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Nude child kneeling and gazing upward in a glowing gothic cathedral with tiled floors and a distant altar.

Child of the Ages

Da Loria Norman, 1910

Watercolor of a wild pea plant with red and pink blossoms, narrow green leaves, and curling tendrils on a pale background.

Wild Pea (Lathyrus decaphyllus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Pencil sketch of a columned excavation interior at Beni Hassan with a domed chamber and a figure in a doorway.

Interior of Excavations at Beni Hassan, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Chalk drawing of a spiky vine coiling around a cup, with white wind lines on grey paper.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Bitter Cup

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of white trout lily plants with mottled green leaves and drooping white flowers with yellow centers.

White Troutlily (Erythronium albidum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1919

Charcoal drawing of a workman in a straw hat climbing a ladder while carrying a large woven basket on his back.

Workman on a Ladder

Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin, 1940

Pencil drawing of a young boy in a white robe standing with clasped hands against a shaded background.

Choir Boy

Belle Silveira, 1890

Watercolor of green pitcher plants with tubular leaves, a yellow-green flower, and purple-tipped rosette leaves.

Green Pitcherplant (Sarracenia orephila)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Seated woman in blue drapes with a tragedy mask, laurel wreath and trumpet beside her, framed by an arched gilded border.

Muse of Tragedy

Elihu Vedder, 1890

King from Tomb No. 6, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of a hemlock conifer branch with green needles and small purple young cones on a cream background.

Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Brown and white chalk drawing of allegorical figures with an owl, a pillar, and a handwritten Rubaiyat verse panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Divorce of Reason

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Bowed woman in dark dress with a young girl on a dirt road under an orange dusk sky.

Refugees

Georges Rochegrosse, 1910

Watercolor of wild hyacinth with clusters of purple flowers on thin stems and long green leaves against a pale background.

Wild Hyacinth (Brodiaea pulchella)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1927

Drawing of dancing draped women holding a garland of stars above a verse block, bordered by ivy and clouds with haloed heads.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Omar's Horoscope

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a female torso in outline on yellowed paper, with simple contour lines for breasts, waist and hips.

Venus Guiding Eneas and the Trojans to the Latin Shore (Torso of Venus)

William Page, 1850

Watercolor of a branching stem with tubular purple penstemon flowers, green leaves and buds on a pale background.

Purple Pentstemon (Pentstemon lyallii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Charcoal drawing of a lion and lioness on a stone ledge above a sleeping figure, with a handwritten verse panel in the center

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Courts of Jamshyd

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of an ornate Egyptian-style column capital and base, with a handwritten note reading Dendera, Feb. 5, 44.

Dendera, February 5, 1844

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor botanical study of a pink Eremalche rotundifolia flower with red centers, buds, and round green leaves on red stem

Eremalche rotundifolia

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Pencil and crayon drawing of a tall pine tree with drooping gray branches and blue accents on pale paper.

Pine Tree

Joseph Stella, 1910

Watercolor and ink drawing of a nude woman with red hair seated on a bed, one arm extended, purple drape behind her.

Female Nude Resting on Knees on Bed

Pencil sketch sheet with studies of a horse head, horse legs and hooves, and a rider on horseback.

(Studies--figures, log, horse and rider, etc.)

William Page, 1850

Watercolor of a spruce branch with five pendant reddish-green cones and blue-green needles on a pale background.

Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmanni)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil drawing of angular abstract nudes arranged in framed panels, with a large central standing figure.

Group of Abstract Nudes

Painted decorative panel of a gold-robed woman with cherubs, lilies and a winged bird within an ornate Art Nouveau border.

Easter Greetings

Walter Shirlaw, 1890

Watercolor of a bouquet of yellow zinnias with red centers and slender green leaves on a pale background.

Zinnia (Zinnia grandiflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1931

Pencil and chalk drawing of a boy holding a conch shell to his ear beside handwritten verses, with leaves swirling below.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Present Listening to the Voices of the Past

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a tall fluted column on a low horizon, with rolling hills and a small town at left.

Pillar

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of a pink and white showy lady's slipper orchid with green leaves and buds on a pale background.

Showy Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium reginae)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920