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Watercolor of two stems of red-orange lilies with spotted petals and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Lily (Lilium montanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of purple wild hyacinth flowers on slender stems with long green leaves, one curling at lower left.

Wild Hyacinth (Brodiaea pulchella)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a log trading post with a grass roof and red doors, figures walking in front, snowy mountains behind.

Old Russian Trading Post, Sitka

Theodore J. Richardson, 1910

Watercolor of a single woolly fleabane plant with a pink hairy bud, green lobed leaves and brown root on cream paper.

Woolly Fleabane (Erigeron lanatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of sweetvetch with clusters of white pea-like flowers and green pinnate leaves on a pale background.

Sweetvetch (Hedysarum mackenzii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of white pansy violet flowers with orange centers and deeply lobed green leaves on a pale background.

Pansy Violet (Viola pedata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor botanical study of a flowering plant with white blossoms, pink flower heads, green leaves and reddish stems on pal

Untitled (Tripterocalyx pedunculatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a yellow orchid with pink-marked lips, green strap leaves, buds and roots on a cream background.

Tampa Epidendrum (Epidendrum tampense)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor panorama of Fort Keogh, Montana, with a military post on the plain and figures and horses on a hill in the foregro

Fort Keogh, Montana Territory

Hermann Stieffel, 1880

Watercolor of pale blue field violet flowers with yellow centers and green leaves on a cream background.

Field Violet (Viola rafinesquii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a crabapple branch with pink buds, open pale blossoms, green leaves and thorny twigs on cream paper.

Wild Sweet Crab (Malus coronaria)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of white Dutchman's breeches flowers with fern-like leaves and two purple violets on a grey background.

Dutchman's Breeches (Bikukulla cucullaria)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor botanical study of a flowering orchid-like plant with brown and yellow blooms and long green leaves on pale ground

Untitled--Plant Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a self-heal plant with purple flower clusters and green oval leaves on a cream background.

Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of three yellow daisy-like flowers on slender stems above green leaves and pink roots, on cream paper.

Golden Fleabane (Erigeron aureus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of Mammoth Hot Springs with blue thermal pools, white travertine terraces, steam, and a purple mountain under a pa

Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1870

Watercolor of a California lilac branch with dense blue flower clusters and green leaves on a white background.

California Lilac (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of several stems of red paintbrush flowers with narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Giant Red Paintbrush (Castilleja miniata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two false dandelion plants with pink flower heads and green, red-edged basal leaves on a pale background.

False Dandelion (Agoseris carnea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a prairie smoke plant with feathery seed heads, red nodding flowers and divided green leaves on white paper.

Prairie-Smoke (Sieversia ciliata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Northern Lady's Slipper orchid with four pale pouch-shaped flowers on green stems and striped leaves.

Northern Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium passerinum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a trailing arbutus branch with clusters of pink flowers and green and brown leaves on a pale background.

Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of rayless groundsel with orange flower heads, serrated leaves and root, on a cream background.

Rayless Groundsel (Senecio pauciflorus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a branch with green oval leaves and a red serrated maple leaf on a cream background.

Untitled - Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Lady with a Fan

Rhoda Holmes Nicholls

Watercolor of a trailing creeping plant with green leaves and white berries over a brown wash of ground.

Chiogenes hispidula

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a rabbitbean branch with green pinnate leaves and red and yellow pea-shaped flowers on a pale background.

Rabbitbean (Cracca virginiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of yellow marsh marigold flowers, buds and round green leaves on pale stems against a cream background.

Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Grayscale drawing of a young child's head with curly hair and a checked collar, shown against cream paper.

Untitled (Head of a Child)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor of a small plant with yellow daisy-like flowers and grey-green leaves on a pale cream background.

Crepis Elegans

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900