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Watercolor of a winding dirt road through golden poppy fields, dark cypress trees, and hazy mountains beyond.

California Spring Landscape

Elmer Wachtel, 1920

Watercolor of a pink rose bud on a green thorny stem with serrated leaves, labeled No. 4 in pink ink.

Untitled (Rose)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor of sunlit grey boulders outlined in blue, with slender trees and green shrubs behind them.

Rocks, Maine

Maurice Prendergast, 1910

Watercolor of a hazy moonlit harbor with a dark ship silhouette, glowing funnels, and violet rocks in the foreground.

Watercolor no. 73, Blue and Lavender

Allen Tucker, 1920

Watercolor of a green-domed Greek church and wooden houses in a village, with snowy mountains behind.

Rear View of Greek Church, Sitka, 1888

Theodore J. Richardson, 1880

Oval miniature portrait of a man with gray hair in a blue coat and white cravat, shown open in a velvet case.

Portrait of a Gentleman

James Peale, 1790

Watercolor of a red barn and white cottage beside a lake, with a blue-shaded hillside rising behind them under a cloudy sky.

Hill and Lake

James Henry Moser, 1910

Watercolor of a winding arroyo with dark water channel through pale, shrub-dotted hills in warm ochre and olive tones.

Arroyo Landscape

Victor Higgins, 1920

Watercolor of a sunlit courtyard with a stone building, a horse under a shed, a wooden wheel and a brick wall.

Ancient Abbey of St. Valery, France

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Watercolor of a mountain ridge over a misty valley with a river, a dirt road, and wind-bent pine trees under a brown sky.

Mountain and Valley

James Henry Moser, 1890

Watercolor of horses and riders fording a shallow river with pack loads, trees and mountains in the distance.

British Columbia

Russell W. Porter, 1900

Watercolor of two nude boys beside a beached white and red boat on a grassy riverbank under a pale sky.

Sand Burr

Thomas Anshutz, 1880

Watercolor of a church spire and trees across a calm lake at sunset, with warm sky reflected in the water.

Church and Lake

Henry Bacon, 1910

Watercolor of a shallow river flowing over rocks with rapids, green shrubs and hills beyond, in warm tan tones.

The Placid Potomac

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Watercolor of two figures gathering on a seaweed-covered rocky shore with a white sailboat on calm water beyond.

Morning on the Shore

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Watercolor of flat adobe rooftops in a pueblo with ladders, clay jars, and leaning poles under a pale sky.

Street in the Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico

De Lancey Gill, 1880

Painted stage scene of two men grappling before onlookers, with a seated figure pointing, framed by striped canopy and curtai

Parable of the King and His Servants

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Loose watercolor of a lake edged by dark trees, green meadow in front, and hills under a lavender sky.

New Hampshire Lake--Raymond

Charles W. Hawthorne, 1920

Watercolor of a Gothic cathedral with a tall spire and clock tower behind bare winter trees and rooftops.

Antwerp Cathedral

Cass Gilbert, 1890

Painting of a camp with tipis, women and children, and a dog harnessed to a travois on pale ground.

Dog Travois/Blackfoot Camp

Edwin Willard Deming, 1940

Naive watercolor of ruined stone buildings with tourists in dark coats, a smoking volcano and green hills behind them.

Ruins at Pompeii with Tourists

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Watercolor of rounded brown hills with pale winding channels, dark trees on ridges, and a stormy purple sky.

Deserted Bed of a Glacier

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Watercolor of a castle with a round tower and flag above a river with wooded banks and red rooftops below.

Windsor Castle, England

Cass Gilbert, 1900

Watercolor of rolling sea waves breaking on a rocky shore under a cloudy sky, with distant sails on the horizon.

At Pwllheli, N. Wales

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor of a winding stream through a green meadow with wildflowers and a dark tree line beyond.

The Babbling Brook

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Watercolor of a forest with tall trunks, blue and green foliage, and two cows grazing on a shaded path.

Forest Scene

Forrest Flower, 1930

Two hunters with a rifle on a rocky ridge overlooking a wooded valley and blue mountains under a cloudy sky.

Bear Hunting, Prospect Rock

Winslow Homer, 1890

Watercolor of a rocky creek with boulders, poplar trees and a cloudy sky, painted in muted earth tones and greens.

The Normal Rock Creek

William Henry Holmes, 1910

Watercolor of a burning Chicago street with a brick Chamber of Commerce building, flames and smoke overhead, and fleeing crow

Chicago in Flames

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Watercolor of a country road beside a red brick thatched cottage with a white picket fence and tall trees.

A Road in Dorset

Cass Gilbert, 1930