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Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered grey hair, blue coat, yellow waistcoat and white cravat.

Portrait of a Gentleman

James Peale, 1780

Watercolor of purple Virginia spiderwort flowers and buds among long green leaves on a pale background.

Virginia Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two violet-blue butterwort flowers on tall stems rising from a green leaf rosette on a cream background.

Purple Butterwort (Pinguicula elatior)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor study of a green sphinx caterpillar camouflaged against leaves and a reddish branch.

Sphinx Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1920

Watercolor study of red and orange mushrooms growing among green moss, with seed capsules, signed and dated 1880.

(Untitled--Study of Mushrooms)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor of a pink fumeroot plant with red tubular flowers tipped in yellow and delicate divided green leaves.

Pink Fumeroot (Capnoides sempervirens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Sitka street with a church spire, wooden houses, a cannon, and mountains behind the town.

Lincoln Street, Sitka, 1887

Theodore J. Richardson, 1880

Watercolor of blue and lavender phlox flowers on slender green stems with narrow leaves, against a pale background.

Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a witch hazel branch with spidery yellow flowers, small blossoms, brown seed capsules and bare twigs on pale pa

Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of an anchor, rope, and weathered mooring post on a sandy shore with blue sea behind.

Untitled (Mooring and Anchor)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor botanical study of a nodding campion stem with three drooping seed capsules and narrow green leaves on pale paper.

Nodding Campion (Lychnis apetala)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a spiny cactus with a bright pink flower blooming from its top against a pale background.

Cucumber Cactus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of Venice's lagoon at sunset with a domed church, bell tower, and moored boats with orange sails.

Venice from the Tower of San Giorgio

Thomas Moran, 1900

Watercolor botanical study of a broomrape plant with clustered yellow flowers and brown scaly stems on a cream background.

Broomrape (Orobanche fasciculata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a dark coat with a metal frame, shown beside its engraved reverse with a monogram.

Charles William McGinnes

Carl Weinedel, 1830

Watercolor of a fortified castle with red-roofed buildings above a harbor, with a masted ship moored at left.

Castle at Corfu, Greece

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor of a Fringed Polygala sprig with magenta flowers and green leaves on thin stems, signed M.V.W. 1920.

Fringed Polygala (Polygala paucifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a pale strawberry plant with three white flowers, serrated leaves, red runners and exposed roots.

Pale Strawberry (Fragaria glauca)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor study of two rosebuds on green stems, one deep red and closed, one pale pink and partly open.

Untitled (Rosebuds)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor botanical study of a grayleaf fivefinger plant with yellow flowers, buds, and lobed leaves on a cream background.

Grayleaf Fivefinger (Potentilla glaucophylla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a witch-hazel branch with clusters of spidery yellow flowers and dark twigs on a pale background.

Witch-Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a moss campion cushion with many small magenta flowers and buds among dense green foliage on pale paper.

Moss Campion (Silene acaulis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Northern hedysarum plant with pink pea-like flowers, pinnate leaves, and roots, on cream paper.

Northern Hedysarum (Hedysarum boreale)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of two nodding onion stems with drooping clusters of pink flowers and long green leaves on a pale background.

Nodding Onion (Allium cernuum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of pink tubular pentstemon flowers and green leaves on a pale background, by Mary Vaux Walcott.

Menzies Pentstemon (Pentstemon menziesii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a park with trees, clothed and nude figures on a lawn, a horse and rider, and rolling colorful hills.

Park Scene

Maurice Prendergast, 1910

Watercolor of two tall larkspur stems with purple and pale lavender flowers above lobed green leaves.

Tall Larkspur (Delphinium elongatum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of gentian stems with purple buds and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Gentian (Gentiana macounii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of an ivy sprig with green heart-shaped leaves and one large reddish-brown leaf on a cream background.

Untitled (Ivy)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor of two reddish stems with clusters of pale flowers and bracts on a cream background, labeled M.V.W. 10.18.1920.

Red Pinesap (Hypopitys lanuginosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920