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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, 1923

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long dress with puffed sleeves, glancing over her shoulder, with a handwritten inscrip

Sketch of a Lady

Carolus-Duran, 1910

Soft pastel portrait of a woman's head and shoulders in green and blue tones, with blurred features.

A Memory

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of a flowering orchid plant with reddish-brown blossoms on tall stems and broad green leaves, on a pale background

Untitled--Plant Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1929

Charcoal portrait of a man with short hair and stubble, head turned slightly, looking directly at the viewer.

Portrait of a Man

Thomas La Farge, 1930

Pastel drawing of a woman in a rose-embroidered black shawl beside a gilt mirror reflecting her figure.

The Spanish Shawl

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of arrowhead plant with arrow-shaped leaves, white flowers with yellow centers, and green buds on red stems.

Arum Arrowhead (Sagittaria cuneata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Pastel sketch of an opera stage scene with a crowd, a red canopy, and a couple in white and red at center.

Scene Design for Opera

William Penhallow Henderson

Soft pastel portrait of a young blonde girl with a dark bow in her hair, wearing a white blouse against a dark background.

Peggy

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Watercolor of a roundleaf sundew rosette with red-fringed round leaves and a tall flower stalk on cream paper.

Roundleaf Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Charcoal and chalk drawing of two women embracing, one in a red headscarf, with a handwritten French dedication below.

Greeting

Antoine Calbet, 1940

The Letter

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of a spiny green cactus with a bright red-orange flower blooming from its top on a pale background.

Lloyd's Strawberry Cactus (Echinocereus lloydii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Pencil and wash drawing of bare trees and branches rising from snow-covered ground in a misty winter woodland.

Untitled (Trees in Snow)

George Elbert Burr, 1880

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a green hat and dark dress holding a cigarette against a gray background.

Cigarette

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of a slender plant with pink five-petaled flowers and buds on thin green branching stems against cream paper.

Skeleton Flower (Lygodesmia juncea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Red-chalk portrait of a young man in a military cap and high-collared uniform, with Latin inscription above.

Kiffin Rockwell

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a bearded man in a straw hat with a black band, turned three-quarters, on brown paper.

Hippolyte Dreyfus

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor botanical study of a thistle plant with spiny leaves and several flower heads on a cream background.

White Thistle (Cirsium hookeranum)

Mary Vaux Walcott

Pencil drawing of a Gothic cathedral with tall spires and a rose window, surrounded by scattered rubble in the foreground.

Cathedral

Solon H. Borglum, 1910

Pastel portrait of a grey-haired woman with a pearl earring turning toward the viewer against a green background.

La Marquise

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of a cholla cactus with a bright red flower in bloom and spiny green stems on a pale background.

Walkingstick Cholla (Opuntia imbricata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

Graphite and red chalk sketch of a woman in a red headscarf holding a young child on her shoulder, on gray paper.

Mother and Child

Fernand Maillaud, 1940

Pastel portrait of a woman in a blue cloche hat and pearl earring against a grey background.

The Visitor (Mrs. Richard P. McCullough)

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of two blue-violet iris flowers and a bud on green stems with long leaves against a pale background.

Western Blue Flag (Iris missouriensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Poster of a standing bearded man in white sweater and pink trousers beside a pole, with text advertising Robert Blum's painti

Robert Blum's/Great Decorative/Painting/In/January/Scribner's

William Sergeant Kendall, 1930

Pastel and charcoal drawing of a woman in a dark skirt and white blouse, seen from behind, looking over her shoulder.

1900

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor botanical study of small pink and magenta wildflowers on thin stems with feathery green leaves, on cream paper.

Gilia linanthus parviflorus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Major General David Sloan Stanley

James Edward Kelly, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark upswept hair wearing a green cape with embroidered blue and gold collar.

Laura in Green Cape

Alice Pike Barney, 1900