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Chapel Ruins
Charles John Hills English, active 18th-19th centuries

The cannon 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, and a private in the 2nd battalion of Royal Scots who garrisoned the Castle in 1846
David Octavius Hill (Scottish, 1802–1870) and Robert Adamson (Scottish, 1821–1848)

View By Moonlight, Near Fayetteville, plate three of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery
John Hill (American, 1770-1850) after Joshua Shaw (American, born England, c. 1777-1860) published by Matthew Carey & Son (American, active 1795-1821)

Lynnhaven Bay, plate one of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery
John Hill (American, 1770-1850) after Joshua Shaw (American, born England, c. 1777-1860) published by Matthew Carey & Son (American, active 1795-1821)

Portfolio Cover for Picturesque Views of American Scenery, No. I
John Hill (American, 1770-1850) after Joshua Shaw (American, born England, c. 1777-1860) published by Matthew Carey & Son (American, active 1795-1821)

Inasmuch As It Is Always Already Taking Place
Gary Hill American, born 1951

View above the Falls of Schuylkill, plate three of the first number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery
John Hill (American, 1770-1850) after Joshua Shaw (American, born England, c. 1777-1860) published by Matthew Carey & Son (American, active 1795-1821)

Norfolk; From Gosport, Virginia, plate five of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery
John Hill (American, 1770-1850) after Joshua Shaw (American, born England, c. 1777-1860) published by Matthew Carey & Son (American, active 1795-1821)

Burning of Savannah, plate four of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery
John Hill (American, 1770-1850) after Joshua Shaw (American, born England, c. 1777-1860) published by Matthew Carey & Son (American, active 1795-1821)

Title Page , Vignette, and plate one of the first number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery
John Hill (American, 1770-1850) after Joshua Shaw (American, born England, c. 1777-1860) published by Matthew Carey & Son (American, active 1795-1821)

It Rocks but is Not Sunk
Charles Meryon French, 1821-1868

View Near the Schuylkill Falls, Pennsylvania, plate five of the first number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery
John Hill (American, 1770-1850) after Joshua Shaw (American, born England, c. 1777-1860) published by Matthew Carey & Son (American, active 1795-1821)

Spirit Creek; Near Augusta, Georgia, plate two of the second number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery
John Hill (American, 1770-1850) after Joshua Shaw (American, born England, c. 1777-1860) published by Matthew Carey & Son (American, active 1795-1821)

Washington's Sepulchre, Mt Vernon, Virginia, plate two of the first number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery
John Hill (American, 1770-1850) after Joshua Shaw (American, born England, c. 1777-1860) after a drawing by Captain Joshua Rowley Watson, R.N. (English, 1772-1818) published by Matthew Carey & Son (American, active 1795-1821)

Falls of St. Anthony on the Mississippi, plate seven of the first number of Picturesque Views of American Scenery
John Hill (American, 1770-1850) after Joshua Shaw (American, born England, c. 1777-1860) after a drawing by Captain Joshua Rowley Watson, R.N. (English, 1772-1818) published by Matthew Carey & Son (American, active 1795-1821)

A Youth
Vernon Hill English, born 1887

Still Life: Apples and Green Glass
Charles Demuth American, 1883-1935

Bologna
Charles John Watson English, 1846-1927

Pastoral Landscape with Ruins
Adriaen van de Velde (Dutch, 1636–1672)

Hinoki
Charles Ray American, born 1953