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Watercolor of a Rocky Mountain Kalmia branch with pink flowers, red stalks and narrow green leaves on brown stems.

Rocky Mountain Kalmia (Kalmia microphylla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1940

Pencil drawing of a seated draped woman holding a tablet beside a stone pedestal, with grid lines over the sheet.

Untitled (Seated Draped Female Allegorical Figure)

Louise Cox, 1900

Mrs. Patrick Campbell

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Watercolor of a dogwood branch with clusters of red berries and broad green leaves on a white background.

Pacific Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Sepia crayon portrait of a mustached man in a military cap and buttoned high-collared jacket, facing forward.

Alan Seeger

John Elliott, 1920

Charcoal and white chalk portrait sketch of a woman with upswept hair on brown paper, by Alice Pike Barney, 1900.

Impression of Natalie

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of a tall stem with several orange recurved lily flowers, spotted petals, buds and green leaves on pale background

Small Tiger Lily (Lilium parvum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Red chalk portrait of a young man in a beret and military-style jacket, with inscription Philip N. Rhinelander across the top

Philip N. Rhinelander

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a young woman with a green and blue flowered headdress and pink striped shawl, against a yellow background

Bacchante Triste

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of a beaked hazelnut branch with serrated green leaves and fuzzy husks with long beaked tips.

Beaked Hazelnut (Corylus rostrata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Pencil drawing of a young girl with long hair and a hair ribbon, with a French handwritten dedication below.

Head of a Young Girl

É. Friant, 1910

Pastel portrait of an elderly woman in a white lace headdress and black dress, smiling, against a tan and blue background.

Madame Girard

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of two Blue-Eyed Mary plant stems with white and violet flowers and green serrated leaves on pale paper.

Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia verna)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1927

Sepia crayon portrait of a mustached man in a military cap and uniform, turned three-quarters toward the viewer.

William Thaw

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a smiling man with short hair in a dark blue jacket and white collar, on grey paper.

Hail Fellow, Well Met

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of two stems of pink orchid blossoms and buds with long green leaves on a cream background.

Grass-pink Orchid (Limodorum tuberosum)

Mary Vaux Walcott

Charcoal and chalk portrait of a seated man in a dark suit, hand raised to his face, on brown paper.

Dr. Eduardo San Giovanni

William Merritt Chase, 1900

Pastel portrait of a woman in a dark hat and blue scarf against swirling green and teal background.

The Blue Scarf

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of a Monterey cypress branch with green foliage, brown mature cones, and green young cones on a pale background.

Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

Pencil line drawing of a stylized standing nude female dancer with one arm raised and drapery at her side.

(Nude Dancer with Drape)

Gaston Lachaise, 1930

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark bobbed hair and a fur stole against a grey background.

The Countess Carraciolo

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of a branching clematis stem with drooping pink and purple bell-shaped flowers and green leaves.

Jicarilla (Clematis pseudoalpina)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Study for Equestrian Monument (Gen. John B. Gordon)

Solon H. Borglum, 1900

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark curly hair in a yellow off-shoulder dress against a golden background.

Laura In Yellow

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of a parrot pitcher plant with two drooping red flowers and curled, red-veined pitcher leaves on a pale background

Parrot Pitcherplant (Sarracenia psittacina)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil sketches on tan paper of animal leg bones and a rib cage with construction lines.

Sketch Book

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pastel drawing of a bearded man in a white turban above a study of a raised hand, on a tan background.

Mirza Abul Fazl

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of nodding purple fairy lantern flowers with narrow green leaves and buds on slender stems.

Purple Fairy Lantern (Calochortus anoenum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

Pencil sketch of a cluster of tall pine trees with layered branches and shaded foliage on a cream background.

Pines, Public Garden

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Ray of Sunshine

Alice Pike Barney, 1920