Would you rather be sailing on the Nile?

Egyptian landscape by Henry Bacon, 1903 Dec. 31. Henry Bacon papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Fall color in Dublin, New Hampshire, as depicted by artist Nancy Douglas Bowditch.

Nancy Douglas Bowditch watercolor of her Dublin, N.H. home, not before 1911. Nancy Douglas Bowditch papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Violets in a yellow mug can be very soothing before you’ve had your Saturday coffee in a mug of any color!

Violets in a yellow mug, 1902. Robert Strong Woodward letters and papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

The weekend is almost upon us! Hope you’ve got some plans that involve a peaceful scene like this.

A canoe at water’s edge, 1875. Philip Leslie Hale papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Good morning!

Untitled watercolor, ca. 1930. Arthur and Helen Torr Dove papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Red Roof top with Bell Tower, 19—. Emilio Sanchez papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.