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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

Sepia wash drawing of a tall tree, a standing man with a staff, rocks, and distant mountains.

Untitled - Charles Conner, 1880

Charles Conner, 1880

Girl with Titian Hair

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

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

Pen drawing of a mustached cowboy in a wide hat smoking a cigarette, hand on his gun belt, in chaps and spurs.

Cowboy Smoking

Walt Kuhn, 1940

Arcady

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

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

Red chalk portrait of a mustached man in a peaked military cap and uniform, with Latin inscription above.

Richard Norton

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat and yellow headscarf, looking upward against a teal and grey background.

Spanish Fantasy I (Juliet Fremont)

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

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

Raynal Cawthorne Bolling

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a woman in a dark wide-brimmed hat gazing upward, with soft pink and green tones on a muted background.

Morning Mood

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

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

Portrait of a bearded man in dark navy military uniform with gold sash, medals and sword, leaning on a railing.

Prince Henry of Prussia

Max Krusemark, 1900

Pastel drawing of a sunlit forest with tall birch trunks, green foliage, a boulder, and a golden leaf-strewn floor.

Onteora

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of beargrass with a tall stalk of creamy white flowers, a reddish bud, and long narrow green leaves.

Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Pencil and coloured crayon portrait of an elderly woman with a dark headscarf, rosy cheeks and a dedication inscribed below.

Old Woman

Eugène Burnand, 1920

Nude

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of a golden fairy lantern stem with yellow nodding flowers, long green leaves and a green seed pod on pale paper.

Golden Fairy Lantern (Calochortus amabilis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

Pencil drawing of a young child in draped clothing beside a stone pedestal with a sundial, arm outstretched.

Untitled (Child with Sun Dial)

Louise Cox, 1900

Pastel drawing of a red-haired woman in a flowing white gown leaning on a blue sofa against a soft background.

The Locket

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of two white turtlehead flower stems with serrated green leaves and unopened buds, by Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926.

Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Charcoal sketch of a man in half-length view, head bowed, with loose sweeping strokes for hair, face and arms on cream paper.

Self-Portrait

Marsden Hartley, 1900

Pastel portrait of a young woman with short auburn hair and a direct gaze, drawn on tan paper.

Gloria

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of an American chestnut branch with yellow-green catkins and long serrated leaves against a cream background.

American Chestnut (Castanea dentata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Major General John Pope

James Edward Kelly, 1870

Pastel portrait of a young man with dark hair and a blue cravat against a green background.

The Young Diplomat (Senor Algara)

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of pink and magenta phlox flowers on tall green stems with narrow leaves on a cream background.

Hairy Phlox (Phlox amoena)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil study of a standing male nude with one arm raised overhead, drawn on aged paper.

(Untitled) (Study of Standing Male Nude)

Kenyon Cox, 1870

Pastel portrait of two seated women in a pale dress and shadowed interior with yellow trim, by Alice Pike Barney, 1910.

Mirror Reflection

Alice Pike Barney, 1910