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Watercolor of white dawnrose flowers with yellow stamens, grey-green lobed leaves and buds on reddish stems against pale pape

White Dawnrose (Pachyloplus marginatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott

Pencil sketch of fishing boats with masts in a harbor, with a church tower and rooftops behind.

Untitled (Fishing Boats)

Howard Russell Butler

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

Tan and white chalk drawing of grapevines with grape clusters, vine leaves, morning glory flowers and tendrils on a dark grou

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Lining Paper

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a street crowd with women in hats, a child in front, and a flag above.

Group Scene

Jerome Myers, 1900

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

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

Two women in blue gowns and flowered hats stand before green drapery in a softly painted interior.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

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

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

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

Charcoal drawing of a skull on stacked books beside a candlestick, with a panel of Rubaiyat verses and faint faces in the sky

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Theology

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pen and ink sketch of a flat-topped limestone mountain above eroded desert ridges, with handwritten notes below.

Desert of El Tih

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

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

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 sketch of a flat landscape with a distant town, low hills on the right, and buildings in the lower left.

Town of Monselice

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil sketch of a mountain road along a rocky ravine with pine trees, inscribed Golden Gate Road, July 23rd.

Golden Gate Road

Thomas Moran, 1890

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

Watercolor sketch of ruined Greek temple columns and fallen stones on pale ground, with small figures near the base.

Ruins of Greek Temple, Azani, Phrygia

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of a bell tower with arched windows beside a study of steep rocky cliffs and handwritten labels.

Civitavecchia/Bay of Naples

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

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

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

Pencil drawing of a forested mountain valley with a stream, pine trees, ridges and distant snowy peaks under cloudy skies.

Cloudy Moon

Henry Arthur Elkins, 1880

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 sketch of a female nude seen from behind, one arm raised to her head, shaded with loose graphite hatching.

Back View of Female Nude

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

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

Bellflower (Campanula)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Pen and ink drawing of a stone jetty on a sandy shore leading to a distant fort with a domed tower and flagpole.

Fort Moultrie on the Site of Old Fort Sullivan

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Pencil sketch of an open air concert with a conductor, orchestra, and audience of hatted spectators under trees.

Untermyer Open Air Concert

Jerome Myers, 1920

Pastel drawing of tall wildflowers with pink and white blossoms among blue and green strokes on tan paper.

Flowers

John Henry Twachtman, 1900