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Pencil sketch of a seated man in a cap by a wooden doorway, with a cooking pot and a head study above.

Untitled (Asian Dock Worker)

Walter Ronald Locke, 1940

Pencil drawing of a seated man in period dress with lace cuffs, shown in a shaded interior with a chair.

Seated Man in Eighteenth Century Dress

William Page, 1810

Watercolor of yellow bushpoppy flowers and buds on reddish stems with narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Bushpoppy (Dendromecon rigidum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1927

Pastel portrait of a bandaged French soldier in a kepi and dark coat, drawn on green paper.

Un Poilu Blesse, 1915

Henri Gervex, 1910

Watercolor of a red-flowered plant with round green leaves and fringed pink blossoms on slender stems against a pale backgrou

Schizocodon soldanelloides

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of Pussy-ears flowers with pale lavender blossoms, buds, a seed pod and long green leaves on a cream background.

Pussy-ears (Calochortus elegans)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of a rosette plant with pink flower clusters and reddish buds on slender stems against a pale background.

Untitled - Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

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

Downy Pinxter Bloom (Azalea rosea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Drawing of a nurse with a red cross armband standing beside a patient lying in a hospital bed.

Nurse and Patient

Jules Cayron, 1910

Pencil drawing of a barefoot young boy in overalls and suspenders standing with one hand on his hip beside a wall corner.

Untitled (Portrait of a Young Boy, Coconut Grove, Florida)

Walter Ronald Locke, 1930

Pencil drawing of a seated woman in a loose blouse with a flower in her hair, hands clasped in her lap.

Untitled (Portrait of a Seated Woman)

Walter Ronald Locke, 1920

Watercolor of a purple Eustoma russelianum flowering stem with open blossoms, green buds, and long leaves on cream paper.

Eustoma russelianum

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of orange California poppies with buds, seed pods and feathery green leaves on a pale background.

California Poppy (Eschscholtzia californica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Watercolor of a yellow evening primrose bloom, a red flower, buds and green leaves on slender stems.

Evening Primrose (Oenothera howardi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1928

Watercolor of a branch with green leaves, red stems and clusters of pale bell-shaped flowers on cream paper.

Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Stylized painting of a steamship above brick walls and stairs, with a man carrying a package and a woman beside a bicycle.

Freed Flag, from the United Nations Series

Peter Sekaer, 1940

Watercolor of Showy Orchis plants with purple and white flowers and broad green leaves on a cream background.

Showy Orchis (Orchis spectabilis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a sand myrtle branch with clusters of pink flowers and small green leaves on brown stems.

Sand Myrtle (Leiophyllum lyoni)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of white sego lily flowers with yellow and maroon centers, pink-tinged buds, and green stems on a pale background.

Sego Lily (Calochortus nuttallii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a maypop passionflower vine with a purple fringed bloom, buds, serrated leaves and curling tendrils.

Maypop (Passiflora incarnata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Watercolor of a common pitcherplant with green and maroon pitcher leaves and a red nodding flower on a tall stem.

Common Pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea venosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1931

Watercolor of red tubular monkey flowers with serrated green leaves and buds on branching stems, against a cream background.

Cardinal Monkey Flower (Mimulus cardinalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1927

Watercolor of three rosebud orchid flowers with curled petals and pink lips on slender green stems with narrow leaves.

Rosebud Orchid (Pogonia divaricata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a pink rhododendron branch with open blossoms, a bud, and long green leaves on a pale background.

Rose-Bay Rhododendron (Rhododendron carolinianum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a Dutchman's pipe vine with broad leaves, curved purple-marked flowers, and long green seed pods.

Dutchman's Pipe

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

Watercolor of a milkweed stem with clustered pale flowers and long serrated green leaves on a cream background.

Milkweed (Ascelpias)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Watercolor of a Douglas fir branch with green needles and three hanging brown cones on a pale background.

Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga mucronata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of yellow desert poppy flowers on slender stems above grey-green leaves, with a curled bud at the base.

Desert Poppy (Eschscholtzia glyptosperma)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Watercolor of fringed gentian stems with purple open flowers, lavender buds and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Fringed Gentian (Gentiana elegana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Watercolor of a pink thistle flower with a green bud and spiny, lobed leaves on a tall stem against a pale background.

Thistle (Cirsium arizonica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a yellow lupine stem with arching clusters of yellow flowers and green palmate leaves on a pale background.

