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Watercolor of a blue sea with small boats, a white coastal town with trees, and rolling hills under a cloudy sky.

Azores

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1920

Watercolor of nodding pink and lavender clematis flowers with green leaves and tendrils on a pale background.

Jicarilla (Clematis pseudoalpina)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a red-berried viburnum branch with lobed green leaves and red stems on a tan background.

Grouseberry (Viburnum americanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor of a milkweed stem with clustered white flower buds and serrated green leaves on a cream background.

Milkweed (Ascelpias)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of American vetch with purple flowers, green pinnate leaves, curling tendrils and a red stem on cream paper.

American Vetch (Vicia americana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a bush cinquefoil branch with yellow flowers, green leaves, and reddish stems on cream paper.

Bush Cinquefoil (Potentilla fruticosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor botanical study of a nodding maroon flower with yellow stamens on a slender green stem with narrow leaves.

Untitled--Flower Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Oval miniature of a young man with white powdered hair in a blue coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

John Jauncey Ketchum

Walter Robertson, 1790

Watercolor of a jack-in-the-pulpit with red columbine, yellow wildflower and long green leaf on cream paper.

Untitled (Jack in the Pulpit)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Painting of a young tree with yellow blossoms between red and purple walls, green ground and pale blue sky above.

Young Tree in Red Courtyard

Oscar Bluemner, 1910

Watercolor of a White Fairy Lantern stem with nodding white and pink blossoms and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

White Fairy Lantern (Calochortus albus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark hair, black dress, layered necklace and drop earrings, in a metal frame.

Adeline Morgan Thompson

Adeline Morgan Thompson, 1840

Watercolor of a Venus flytrap with spiny snap traps and tall stalks of white flowers on a cream background.

Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a cluster of yellow zinnia flowers with red centers and slender green leaves on a pale background.

Zinnia (Zinnia grandiflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor botanical study of alpine vetch with pink pea-like flowers and pinnate green leaves on a pale background.

Alpine Vetch (Astragalus bourgovii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a red buckeye branch with clusters of red tubular flowers and palmate green leaves on a pale background.

Red Buckeye (Aesculus pavia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of an American chestnut branch with long yellow catkins and large serrated green leaves on a pale background.

American Chestnut (Castanea dentata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of two lavender western blue flag iris blooms with buds and green leaves on a cream background.

Western Blue Flag (Iris missouriensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor study of a porcelain cup with a red handle and blue floral pattern, casting a soft shadow on a beige background.

Untitled (Cup)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor botanical study of a marsh violet with white flower, heart-shaped leaves, roots and a feathery leafy stem on cream

Viola palustris

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a Dryas plant with three slender stems showing feathery seed plumes, a fruit head, and a bud above toothed leav

Yellow Dryad (fruit) (Dryas drummondii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a red-flowered walkingstick cholla cactus with spiny green stems and buds against a pale background.

Walkingstick Cholla (Opuntia imbricata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a Northern Butterbur plant with pink and yellow flower heads, lobed leaves, and a horizontal rhizome with roots

Northern Butterbur (Petasites hyperboreus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a flowering plant with magenta pea-like blossoms and slender green leaves on a tan background.

Flowers from the Mesa

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor of a ragwort plant with yellow daisy-like flowers, buds and serrated green leaves on a cream background.

Ragwort (Senecio burkei)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Gouache painting of a blond child in a striped shirt seated in a patterned armchair beside a fireplace, with bold colors.

Gouache

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Watercolor of a sunlit stone locksmith's shop with an arched window, iron grille, flowering plants and a wrought iron lantern

Locksmith's Shop

Aston Webb, 1920

Watercolor of a single purple and yellow pansy on a long green stem, with red initials M.M.V. and 1873 at lower right.

Untitled (Pansy)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor of pentstemon stems with pale pink tubular flowers and slender green leaves on a plain background.

Pentstemon ambiguus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a ribbed cathedral dome with arched windows and a golden orb topped by a cross.

Ball of the Cathedral

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1860