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Watercolor of a rocky mountain gorge with a stream, green hillsides, and two small figures on a boulder.

Mountain Gorge, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1923

Triangular painting of green and brown mountains with an arched tunnel, railway tracks and a winding path under a pale sky.

Triangular Mountainscape with Tunnel

n.d Dana Smith, 1900

Painting of an ancient amphitheatre ruin in the foreground, with sheep grazing and a valley and mountains beyond.

The Amphitheatre of Tusculum and Albano Mountains, Rome

Worthington Whittredge, 1860

Painting of a deep rocky gorge with a robed shepherd and sheep on a ledge at lower right, under a pale hazy sky.

The Good Shepherd (Atlas Mountains, Morocco)

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Painting of a rocky valley with a cliff, tall trees, a stream, a small wooden shelter, and large clouds in the sky.

Mountain Landscape

William Louis Sonntag, 1850

Painting of a mountain above a calm lake at sunset, with a small rowboat with two people and pink clouds overhead.

Whiteface Mountain from Lake Placid

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1866

Painting of a hazy valley seen between tall tree trunks, with a distant mountain and a split-rail fence in the foreground.

Temple Mountain

Chauncey F. Ryder, 1940

Oil painting of a waterfall spilling into a pool among rocky cliffs and trees, with three small figures on the shore.

Mountain Pool

Robert Seldon Duncanson, 1870

Painting of rolling green hills with red earth foreground, small figures on a path, and a heavy grey sky.

Mountain Forms #2

Victor Higgins, 1920

Painting of a mountain above a calm lake at sunset, with a small rowboat and reddish trees reflected in the water.

Whiteface Mountain from Lake Placid

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1860

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

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

Sunset over a hazy valley with dark windswept trees on a rocky slope and mountain ridges at right.

From the Shawangunk Mountains

Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1820

Oil landscape of a fisherman by a still pool, a waterfall, trees, and distant snowy mountains under a dramatic sky.

Landscape with Stream and Mountains

Thomas Doughty, 1830

Painting of mountain laurel blossoms spilling from a blue vase onto a table against a muted olive background.

Mountain Laurel

Charles Ethan Porter, 1880

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

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

Mountains in Colorado

John Frederick Kensett, 1870

Pencil sketch of the Theban Mountains with cliffs, hills and a row of palm trees under a long horizon line.

View of the Theban Mountains from Kineh

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of a drooping evergreen branch with dark purple hanging cones and green needles on a cream background.

Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil sketch of a rocky mountain with cliffs, sparse trees and handwritten notes in the margins.

Sulphur Mountain

Thomas Moran, 1890

Pencil sketch of hills, palm trees, and sailboats on a river, with handwritten inscription in lower right corner.

Biro Mountains

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of pink mountain rose-bay rhododendron blossoms and buds with large green leaves on a pale background.

Mountain Rose-Bay (Rhododendron catawbiense)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of ruined arched aqueduct on open plain with distant hills and a lone walking figure.

From Via Appia and Alban Mountains

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Watercolor of rolling plains, rocky bluffs and a distant mountain with a mounted rider and figures crossing the grassland.

The Wichita Mountains from Medicine Bluff, Indian Territory

Hermann Stieffel, 1860

Watercolor of a Rocky Mountain Kalmia branch with pink flowers, red stalks and narrow green leaves on brown stems.

Rocky Mountain Kalmia (Kalmia microphylla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1940

Pencil drawing of a desert mountain range with saguaro cacti, desert shrubs, and cumulus clouds under a pale sky.

Untitled (transfer drawing for Camelback Mountain, Phoenix)

George Elbert Burr, 1920

Oval watercolor of rocky mountains, golden grassy slopes, pine trees and a valley under a pale blue sky.

Untitled (Mountain Scene)

Edward S. Siebert, 1940

Watercolor of Mountain Lady's Slipper orchids with maroon twisted petals, white pouch lips and green leaves.

Mountain Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium montanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a mountain ridge over a misty valley with a river, a dirt road, and wind-bent pine trees under a brown sky.

Mountain and Valley

James Henry Moser, 1890

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