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Watercolor of a spiny green cactus with a bright red-orange flower blooming from its top on a pale background.

Lloyd's Strawberry Cactus (Echinocereus lloydii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Watercolor of a slender plant with pink five-petaled flowers and buds on thin green branching stems against cream paper.

Skeleton Flower (Lygodesmia juncea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor botanical study of a thistle plant with spiny leaves and several flower heads on a cream background.

White Thistle (Cirsium hookeranum)

Mary Vaux Walcott

Pencil drawing of classical ruins, fallen columns and a statue beside a path, with figures and rowboats on a river beyond an

Untitled - Olin Levi Warner

Olin Levi Warner

Pencil sketch of a waterfall over rocky ledges with tall pine trees, on blue-toned paper, by Thomas Moran.

Lower Falls of the South Fork, Gardiner's River

Thomas Moran, 1890

Sketch of a seated female nude with short dark hair, drawn in pink wash, ink outlines and red chalk on pale paper.

Female Nude, Sitting

Stylized pastel landscape with bare and autumn-colored trees on a curving hillside path, in muted blues, greys and olive gree

Untitled (NMG 1,264)

Will Henry Stevens, 1940

Watercolor of a cholla cactus with a bright red flower in bloom and spiny green stems on a pale background.

Walkingstick Cholla (Opuntia imbricata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

Study for a Figure in a Composition of the Death of Sultan Selim

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor of two blue-violet iris flowers and a bud on green stems with long leaves against a pale background.

Western Blue Flag (Iris missouriensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Watercolor botanical study of small pink and magenta wildflowers on thin stems with feathery green leaves, on cream paper.

Gilia linanthus parviflorus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a cluster of pink primrose flowers with yellow centers and green leaves on a cream background.

Primrose (Primula angustifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil drawing of a nude woman reclining on her side, head resting on her arm, with simple contour lines on cream paper.

Untitled (reclined female figure)

George Ault, 1920

Ink line drawing of a nude woman leaning forward with eyes closed and one arm extended on cream paper.

Female Nude Leaning Over

Watercolor of two white forest anemone flowers on slender stems above toothed green leaves against a pale background.

Forest Anemone (Anemone deltoidea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Watercolor of a sprig of blue columbine with purple flowers and green leaves on a pale background.

Blue Columbine (Aquilegia saximontana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1937

Watercolor of hybrid pitcher plants with drooping maroon flowers, green pitcher leaves and curving stems on a pale background

Hybrid Pitcherplant

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of a tall minaret with a decorated balcony and domed top beside a building with hanging laundry.

Es Saint

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a thatched cottage, tall tree, and windmill on a grassy rise.

Windmill, St. Valery

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Watercolor of an orchid stem with maroon-striped yellow flowers above green leaves, on cream paper.

Untitled (Flower Study)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Drawing of a kneeling woman with a jug beside poppies and a crescent moon, with a verse panel above, by Elihu Vedder.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) In Memoriam

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a longleaf pine top with reddish-purple cones and long green needles radiating outward.

Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1929

Watercolor of white rhododendron blossoms with pink buds and dark green leaves on woody stems.

Rosebay Rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Charcoal drawing of a chained eagle on a rock under a starry sky, with handwritten verses from the Rubáiyát below.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Limitation

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of pink mountain heather sprigs with bell-shaped flowers and green needle-like leaves on cream paper.

Pink Mountain Heather (Phyllodoce empetriformis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil and ink sketch of reclining and standing figures, a small animal study, and a shaded form with a raised staff on aged

Moses Commanding the Waters of the Red Sea to Separate

William Page, 1850

Pencil sketch of a slender minaret with a domed top rising above pointed arches, with handwritten notes at lower left.

Alexandria, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Chalk drawing of a wild-haired figure above skulls and bones, with a block of calligraphic verse in the center.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Inevitable Fate

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a sand verbena plant with red stems, green leaves and clusters of pink flowers on white paper.

Sand Verbena (Abronia umbellata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a moss pink sprig with white five-petaled flowers and green needle-like leaves on a pale background.

Moss Pink (Phlox subulate)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910