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Pastel sketch of three barefoot figures in pink and yellow drapery dancing in a linked chain against a blue background.

Children at Play

Jean-Francis Auburtin, 1910

Watercolor of a rocky coastline with grassy cliffs, calm sea, and overcast sky by Edward Mitchell Bannister.

Newport Scene

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Watercolor of a French village with a church tower, a shepherd leading sheep along a path through golden fields.

French Village

H. Anthony Dyer, 1930

Watercolor of the crumbling adobe walls of Pueblo Bonito on an open plain, with mesas and a soft sky behind.

Pueblo Bonito Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

De Lancey Gill, 1880

Ink and watercolor drawing of a burning steamship at sea, with survivors in lifeboats amid rough waves and an erupting cliff

Burning of the Steamship Austria

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Cubist still life with a fruit bowl, apples, a blue and white pitcher and a red patterned cloth in muted greens.

Still Life

Earl Horter, 1930

Watercolor of dense green trees along a river bank, with blue water in the foreground and hills in the distance.

The Wye at Wilton Castle (Wales)

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Watercolor drawing of a stone courthouse with a clock tower, arched entrances, and a wrought iron fence, 1880.

Hampton County Courthouse

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly hair in a dark coat and white cravat, with the gold-framed reverse showing a clas

Member of the Schuyler Family

Alfred T. Agate, 1830

Watercolor of a sunlit stream flowing past autumn trees and a grassy meadow with golden foliage.

Autumn in the Meadow Edge

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Miniature portrait of a young girl with a gray cat, in an open red leather case with purple satin lining.

Beulah Appleton

Sarah Goodridge, 1840

Watercolor of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence with arched bridge spanning blue river and colorful buildings lining both banks.

Ponte Vecchio, Florence

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Watercolor of a red barn behind a flowering garden and wooden fence, with trees and clouds under a blue sky.

Sharon Springs

Elizabeth Boott Duveneck, 1880

Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas City, Kansas

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1890

Persian Women

Persian Women

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Three robed figures raise their arms beside an altar fire on a rocky shore, as a long-haired woman in grey stands nearby unde

The Passing of St. Brighid

Da Loria Norman, 1930

Watercolor of a blue headland over a sandy shore with pink reflections under a glowing yellow and pink sky.

Watercolor no. 6, Blue Coast

Allen Tucker, 1930

Watercolor view over domed rooftops and a minaret in Jerusalem under a pale cloudy sky.

Jerusalem, Israel

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of a beached fishing boat with a colorful canopy, figures gathering on a low-tide shore, and distant sails under c

The Mussel Gatherers

Ross Turner, 1870

Watercolor landscape of a river with poplar trees, two rowboats on the shore, and a white sailboat on the water.

Landscape

Walter Paris, 1880

Abstract watercolor of a large red oval, angular green and orange shapes, and a wavy line on a yellow-green ground.

Untitled (Centerport)

Arthur Dove, 1940

Watercolor of red rock formations, pine trees, grazing cattle and rolling mountains under a cloudy blue sky.

In Monument Park, Colorado

Walter Paris, 1870

Watercolor of log buildings and figures in colorful clothing gathered by a doorway, with conifer trees behind.

The Three Crows Market, Sitka, 1889

Theodore J. Richardson, 1880

Watercolor and ink sketch of two reclining nude figures outdoors beneath a tree, with bold blue outlines and bright yellow wa

Nudes

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a blue coat and white wig, with the reverse showing a hair ornament in an enamel locket.

James Cunningham, Last Earl of Glencairn

James Cunningham, 1790

Watercolor of a twisted bare tree on snowy hills under a violet and magenta sky with a blue horizon.

Death

Oscar Bluemner, 1920

Watercolor sketch of a pale spider on a green leaf beside a dark curving stream and a small red leaf.

Porcelain-White Spider

Emma Beach Thayer

Watercolor of a sailboat on a calm inlet with trees, a picket fence and hills in the background.

Inlet with Sailboat, Maine

Maurice Prendergast, 1910

Watercolor of a tent camp along a creek with riders, figures in the foreground, trees and hills under a cloudy sky.

Camp of the Peace Commissioners at Medicine Lodge Creek

Hermann Stieffel, 1860

Watercolor of a valley with red-roofed houses, a dirt road, palm trees, and a snow-capped volcano under a hazy sky.

View of Cuernavaca

Henry Otto Wix, 1950