Les ramasseurs de varech (The Seaweed Gatherers), 1886 Oil on canvas Smithsonian American Art Museum

Howard Russell Butler, American, 1856─1934, Clearing after September Gale—Maine Coast, ca. 1924, Smithsonian American Art Museum, bequest of Henry Ward Ranger through the National Academy of Design, 1944.11.1

Howard Russell Butler, American, 1856-1934, Late Afternoon in Zion Canyon, 1926, oil on canvas , Zion Museum Collection, ZION 14581

而另一方面，巴特勒作为肖像画家的经历是他后来成为科学画家的前奏：快速创作肖像画的技能使他能够在几分钟之内捕获日食的面貌。