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Watercolor of two white Matilija poppy blossoms with yellow centers, unopened buds, and gray-green leaves on stems.

Matilija Poppy (Romneya coulteri)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a pink-red flowering stem with fern-like green leaves against a pale beige background.

Pedicularis bracteosa

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of salsify plant with purple flowers, a closed bud, and a fluffy white seed head on green stems.

Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of partridgeberry sprig with red berries and green leaves beside a feathery fern frond on tan paper.

Partridgeberry (Mitchella repens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor of purple mountain violet flowers and green leaves rising from a mound of soil on cream paper.

Purple Mountain Violet (Viola adunca)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a red lady's slipper orchid beside unfinished pencil sketches of buds and leaves on cream paper.

Untitled (Unfinished Sketch)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1940

Watercolor of a pink rose with yellow stamens, buds, and serrated green leaves on a stem, signed M.M.V. at lower right.

Pink Rose

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Botanical painting of a branch with clusters of red maple samaras hanging from a brown twig on a pale background.

Carolina Maple (Acer carolinianum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a spiny cactus with a bright red-orange flower blooming from its top against a pale background.

Lloyd's Strawberry Cactus (Echinocereus lloydii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Musk-Flower stem with yellow blossoms and green serrated leaves on a pale background.

Musk-Flower (Mimulus moschatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of alpine fleabane with purple daisy-like flowers and green leaves on a brown soil patch, cream background.

Alpine Fleabane (Erigeron unalaschcensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of two tall pale green desert candle stalks with dark maroon flower clusters and pink buds against a plain backgro

Desert Candle (Caulanthus inflatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Portrait of George Musser

Jacob Maentel, 1820

Watercolor of spotted saxifrage with white red-spotted flowers on slender red stems above green rosette leaves.

Spotted Saxifrage (Saxifraga bronchialis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor botanical study of a mayapple with a white flower, green pistil, and lobed serrated leaves on a pale stem.

Mayapple (Podphyllum paltatum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Soft grey pencil portrait of a curly-haired child in a wide-brimmed hat and frilled white collar.

Untitled (Head of a Child with Hat)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor of a canyon with a tall rock pillar, storm clouds and rain, and a balanced boulder in the foreground.

Shin-Au-Av-Tu-Weap (God Land), Cañon of the Colorado. Utah Ter

Thomas Moran, 1870

Watercolor of a small white-flowered sprig with green leaves and a pink stem on a cream background.

Untitled--Flower Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Painting of a tall pine tree with spreading branches above rocky desert ground, with distant mountains and a cloudy sky.

Pine Tree

n.d Sandow, 1900

Watercolor of a spruce branch with green needles and dark purple cones on a pale background.

Picea engelmanni

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a lily twayblade orchid with broad green leaves and a spike of brownish flowers, by Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920.

Lily Twayblade (Liparis liliifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval watercolor of rocky mountains, golden grassy slopes, pine trees and a valley under a pale blue sky.

Untitled (Mountain Scene)

Edward S. Siebert, 1940

Watercolor of hooded pitcherplants with tall green tubular leaves and nodding yellow flowers on a pale background.

Hooded Pitcherplant (Sarracenia minor)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a trailing Houstonia stem with small white flowers, buds, and green leaves on a pale background.

Trailing Houstonia (Houstonia procumbens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a birdsfoot violet plant with two purple flowers and deeply lobed green leaves on a cream background.

Birdsfoot Violet (Viola pedata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a Western cranesbill plant with pink flowers, lobed green leaves and buds on slender stems.

Western Cranesbill (Geranium viscosissimum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of pink hedysarum flowering stems with green pinnate leaves on a pale background.

Pink Hedysarum (Hedysarum americanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of red cardinal flowers, grasses, red berries and a dragonfly above water.

Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor of white mistmaiden flowers with green lobed leaves growing from a brown mound on cream paper.

Mistmaiden (Romanzoffia sitchensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of two pansies, one dark purple and one lilac with yellow, with green ivy leaves on a cream background.

Untitled (Pansies and Ivy)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870