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Brown wash drawing of a muddy country road with bare trees, two walking figures, and a distant chimney under a pale sky.

Landscape

Ferdinand Luigini, 1910

Watercolor of partridgeberry plant with red berries, white flowers, pink buds and green leaves on trailing stems.

Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil sketch of a shepherd with a staff and hat standing in a field with grazing sheep and a dog.

Shepherd and Sheep

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pastel portrait of a woman with upswept hair and red lips against a brown background, signed and dated 1900.

Gladys

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of two death camas stalks with clusters of creamy white flowers and slender green leaves on a pale background.

Death Camas (Zygadenus venenosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of a spicebush branch with two dark red flowers, buds, and broad green leaves on a pale background.

Spicebush (Calycanthus occidentalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of two red wood lily flowers with spotted petals and green whorled leaves on tall stems against a pale background.

Wood Lily (Lilium philadelphicum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Loose pastel portrait of a dark-haired woman with red lips resting her hand on a large dark crystal globe.

The Crystal Globe

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pencil sketch of Castle Rheinfels above St. Goar, showing ruined walls and towers on a wooded hillside with vines below.

Castle Rheinfels, St. Goar

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Watercolor of a drooping Western Hemlock branch with green needles and hanging purple-brown cones on pale paper.

Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor botanical study of Pseudocymopterus montanus with pink umbel flowers on curving green stems and feathery leaves.

Pseudocymopterus montanus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of wooden fishing platforms with lift nets along a river mouth, with hills in the distance and a figure at the

Mouth of the Arno

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch in a sketchbook of a Rhone valley landscape with steep mountains, trees, and a village house on terraced slopes

(Sketchbook) Down Rhone Valley from Sion

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of two yellow trillium flowers with broad green leaves and stems on a pale background.

Whippoorwill Flower (Trillium hugeri)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1937

Watercolor of a cushion of magenta purple saxifrage flowers and green leaves on dark moss against a cream background.

Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Pencil sketch sheet with numbered studies of nude male figures in diving, reclining and stretching poses.

Nude Studies, Bell

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Charcoal drawing of wind-bent trees on a hillside under a cloudy sky, with a dedication and signature in the corners.

Landscape

Henri Harpignies, 1910

Watercolor of a tall fringed orchid with pale pink fringed blossoms on a green stem and broad leaves.

Large Purple Fringe-Orchid (Habenaria grandiflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Watercolor of a whitebark pine branch with green needles and red-purple cone buds on a cream background.

Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

A Priest

Kate Clifton Osgood Holmes, 1920

Pencil sketch of the West Gate in Warwick, a tall stone tower with an arched doorway, flanked by trees and houses.

West Gate, Warwick

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pencil sketch of Caernarvon Castle's towers and battlements above a harbor with moored boats and small stone houses.

Caernarvon Castle

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Charcoal sketch of a woman nursing an infant beside a reclining man under a tree, with loose outdoor background strokes.

Harvest Rest

Léon Augustin L'hermitte, 1910

Watercolor of two stems of yellow fringed orchids with orange fringed blooms and green leaves on a pale background.

Yellow Fringe Orchid (Habenaria ciliaris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Pastel drawing of a nude woman with a flower wreath playing reed pipes beside a torch, with a dog at her feet.

Pagan Dancer

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Charcoal drawing of a bearded male plaster cast head in three-quarter view, shaded dark on the right side.

Drawing of Cast of Male Head

Howard Russell Butler

Red chalk portrait of a young man in aviator helmet and goggles, with Latin inscription across the top.

William Halsall Cheney

John Elliott, 1920

Watercolor of white avalanche lilies with yellow stamens, curving stems, green leaves and a closed bud on cream paper.

Avalanche Lily (Erythronium montanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Pencil sketch of a bare hickory tree with a textured trunk and spreading branches on cream paper.

Hickory

George Elbert Burr, 1880

Pastel portrait of an elderly bearded man with grey hair in a brown robe against a dark background.

R. D. Shepherd as Shylock

Alice Pike Barney, 1920