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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

Major General Thomas Porter Hatch

James Edward Kelly, 1890

Pastel drawing of a woman in a dark dress holding a crying swaddled baby in a white bonnet, with a crucifix on the wall.

Mother and Crying Baby

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

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 a Pompeii bake shop with a brick oven, millstone, and ruined stone walls.

Bake Shop and Mills, Pompei

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with a golden headband and flowing hair, surrounded by orange fruit against a dark background.

Ceres

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

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 portrait of a seated woman with pearl-adorned hair, white lace dress, and blue vase of flowers beside her.

Sarah Jane

n.d Anna Armstrong, 1800

Pastel portrait of a woman in a black dress and lace veil with a red flower, looking upward to the left.

Spanish Woman

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

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

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a veiled figure in a pale robe gazing upward beside a dark cloaked figure.

Light and Shadow

Carolus-Duran, 1890

Mrs. Roosevelt Scovel

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

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

Head of a Girl

Thomas Dewing, 1910

Pastel portrait of a woman in a white turban and colorful patterned shawl, gazing forward against a muted background.

The White Turban

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

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

Pencil sketch of a massive tree trunk beside a garden wall with an arched gate and urn finials.

Untitled (Tree Trunk with Gate)

Howard Russell Butler

Pastel portrait of a woman with grape leaves and clusters of grapes in her hair, wearing a pink garment against a green backg

Bacchante

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

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

Lace Making

Joseph Bail, 1920

Pastel portrait of an older man's head in frontal view on tan paper, with a blue signature at lower right.

Old Actor

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

Sepia crayon portrait of a young man in a peaked military cap and tunic, with the name Richard S Conover inscribed above.

Richard Stevens Conover

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a young man with dark hair in a green open-collared shirt against a tan background.

Young Poet

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

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

Joseph B. Carr

James Edward Kelly, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with short auburn hair and blue eyes, set against a green and teal background.

Untitled - Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

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

Seated man with a cigar in a dark jacket on a chair, with lettering naming C.S. Reinhart as a Scribner's illustrator.

C.S. Reinhart/Is. One. of. the. Illustrators./in. this./Month.s./.Scribner.s

William Sergeant Kendall, 1930

Pastel drawing of a sleeping infant in a white bonnet and swaddling cloth with blue stripes, held by adult arms.

In Swaddlings

Alice Pike Barney, 1910