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Pencil sketch of Eton College's towers and windows rising above trees, with a small rowing boat on the river.

Eton College from the River

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of two Columbia lily stems with orange spotted nodding flowers and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Columbia Lily (Lilium columbianum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Pastel portrait of a woman in a black dress and lace veil with a red flower, looking upward to the left.

Spanish Woman

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of a male and female Cardinal Grosbeak perched on a leafy branch, with handwritten labels below.

Cardinal Grosbeak

John James Audubon, 1810

Watercolor of two plume anemone plants with tall stems, feathery silvery seed heads, and finely divided green leaves.

Plume Anemone (Pulsatilla occidentalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Mrs. Roosevelt Scovel

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Emma Isabella

n.d Anna Armstrong, 1800

Study for an Equestrian Monument

Solon H. Borglum, 1900

Watercolor of pink tubular Menzies pentstemon flowers and green leaves on a pale background.

Menzies Pentstemon (Pentstemon menziesii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Pastel portrait of a woman in a white turban and colorful patterned shawl, gazing forward against a muted background.

The White Turban

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Graphite study of a standing male nude with outstretched arm, surrounded by smaller limb and figure sketches on tan paper.

(Untitled) (Studies of Male Nudes)

Kenyon Cox, 1870

Watercolor of a large white trillium with three white petals, a second bloom, and whorled green leaves on pale paper.

Large White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Pastel portrait of a woman with grape leaves and clusters of grapes in her hair, wearing a pink garment against a green backg

Bacchante

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Charcoal and red crayon drawing of a ruined village with collapsed walls, rubble, and a dirt road under a pale sky.

Destroyed Village, War Front

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Watercolor study of a small plant with pink flowers and green leaves on a pale background, with a soft shadow beneath.

Untitled--Plant Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

Pastel portrait of an older man's head in frontal view on tan paper, with a blue signature at lower right.

Old Actor

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of a seashore at low tide with rocks in the foreground, a distant rocky outcrop, and a cloudy sky.

Untitled (Seashore)

Howard Russell Butler

Watercolor of a Western monkshood stem with purple hooded flowers, green buds and lobed leaves on cream paper.

Western Monkshood (Aconitum columbianum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Pastel portrait of a young man with dark hair in a green open-collared shirt against a tan background.

Young Poet

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of a cluster of elm trees with hatched foliage and a single tree at right, on cream paper.

Elms--Eton, England

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of two stems of purple aster flowers with yellow centers, green leaves and buds on a cream background.

Prairie Aster (Aster campestris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil sketch of three men in colonial dress on a lawn before a white colonial mansion with a cupola and bare trees.

Washington at Mount Vernon

Childe Hassam, 1930

Pastel portrait of a woman with short auburn hair and blue eyes, set against a green and teal background.

Untitled - Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel night landscape with green hills, a pale moon, and a deep blue frame resembling a window opening.

Sea Shore (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson

Major General William Starke Rosecrans

James Edward Kelly, 1900

Pencil sketch of a tall stone tower among trees and mountains, with handwritten colour notes, on an open sketchbook page.

(Sketchbook) Sierre

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of a climbing clematis vine with ruffled purple and white flowers, green leaves, and curling tendrils.

Curly Clematis (Clematis crispa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Ink and wash drawing of a bridge over a stream with a large building, figures, a donkey and a dog on a dirt road.

Vigo Bridge

George Overbury "Pop" Hart

Pencil sketch of the Rhine river with castle ruins on a steep hill at right and a village church along the far bank.

The Rhine near Salzig, Castles Stirrenberg and Liebenstein

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a dancer bending with raised arms and a veil swirling above, signed Troy Kinney in lower left.

The Seventh Veil

Troy Kinney, 1930