Sewell wuxuu soo bandhigay "A Pastoral", "A Sylvan Festival", iyo "Pleasures of the Past" oo ku yaal Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts bandhig u dhexeeya Diseembar 21, 1896 <unk> Febraayo 22, 1897. Waxay ku guuleysatay billad naxaas ah Bandhigga Pan-American ee 1901, billad qalin ah Bandhigga 1902 ee Charleston ee South Carolina, billad naxaas ah Bandhigga 1904 ee St. Louis
, iyo abaalmarinta Thomas B. Clarke ee qaabeynta sawirka ugu fiican Bandhigga Akadeemiyada Qaranka ee Naqshadeynta 1904 ee New York ee "The Hecatomb Sacred". Sawirka, oo uu ku tilmaamay "The Independent" inuu yahay shaqo "muhiim ah", wuxuu muujinayaa gabdho Giriig ah oo qoob ka ciyaaraya iyo carruur hoggaamineysa socodka xoolaha si loo bixiyo. "Harper's Weekly" ayaa faallo ka bixisay, "Qalabkan farxadda leh, oo ku socda qulqulka caleenta ah ee iftiinka qorraxda uu soo galo, ayaa ku farxaya midabada iyo dhaqdhaqaaqa garaaca wadnaha, iyo sida gabal sawir qurxoon oo si qurux badan loo sameeyay oo loo fuliyay waxay u taagan tahay keligeed ururinta". Waxay ahayd haweeneydii ugu horeysay ee abaalmarin weyn ka hesho Akadeemiyadda Qaranka.