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Thelma Snowdon

James Owen, 1840

Watercolor of a moss campion cushion with pink flowers, purple buds and green needle leaves on cream paper.

Moss Campion (Silene acaulis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Pencil sketch of a jagged mountain peak above a sloping valley with a winding creek path.

In Camp on Soda Butte Creek, Cook City

Thomas Moran, 1890

Ink drawing of a standing nude woman with dark hair beside a chair, rendered in loose brush outlines on pale paper.

Female Nude, Standing

Watercolor of a slender stem with pink flowers, buds and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Untitled--Plant Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Pencil sketch of a ruined hilltop fortress with walls and towers above a town and river at its base.

Ancient Fortress near Monselice

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Charcoal and red pastel drawing of a seated female nude torso with head wrap, bold outlines on pale paper.

Female Nude Torso

Pencil sketch of a rounded hill with scattered shrubs and low ridges on either side under an empty sky.

Mt. Tabor, Israel

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of California pitcher plants with tall hooded green and maroon leaves and a drooping red flower.

California Pitcherplant (Chrysamphora californica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Watercolor of nodding purple and cream fritillary flowers on slender green stems with narrow leaves.

Fritillary (Fritillaria biflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Watercolor botanical study of a flowering plant with pink blossoms, white flower clusters, and green oval leaves on red stems

Untitled (Tripterocalyx pedunculatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Pencil drawing of a bearded man in a cap, head resting on his hand, shaded with soft tonal strokes.

Man Resting

Joseph Stella, 1910

Watercolor of two Red-Helmet plant stalks with maroon hooded flowers and feathery serrated leaves on a pale background.

Red-Helmet (Pedicularis bracteosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a pink rhododendron flowering branch with green leaves and a bud, signed and dated 1933.

California Rose-Bay (Rhododendron californicum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Watercolor botanical study of two penstemon stems with pink and purple tubular flowers and narrow green leaves.

Prairie Pentstemon (Pentstemon erianthera)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of white evening primrose blossoms with yellow stamens, pink buds and serrated green leaves on a pale background.

Evening Primrose (Pachyoplus hirsutus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1927

Watercolor of sequoia cones and drooping green foliage on a branch against a pale background.

Sequoia (Sequoia gigantea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1890

Design drawing of a round footed vase with two dancing nude figures in relief, decorated with white dots and green glaze.

Vase with Dancing Figures

André Metthey, 1910

Charcoal drawing of a haloed recording angel with an open book, two winged attendants, and many hands reaching up from below.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Recording Angel

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a blue California lilac branch with dense flower clusters and large green leaves on a brown stem.

California Lilac (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Watercolor of a green strawberry cactus with spiny reddish stems and two pink flowers on a pale background.

Green Strawberry Cactus (Echinocereus viridiflorus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Pencil sketch of a craggy rock tower above low rocky coastline, with handwritten inscription near Marmelito dated 1890.

Rock Tower near Marmelito

Thomas Moran, 1890

Watercolor of hooded pitcherplant stems with yellow nodding flowers and tubular red-veined green pitchers on a pale backgroun

Hooded Pitcherplant (Sarracenia minor)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Pencil sketch of a building interior with large pipes suspended by chains, stone blocks, and a man in a hat at right.

How the Pipes Are Suspended

Joseph Pennell, 1920

Watercolor of a columbine plant with pale lilac nodding flowers, yellow stamens, buds, and lobed green leaves on white paper.

Aquilegia ecalcarata

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Watercolor of red primrose blossoms and buds on tall stems above broad green leaves.

Primrose (Primula parryi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Drawing of a winged figure above a seated woman with her back turned, beside three stanzas of handwritten verse.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Awakening

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a pinkshell azalea branch with pale pink flowers, green leaves and long stamens on a cream background.

Pinkshell Azalea (Azalea vaseyi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a drooping California nutmeg branch with narrow green needles and three oval green fruits.

California Nutmeg (Tumion californicum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1929

Pencil sketch of a desert valley with hatched mountain ridges, rocky foreground and handwritten place notes below.

Woody Sheila 1st Encampment from Sinai Towards Akaba

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg