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Pastel portrait of a young man with dark hair in a green open-collared shirt against a tan background.

Young Poet

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Pencil sketch of a cluster of elm trees with hatched foliage and a single tree at right, on cream paper.

Elms--Eton, England

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of two stems of purple aster flowers with yellow centers, green leaves and buds on a cream background.

Prairie Aster (Aster campestris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil sketch of three men in colonial dress on a lawn before a white colonial mansion with a cupola and bare trees.

Washington at Mount Vernon

Childe Hassam, 1930

Pastel portrait of a woman with short auburn hair and blue eyes, set against a green and teal background.

Untitled - Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel night landscape with green hills, a pale moon, and a deep blue frame resembling a window opening.

Sea Shore (set design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson

Major General William Starke Rosecrans

James Edward Kelly, 1900

Pencil sketch of a tall stone tower among trees and mountains, with handwritten colour notes, on an open sketchbook page.

(Sketchbook) Sierre

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of a climbing clematis vine with ruffled purple and white flowers, green leaves, and curling tendrils.

Curly Clematis (Clematis crispa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Ink and wash drawing of a bridge over a stream with a large building, figures, a donkey and a dog on a dirt road.

Vigo Bridge

George Overbury "Pop" Hart

Pencil sketch of the Rhine river with castle ruins on a steep hill at right and a village church along the far bank.

The Rhine near Salzig, Castles Stirrenberg and Liebenstein

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Pencil sketch of a dancer bending with raised arms and a veil swirling above, signed Troy Kinney in lower left.

The Seventh Veil

Troy Kinney, 1930

Watercolor of two white prickly poppy flowers with yellow centers, spiny green leaves, and buds on a pale background.

Prickly Poppy (Argemone hispeda)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of a tree-lined street in Galveston with a picket fence, a shuttered house, and palms.

Galveston, Texas

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Major General Thomas Porter Hatch

James Edward Kelly, 1890

Watercolor of a yellow flower with red stamens beside a green bud and large leaves, labeled Glacier Park 1939.

Untitled--Plant Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1939

Pastel drawing of a sleeping infant in a white bonnet and swaddling cloth with blue stripes, held by adult arms.

In Swaddlings

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Pencil sketch of a Pompeii bake shop with a brick oven, millstone, and ruined stone walls.

Bake Shop and Mills, Pompei

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of a prairie thistle with a purple flower head, a side bud, and spiny silvery-green leaves on a pale background.

Prairie Thistle (Cirsium undulatum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Girl with Titian Hair

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor portrait of a seated woman with pearl-adorned hair, white lace dress, and blue vase of flowers beside her.

Sarah Jane

n.d Anna Armstrong, 1800

Watercolor botanical study of a Saskatoon branch with serrated leaves and clusters of red and dark purple berries.

Saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Arcady

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a veiled figure in a pale robe gazing upward beside a dark cloaked figure.

Light and Shadow

Carolus-Duran, 1890

Watercolor of a Carolina jessamine branch with yellow trumpet flowers and green leaves on red stems.

Carolina Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Pencil sketch of a seated female nude with leaf studies and a small ex libris bookplate on tan paper.

The Waters

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Lilies

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Painting of a branch with clusters of red winged maple seeds hanging from thin stems, dated 1923.

Carolina Maple (Acer carolinianum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Pen and ink sketches of a chimney pot, an ornate iron sign bracket, and a rocky Swiss cliff with pine trees.

Chimney Pot, Altdorf, Switzerland/Felsenthor, Rigi, Switzerland

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat and yellow headscarf, looking upward against a teal and grey background.

Spanish Fantasy I (Juliet Fremont)

Alice Pike Barney, 1930