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Watercolor of California pitcherplants with green and maroon hooded pitchers and a nodding red flower on a tall stem.

California Pitcherplant (Chrysamphora californica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a crossvine branch with red trumpet flowers fading to yellow and orange, surrounded by green leaves.

Crossvine (Anisostichus capreolatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark curled hair, white lace collar and dark shawl, gazing to the side.

Emilia Field Brewer

John Alexander McDougall, 1870

Watercolor botanical study of an alpine plant with pale yellow hooded flowers on slender stems and feathery green leaves.

Alpine Fernlife (Pedicularis contorta)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a moss gentian sprig with blue star-shaped flowers and green leaves on a cream background.

Moss Gentian (Gentiana prostrata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a gray wig, blue coat and white cravat, set in a gold frame.

Robert Oliphant

Raphaelle Peale, 1790

Watercolor of a bouquet of white and lavender lilacs in a sculpted vase on a tan background.

Lilacs

Elizabeth Nourse, 1890

Watercolor of Miles City, Montana, showing a river, riders on the bank, a boat, trees, and a row of town buildings.

Miles City, Montana

Hermann Stieffel, 1870

Watercolor of a village road with a wooden windmill, wooden houses, picket fences, a horse cart, and tall trees.

Florida Village

Walter Paris, 1900

Watercolor of Evergreen Saxifrage with rosette leaves and two red stems topped by clusters of small white flowers.

Evergreen Saxifrage (Leptarrhena pyrolifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a Venetian canal with gondolas, a stone bridge, brick buildings, and figures near a shop awning.

On the Way to the Public Garden

Francis Hopkinson Smith, 1890

Watercolor of a tall spike of pink fringed orchid flowers with broad green leaves on a pale background.

Large Purple Fringe-Orchid (Habenaria grandiflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of beargrass with a tall stem of dense white flowers, a reddish bud, and long green leaves against a pale backgrou

Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of Grassleaf Agoseris with grass-like leaves, an orange flower head, a seed head and a bud on slender stems.

Grassleaf Agoseris (Agoseris graminifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of crested iris with two lavender flowers, a bud, and green leaves on a pale background.

Crested Iris (Iris cristata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a fairy-bells plant with pointed green leaves and bright red berries on a pale background.

Fairy-Bells (Disporum trachycarpum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of pink bleeding heart, yellow pansy, and white daffodil with green leaves on a cream background.

(Untitled--Mixed Flowers)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor of two pink calypso orchid flowers on thin stems above striped green leaves on a cream background.

Calypso (Cytherea bulbosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a snowy forest floor in blue shadow, with dark pine trees and thin bare saplings across the scene.

Winter, Monadnock

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1900

Watercolor botanical study of yellow arnica flowers with hairy green stems, leaves, and buds on a pale background.

Arnica (Arnica latifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor still life of a white bowl with yellow daisy, white lily, red zinnia and broad leaves on a pink background.

Bowl of Flowers

Morton L. Schamberg, 1910

Watercolor of a spring beauty plant with white pink-striped flowers, buds and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Spring Beauty (Claytonia lanceolata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of two white flowers with yellow stamens, pink buds and green leaves on a grey background.

Giant Helleborine (Epipactia gigantea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Loose watercolor of palm trees on a sunlit sandy landscape under a pale lavender sky, by Abbott Handerson Thayer.

West Indies

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1920

Watercolor botanical study of two white flower spikes with long green leaves on a cream background.

Crowpoison (Chrosperma muscaetoxicum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a thorny currant branch with lobed green leaves and clusters of small pink flowers on cream paper.

Prickly Currant (Ribes lacustre)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a brass-framed hourglass with red sand resting on a brown wooden pedestal against a pale background.

Untitled (Hourglass)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor botanical study of a plant with pink blossoms, yellow centers, green buds and serrated leaves.

Rose Gentian (Sabbatia angularis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor botanical study of a Kruhsea plant with red berries, yellow-green leaves and exposed roots on cream paper.

Kruhsea (Kruhsea streptopoides)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a yellow-flowered plant stem with feathery green leaves on a cream background.

Capnoides aureum

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910