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Ink and wash drawing of a church spire rising above village cottages, with a large tree on the right and a cart on a path.

Village Scene

Désiré-Lucas, 1910

Pencil sketch of a round columned temple framed by tall cypress and pine trees and dense foliage.

Temple of the Sibyl, Tivoli

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Watercolor of a Zenobia branch with drooping white bell-shaped flowers and glossy green oval leaves on a pale background.

Zenobia (Zenobia cassinifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a blonde woman with a blue feather boa, bare shoulder, and loose textured strokes on a dark background.

Blonde Girl with Boa

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Charcoal and chalk drawing of dark rough sea waves with white foam under a cloudy grey sky, lower half blank.

Untitled (Seascape)

Howard Russell Butler

Watercolor of scarlet loco flowers, seed pods and gray-green pinnate leaves on a white background.

Scarlet Loco (Astragalus coccineus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil anatomical sketch of a numbered human rib cage and spine, viewed at an angle, on cream paper.

Anatomy

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Anne

George Ault, 1930

Watercolor of a cranberrybush branch with red berries and lobed green leaves on a pale background.

Cranberrybush (Viburnum pauciflorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Drawing of an ornate double iron gate with columns, circular medallions, and crowning figural groups, in chalk on tan paper.

Geographic Society Grill

Solon H. Borglum, 1910

Pastel portrait of a young man with dark hair, one hand raised to his head, against a grey background.

Jose De Charmoy

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of Spanish bayonet yucca seed pods with dried brown petals and spiky green leaves, painted in 1935.

Spanish Bayonet (Yucca baccata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Joseph Joffre, Marechal

Henri Jacquier, 1910

Pastel portrait of a young girl with long brown hair beside a fluffy gray cat with green eyes.

Minette and Minet

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of white and blue columbine flowers with green leaves, buds, and yellow stamens on a pale background.

Columbine (Aquilegia ecalcarata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Pencil sketch of a stone archway and columns with carved ornament and a small figure in a niche at upper left.

Untitled - Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

The Feathered Hat

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of white Atamasco lilies with pink-tipped petals, yellow stamens, green leaves and buds, by Mary Vaux Walcott.

Atamasco-Lily (Atamosco atamasco)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Untitled (Seated Draped Female Figure, Profile)

Louise Cox, 1900

Dreamland

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of pale Indian Pipe plants with drooping bell-shaped flowers and pink-tinged stems on a light background.

Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Pencil sketch sheet with several studies of birds in flight and perched, drawn in loose graphite lines on cream paper.

Birds

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pastel portrait of a young blonde woman in a dark garment with a gold necklace, against a red background, with the name Berth

Bertha

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of two nodding purple American pasqueflowers with yellow stamens, green feathery leaves, and grass at the base.

American Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla ludoviciana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1922

Victor Chapman

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a yellow dress and green turban, arms resting on a carved wooden chair.

Laura Dreyfus Barney

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Watercolor of a thorny branch with pink locust flowers hanging among green pinnate leaves on a pale background.

New Mexican Locust (Robinia neomexicana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

General Grant

James Edward Kelly, 1880

Pastel poster design of a woman in a large feathered hat with a blue ribbon, with 'Friendship Hat Sale' lettering in the marg

Hat Sale Poster

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of a cliffrose branch with white flowers, yellow centers, lobed green leaves and feathery seed plumes.

Cliffrose (Cowania stanshuriana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934