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Mary Vaux Walcott

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Watercolor of two lavender western blue flag iris blooms with buds and green leaves on a cream background.

Western Blue Flag (Iris missouriensis)

1930

Watercolor study of a porcelain cup with a red handle and blue floral pattern, casting a soft shadow on a beige background.

Untitled (Cup)

1870

Watercolor botanical study of a marsh violet with white flower, heart-shaped leaves, roots and a feathery leafy stem on cream

Viola palustris

1910

Watercolor of a Dryas plant with three slender stems showing feathery seed plumes, a fruit head, and a bud above toothed leav

Yellow Dryad (fruit) (Dryas drummondii)

1920

Watercolor of a red-flowered walkingstick cholla cactus with spiny green stems and buds against a pale background.

Walkingstick Cholla (Opuntia imbricata)

1930

Watercolor of a Northern Butterbur plant with pink and yellow flower heads, lobed leaves, and a horizontal rhizome with roots

Northern Butterbur (Petasites hyperboreus)

1910

Watercolor of a flowering plant with magenta pea-like blossoms and slender green leaves on a tan background.

Flowers from the Mesa

1880

Watercolor of a ragwort plant with yellow daisy-like flowers, buds and serrated green leaves on a cream background.

Ragwort (Senecio burkei)

1910

Watercolor of a single purple and yellow pansy on a long green stem, with red initials M.M.V. and 1873 at lower right.

Untitled (Pansy)

1870

Watercolor of pentstemon stems with pale pink tubular flowers and slender green leaves on a plain background.

Pentstemon ambiguus

1930

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a ribbed cathedral dome with arched windows and a golden orb topped by a cross.

Ball of the Cathedral

1860

Watercolor of two white Matilija poppy blossoms with yellow centers, unopened buds, and gray-green leaves on stems.

Matilija Poppy (Romneya coulteri)

1930

Watercolor of a pink-red flowering stem with fern-like green leaves against a pale beige background.

Pedicularis bracteosa

1910

Watercolor of salsify plant with purple flowers, a closed bud, and a fluffy white seed head on green stems.

Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius)

1920

Watercolor of partridgeberry sprig with red berries and green leaves beside a feathery fern frond on tan paper.

Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)

1880

Watercolor of purple mountain violet flowers and green leaves rising from a mound of soil on cream paper.

Purple Mountain Violet (Viola adunca)

1910

Watercolor of a red lady's slipper orchid beside unfinished pencil sketches of buds and leaves on cream paper.

Untitled (Unfinished Sketch)

1940

Watercolor of a pink rose with yellow stamens, buds, and serrated green leaves on a stem, signed M.M.V. at lower right.

Pink Rose

1870

Botanical painting of a branch with clusters of red maple samaras hanging from a brown twig on a pale background.

Carolina Maple (Acer carolinianum)

1920

Watercolor of a spiny cactus with a bright red-orange flower blooming from its top against a pale background.

Lloyd's Strawberry Cactus (Echinocereus lloydii)

1920

Watercolor of a Musk-Flower stem with yellow blossoms and green serrated leaves on a pale background.

Musk-Flower (Mimulus moschatus)

1910

Watercolor of alpine fleabane with purple daisy-like flowers and green leaves on a brown soil patch, cream background.

Alpine Fleabane (Erigeron unalaschcensis)

1910

Watercolor of two tall pale green desert candle stalks with dark maroon flower clusters and pink buds against a plain backgro

Desert Candle (Caulanthus inflatus)

1930

Watercolor of spotted saxifrage with white red-spotted flowers on slender red stems above green rosette leaves.

Spotted Saxifrage (Saxifraga bronchialis)

1900

Watercolor botanical study of a mayapple with a white flower, green pistil, and lobed serrated leaves on a pale stem.

Mayapple (Podphyllum paltatum)

1920

Soft grey pencil portrait of a curly-haired child in a wide-brimmed hat and frilled white collar.

Untitled (Head of a Child with Hat)

1870

Watercolor of a small white-flowered sprig with green leaves and a pink stem on a cream background.

Untitled--Flower Study

1900

Watercolor of a spruce branch with green needles and dark purple cones on a pale background.

Picea engelmanni

1910

Watercolor of a lily twayblade orchid with broad green leaves and a spike of brownish flowers, by Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920.

Lily Twayblade (Liparis liliifolia)

1920

Watercolor of hooded pitcherplants with tall green tubular leaves and nodding yellow flowers on a pale background.

Hooded Pitcherplant (Sarracenia minor)

1920

Watercolor of a trailing Houstonia stem with small white flowers, buds, and green leaves on a pale background.

Trailing Houstonia (Houstonia procumbens)

1910

Watercolor of a birdsfoot violet plant with two purple flowers and deeply lobed green leaves on a cream background.

Birdsfoot Violet (Viola pedata)

1910