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Watercolor of boys in a grey dory on calm blue sea, with two sailboats on the horizon under a cloudy sky.

Boys in a Dory

Winslow Homer, 1880

Watercolor of green pyrola with pale green bell-shaped flowers, round leaves and red stems on a cream background.

Green Pyrola (Pyrola chlorantha)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Western Mountain Ash branch with clusters of red berries and green serrated leaves on a pale background.

Western Mountain Ash (Sorbus sambucifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of white bearpoppy flowers with yellow stamens, hairy buds, and grey-green hairy leaves on curving stems.

Bearpoppy (Arctomecon merriami)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of yellow bushpoppy flowers, buds and narrow green leaves on branching reddish stems against a pale background.

Bushpoppy (Dendromecon rigidum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a vervain plant with clusters of pink and purple flowers and thin green leaves on a cream background.

Vervain (Verbena wrightii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of two stems of pink fireweed flowers and buds with long green leaves on a pale background.

Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a branch with red autumn maple leaves veined in green and yellow on a cream background.

Untitled (Autumn Leaves)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Stylized serpent creature with a curled horn and clawed feet, painted in turquoise, yellow, red, and black with geometric pat

Avanyu

Julian Martinez, 1920

Loose watercolor portrait of a young woman with bowed head, yellow hair and clasped hands against a pink background.

The Artist's Daughter

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Ink and watercolor design of stylized yellow and grey fish with patterned scales among black zigzag waves on green.

Fish Design for a Ceramic Plate

Danish Holcha Krake, 1930

Watercolor of a fireweed stem with pink and magenta blossoms, buds and narrow green leaves on white paper.

Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a Showy Aster stem with lavender daisy-like flowers and green serrated leaves on a cream background.

Showy Aster (Aster conspicuus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a box huckleberry branch with pink bell-shaped flowers and green oval leaves on reddish stems.

Box Huckleberry (Gaylussacia brachycera)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of three lavender fleabane flowers with yellow centers on slender green stems with narrow leaves.

Showy Fleabane (Erigeron salsuginosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of two slender stems with small purple lobelia flowers and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Lobelia Kalmii

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a yellow stonecrop stem with clusters of yellow flowers and blue-green succulent rosettes on dark brown.

Yellow Stonecrop (Sedum stenopetalum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Clintonia borealis plant with broad green leaves and a stem topped by four dark blue berries.

Blue Bead (Clintonia borealis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a squirrel corn plant with feathery green leaves, drooping white flowers, and yellow tubers with roots.

Squirrel Corn (Bikukulla canadensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of snowy Andean peaks rising above a sea of clouds in soft pastel tones.

The Almighty's Own, An Impression of the High Andes

William Henry Holmes, 1910

Watercolor of a Virginia bluebell stem with blue and pink drooping flowers and green oval leaves on white paper.

Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of blue Quakerlady flowers with yellow centers on thin green stems rising from a small mound of soil.

Quakerladies (Houstonia caerulea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a cranberrybush branch with red berries and lobed green leaves on a pale background.

Cranberrybush (Viburnum pauciflorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a slender plant with small white flowers, oval green leaves and buds on a cream background.

Moehringia laberiflora

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor study of two Indian paintbrush stems with red bracts and green leaves on beige paper.

(Untitled--Plant Study)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

A Flowered Gown

Thomas Anshutz, 1900

Watercolor of three pink Arethusa bulbosa orchid flowers on slender green stems with bulb and roots below.

Arethusa (Arethusa bulbosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of white and lavender flowers with yellow centers and green stems on a grey-green background.

On the Road to Monument

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor of a flowering Flame Azalea branch with orange-yellow blossoms, buds, and green leaves on a pale background.

Flame Azalea (Azalea lutea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a False Indigo branch with pale yellow flower spikes, green leaves and purple stems on a cream background.

False Indigo (Baptista bructeata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930