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Watercolor of a cluster of small blue bluets with yellow centers on thin green stems against a cream background.

Bluets (Houstonia serpyllifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Painting of a steel mill with black smokestacks, drifting smoke, and angular industrial forms in yellow, red, and blue.

Steel Mill

Joseph Stella, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a man with dark hair in a dark coat and white cravat, set in an ornate gilt frame.

John B. Pendleton

Rembrandt Peale, 1810

Watercolor of two purple allium flower heads on slender green stems with narrow leaves against a pale background.

Siberian Onion (Allium sibericum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor portrait of a bearded man in a fur hat and brown coat, turned to the left, with a yellow sash.

Circassian at Constantinople

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of alpine milkvetch with purple and white flower clusters and green pinnate leaves on a pale background.

Alpine Milkvetch (Astragalus alpinus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oil portrait of a man with brown hair and a pale ruff collar against a dark background, after van Dyck.

Head of a Gentleman after van Dyck

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a white bonnet and sheer shawl holding a fan, with red drapery behind her.

Emily Smiley Snowden

Charles Peale Polk, 1790

Watercolor of a scarlet elder branch with dense red berry clusters and serrated green leaves on a pale background.

Scarlet Elder (Sambucus pubens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Painting of a church tower and spire above a city street, with warm ochre walls and a pale blue sky.

Eglise de Ville

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Miniature portrait of a woman with curled dark hair, pink rose, maroon dress and gold necklace with blue pendant.

Dona Juana Becerra, possibly

Goyena family, 1820

Oil portrait of a man in a dark jacket, white waistcoat and black bow tie against a dark background.

Autorretrato

Pío Casimiro Bacener, 1890

Painting of a crowded street festival with a decorated religious shrine, candle-holding children, flags, and balcony spectato

Street Shrine

Jerome Myers, 1930

Watercolor of two tall stems of red tubular Fire Pentstemon flowers with buds and broad green basal leaves.

Fire Pentstemon (Pentstemon eatonii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with pink hair, blue coat with gold buttons, and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Josiah Hewes Anthony

James Peale, 1790

Watercolor of a pink azalea branch with long red stamens and green pointed leaves on a brown stem.

Downy Pinxter Bloom (Azalea rosea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with brown hair in a dark jacket and white pleated cravat, in a metal frame.

A. Laurason

Jean Francois De Vallee, 1800

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with dark curls, white ribbon headband, and lace dress against blue.

Portrait of a Young Lady

William Verstille, 1790

Watercolor of white globeflower stems with white cup-shaped blossoms, yellow centers, and deeply lobed green leaves on pale p

White Globeflower (Trollius albiflorus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1890

Watercolor of slender shooting star flowers with pink reflexed petals on thin stems above green basal leaves.

Slender Shootingstar (Dodecatheon pauciflorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a moccasin flower stem with three pink and brown pouch-shaped blooms above broad green leaves.

Moccasin Flower (Cypripedium acaule)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Oval portrait miniature of a woman in a white lace bonnet and white dress with a blue ribbon, against a grey background.

Mrs. Cornelius Baldwin (Mary Briscoe)

Philippe Abraham Peticolas, 1790

Dark tavern interior with a fiddler, a seated woman, a sleeping man and a dog, lit by light from the right.

The Inn, Germany

Walter Shirlaw, 1870

Watercolor of red dewberry with white five-petaled flowers and lobed green leaves on trailing stems.

Red Dewberry (Rubus pedatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a Canada violet plant with white flowers, yellow centers, green leaves and buds on pale paper.

Canada Violet (Viola canadensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of two yellowish bear corn flowering spikes with scaly brown bracts on a cream background.

Bear Corn (Conopholis americana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a seated woman in white lace blouse and black shawl holding a fan, in a dark wooden frame.

Dama desconocida (Unknown Lady)

Ramon Atiles-Perez, 1840

Oval miniature portrait of a young girl with curly dark hair in a blue dress with gold buttons and white ruffled collar.

Portrait of a Young Girl

Mary Jane Simes, 1820

Watercolor of a blue camas flowering stalk with yellow stamens and long green leaves on a pale background.

Camas (Quamasia quamash)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a young girl with light brown hair and a white dress, set before a garden with a classical buildin

Miss Clothier

Miss Clothier, 1810