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Watercolor of an alpine pointvetch sprig with purple flowers and green feathery leaves on a pale background.

Alpine Pointvetch (Oxytropis podocarpa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor sketch of a pale spider on a green leaf beside a dark curving stream and a small red leaf.

Porcelain-White Spider

Emma Beach Thayer

Watercolor of three buff pussytoes plants with yellow flower heads, gray-green leaves and visible roots on cream paper.

Buff Pussytoes (Antennaria luzuloides)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a branching sprig of pale lavender aster flowers with yellow centers and green buds on a cream background.

Pineland Aster (Aster squarrosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two yellow gaillardia flowers with red centers, a bud, and green leaves on reddish stems.

Perennial Gaillardia (Gaillardia aristata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a mountain cranberry sprig with red berries, green leaves, brown dried leaves and roots on cream paper.

Mountain Cranberry (Vaccinium vitisdaea minus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a sailboat on a calm inlet with trees, a picket fence and hills in the background.

Inlet with Sailboat, Maine

Maurice Prendergast, 1910

Watercolor of pink rhododendron blossoms and green leaves on a reddish stem against a pale background.

California Rose-Bay (Rhododendron californicum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a tent camp along a creek with riders, figures in the foreground, trees and hills under a cloudy sky.

Camp of the Peace Commissioners at Medicine Lodge Creek

Hermann Stieffel, 1860

Oval miniature portrait of an older woman in a white ruffled bonnet and dark dress against a brown background, in a gilt fram

Mrs. Ebenezer Williams

Mrs. Ebenezer Williams, 1820

Watercolor of a seated child in a striped top with bold blue, yellow, and green color blocks behind.

Child

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Watercolor of two swamp aster stems with lavender petals, yellow centers, and slender green leaves on a cream background.

Swamp Aster (Aster paludosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a woman in a pale blue bonnet, white fichu and dark lace-trimmed shawl, against a brown background

Mrs. Tredwell

John Trumbull, 1800

Watercolor of skunk cabbage with dark purple hooded spathes, green leaves and exposed roots, by Mary Vaux Walcott.

Skunk Cabbage (Spathyema foetida)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a blue lupine stem with a spike of violet-blue flowers and palmate green leaves on a pale background.

Blue Lupine (Lupinus argenteus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a valley with red-roofed houses, a dirt road, palm trees, and a snow-capped volcano under a hazy sky.

View of Cuernavaca

Henry Otto Wix, 1950

Watercolor of a branch with drooping brown and yellow catkins and small reddish buds against a pale background.

Hazel Alder (Alnus regosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a black coat and white cravat, framed by a border of pearls.

Portrait of a Gentleman with Initials A.S.N.

Jean Francois De Vallee, 1800

Watercolor of a serrated green leaf on a brown twig, with a caterpillar camouflaged along its lower edge.

Jagged Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer

Oval miniature portrait of a young man in spectacles, black coat and high white collar against a lavender background.

Gentleman of the Frothingham Family

Moses B. Russell, 1830

Stylized watercolor of a three-masted ship with golden sails battling waves beside rocky cliffs under an orange, cloud-filled

Shipwreck

Da Loria Norman, 1920

Watercolor of a violet plant with purple flowers on slender stems above rounded green leaves on a cream background.

Butterfly Violet (Viola papilionacea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a red coat and white cravat, set in a gold brooch, with reverse inscription.

Sir Guy Carelton

Guy Carleton, 1770

Watercolor of a Virginia stewartia branch with white open flowers, buds, and green leaves on a cream background.

Virginia Stewartia (Stewartia malachodendron)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a small clump of pygmy plants with slender stems, tiny white flowers and reddish-green leaves on dark soil.

Pygmy Androsace (Androsace subumbellata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered grey hair in a purple coat and white cravat, in a metal frame.

Le Duc de Liancourt

Charles Willson Peale, 1790

Watercolor of a wooden waterfront building with drying skins on its wall, canoes on the shore, and masts behind.

Drying Skins, Sitka

Theodore J. Richardson, 1910

Watercolor of a pine branch with green needles and two large dark purple cones against a cream background.

Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Abstract watercolor landscape with layered green, tan, and gray hills, a pale central form, and a soft blue sky.

Untitled (Landscape)

Arthur Dove, 1930

Watercolor botanical study of a willow sprig with green leaves and pink and yellow catkins on a cream background.

Rock Willow (Salix petrophila)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910