Yellow Lupine (Lupinis arboreus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Watercolor of a barrel cactus with dense spines topped by a bright pink flower with a pale yellow center.

Turkeyhead Cactus (Echinocerus perbellus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a slender plant with narrow green leaves and small yellow flowers clustered at the top of the stem.

Bastard Toadflax (Comandra pallida)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of a branching stem with red four-petaled flowers, buds and green leaves on a pale background.

Farewell to Spring (Godetia amoena lilja)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of pink skeleton weed flowers on slender green stems with curving leaves, on a cream background.

Skeleton Weed (Lygodesmia grandiflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a cholla cactus branch with several yellow flowers and spiny green segments on a plain background.

Cholla Opuntia whipplei

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Pastel still life of pink and yellow roses in a dark round vase on a green draped cloth.

Roses

William Merritt Chase, 1883

Watercolor of branching stems with pink five-petaled centaurium flowers, yellow centers, and green buds on cream paper.

Pink Centaurium (Centaurium venustum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a red-bracted Tillandsia bromeliad with violet flowers among long green arching leaves.

Quill-Leaf Tillandsia (Tillandsia fasciculata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of orange Mexican poppies with buds and feathery gray-green leaves on a pale background.

Mexican Poppy (Eschscholtzia mexicana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1927

Watercolor of a white anemone flower with yellow stamens and green serrated leaves on a pale background.

Anemone canadensis

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a branching owl-clover plant with clusters of pink flower bracts and narrow green leaves on cream paper.

Owl-clover (Orthocarpus tenuifolius)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a sprig of small pink and magenta wildflowers with slender stems and feathery green leaves on cream paper.

Gilia linanthus parviflorus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of an American pasqueflower with a feathery purple seed head on a tall stem and fine green leaves.

American Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla ludoviciana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Bruges marketplace with a Gothic townhouse, women with baskets, umbrella stalls and a church spire.

Marketplace at Bruges

Samuel Prout, 1780

Watercolor of red-orange spotted lily blossoms with dark stamens and narrow green leaves on a tall stem.

Red Lily (Lilium montanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Strawberry Bush sprig with green leaves and small white flowers with yellow centers on pale paper.

Strawberry Bush (Euonymus americanus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of two stems of red larkspur with magenta spurred flowers and green buds on a pale background.

Red Larkspur (Delphinium nudicale)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a gentian plant with pale lavender flowers, buds and green leaves on a white background.

Gentian (Gentiana newberri)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Watercolor of a turtlehead plant with narrow green leaves and clustered white and pink tubular flowers on a tall stem.

Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a drooping arborvitae branch with green scale-like foliage and clusters of small pale green cones.

Giant Arborvitae (Thuja plicata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of a spotted pipsissewa plant with white flowers on red stems above green serrated leaves.

Spotted Pipsissewa (Chimaphila maculata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a blazing star stem with yellow flowers, buds, serrated green leaves and a dried seed pod on pale paper.

Blazing Star (Mentzelia laevicaulis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a pink-flowered Western Cranesbill plant with lobed green leaves, buds and stems on a pale background.

Western Cranesbill (Geranium viscosissimum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Watercolor of a red pitcher plant bloom and green pitcher leaves on pale stems against a cream background.

Drummond Pitcherplant (Sarracenia drummondii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a pink wild rose with red buds and thorny stems beside two small blue blue-eyed grass flowers.

Wild Rose and Blue-eyed Grass (Rosa species and Sisyrinchium species)

Mary Vaux Walcott

Watercolor of a bladder campion stem with white flowers, pink-purple buds and green leaves on a pale background.

Bladder Campion (Silene latifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a yaupon holly branch with red berries and green serrated leaves on a pale background.

Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Watercolor of a tall red snow plant stalk with clusters of bell-shaped blossoms and curling reddish leaves at its base.

Snow Plant (Sarcodes sanguinea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a tuliptree branch with a yellow and orange blossom, green buds and large lobed leaves on white paper.

Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a young boy in a blue suit with a ruffled collar, holding a pistol, walking across a green hillside.

Portrait of Edward Musser

Jacob Maentel, 1820

Watercolor of two purple iris flowers with green leaves and a small closed bud on a pale background.

Iris (Iris species)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1939

Watercolor botanical study of Wood Merrybells with drooping yellow flowers and green clasping leaves on a cream background.

Wood Merrybells (Uvularia perfoliata)

Mary Vaux Walcott

Watercolor of two stems of red-pink penstemon flowers with buds and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Parry's Penstemon (Penstemon parryi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920