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Watercolor of fleabane flowers with lavender petals, yellow centers, and green leaves on a white background.

Fleabane (Erigeron macranthus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Watercolor of pink hedge bindweed flowers, buds, and green heart-shaped leaves on red stems against a cream background.

Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia (Convolvulus) sepium)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Pencil sketch of rocky cliffs, a waterfall, and trees on tan paper, titled Falls of Yellowstone by Thomas Moran.

Falls of Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1890

Watercolor of bogbean stems with white and pink fringed flowers and green leaves on a cream background.

Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Pastel drawing of two haystacks beside a rail fence at the edge of woods, with a meadow of wildflowers in the foreground.

Haystacks at Edge of Woods

John Henry Twachtman, 1890

Graphite and chalk drawing of a standing nude child on tan paper, with faint grid lines over the figure.

Standing Nude Child

William Page, 1810

Watercolor botanical study of a spiny purple-flowered thistle-like plant with toothed green leaves on a pale background.

Saussurea (Saussurea densa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of white Queencup flowers with yellow stamens among broad green leaves on reddish stems.

Queencup (Clintonia uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Brown ink wash drawing of two female nudes, one seated and one reclining, with dark outlines and abstract background.

Two Female Nudes

Watercolor of two tall aster stems with purple petals, yellow centers and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Aster (Aster hirariifolius)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of a flowering orchid plant with reddish-brown blossoms on tall stems and broad green leaves, on a pale background

Untitled--Plant Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1929

Pen and wash drawing of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat, short jacket and tall boots, with a handwritten caption below.

Costume of a Bandit, Rome

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of arrowhead plant with arrow-shaped leaves, white flowers with yellow centers, and green buds on red stems.

Arum Arrowhead (Sagittaria cuneata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of a roundleaf sundew rosette with red-fringed round leaves and a tall flower stalk on cream paper.

Roundleaf Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of rocky ruins and broken stone walls labeled Cleopatra's Baths, Alexandria, with soft graphite shading.

Cleopatra's Baths, Alexandria

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil and wash sketch of a mountain ridge, hills, trees and a stone arched bridge in a pale landscape.

Mt. of Temptation

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of a spiny green cactus with a bright red-orange flower blooming from its top on a pale background.

Lloyd's Strawberry Cactus (Echinocereus lloydii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Watercolor of a slender plant with pink five-petaled flowers and buds on thin green branching stems against cream paper.

Skeleton Flower (Lygodesmia juncea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor botanical study of a thistle plant with spiny leaves and several flower heads on a cream background.

White Thistle (Cirsium hookeranum)

Mary Vaux Walcott

Pencil drawing of classical ruins, fallen columns and a statue beside a path, with figures and rowboats on a river beyond an

Untitled - Olin Levi Warner

Olin Levi Warner

Pencil sketch of a waterfall over rocky ledges with tall pine trees, on blue-toned paper, by Thomas Moran.

Lower Falls of the South Fork, Gardiner's River

Thomas Moran, 1890

Sketch of a seated female nude with short dark hair, drawn in pink wash, ink outlines and red chalk on pale paper.

Female Nude, Sitting

Stylized pastel landscape with bare and autumn-colored trees on a curving hillside path, in muted blues, greys and olive gree

Untitled (NMG 1,264)

Will Henry Stevens, 1940

Watercolor of a cholla cactus with a bright red flower in bloom and spiny green stems on a pale background.

Walkingstick Cholla (Opuntia imbricata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

Study for a Figure in a Composition of the Death of Sultan Selim

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor of two blue-violet iris flowers and a bud on green stems with long leaves against a pale background.

Western Blue Flag (Iris missouriensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Watercolor botanical study of small pink and magenta wildflowers on thin stems with feathery green leaves, on cream paper.

Gilia linanthus parviflorus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a cluster of pink primrose flowers with yellow centers and green leaves on a cream background.

Primrose (Primula angustifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil drawing of a nude woman reclining on her side, head resting on her arm, with simple contour lines on cream paper.

Untitled (reclined female figure)

George Ault, 1920

Ink line drawing of a nude woman leaning forward with eyes closed and one arm extended on cream paper.

Female Nude Leaning Over