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Charcoal sketch of a nude woman with raised arm standing before a mirror, with loose smudged shading.

Female Nude before Mirror

Sepia architectural drawing of a tall gothic tower rising above a spired exposition building with arched windows.

Proposed-Perspective Elevation for an Art Exposition Building, and Tower 600 feet in height, representing New England…

n.d R. M. Chalmers, 1870

Ink sketch of two nude women in an interior, one seated on a bench with a curtain and chair nearby.

Sitting Female Nude

Portrait of a woman in a black dress and white lace shawl beside a blue curtain and window, in a gilded frame.

Louisa Catherine Adams Clement

Mary Louisa Adams Clement, 1910

Boy in Peasant Costume

Mary Louisa Adams Clement, 1900

Two women sew on a sunny porch with a wooden table, a flower bowl, and a green rural landscape beyond.

The Sisters

Frank von der Lancken, 1900

Portrait of a Young Woman

Mary Louisa Adams Clement, 1910

Loose painted portrait of a woman with short dark hair, red beaded necklace and patterned blouse against a yellow background.

Self-Portrait

Anne Goldthwaite, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a man with gray curled hair and blue eyes, wearing a blue coat and white cravat.

Captain John H. Seward

Captain John H. Seward, 1790

Watercolor of violet bellflower blossoms and buds on slender green stems against a cream background.

Bellflower (Campanula)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of purple prairieclover stems with cylindrical magenta and grey flower heads and feathery green leaves.

Purple Prairieclover (Petalostemon purpureum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

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

Portrait of a Gentleman

Alexander Robertson, 1790

Watercolor of Arabis drummondii with white flowers, green leaves and a woody root on a pale background.

Arabis drummondii

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a small pyrola plant with three stems of pink nodding flowers and green rounded leaves on cream paper.

Small Pyrola (Pyrola minor)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of cut toothwort plant with pale pink flowers, yellow centers and deeply lobed green leaves on thin stems.

Cut Toothwort (Dentaria laciniata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a glacier and waterfall above a valley of conifers, with small cabins in a meadow in the foreground.

Glacier and Falls

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curly hair, pearl headband, blue dress and white lace collar, against pale blue.

Marguerite Repiton (Mrs. Joseph)

Francis Rabineau, 1790

Watercolor study of a green caterpillar on a branch among serrated leaves, labeled Fig. 2.

Lunar Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair and white cravat in an open gold locket with enamel bail.

Louis-Guillaume Otto, comte de Mosloy

Charles Willson Peale, 1780

Watercolor of two red desert mariposa flowers with dark centers, buds, and slender green stems on cream paper.

Desert Mariposa (Calochortus kennedyi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Nur Jahan

Nur Jahan, 1770

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with curly brown hair, dark blue coat and black cravat, in a gold frame.

George Partridge Richardson

George Partridge Richardson, 1830

Portrait of a seated man in a dark suit and black cravat against a brown background, in a gilded frame.

James Morris

Henry Colton Shumway, 1840

Oval miniature portrait of a man with dark curly hair in a black coat and white cravat, in an ornate silver frame.

Mr. Goodin

James P. Smith, 1830

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

Dr. William Beekman

Alexander Robertson, 1790

Watercolor and pencil sketch of a stone convent beside cypress trees among rocky Mt. Sinai cliffs, with a lower mountain stud

Convent of Elijah, Mt. Sinai

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Greek Girl at the English Palace, Pera

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Portrait of a woman in a black gown with a white lace ruff, beaded headdress, and gold chain, with a coat of arms at upper le

Judith Langley

Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn, 1630

Miniature portrait of a woman with curled dark hair, dark dress and white lace collar, in a red velvet case.

Eliza Hooper

Eliza Hooper, 1820

Painting of a woman filling a pitcher at a fountain, a child beside her, and a man in a doorway with a hanging birdcage.

At the Water Trough

J. Alden Weir, 1870