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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

Watercolor of a spiny cactus with a bright pink flower blooming from its top, on a cream background.

Cucumber Cactus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1939

Watercolor of a cluster of delicate green fern fronds with fan-shaped leaflets on a pale background.

Puccoon (Lithospermum ruderale)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a white umbrella magnolia blossom with green leaves and a brown stem, painted by Mary Vaux Walcott in 1932.

Umbrella Tree (Magnolia tripetala)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Watercolor of white Washington lily blooms with yellow stamens and green stems and leaves on a pale background.

Washington Lily (Lilium washingtonianum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long coat, turned sideways with one hand gesturing, drawn over faint grid lines.

Standing Man, Gesturing

William Page, 1810

Watercolor of a branching bottle gentian plant with blue closed flowers, green leaves and reddish stems on cream paper.

Bottle Gentian (Gentiana saponaria)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Watercolor of a blue-flowered Phacelia plant with green lobed leaves and buds on a white background.

Phacelia (Phacelia parryi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a shooting star plant with pink reflexed flowers on red stems above green basal leaves.

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon hendersonii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of a grotto opening with shaded rock walls, a wooden railing, and a river labeled in handwriting.

Grotto, Aldberg

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of a thread leaf sundew plant with curling hairy stalks rising from a mound of moss on a pale background.

Thread Leaf Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor lunette study titled Security showing allegorical figures, urns, a cherub, and a shield within a decorative border

Security (study for lunette, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Tomb of El Drer, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of a Mexican Fremontia branch with a yellow flower, an orange-red flower, and lobed green leaves.

Mexican Fremontia (Fremontodendron mexicanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Chalk drawing of a turbaned figure seated among clay pots with bearded onlookers and a block of verse text.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Loquacious Vessels

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a branch with white Virginia stewartia flowers, buds and green leaves against a cream background.

Virginia Stewartia (Stewartia malachodendron)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Chalk drawing of a bearded man pointing above two reclining women with vine leaves, a wine jug, and an inscribed verse panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Daughter of the Vine

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil and chalk sketch of snow-covered Mount Etna at sunrise with smoke rising from its peak and a town below.

Acireale

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of purple vervain flowers with slender hairy stems and finely divided green leaves on a cream background.

Vervain (Verbena wrightii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Watercolor of Owl's Clover with yellow flowers and purple bracts on thin stems, painted against a pale cream background.

Owl's Clover (Orthocarpus erianthus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Untitled - James McNeill Whistler, 1890

James McNeill Whistler, 1890

Watercolor of a sand phacelia plant with purple flowers, narrow green leaves and red stems on cream paper.

Sand Phacelia (Phacelia linearis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Southern Magnolia seed cone with red seeds emerging, surrounded by large dark green leaves.

Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pen and ink drawing of collapsed stone ruins with arches and columns among scattered blocks, with hills beyond.

Ruin El Khadin

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Drawing of a winged figure beside clay pots and a spade, with verses from the Rubáiyát written in a panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Heavenly Potter

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of scarlet mariposa lily stems with red-orange open flowers, buds, and green leaves on a cream background.

Scarlet Mariposa (Calochortus kennedyi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

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

Fire Pentstemon (Pentstemon eatonii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1927

Watercolor of a blue bead plant with broad green leaves and a stem holding four dark blue berries against a pale background.

Blue Bead (Clintonia borealis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Pencil sketch of the Yellowstone River with trees, reflections, and distant hills, labeled near Rosebud.

Yellowstone River, near Rosebud

Thomas Moran, 1890

Watercolor of white Apache plume flowers with yellow centers and feathery pink seed plumes on slender green stems.

Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Watercolor of white and pink perennial phlox blossoms on green stems with long pointed leaves against a pale background.

Perennial Phlox (Phlox paniculata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a maroon trillium flower with three broad green leaves on a tall pale green stem.

Whippoorwill Flower (Trillium H.)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1937

Watercolor of two delphinium stems with blue and purple flowers, green buds and lobed leaves on a pale background.

Delphinium (Delphinium scopulorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a plant stem with red tubular flowers with yellow stamens and pointed green leaves on cream paper.

Carolina Pink (Spigelia marylandica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

(Head) from Tomb, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor botanical study of yellow mariposa lily blossoms with fringed petals, buds, and green stems on a cream background.

San Diego Mariposa (Calochortus weedii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Mt. Olympus

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Dark wash drawing of a graveyard with a brick tomb, a headstone in the foreground, and a white house among trees.

Graveyard Scene

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1940

Pencil and wash sketch of a stone prison interior with a barred window, vaulted corner, and stone floor.

Interior of Tasso's Prison, Ferrara

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of slender stems with clusters of bright red star-shaped flowers and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Gilia arizonica

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1931

Francesco, Hermit of Venice

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of a columned Egyptian temple interior with a robed figure standing near a column.

Egyptian Temple

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of a deep red pitcher plant bloom on a tall green stem beside green pitcher leaves on cream paper.

Red Pitcherplant (Sarracenia jonesii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a pine branch with green needles and clusters of dark purple-red cones on a cream background.

Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1931

Watercolor of two tall stems with clusters of small white flowers and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Miner's Candle (Oreocarya virgata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1937

Pencil sketch of a lake framed by distant hills, with trees, a stone wall, and small figures in the foreground.

Sea of Tiberias, From Tabor

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Charcoal drawing of a chalice amid swirling white and dark spirals, with a handwritten verse on a label below.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Cup of Despair

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a hillside town of flat-roofed houses between mountains, with palm trees and an inscription at lower left.

Syra

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of a Purple Monkey-Flower sprig with magenta blossoms, yellow throats, green leaves, and a visible root on cream p

Purple Monkey-Flower (Mimulus bigelovii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Charcoal sketch of a man in a dark hat embracing a woman, their faces close together, on cream paper.

Mother and Child

Watercolor of a white-flowered saxifrage plant with a leafy green rosette and slender flowering stems on cream paper.

Saxifrage (Saxifraga caespitosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil drawing of a wooden and steel toll bridge over rippling water, with pilings, small buildings and trees on the bank.

Toll Bridge, Indian Rocks, Florida

Walter Ronald Locke, 1930

Pencil sketch of a woman inhaling from a tube as a man in a top hat, a child, and a seated woman look on.

The Laughing Gas

William Glackens

Watercolor of pink five-petaled Sabbatia flowers with yellow centers, green stems, leaves and buds on a pale background.

Saltmarsh Rosegentian (Sabbatia stellaris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

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

Charcoal drawing of a bearded soldier with rifle standing in a rain-soaked field under falling rain.

Les Poilus

Louis Abel Truchet, 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

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a soldier crouching in a snowy trench beside leafless willow trees.

In the Trenches, Winter

Paul-Michel Dupuy, 1910

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

Watercolor of a boatman poling a wooden boat through a bayou lined with gnarled cypress roots and palms.

Bayou Boatman, Florida

Walter Ronald Locke, 1940

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