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Watercolor of two tall pale green desert candle stalks with dark maroon flower clusters and pink buds against a plain backgro

Desert Candle (Caulanthus inflatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Portrait of George Musser

Jacob Maentel, 1820

Watercolor of spotted saxifrage with white red-spotted flowers on slender red stems above green rosette leaves.

Spotted Saxifrage (Saxifraga bronchialis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor botanical study of a mayapple with a white flower, green pistil, and lobed serrated leaves on a pale stem.

Mayapple (Podphyllum paltatum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Soft grey pencil portrait of a curly-haired child in a wide-brimmed hat and frilled white collar.

Untitled (Head of a Child with Hat)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor of a small white-flowered sprig with green leaves and a pink stem on a cream background.

Untitled--Flower Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Painting of a tall pine tree with spreading branches above rocky desert ground, with distant mountains and a cloudy sky.

Pine Tree

n.d Sandow, 1900

Watercolor of a spruce branch with green needles and dark purple cones on a pale background.

Picea engelmanni

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a lily twayblade orchid with broad green leaves and a spike of brownish flowers, by Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920.

Lily Twayblade (Liparis liliifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of hooded pitcherplants with tall green tubular leaves and nodding yellow flowers on a pale background.

Hooded Pitcherplant (Sarracenia minor)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a trailing Houstonia stem with small white flowers, buds, and green leaves on a pale background.

Trailing Houstonia (Houstonia procumbens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a birdsfoot violet plant with two purple flowers and deeply lobed green leaves on a cream background.

Birdsfoot Violet (Viola pedata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a Western cranesbill plant with pink flowers, lobed green leaves and buds on slender stems.

Western Cranesbill (Geranium viscosissimum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of pink hedysarum flowering stems with green pinnate leaves on a pale background.

Pink Hedysarum (Hedysarum americanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of red cardinal flowers, grasses, red berries and a dragonfly above water.

Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor of white mistmaiden flowers with green lobed leaves growing from a brown mound on cream paper.

Mistmaiden (Romanzoffia sitchensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a slender agoseris plant with reddish stems, white seed heads, and narrow green leaves on cream paper.

Slender Agoseris (Agoseris gracilens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of red-roofed village houses beneath palm trees with soft blue hills behind them.

Village Street, Dominica

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1920

Watercolor botanical study of a flowering valerian plant with pink clustered blossoms and green leaves on a pale background.

Heliotrope Valerian (Valeriana sitchensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a pink-flowered plant with rosette green leaves, two stems, one with open pink blossoms and one with buds.

Untitled - Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor botanical study of two stems with white and yellow flowers and serrated leaves, one stem tinged red.

Pedicularis raremosa

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a flowering butterfly pea vine with purple blossoms, buds and green leaves on a pale background.

Butterfly Pea (Clitoria mariana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a pink rhododendron flower cluster with large green leaves on a grey background, dated 1880.

Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor of a branch with drooping pink bell-shaped flowers and green oval leaves on a pale background.

Menziesea (Menziesea glabella)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Oval miniature portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark coat, framed by a ring of pearls on gold.

Barnabus Bates

Barnabus Bates, 1850

Watercolor of a pink orchid with white spotted lips on a tall stem above green leaves and moss, on a pale background.

Orchis (Orchis rotundifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a highbush blueberry branch with clusters of white bell-shaped flowers and green leaves on a cream background.

Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of purple and lilac violet flowers with lobed green leaves on a brown ground, against a cream background.

Southern Coast Violet (Viola septemloba)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a drooping giant arborvitae branch with green foliage and pale green cones on a cream background.

Giant Arborvitae (Thuja plicata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a flowering Chickasaw plum branch with white blossoms and green leaves on a cream background.

Chickasaw Plum (Prunus angustifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor botanical study of a white-flowered plant with slender stems and narrow leaves on a cream background.

Arenaria formosa

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of three heather sprigs with pink bell-shaped flowers and green leaves on a pale background.

Heather (Phyllodoce intermedia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a yellow violet with round green leaves and a bud rising from brown soil on white paper.

