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Watercolor of a cloudy pale sky over calm water with a low line of dark trees on the distant shore.

Untitled - James Henry Moser, 1910

James Henry Moser, 1910

Watercolor of blueflag iris with purple blooms, buds and long green leaves on a pale background.

Blueflag Iris (Iris versicolor)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a trumpet creeper branch with clusters of red tubular flowers, buds, and green leaves on pale paper.

Trumpet Creeper (Bignonia radicans)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a mistletoe branch with clusters of white berries and green oval leaves on a cream background.

American Mistletoe (Phoradendron flavescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Ink and watercolor drawing of two men in dark coats, one resting his head on the other's shoulder, with a hat and sword nearb

Mourning

Hermann Paul, 1910

Watercolor of blue hepatica flowers and mottled lobed leaves growing from a patch of soil on cream paper.

Hepatica (Hepatica americana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of mountain cranberry sprigs with pink bell-shaped flowers and green leaves on cream paper.

Mountain Cranberry (Vaccinium vitisidaea minus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of yellow and orange columbine flowers and buds on tall stems above green lobed leaves.

Lemon Columbine (Aquilegia flavescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a sprig of yellow alpine ragwort flowers with green leaves, red stems and buds on a pale background.

Alpine Ragwort (Senecio species)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of shooting star flowers with pink reflexed petals and green basal leaves on a cream background.

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of workers shoveling snow near an arched stone bridge, silos, smokestacks, and railway cars in winter light.

C.W.A. Worker at Key Bridge

Edgar Nye, 1900

Watercolor and ink landscape of pine trees by a coastline, with a handwritten French dedication signed P. Signac.

Landscape

Paul Signac, 1910

Painting of huge pale wings around a red mass with a skeletal figure holding a scythe, framed by dark curtains and a teal sky

God's Idea

Da Loria Norman, 1930

Watercolor and pencil sheet with stylized figures in brown, blue and orange washes, some only lightly outlined.

Humorous Figures

n.d Phil Nesbitt, 1900

Watercolor of two stems with pink nodding flowers and serrated green leaves on a pale background.

Western Pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a purple trillium flower above three broad green leaves on a slender stem.

Trillium erectum

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a Labrador tea branch with a round cluster of white flowers and narrow green leaves on brown stems.

Labrador Tea (Ledum groenlandicum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a branch of ripe persimmons with reddish-orange fruit and dark calyces hanging from brown twigs.

Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Mexican Fremontia branch with a yellow flower, an orange-red bloom, and lobed green leaves.

Mexican Fremontia (Fremontodendron mexicanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of red canna lily blooms and a small star-shaped cypress vine flower on a green stem with feathery foliage.

Cannas and Cypress Vine (Canna species and Ipomoea quamoclit)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor of a whortleberry branch with green leaves, red buds, and one dark berry on cream paper.

Grouse Whortleberry (Vaccinum scoparium)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a misty river marsh lined with trees and hills under a warm hazy sky.

Smoke from the City

Robert Burns Wilson, 1910

Watercolor of a Sedum stenopetalum plant with yellow flowers and green leaves on a cream background.

Sedum stenopetalum

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a white-berried baneberry plant with a red stem and golden autumn leaves on a cream background.

Ivory Baneberry (Actaea arguta)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a stem with clusters of small yellow flowers and narrow gray-green leaves on a pale background.

Lithospermum canescens

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a clasping twisted stalk plant with ribbed green leaves and hanging red berries on a cream background.

Clasping Twisted Stalk (Streptopus amplexifolius)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of two white globe-shaped northern onion flower heads on tall green stems above narrow leaves.

Northern Onion (Allium sibiricum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a butterwort with green leaves, slender stalks, and one violet flower on pale paper.

Pinguicula vulgaris

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a forest council where a speaker addresses commissioners in dark coats, surrounded by mounted and seated figure

Sa-tan-ti Addressing the Peace Commissioners at Council Grove, Medicine Lodge Creek

Hermann Stieffel, 1860

Watercolor botanical study of a slender plant with narrow leaves and small yellow star-shaped flowers on a cream background.

Bastard Toadflax (Comandra pallida)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920