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Watercolor of two tall aster stems with purple petals, yellow centers and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Aster (Aster hirariifolius)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a hazy moonlit harbor with a dark ship silhouette, glowing funnels, and violet rocks in the foreground.

Watercolor no. 73, Blue and Lavender

Allen Tucker, 1920

Watercolor of a green-domed Greek church and wooden houses in a village, with snowy mountains behind.

Rear View of Greek Church, Sitka, 1888

Theodore J. Richardson, 1880

Watercolor of a sprig of pale blue anemone flowers with green leaves and purple stems on cream paper.

Anemone (Anemone drummondii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor - William Sommer

Watercolor of two Toad Trillium stems with three broad green leaves and pale striped buds on a cream background.

Toad Trillium (Trillium sessile)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a fringe tree branch with green oval leaves and drooping white thread-like flowers on a brown stem.

Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virginica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a honeysuckle stem with clusters of red berries and yellowing leaves on a cream background.

Douglas Honeysuckle (Lonicera glaucescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two red wood lilies with spotted petals and whorled green leaves on tall stems against a pale background.

Wood Lily (Lilium philadelphicum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a green adder's mouth orchid with tiny greenish flowers and two broad leaves on a pale background.

Green Adder's Mouth (Malaxis unifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a man with gray hair in a blue coat and white cravat, shown open in a velvet case.

Portrait of a Gentleman

James Peale, 1790

Watercolor of white alpine flowers with yellow centers on reddish stems above green rosette leaves, on cream paper.

Sweet Androsace (Androsace carinata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of purple saxifrage flowers and green leaves growing from a dark mound of soil on cream paper.

Purple Saxifrage (Saxifrage oppositifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a Hedysarum branch with pale yellow flower clusters and pinnate green leaves on red stems.

Hedysarum (Hedysarum sulphurescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a white water lily with yellow center, a bud, green lily pads and curled pink-brown leaves on a pale background

American Waterlily (Castalia odorata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a white six-petaled Queencup flower with yellow stamens and two broad green leaves on a pale background.

Queencup (Clintonia uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a red barn and white cottage beside a lake, with a blue-shaded hillside rising behind them under a cloudy sky.

Hill and Lake

James Henry Moser, 1910

Watercolor of a greendragon plant with a pale spadix rising from a green spathe, surrounded by pointed leaves and stems.

Greendragon (Arisaema dracontium)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Portrait of Adam Musser

Jacob Maentel, 1810

Watercolor of a mountain ridge over a misty valley with a river, a dirt road, and wind-bent pine trees under a brown sky.

Mountain and Valley

James Henry Moser, 1890

Watercolor botanical study of a showy oxytrope plant with red-purple flower spikes and grey-green pinnate leaves.

Showy Oxytrope (Oxytropis splendens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor botanical study of a flowering plant with pale tubular blossoms and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Yellow Pentstemon (Pentstemon confertus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of two death camas stems with clusters of cream-white flowers and yellow stamens above slender green leaves.

Death Camas (Zygadenus venenosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a winding arroyo with dark water channel through pale, shrub-dotted hills in warm ochre and olive tones.

Arroyo Landscape

Victor Higgins, 1920

Watercolor of a pink bitterroot flower with reddish buds and stem on a cream background, with a soft gray shadow beneath.

Bitterroot (Lewisia redivivia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a branching plant with small yellow flowers and narrow green leaves on brown stems, on a pale background.

Yellow Willow Grass

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a powdered wig, blue coat and yellow waistcoat, in a pierced gold frame.

Colonel John Cox

Charles Willson Peale, 1770

Watercolor botanical study of a climbing white pea vine with pale flowers, green leaves, and tendrils on paper.

White Pea (Lathyrus ochroleucus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a pink twisted stalk plant with striped green leaves and drooping red bell-shaped flowers on a cream background

Pink Twisted Stalk (Streptopus curvipes)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a man in fringed buckskin smoking a feathered pipe beside a tepee, with mountains and figures in the distance.

A Shoshonee Indian Smoking

Alfred Jacob Miller, 1860