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Watercolor of a bunchberry plant with red berry clusters, green whorled leaves, and thin trailing roots on pale paper.

Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Oil portrait of an older woman in a white bonnet and spectacles holding an open book against a red-brown background.

Mrs. Benajah Johnson

n.d A. Patrick, 1830

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled grey hair, white headband, white gown and blue bodice, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Lady from S. Carolina Huguenot Family

Lawrence Sully, 1790

Hazy painting of a sunlit city square with tall columns, colonnaded buildings, small pedestrians and horse carriages.

Place de la Concorde no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Watercolor of two Alberta paintbrush stems with red flower bracts and green leaves on a pale background.

Alberta Paintbrush (Catilleja miniata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two blue lupine flower spikes with green palmate leaves on a cream background.

Sun Dial Lupine (Lupinus perennis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a ladder gentian plant with violet flowers, buds, green leaves and roots on a pale background.

Ladder Gentian (Gentiana acuta)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Rubens Peale

Raphaelle Peale, 1800

Watercolor of pink and lavender five-petaled wildflowers with buds and green leaves, with grass stalks behind.

Gentianacease sabbalia angularis

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Painting of a conical mountain peak above rolling hills, a still lake, farm fields and cumulus clouds in a valley.

Mount Chocorua

William J. Stillman, 1850

Watercolor of a suspension bridge over a river with stone towers, small figures on the bank, and a cloudy sky.

Suspension Bridge over the Arno, near the Cascine, Forence

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor of a canvas camp shelter on wooden poles with cooking pots, set before evergreen trees and a distant building.

Indian Camp, Alaska

Theodore J. Richardson, 1910

Portrait of Jahangir

Miniature portrait of a young boy with short brown hair, wearing a dark green jacket and white ruffled collar, holding a card

Joven de la familia Canals

Canals, 1800

Night scene of a seated figure in a feathered headdress beside a campfire, under a glowing moon, with a distant tent.

The Signal Fire

Ralph Albert Blakelock, 1880

Watercolor of a Grouse Whortleberry sprig with slender stems, green leaves and red berries on cream paper.

Grouse Whortleberry (Vaccinium scoparium)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor portrait of a veiled woman with only her eyes visible, wearing a white veil and blue garment with dark trim.

Turkish Lady of Brusa

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor of a cluster of orange California poppies with buds, seed pods, and feathery green leaves on white paper.

California Poppy (Eschscholtzia californica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with powdered curled hair, pink dress and blue ribbon, in a gilt and black frame.

Mrs. Elizabeth Pollock Hartigan

Walter Robertson, 1790

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a red coat and white cravat against a green background, in a gilt frame.

James Monroe

Joseph Castel, 1810

Watercolor of fritillary plant with drooping mauve and cream bell flowers and long green leaves on pale paper.

Fritillary (Fritillaria biflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of globe anemone with white and pink-tinged flowers, buds, a yellow seed head and divided green leaves on pale pap

Globe Anemone (Anemone globosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

John Beale Bordley

Joseph Robinson, 1820

Miniature portrait of a young man with dark hair in a blue coat and white cravat, in a gold oval frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

P. E. Stroëhling, 1800

Watercolor of an Epidendrum cochleatum orchid with dark purple and green flowers on a slender stem above green leaves.

Orchid (Epidendrum cochleatum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a colonial-style post office with dormer windows and chimneys, a bare tree at left, and a horse cart on a dirt

Williamsburg Post Office

Dwight Williams, 1890

Hazy beige painting of Notre Dame cathedral's towers and spire with small walking figures in a pale square.

Notre Dame in Winter

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Watercolor of a golden fairy lantern stem with nodding yellow flowers, long green leaves, and a green seed pod on white paper

Golden Fairy Lantern (Calochortus amabilis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Oil painting of three sheep in a grassy landscape with trees, a shrub, distant hills, and a cloudy sky at dusk.

Sheep

Balthasar-Paul Ommeganck, 1820

Mr. Veacock

Thomas Birch, 1800

Loose watercolor of a seated woman with dark hair in a blue dress, surrounded by bold abstract blue, orange and yellow shapes

Calligraphic #2 Woman on Chair

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Painted self-portrait of a man with a mustache, face half lit against a dark background, wearing a blue collar and jacket.

Self-Portrait

James Henry Moser, 1880

Watercolor of five yellow poppy-like flowers on slender stems above grey-green foliage, with one curled bud.

