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American

12,360 works

Watercolor of horses and riders fording a shallow river with pack loads, trees and mountains in the distance.

British Columbia

Russell W. Porter, 1900

Watercolor of two stems of blue alpine forget-me-not flowers with green leaves on a cream background.

Alpine Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis alpestris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of two nude boys beside a beached white and red boat on a grassy riverbank under a pale sky.

Sand Burr

Thomas Anshutz, 1880

Watercolor botanical study of a Double Bladderpod plant with blue-gray leaves, yellow flowers, and exposed roots.

Double Bladderpod (Physaria didymocarpa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a bearberry branch with pink bell-shaped flowers and green leaves on a cream background.

Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor botanical study of a white blue Pulsatilla flower and a feathery seed head with fine green leaves.

Pulsatilla occidentalis

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1890

Watercolor of a white foxglove pentstemon flowering stem with buds and green leaves on a cream background.

Foxglove Pentstemon (Pentstemon digitalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of two pink Rubus arcticus flowering stems with serrated green leaves on a cream background.

Rubus articus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor of a white calla lily, a green leaf, and a red poinsettia branch against a pale background.

Untitled (Calla Lily)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Long panoramic architectural drawing of a city street grid along a lakeshore with piers and a harbor.

Plate 49 from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago. View of the City from Jackson Park to Grant Park, Looking Towards the We…

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1907

Soft pastel view of a proposed lakeside park with tree-lined paths, a bridge over a river, and a distant city skyline at suns

Plate 50 A from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Park on the South Shore Looking Northwest Towards…

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1896

Long horizontal 1909 plan of Chicago's lakefront showing street grids, parkland, lagoons and offshore islands in pencil and w

Plate 50 B from Plan of Chicago 1909: Lake Shore from Chicago Avenue on the south to Wilmette on the North

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1909

Watercolor of a sunny Spanish street with flowered iron balconies, colorful awnings, wooden doors and a blue sky.

Old House at Segovia, Spain

Cass Gilbert, 1920

Aerial perspective drawing of a proposed Chicago lakefront boulevard with gardens, city blocks, and sailboats on the water.

Plate 114 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Proposed Boulevard and Parkway on Michigan Avenue and Pine Street

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1909

Aerial watercolor plan of a classical city with a domed civic center, obelisks, boulevards and canals.

Plate 122 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Railway Station Scheme West of the River Between Canal and Clinton…

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1905

Watercolor of a church spire and trees across a calm lake at sunset, with warm sky reflected in the water.

Church and Lake

Henry Bacon, 1910

Sepia elevation drawing of a domed neoclassical civic center flanked by symmetrical buildings and city blocks.

Plate 131 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Elevation Showing the Group of Buildings Constituting the Proposed…

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1909

Watercolor of a striped Romanesque-style tower with a red conical roof, rising above rooftops under a pale blue sky.

Cathedral Tower, Pistoia, Italy

Cass Gilbert, 1890

Watercolor drawing of a symmetrical civic plaza with a domed central building, obelisk, and long classical halls lining the a

View of the Proposed Civic Center Plaza and Buildings, The 1909 Plan of Chicago

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1908

Oval portrait miniature of a man with curly dark hair in a dark coat and white cravat, in a gilt frame.

John Gadsby, Jr.

Anson Dickinson, 1820

Aerial perspective drawing of a gridded Chicago with a central civic center, radiating boulevards, and curving lakefront arms

Plate 137 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Development in the Center of the City, from T…

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1907

Engraving of a proposed city square with a large domed civic building, an obelisk, classical facades, and carriages and crowd

Proposed Civic Center Square, Plan of Chicago

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1909

Watercolor of a low wooden bench with turned legs, arched red-and-green painted apron, and a painted house scene.

Bench

Philip Johnson, c. 1936

Watercolor of pink wildflowers with buds and green leaves on slender stems against a pale background.

Untitled (Flower Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1939

Watercolor of Dutchman's breeches with white flowers and divided green leaves on a pale background.

Dutchman's Breetches (Bikukulla cucullaria)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Watercolor of a shallow river flowing over rocks with rapids, green shrubs and hills beyond, in warm tan tones.

The Placid Potomac

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Watercolor of a dogwood branch with clusters of red berries and autumn-toned leaves on a pale background.

Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Watercolor of purple gentian buds on slender green stems with narrow leaves against a pale background.

Gentian (Gentiana macounii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Woman in a green gown sits on a crescent moon beside a brown owl, surrounded by soft pastel clouds.

The Witch's Daughter

Frederick Stuart Church, Grand Rapids, MI 1842-New York City, 1880

Watercolor of two figures gathering on a seaweed-covered rocky shore with a white sailboat on calm water beyond.

Morning on the Shore

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Watercolor of flat adobe rooftops in a pueblo with ladders, clay jars, and leaning poles under a pale sky.

Street in the Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico

De Lancey Gill, 1880

Watercolor of large oak trees, grazing cattle, a winding dirt road and a wooden fence under a cloudy sky.

Richmond

Elizabeth Boott Duveneck, 1880