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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

Watercolor of a showy milkweed stem with pink flower clusters, buds, and large green leaves on a cream background.

Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Joseph B. Carr

James Edward Kelly, 1890

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

Watercolor of scarlet gilia stems with pink star-shaped and red tubular flowers and buds on a cream background.

Scarlet Gilia (Gilia aggregata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Seated man with a cigar in a dark jacket on a chair, with lettering naming C.S. Reinhart as a Scribner's illustrator.

C.S. Reinhart/Is. One. of. the. Illustrators./in. this./Month.s./.Scribner.s

William Sergeant Kendall, 1930

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

Watercolor of a trumpet creeper branch with red trumpet-shaped flowers, buds, and green leaves on cream paper.

Trumpet Creeper (Bignonia radicans)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Sepia wash drawing of a tall tree, a standing man with a staff, rocks, and distant mountains.

Untitled - Charles Conner, 1880

Charles Conner, 1880

Girl with Titian Hair

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of a branching Lotus plant with yellow and red-tipped pea-shaped flowers and slender green leaves on pale paper.

Lotus puberulus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Pen drawing of a mustached cowboy in a wide hat smoking a cigarette, hand on his gun belt, in chaps and spurs.

Cowboy Smoking

Walt Kuhn, 1940

Arcady

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

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

Western Menziesia (Menziesia glabella)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Red chalk portrait of a mustached man in a peaked military cap and uniform, with Latin inscription above.

Richard Norton

John Elliott, 1920

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

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, 1934

Raynal Cawthorne Bolling

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a woman in a dark wide-brimmed hat gazing upward, with soft pink and green tones on a muted background.

Morning Mood

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of a strawberry bush branch with green leaves and red seed capsules opening to show orange seeds.

Strawberry Bush-"Hearts Bustin' with Love" (Euonymus Americanus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Portrait of a bearded man in dark navy military uniform with gold sash, medals and sword, leaning on a railing.

Prince Henry of Prussia

Max Krusemark, 1900

Pastel drawing of a sunlit forest with tall birch trunks, green foliage, a boulder, and a golden leaf-strewn floor.

Onteora

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of beargrass with a tall stalk of creamy white flowers, a reddish bud, and long narrow green leaves.

Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Pencil and coloured crayon portrait of an elderly woman with a dark headscarf, rosy cheeks and a dedication inscribed below.

Old Woman

Eugène Burnand, 1920

Nude

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

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

Golden Fairy Lantern (Calochortus amabilis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

Pencil drawing of a young child in draped clothing beside a stone pedestal with a sundial, arm outstretched.

Untitled (Child with Sun Dial)

Louise Cox, 1900

Pastel drawing of a red-haired woman in a flowing white gown leaning on a blue sofa against a soft background.

The Locket

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of two white turtlehead flower stems with serrated green leaves and unopened buds, by Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926.

Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Charcoal sketch of a man in half-length view, head bowed, with loose sweeping strokes for hair, face and arms on cream paper.

Self-Portrait

Marsden Hartley, 1900

Pastel portrait of a young woman with short auburn hair and a direct gaze, drawn on tan paper.

Gloria

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of an American chestnut branch with yellow-green catkins and long serrated leaves against a cream background.

American Chestnut (Castanea dentata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Major General John Pope

James Edward Kelly, 1870

Pastel portrait of a young man with dark hair and a blue cravat against a green background.

The Young Diplomat (Senor Algara)

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of pink and magenta phlox flowers on tall green stems with narrow leaves on a cream background.

Hairy Phlox (Phlox amoena)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil study of a standing male nude with one arm raised overhead, drawn on aged paper.

(Untitled) (Study of Standing Male Nude)

Kenyon Cox, 1870

Pastel portrait of two seated women in a pale dress and shadowed interior with yellow trim, by Alice Pike Barney, 1910.

Mirror Reflection

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Watercolor of pink phlox flowers with yellow centers, slender green leaves and buds on thin stems against a pale background.

Phlox stansburyi

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pastel drawing of a dancer with raised arms in a sheer costume and red drapery, beside a vase and fruit bowl.

Anna Pavlova in Oriental Fantasy, Chicago, 1915-16

William Penhallow Henderson

Pastel drawing of a short-haired nude woman leaning against a gold screen decorated with roses and green leaves.

Nude against Screen

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Watercolor of blue-violet bellflowers and buds on slender green stems against a pale background.

Bellflower (Campanula)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

G.K. Warren

James Edward Kelly, 1880

Woman in a yellow gown with a serpent and birdcage, above a reclining nude figure, against a dark swirling background.

Babylon

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of yerba mansa with white cone-shaped flower spikes, white bracts and broad green leaves on reddish stems.

Yerba Mansa (Anemopsis californica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

Soft crayon drawing of a woman's head with long dark hair framing her face, with handwritten inscription below.

Female Head

Ernest Joseph Laurent, 1910

Pastel portrait of a young woman with dark hair, red lips and a white ruffled collar against a green background.

Pierette

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of a stem with nodding white and pink fairy lantern flowers and long green leaves on a pale background.

White Fairy Lantern (Calochortus albus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Charcoal and pastel drawing of a seated woman with short wavy hair, arms crossed on her knee, looking to the side.

The Model

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pastel portrait of a woman with upswept hair, head turned upward, against a loose teal and grey background.

Self-Portrait in Light Tones

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of a branch with green pinnate leaves and drooping clusters of purple wisteria-like flowers on a pale background.

American Wisteria (Kraunhia frutescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Pencil sketch of a path climbing a hillside past trees, with two small figures standing near the top.

Path

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pastel portrait of a woman in a dark feathered hat and black fur stole, looking to the side against a tan background.

Marianne with Hat

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Watercolor of a white and yellow western azalea branch with blossoms, buds and long green leaves on a brown stem.

Western Azalea (Rhododendron occidentale)

Mary Vaux Walcott

Major General Irvin McDowell

James Edward Kelly, 1880

Youthful Model

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of slim larkspur with blue flowers on tall stems above green palmate leaves, on a cream background.

Slim Larkspur (Delphinium depauperatum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil sketch of a shadowed stone archway and round tower with foliage on an aged cream paper.

Le Chateau de Chevenevase

Solon H. Borglum, 1900

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark hair and a flower ornament, glancing over her bare shoulder against a green background.

La Cigale

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of a yellow mariposa lily stem with an open bloom, closed buds, a seed pod, and green leaves on pale paper.

Goldenbowl Mariposa (Calochortus claratus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Major General Alfred Pleasonton

James Edward Kelly, 1890

Pastel drawing of a woman in a white crinoline gown against a dark green background, by Alice Pike Barney, 1910.

En Crinoline

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Watercolor of a pitcher plant with tubular green leaves and a nodding pink and maroon flower on a curved stem.

Catesby Pitcherplant (Sarracenia catesaei)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1929

Pencil sketch of a goat seen from behind, standing with raised head and spread ears on cream paper.

Goat

Henry Keller, 1930

Meditation

Alice Pike Barney, 1920