of a bridge over a stream with a large building, figures, a donkey and a dog on a dirt road.

Vigo Bridge

George Overbury "Pop" Hart

Pencil sketch of an old stone arched bridge over a river, with a domed tower, houses, trees, and small figures.

Old Bridge over Mosel, Coblenz

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Charcoal sketch of a Venetian canal with gondolas, an arched footbridge, and tall old buildings on both sides.

A Canal at Venice

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1920

Abstract drawing in green, black and grey with a dark rectangular car shape among flattened organic forms.

Car across the Street

Arthur Dove, 1940

Open sketchbook with a pencil drawing of buildings, windows and a street on the right page; left page blank.

(Sketchbook) Old Street, Ouchy

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel sketch of two women in dark dresses and hats, one seated and one standing, with colored accents on gray paper.

Street Life

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of a jagged mountain peak above a sloping valley with a winding creek path.

In Camp on Soda Butte Creek, Cook City

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of a stone-paved Pompeii street with stepping stones and a figure in a long coat and hat standing among ruins.

Street Crossing, Pompeii

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil drawing of a wooden and steel toll bridge over rippling water, with pilings, small buildings and trees on the bank.

Toll Bridge, Indian Rocks, Florida

Walter Ronald Locke, 1930

Watercolor of red-roofed village houses beneath palm trees with soft blue hills behind them.

Village Street, Dominica

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1920

Pencil sketch of an old multi-arched stone bridge over a river with rowboats, a sailboat, and a factory with a chimney.

Old Bridge over the Dee, Chester

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of workers shoveling snow near an arched stone bridge, silos, smokestacks, and railway cars in winter light.

C.W.A. Worker at Key Bridge

Edgar Nye, 1900

Watercolor of a misty river marsh lined with trees and hills under a warm hazy sky.

Smoke from the City

Robert Burns Wilson, 1910

Pencil sketch of an old street with a cafe, shuttered house facade and chimneys, on an open sketchbook page.

(Sketchbook) Old Street in Vevey

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of Miles City, Montana, showing a river, riders on the bank, a boat, trees, and a row of town buildings.

Miles City, Montana

Hermann Stieffel, 1870

Watercolor of flat adobe rooftops in a pueblo with ladders, clay jars, and leaning poles under a pale sky.

Street in the Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico

De Lancey Gill, 1880

Watercolor of a stone bridge with arches over a river, a tall tower with a slate roof, and a red-tiled roof beside it.

Bridge at Moret, France

Cass Gilbert, 1920

Watercolor of a brown-sailed boat with a standing woman and reclining man on calm water at dusk, Venice skyline distant.

The Grand Canal, Venice

Pietro Gabrini, 1910

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 red-roofed towers rising above a city wall in Nuremberg, with birds flying and bare trees below.

Towers from the City Wall, Nuremberg

Cass Gilbert, 1890

Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City, Kansas

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Watercolor of a Sitka street with a church spire, wooden houses, a cannon, and mountains behind the town.

Lincoln Street, Sitka, 1887

Theodore J. Richardson, 1880

Watercolor of a Bruges canal with a stone arched bridge, two boats, gabled houses with red roofs, and church spires.

On the Canal, Bruges

Cass Gilbert, 1920