Viola orbiculata

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a stem with clusters of pink aster flowers with yellow centers and long green leaves on a pale background.

Aster Engelmann

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a Bog Kalmia plant with clusters of pink flowers and narrow green leaves on reddish stems.

Bog Kalmia (Kalmia polifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of white avalanche lilies with yellow stamens, arching stems, broad green leaves and a closed bud on pale paper.

Avalanche Lily (Erythronium montanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor bouquet of yellow, blue, white and pink wildflowers with green stems on a grey background.

(Untitled, Group of Flowers)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor of a common pitcherplant with green and maroon pitchers and a tall stem topped by a red nodding flower.

Common Pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea venosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a tall fleabane plant with pink and yellow flower heads on a branching purple stem and narrow green leaves.

Tall Fleabane (Erigeron acris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of Western Monkshood with violet hooded flowers, green buds and lobed leaves on tall stems against a cream backgro

Western Monkshood (Aconitum columbianum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of two Nodding Ladies-Tresses orchid stems with white spiral flower spikes and green leaves on pale paper.

Nodding Ladies-Tresses (Ibidium cernum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of two yellow trillium plants with broad mottled green leaves and open yellow flowers on a pale background.

Whippoorwill Flower (Trillium hugeri)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a flowering shadbush branch with white blossoms, green leaves, and brown stems on cream paper.

Shadbush (Amelianchier oblongifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of white alpine flowers with yellow centers and dark green leaves growing from brown soil against a grey wash.

White Dryad (Dryas octopetala)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of two slender stems with clusters of purple tubular flowers against a pale background.

Grass Nut (Brodiaea laxa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of violet vernal iris flowers with yellow throats and green leaves on a pale cream background.

Vernal Iris (Iris verna)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor study of a yellow leaf with a crumpled green edge imitating a caterpillar, attached to a brown twig.

Crumpled and Withered Leaf Edge Mimicking Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer

Watercolor of a branch with clusters of red berries and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Canada Buffaloberry (Lepargyrea canadensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a pink azalea branch with red stamens and green leaves on a pale background.

Pinxter Bloom (Azalea nudiflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a sprig of small blue forget-me-not flowers with yellow centers and green leaves on a pale background.

Moss Forget-me-not (Eritichum elongatum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of white phlox blossoms with green leaves and pink buds on a brown shadowed ground.

Phlox

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a powdered wig and blue coat with gold braid, against a teal background.

General John Cadwalader

Charles Willson Peale, 1780

Watercolor of a white spider lily with orange stamens, green leaves, and an unopened bud on a stem.

Spider Lily (Hymenocallis rotata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of yellow balsamroot flowers with large green leaves and grey-green stems on a cream background.

Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of an alpine fir branch with dark blue cones and green needles on a cream background.

Alpine Fir (Abies lasiocarpa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of pale, drooping Indian pipe flowers on curving pink-tinged stems against a plain light background.

Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Tarflower stem with pale pink blossoms, green buds and narrow leaves on a cream background.

Tarflower (Befaria racemosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of False Locoweed with yellow flower clusters and blue-green pinnate leaves on a cream background.

False Locoweed (Oxytropia gracilis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of twinleaf plants with white flowers, buds, and two-lobed green leaves rising from dark soil.

Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor botanical study of two gentian plants with purple flowers, green leaves and roots on a cream background.

Gentiana propingua

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a magenta Arabis lyallii flowering stem with green basal leaves and roots on a cream background.

Arabis lyallii

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor botanical study of red and yellow flowering stems with green leaves on a pale background, dated 1900.

Stachys palustria

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a young girl in a yellow robe, blue headdress and striped sash, standing with one hand raised.

Sophi, an Armenian of Brusa

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of a pussy-toes plant with white fluffy flower clusters on slender green stems and rosette leaves at the base.

Pussy-Toes (Antennaria racemosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a pink-flowered Pyrola plant with round green leaves and a tall spike of nodding blossoms on cream paper.

