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Chalk drawing of a turbaned figure seated among clay pots with bearded onlookers and a block of verse text.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Loquacious Vessels

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a branch with white Virginia stewartia flowers, buds and green leaves against a cream background.

Virginia Stewartia (Stewartia malachodendron)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Chalk drawing of a bearded man pointing above two reclining women with vine leaves, a wine jug, and an inscribed verse panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Daughter of the Vine

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil and chalk sketch of snow-covered Mount Etna at sunrise with smoke rising from its peak and a town below.

Acireale

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of purple vervain flowers with slender hairy stems and finely divided green leaves on a cream background.

Vervain (Verbena wrightii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Watercolor of Owl's Clover with yellow flowers and purple bracts on thin stems, painted against a pale cream background.

Owl's Clover (Orthocarpus erianthus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Untitled - James McNeill Whistler, 1890

James McNeill Whistler, 1890

Watercolor of a sand phacelia plant with purple flowers, narrow green leaves and red stems on cream paper.

Sand Phacelia (Phacelia linearis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Southern Magnolia seed cone with red seeds emerging, surrounded by large dark green leaves.

Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pen and ink drawing of collapsed stone ruins with arches and columns among scattered blocks, with hills beyond.

Ruin El Khadin

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Drawing of a winged figure beside clay pots and a spade, with verses from the Rubáiyát written in a panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Heavenly Potter

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of scarlet mariposa lily stems with red-orange open flowers, buds, and green leaves on a cream background.

Scarlet Mariposa (Calochortus kennedyi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two tall stems of red tubular Fire Pentstemon flowers with green buds and broad leaves at the base.

Fire Pentstemon (Pentstemon eatonii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1927

Watercolor of a blue bead plant with broad green leaves and a stem holding four dark blue berries against a pale background.

Blue Bead (Clintonia borealis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Pencil sketch of the Yellowstone River with trees, reflections, and distant hills, labeled near Rosebud.

Yellowstone River, near Rosebud

Thomas Moran, 1890

Watercolor of white Apache plume flowers with yellow centers and feathery pink seed plumes on slender green stems.

Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Watercolor of white and pink perennial phlox blossoms on green stems with long pointed leaves against a pale background.

Perennial Phlox (Phlox paniculata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a maroon trillium flower with three broad green leaves on a tall pale green stem.

Whippoorwill Flower (Trillium H.)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1937

Watercolor of two delphinium stems with blue and purple flowers, green buds and lobed leaves on a pale background.

Delphinium (Delphinium scopulorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a plant stem with red tubular flowers with yellow stamens and pointed green leaves on cream paper.

Carolina Pink (Spigelia marylandica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

(Head) from Tomb, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor botanical study of yellow mariposa lily blossoms with fringed petals, buds, and green stems on a cream background.

San Diego Mariposa (Calochortus weedii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Mt. Olympus

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Dark wash drawing of a graveyard with a brick tomb, a headstone in the foreground, and a white house among trees.

Graveyard Scene

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1940

Pencil and wash sketch of a stone prison interior with a barred window, vaulted corner, and stone floor.

Interior of Tasso's Prison, Ferrara

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of slender stems with clusters of bright red star-shaped flowers and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Gilia arizonica

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1931

Francesco, Hermit of Venice

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of a columned Egyptian temple interior with a robed figure standing near a column.

Egyptian Temple

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of a deep red pitcher plant bloom on a tall green stem beside green pitcher leaves on cream paper.

Red Pitcherplant (Sarracenia jonesii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a pine branch with green needles and clusters of dark purple-red cones on a cream background.

Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1931