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Watercolor of a drooping California nutmeg branch with narrow green needles and three oval green fruits on pale paper.

California Nutmeg (Tumion californicum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor study of a torn green leaf with two caterpillars and a hover fly, labeled Class II, division B.

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

Emma Beach Thayer

Watercolor of a gray phacelia stem with clustered purple flowers and finely divided silvery leaves on a pale background.

Gray Phacelia (Phacelia sericea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of the town of Rattenberg beside a river, with a ruined stone tower, mountains, and two small figures on a path.

Rattenberg, Tyrol

Hermann Stieffel, 1880

Watercolor of three yellow ladyslipper orchids with brown twisted petals rising above broad green leaves on a pale background

Small Yellow Ladyslipper (Cypripedium parviflorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a blue background.

Captain Robert Lillibridge

William Verstille, 1700

Night scene of factory buildings with glowing windows, smokestacks, and a green-yellow smoky sky by Horatio C. Forjohn.

Industry at Night

Horatio C. Forjohn, 1933

Muted architectural rendering of the Lincoln Memorial's columns and steps, reflected in a long pool flanked by trees and hedg

(Lincoln Memorial)

Henry Bacon, 1933

Two horses in a wooded landscape, one grazing and one standing behind it, rendered in dark outlines and muted watercolor wash

Two Horses

Henry C. Roberts, 1933

Watercolor of Central Park with tall city buildings beyond the trees, pedestrians on a path, and a building edge at right.

Central Park Plaza

Fugi Nakamizo, 1933

Watercolor of a polka-dot clown with arms raised, standing on an elephant that lifts its trunk before a circus tent.

Clown Elephants

Fugi Nakamizo, 1933

Watercolor and ink drawing of two cows grazing in a stylized landscape with flowers and blue sky, by William Sommer.

Arrangement IV

William Sommer, 1933

Abstract geometric composition in red, teal and cream with a stringed instrument, cylinder and sphere, signed A Rexroth.

Composition

Andree Rexroth, 1933

Watercolor of a studio interior with a red stove, wooden staircase, easel, and framed flower picture beside clapboard walls.

Studio Interior

George Ault, 1933

Watercolor of red and white poppies among tall blue-green grasses, with a band of blue sea at the top edge.

The Island Garden

Childe Hassam, 1890

Watercolor of a small purple fringed orchid spike with long green leaves on a cream background.

Small Purple Fringe Orchid (Habenaria psychodes)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a silvery branch of Death Valley sage with small purple flowers on a cream background.

Death Valley Sage (Salvia funerea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Engraved oval portrait of a man in a double-breasted coat, with the name Jenkins and a script verse below.

The Art of Writing by John Jenkins, Frontispiece

Peter Maverick, 1813

Watercolor of two alpine plants with white daisy-like flowers, yellow centers and hairy stems above green leaves.

Alpine Fernlife (Pedicularis contorta)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1907

Pencil sketch of a domed cathedral with arched windows, topped by a yellow-painted orb and cross against blue wash.

Ball of the Cathedral

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1868