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Watercolor of a pine branch with clusters of green cones with brown-tipped scales and long green needles on a pale background

Single-Leaf Pine (Pinus monophylla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a hybrid pitcher plant with two stems of pink nodding flowers and maroon pitcher leaves.

Hybrid Pitcherplant (Sarracenia minor x psittacina)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

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

Major General Rufus Ingalls

James Edward Kelly, 1900

Watercolor of a crossvine branch with red trumpet-shaped flowers flaring to yellow-orange tips and green leaves.

Crossvine (Anisostichus capreolatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Pencil sketch of the riverside town St. Goar on the Rhine with a church spire, barges on the water, and steep wooded hills.

St. Goar from Castle Rheinfels

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a lake with a tower, poplar trees, a sailboat and mountains, in an open sketchbook.

(Sketchbook) Vevey La Tour

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of three pitcher plants with tubular green leaves and cream and red hooded flowers on a pale background.

Hybrid Pitcherplant (Sarracenia minor)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a tall yucca stalk with pale green bell-shaped flowers and purple-tipped buds among long green leaves.

Yucca (Yucca baileyi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1928

Pastel portrait of a young man with short hair, head and bare shoulders turned left, on a tan paper ground.

Christian

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pen and ink sheet with four studies of muscular arms and clenched fists in different poses.

Four Arm Studies, #1

Solon H. Borglum, 1890

Watercolor of a thorny rose branch with serrated green leaves and clusters of bright red rose hips on a pale background.

Bourgeau Rose (Rosa bourgeauiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of a mistletoe branch with clusters of white berries and oval green leaves on a pale background.

American Mistletoe (Phoradendron flavescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of a larch branch with clustered green needles and several hanging cones with red-tipped scales on cream paper.

Western Larch (Larix occidentalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Lucy

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel portrait of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat with yellow pompoms and a white shawl, against green hatched strokes.

Spanish Fantasy III

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of white dawnrose flowers with yellow stamens, grey-green lobed leaves and buds on reddish stems against pale pape

White Dawnrose (Pachyloplus marginatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott

Pencil sketch of fishing boats with masts in a harbor, with a church tower and rooftops behind.

Untitled (Fishing Boats)

Howard Russell Butler

Watercolor of a showy milkweed stem with pink flower clusters, buds, and large green leaves on a cream background.

Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Tan and white chalk drawing of grapevines with grape clusters, vine leaves, morning glory flowers and tendrils on a dark grou

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Lining Paper

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a street crowd with women in hats, a child in front, and a flag above.

Group Scene

Jerome Myers, 1900

Watercolor of scarlet gilia stems with pink star-shaped and red tubular flowers and buds on a cream background.

Scarlet Gilia (Gilia aggregata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a trumpet creeper branch with red trumpet-shaped flowers, buds, and green leaves on cream paper.

Trumpet Creeper (Bignonia radicans)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Two women in blue gowns and flowered hats stand before green drapery in a softly painted interior.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Watercolor of a branching Lotus plant with yellow and red-tipped pea-shaped flowers and slender green leaves on pale paper.

Lotus puberulus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Watercolor of a branch with red bell-shaped flowers and green oval leaves on a pale background.

Western Menziesia (Menziesia glabella)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Watercolor of a flowering butterfly pea vine with purple blossoms, buds, and green leaves on a pale background.

Butterfly Pea (Clitoria mariana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

Charcoal drawing of a skull on stacked books beside a candlestick, with a panel of Rubaiyat verses and faint faces in the sky

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Theology

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pen and ink sketch of a flat-topped limestone mountain above eroded desert ridges, with handwritten notes below.

Desert of El Tih

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of a strawberry bush branch with green leaves and red seed capsules opening to show orange seeds.

Strawberry Bush-"Hearts Bustin' with Love" (Euonymus Americanus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930