Desert Poppy (Eschscholtzia glyptosperma)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Painting of a seated nude woman with auburn hair holding a silver hand mirror, red drapery, and a dark floral background.

The Silver Hand Glass

Kenyon Cox, 1900

Painting of a sunlit hacienda seen through dark trees, with a lake, sailboats, and a seated figure in the foreground.

A Mexican Hacienda, Lake Cuitzeo

Thomas Moran, 1880

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a dark suit and bow tie, with a domed building faintly visible at right.

Abraham Lincoln

George H. Story, 1910

Cubist painting of fragmented geometric planes in muted greens and creams, with a red form at upper left and a suggested guit

Figure with Guitar II

Henry Fitch Taylor, 1910

Watercolor of a branch with long green leaves and fluffy white willow catkins with yellow stamens on a pale background.

Drummond Willow (Salix drummondiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Yellow Cucumbertree branch with two yellow-green magnolia blossoms, a bud, and green leaves.

Yellow Cucumbertree (Magnolia cordata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor study of two green caterpillars camouflaged among pine needles on a branch.

Pine-Tuft Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Gerald H. Thayer

Geometric abstract painting of circles, triangles and curved bands in red, pink, orange, blue and green.

Area Broken by Perpendiculars

Joseph Schillinger, 1930

Miniature portrait of a balding man in a dark blue coat and white cravat, set in an ornate gold frame.

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams, 1800

Miniature portrait of a woman in a white lace bonnet and dark dress with a lace collar, set in a gold frame.

Mrs. Benjamin Silliman

Henry Colton Shumway, 1830

Watercolor of a lechuguilla agave flower stalk with green buds, yellow flowers and red stamens on a cream background.

Lechuguilla (Agava lechuguilla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with dark hair, white lace collar and green brooch, in an ornate gold frame.

Mary Livingston Colin Crounse

Christoffel Wüst, 1850

Loose brown and red wash portrait of a seated woman in a headscarf and red sash against a warm ochre background.

Peasant Woman

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Oval miniature portrait of a man with dark hair, dark coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Christopher Burdick

Christopher Burdick, 1830

Watercolor of papaw branches with drooping dark purple flowers, green buds and new leaves on a cream background.

Papaw (Asimina triloba)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a low mound of small green willow leaves with tiny flowers on a pale background.

Snow Willow (Salix nivalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor portrait of a small child in a red dress with a white ruffled collar, holding a dark stick, before a pale landscap

Thomas Wix Borden at the age of Two Years

Thomas Wix Borden, 1810

Watercolor of a flowering sprig with purple two-lipped blossoms and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Conradina verticillata

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a white flowering raspberry branch with five-petaled white blossoms and large serrated green leaves on a pale b

White Flowering Raspberry (Rubus parviflorus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Hazy painting of a Paris-style street with classical columns, bare trees, pedestrians, carriages, and a tram in soft beige to

Place de la Madeleine no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Watercolor of two stems of yellow fringe orchids with orange fringed blossoms and green leaves on a cream background.

Yellow Fringe Orchid (Habenaria ciliaris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a blue coat, tan waistcoat and white cravat against a green background.

Captain Joseph Anthony

Walter Robertson, 1790

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair in a high topknot, white lace-trimmed dress, in gold frame.

Mrs. Fenno Knight (née du Clois)

Mrs. Fenno Knight, 1790

Watercolor of creeping juniper sprigs with blue-green foliage and pale blue berry cones on a cream background.

Creeping Juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a young child with brown bangs in a blue jacket and white ruffled collar, in a blue enamel gold fr

William Shippen

James Peale, 1790

Watercolor study of an elderly man in a worn green coat and brown trousers, head bowed, against a pale background.

Study of an Old Man

Giuseppe Signorini, 1930

Oval miniature portrait of a gentleman with powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat against a blue sky.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Walter Robertson, 1790

Oval miniature portrait of a young boy with short light hair against a pink background, in an ornate gold frame.

Singleton van Buren as a Child

John Carlin, 1840

Watercolor of white wood nymph flowers on slender stems above green rounded leaves, against a pale background.

Wood Nymph (Moneses uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a stone staircase through overgrown trees, with cypresses and a mountain behind a ruined tomb.

Tomb of Virgil, Naples

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor of an orange flame azalea branch with red stamens, green leaves and purple buds on a pale background.

Flame Azalea (Rhododendron speciosum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with curly brown hair and blue eyes, set in a silver pendant frame.

