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Watercolor of a cucumbertree branch with a yellow partly open flower, a closed bud, and large green leaves.

Cucumbertree (Magnolia acuminata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of yellow arnica flowers with purple-tinged bases and green serrated leaves on a cream background.

Lake Louise Arnica (Arnica louisiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of slender birch trees rising through misty, muted undergrowth in browns, greens and grey.

A Tree Study

Ross Turner, 1870

Watercolor botanical study of pink meadow beauty, lavender bell flowers, and red-green pitcherplants on a pale background.

Meadow Beauty (Rhexia virginica), Rattlesnake Roat (Nabalus albus), Pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor of a wild calla plant with a white spathe, green leaves, and fibrous roots against a pale background.

Wild Calla (Calla palustris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of drooping purple fairy lantern flowers and buds on slender stems with long green leaves.

Purple Fairy Lantern (Calochortus anoenum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a Lewis monkey flower stem with red tubular blossoms, pink buds, and green veined leaves on a pale background.

Lewis Monkey Flower (Mimulus lewisii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1890

Watercolor of a Big Whortleberry branch with dark purple berries and green oval leaves on reddish stems.

Big Whortleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Pastel seascape of a rocky cove with two sailboats on calm water under a pale, cloudy lavender sky.

Rocky Cove

William Trost Richards, 1870

Watercolor of pink Anemonella wildflowers with green leaves, slender stems and visible roots on a cream background.

Anemonella (Syndesmon thalictroides)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a hawthorn branch with white flowers, serrated green leaves, and long dark thorns on a pale background.

Thicket Hawthorn (Crataegus coccinea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two white trillium flowers with yellow stamens above broad green leaves on pale stems.

Wake-Robin (Trillium simile)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of magenta purple saxifrage blossoms and green leaves growing on a dark mossy mound on pale paper.

Purple Saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a cloudy pale sky over calm water with a low line of dark trees on the distant shore.

Untitled - James Henry Moser, 1910

James Henry Moser, 1910

Watercolor of blueflag iris with purple blooms, buds and long green leaves on a pale background.

Blueflag Iris (Iris versicolor)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a trumpet creeper branch with clusters of red tubular flowers, buds, and green leaves on pale paper.

Trumpet Creeper (Bignonia radicans)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a mistletoe branch with clusters of white berries and green oval leaves on a cream background.

American Mistletoe (Phoradendron flavescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Ink and watercolor drawing of two men in dark coats, one resting his head on the other's shoulder, with a hat and sword nearb

Mourning

Hermann Paul, 1910

Watercolor of blue hepatica flowers and mottled lobed leaves growing from a patch of soil on cream paper.

Hepatica (Hepatica americana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of mountain cranberry sprigs with pink bell-shaped flowers and green leaves on cream paper.

Mountain Cranberry (Vaccinium vitisidaea minus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of yellow and orange columbine flowers and buds on tall stems above green lobed leaves.

Lemon Columbine (Aquilegia flavescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a sprig of yellow alpine ragwort flowers with green leaves, red stems and buds on a pale background.

Alpine Ragwort (Senecio species)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of shooting star flowers with pink reflexed petals and green basal leaves on a cream background.

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of workers shoveling snow near an arched stone bridge, silos, smokestacks, and railway cars in winter light.

C.W.A. Worker at Key Bridge

Edgar Nye, 1900

Watercolor and ink landscape of pine trees by a coastline, with a handwritten French dedication signed P. Signac.

Landscape

Paul Signac, 1910

Painting of huge pale wings around a red mass with a skeletal figure holding a scythe, framed by dark curtains and a teal sky

God's Idea

Da Loria Norman, 1930

Watercolor and pencil sheet with stylized figures in brown, blue and orange washes, some only lightly outlined.

Humorous Figures

n.d Phil Nesbitt, 1900

Watercolor of two stems with pink nodding flowers and serrated green leaves on a pale background.

Western Pipsissewa (Chimaphila umbellata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a purple trillium flower above three broad green leaves on a slender stem.

Trillium erectum

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a Labrador tea branch with a round cluster of white flowers and narrow green leaves on brown stems.

Labrador Tea (Ledum groenlandicum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920