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Painting of peasants with cattle, goats and sheep beside a rocky cliff and stone house under a cloudy sky.

Peasants and Cattle

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Watercolor study of a green lobed oak leaf with brown patches, holes and a red stem on cream paper.

Oligocentra Lignicolor, Walker, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer

Watercolor study of two green caterpillars camouflaged among pine needles on a branch.

Pine-Tuft Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Gerald H. Thayer

Watercolor study of a ragged green leaf with a dark caterpillar on its edge and a detailed inset of the creature.

Crumpled Leaf Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer

Brown wash drawing of a harnessed horse pulling a loaded cart toward a bridge and distant trees.

The Horse

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Untitled (Horse)

Howard Russell Butler

Watercolor of a green leaf with camouflaged caterpillars along its edge and brown feeding damage on a dark background.

Smaller Spotted Beach Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer

Watercolor study of a green oak leaf with tan damaged patches and a caterpillar shelter, labeled Fig. 14.

Oak Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Gerald H. Thayer

Pencil sketch of a horse pulling a cart with a large wheel along a road beside trees, with a man in a hat.

Untitled (Horse Drawn Cart)

Howard Russell Butler

Watercolor study of green birch leaves with a small caterpillar camouflaged along a leaf edge against dark shadows.

White Birch Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer

Watercolor of a green caterpillar with pale jagged markings on a twig beside two serrated green leaves.

Jagged Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Louis Agassiz Fuertes

Watercolor costume design of a grinning striped Cheshire Cat standing upright on brown paper.

Cheshire Cat (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson

Larger Spotted Beach Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer

Colored study of a green and pink caterpillar on a twig beneath a red and lavender leaf.

"Mirror-Back" Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Gerald H. Thayer

Watercolor study of a green caterpillar with pale markings and a red tip, on a narrow paper strip with a hexagonal border.

White Birch Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer

Watercolor study of a yellow leaf with a crumpled green edge imitating a caterpillar, attached to a brown twig.

Crumpled and Withered Leaf Edge Mimicking Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer

Watercolor of a serrated green leaf on a brown twig, with a caterpillar camouflaged along its lower edge.

Jagged Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer

Watercolor study of a torn green leaf with two caterpillars and a hover fly, labeled Class II, division B.

Unspotted Beach Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer