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Watercolor of purple gentian buds on slender green stems with narrow leaves against a pale background.

Gentian (Gentiana macounii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Woman in a green gown sits on a crescent moon beside a brown owl, surrounded by soft pastel clouds.

The Witch's Daughter

Frederick Stuart Church, Grand Rapids, MI 1842-New York City, 1880

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

Watercolor of large oak trees, grazing cattle, a winding dirt road and a wooden fence under a cloudy sky.

Richmond

Elizabeth Boott Duveneck, 1880

Queen of Hearts (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland)

William Penhallow Henderson

Costume design of Humpty Dumpty, an egg-shaped character with a patterned ruff, orange tunic, and yellow stockings on brown p

Humpty Dumpty (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson

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

Watercolor of a red brick church tower with arched windows and a lantern, above a slate roof with pigeons under a cloudy sky.

St. Martin's Church, Utrecht, Holland

Cass Gilbert, 1890

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

New Hampshire Lake--Raymond

Charles Webster 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

Red Queen (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland) 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson

Watercolor of a brick church tower with a conical spire rising above rooftops, cypress trees, and whitewashed walls.

Church Tower, Italy

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

Watercolor of a stone bridge with arches over a river, a tall tower with a slate roof, and a red-tiled roof beside it.

Bridge at Moret, France

Cass Gilbert, 1920

Watercolor and pencil sketch of Siena cathedral's striped tower with pointed spires against a blue sky, by Cass Gilbert.

Cathedral Tower, Siena

Cass Gilbert, 1920

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

The Babbling Brook

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Loose watercolor of a tiered church steeple rising above green trees, shrubs and a palm in a garden setting.

Untitled - Anne Goldthwaite, 1940

Anne Goldthwaite, 1940

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

Costume design of a Two of Spades playing card figure in white tabard with black spades, on brown paper.

Two of Spades (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson

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 a rocky mountain gorge with a stream and two small figures on the boulders under a cloudy sky.

Mountain Gorge, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1920

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

Oval miniature portrait of a man with brown hair and blue eyes, wearing a black coat and white cravat, in a metal frame.

R.M. Copeland

Thomas Edwards, 1820

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 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 brown-sailed boat with a standing woman and reclining man on calm water at dusk, Venice skyline distant.

The Grand Canal, Venice

Pietro Gabrini, 1910