Showy Pyrolla (Pyrola asarifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a silverberry branch with silvery leaves, reddish twigs, and clusters of oval drooping fruit on cream paper.

Silverberry (Elaeagnus commutata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of pink fleabane flowers with yellow centers and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Pink Fleabane (Erigeron caespitosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a yellow and a purple pansy with green leaves, buds and stems on a pale background.

Untitled (Pansies)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor of a Stagger-Bush branch with clusters of white bell-shaped flowers and green pointed leaves.

Stagger-Bush (Pieris mariana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of yellow and red evening primrose blooms, buds and green leaves on a pale background.

Evening Primrose (Oenothera howardi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two lupine stems with purple and blue flowers and green palmate leaves on a pale background.

Lupine (Lupinus fornosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a cucumbertree branch with a yellow partly open flower, a closed bud, and large green leaves.

Cucumbertree (Magnolia acuminata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of yellow arnica flowers with purple-tinged bases and green serrated leaves on a cream background.

Lake Louise Arnica (Arnica louisiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of slender birch trees rising through misty, muted undergrowth in browns, greens and grey.

A Tree Study

Ross Turner, 1870

Watercolor botanical study of pink meadow beauty, lavender bell flowers, and red-green pitcherplants on a pale background.

Meadow Beauty (Rhexia virginica), Rattlesnake Roat (Nabalus albus), Pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor of a wild calla plant with a white spathe, green leaves, and fibrous roots against a pale background.

Wild Calla (Calla palustris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of drooping purple fairy lantern flowers and buds on slender stems with long green leaves.

Purple Fairy Lantern (Calochortus anoenum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a Lewis monkey flower stem with red tubular blossoms, pink buds, and green veined leaves on a pale background.

Lewis Monkey Flower (Mimulus lewisii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1890

Watercolor of a Big Whortleberry branch with dark purple berries and green oval leaves on reddish stems.

Big Whortleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of pink Anemonella wildflowers with green leaves, slender stems and visible roots on a cream background.

Anemonella (Syndesmon thalictroides)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a hawthorn branch with white flowers, serrated green leaves, and long dark thorns on a pale background.

Thicket Hawthorn (Crataegus coccinea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two white trillium flowers with yellow stamens above broad green leaves on pale stems.

Wake-Robin (Trillium simile)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of magenta purple saxifrage blossoms and green leaves growing on a dark mossy mound on pale paper.

Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of blueflag iris with purple blooms, buds and long green leaves on a pale background.

Blueflag Iris (Iris versicolor)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a trumpet creeper branch with clusters of red tubular flowers, buds, and green leaves on pale paper.

Trumpet Creeper (Bignonia radicans)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a mistletoe branch with clusters of white berries and green oval leaves on a cream background.

American Mistletoe (Phoradendron flavescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of blue hepatica flowers and mottled lobed leaves growing from a patch of soil on cream paper.

Hepatica (Hepatica americana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of mountain cranberry sprigs with pink bell-shaped flowers and green leaves on cream paper.

Mountain Cranberry (Vaccinium vitisidaea minus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of yellow and orange columbine flowers and buds on tall stems above green lobed leaves.

Lemon Columbine (Aquilegia flavescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a sprig of yellow alpine ragwort flowers with green leaves, red stems and buds on a pale background.

Alpine Ragwort (Senecio species)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of shooting star flowers with pink reflexed petals and green basal leaves on a cream background.

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor and ink landscape of pine trees by a coastline, with a handwritten French dedication signed P. Signac.

Landscape

Paul Signac, 1910

Painting of huge pale wings around a red mass with a skeletal figure holding a scythe, framed by dark curtains and a teal sky

God's Idea

Da Loria Norman, 1930

Watercolor and pencil sheet with stylized figures in brown, blue and orange washes, some only lightly outlined.

Humorous Figures

n.d Phil Nesbitt, 1900

Watercolor of two stems with pink nodding flowers and serrated green leaves on a pale background.

Western Pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a purple trillium flower above three broad green leaves on a slender stem.

Trillium erectum

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930