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Pencil sketch of an ancient Egyptian boat with sail and rowers above a king's chair with lion-headed armrest.

Boat of Ancient Egyptians from the Tombs/King's Chair

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of white anemone flowers with yellow centers and green leaves on tall stems, with pale blue blossoms at lower left

Anemone (Anemone zephyra)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1937

Watercolor of a violet plant with purple flowers and scalloped green leaves on a cream background.

Butterfly Violet (Viola papilionacea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of a dark maroon trillium flower on a long green stem with large pleated leaves above, on white paper.

Sweet Trillium (Trillium vasyi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

James Hillhouse

James Sharples, 1790

Drawing of a nude woman beside a bearded man reading a book, with calligraphic Rubáiyát verses on a panel in the lower right.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Spring

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a plant with slender green stems and round clusters of orange flowers on a pale background.

Orange Polygala (Polygala lutea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two pink and white spotted orchid stems rising from broad green leaves on a pale background.

Roundleaf Orchis (Orchis rotundifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor study of a seated golden-robed woman above two fishermen hauling a net, framed with garlands and a FISHERY plaque.

Fishery (study for panel, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Watercolor of purple gentian flowers and buds on slender green stems against a pale background.

Gentian (Gentiana holopetala)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

Watercolor of yellow and orange columbine flowers and green buds on tall stems above lobed leaves, on a pale background.

Lemon Columbine (Aquilegia flavescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Pencil sketch of a mountain ridge and diagonal ground lines on pale paper, with handwritten label Wells of Moses.

Wells of Moses

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Charcoal drawing of an elderly seated man in an overcoat, head bowed, on brown paper with handwritten inscriptions.

Male Figure

Fernand Sabatté, 1900

Pencil architectural study of a column capital, base profiles and moldings with handwritten measurements on pale paper.

Capital (Column Series)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

White chalk drawing on brown paper of pipes, a dried plant, ribbon-like stalks, a bowl and a cord, with inscribed dates.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Artist's Signature

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a Rocky Mountain Cassiope plant with white bell-shaped flowers and red tips on green sprigs.

Rocky Mountain Cassiope (Cassiope mertensiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil drawing of the Sphinx with two pyramids in the desert background at Giza, with a small figure for scale.

Sphinx with Pyramids of Ghizeh, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridgelines along a coast, with handwritten place names labeling the profiles.

Greek Islands

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Watercolor of a red fire pink plant with several blossoms, buds and long green basal leaves on a cream background.

Fire Pink (Silene virginica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a cluster of small blue bluet flowers with yellow centers on thin green stems against a pale background.

Bluets (Houstonia serpyllifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

Pencil sketch of a wooded riverbank with trees on both sides, water in the middle, and a low hill in the foreground.

Jordan

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Pencil portrait sketch of a man in a wrapped turban and loose robe, looking at the viewer, on aged paper.

Bedouin Arab

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of two tall green flower stalks with dark maroon blossoms and buds against a pale background.

Squaw-Cabbage (Caulanthus inflatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of yellow balsamroot flowers with broad green leaves and silvery stems on a cream background.

Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of marsh marigold with bright yellow flowers, buds, and round green leaves on pale background.

Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Pencil sketch of Etna mountains over a sea with a sailboat, and a hillside town of Messina along the shore.

Etna/Messina

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of David's Tomb in Hebron showing a walled town, a minaret, domed stone buildings and hills behind.

David's Tomb, Hebron

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of white mountain avens flowers and buds with serrated green leaves on a pale background.

White Dryad (Dryas octopetala)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Watercolor of a trillium plant with three green leaves, white petals and a red center on a pale background.

Trillium discolor

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Pencil sketch of Naples Bay coastline with islands Capri and Ischia, a hilltop fort, and the Tomb of Virgil.

Tomb of Virgil, Naples Bay

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840