Mary Walsh McBlair

Thomas Sully, 1800

Watercolor study of a ragged green leaf with a dark caterpillar on its edge and a detailed inset of the creature.

Crumpled Leaf Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer

Watercolor of fringed gentian stems with violet fringed flowers, closed buds and green leaves on a pale background.

Fringed Gentian (Gentiana elegana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Oil portrait of a young woman with dark curled hair and a pale collar against a muted olive background.

Head of a Young Woman

James McNeill Whistler, 1890

Watercolor of a coastal town with a yellow hilltop building, small boats on calm water, and misty mountains behind.

Sitka from the Islands, Showing Russian Castle, 1888

Theodore J. Richardson, 1880

Watercolor of a carved marble garden fountain with cypress trees and green lawn under a bright blue sky.

Marble Fountain in Italy

John Singer Sargent, 1900

Oval miniature portrait of an older man with spectacles on his forehead, wearing a black coat and white cravat, in a gold fra

Ebenezer Williams

Ebenezer Williams, 1820

Watercolor of a fortified wall and round tower above rocky cliffs, with a sailing ship on calm water below.

Temple of Mercury

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a navy uniform with gold epaulettes and braid, set in a wooden frame.

Commodore Isaac Chauncey

John Wesley Jarvis, 1800

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair, dark blue coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Howes Goldsborough

James Peale, 1790

Dim workshop interior with a workbench, vise, barrels, hanging ropes and a stone furnace beneath a small window.

Bell Foundry, Germany

Walter Shirlaw, 1870

Oval miniature portrait of a man with grey powdered hair in a blue military coat with gold epaulettes.

Major-General Anthony Wayne

James Peale, 1790

Watercolor of a dark sphinx caterpillar and a curled brown dead leaf on a green plant stem with serrated leaves.

Curled Dead Leaf Mimicking Sphinx Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Gerald H. Thayer, 1920

Watercolor of a yucca plant with a tall stalk of pale green, purple-edged bell-shaped blossoms among long green leaves.

Yucca (Yucca baileyi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Nude woman floating along a glowing rainbow above clouds and a distant sea, painted in soft warm tones.

The Spirit of the Rainbow

Henry Mosler, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curled brown hair, dark coat and white cravat, in an ornate gold frame.

Zachariah F. Johnston

Zachariah F. Johnston, 1840

Dark painting of a seated woman with an infant, an angel at left, and a donkey and man under trees at right.

Flight into Egypt

Robert Loftin Newman, 1900

Watercolor of rock wormwood with branching stems, narrow green leaves and clusters of yellow and brown flower heads.

Rock Wormwood (Artemisia discolor)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Oil portrait of a young woman with curly auburn hair in a white dress and fur wrap against a dark background.

Mary Abigail Willing Coale

Thomas Sully, 1800

Oval miniature portrait of a man with grey hair in a blue coat and yellow waistcoat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Henry Benbridge, 1790

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with dark curly hair, dark coat and high white collar, in an ornate gold frame.

Charles Boynton Darling

Charles Boynton Darling, 1820

Loose painted street scene of a sunlit Paris road with a church tower, stone buildings and small pedestrians.

Street in the Latin Quarter

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Watercolor of figures in a boat on churning surf, with sailing ships and stormy clouds on the horizon.

Marine View

Paul Marny, 1870

Oval miniature portrait of a man with light brown hair in a dark coat and white cravat, set in a gold frame.

David McClellan

Benjamin Trott, 1800

Oval miniature portrait of a man with dark curly hair in a blue coat and white cravat, in a dark wooden frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Jean B. Sel, 1820

Watercolor of a Dutchman's pipe vine with heart-shaped leaves, pipe-shaped flowers, buds, and long green seed pods.

Dutchman's Pipe

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of blue Alpine Forget-me-not flowers with yellow centers on branching stems above a rosette of green leaves.

Alpine Forget-me-not (Myosotis alpestris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Painting of a tall church tower in warm golden light, with small figures in a city square below.

Eglise Saint Merry

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with tousled reddish hair, dark coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

John Cleves Short

Benjamin Trott, 1800

Oil portrait of a young blond boy in a dark textured jacket, set against painted leaves and red fruit on branches.

Townsend Bradley Martin

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1910

Watercolor of a spotted frog in yellow and green, surrounded by radiating red and brown brushstrokes on a green wash.

Frog

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1910

Watercolor of a whitebark pine branch with green needles and small reddish cones on a pale background.

Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920