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Watercolor of a thorny rose branch with serrated green leaves and clusters of bright red rose hips on a pale background.

Bourgeau Rose (Rosa bourgeauiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

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

American Mistletoe (Phoradendron flavescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of a larch branch with clustered green needles and several hanging cones with red-tipped scales on cream paper.

Western Larch (Larix occidentalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Lucy

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Pastel portrait of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat with yellow pompoms and a white shawl, against green hatched strokes.

Spanish Fantasy III

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of white dawnrose flowers with yellow stamens, grey-green lobed leaves and buds on reddish stems against pale pape

White Dawnrose (Pachyloplus marginatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott

Pencil sketch of fishing boats with masts in a harbor, with a church tower and rooftops behind.

Untitled (Fishing Boats)

Howard Russell Butler

Watercolor of a showy milkweed stem with pink flower clusters, buds, and large green leaves on a cream background.

Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Tan and white chalk drawing of grapevines with grape clusters, vine leaves, morning glory flowers and tendrils on a dark grou

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Lining Paper

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pencil sketch of a street crowd with women in hats, a child in front, and a flag above.

Group Scene

Jerome Myers, 1900

Watercolor of scarlet gilia stems with pink star-shaped and red tubular flowers and buds on a cream background.

Scarlet Gilia (Gilia aggregata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a trumpet creeper branch with red trumpet-shaped flowers, buds, and green leaves on cream paper.

Trumpet Creeper (Bignonia radicans)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Two women in blue gowns and flowered hats stand before green drapery in a softly painted interior.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Alice Pike Barney, 1890

Watercolor of a branching Lotus plant with yellow and red-tipped pea-shaped flowers and slender green leaves on pale paper.

Lotus puberulus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Watercolor of a branch with red bell-shaped flowers and green oval leaves on a pale background.

Western Menziesia (Menziesia glabella)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Watercolor of a flowering butterfly pea vine with purple blossoms, buds, and green leaves on a pale background.

Butterfly Pea (Clitoria mariana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

Charcoal drawing of a skull on stacked books beside a candlestick, with a panel of Rubaiyat verses and faint faces in the sky

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Theology

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Pen and ink sketch of a flat-topped limestone mountain above eroded desert ridges, with handwritten notes below.

Desert of El Tih

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of a strawberry bush branch with green leaves and red seed capsules opening to show orange seeds.

Strawberry Bush-"Hearts Bustin' with Love" (Euonymus Americanus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of beargrass with a tall stalk of creamy white flowers, a reddish bud, and long narrow green leaves.

Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Pencil sketch of a flat landscape with a distant town, low hills on the right, and buildings in the lower left.

Town of Monselice

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Pencil sketch of a mountain road along a rocky ravine with pine trees, inscribed Golden Gate Road, July 23rd.

Golden Gate Road

Thomas Moran, 1890

Watercolor of a golden fairy lantern stem with yellow nodding flowers, long green leaves and a green seed pod on pale paper.

Golden Fairy Lantern (Calochortus amabilis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

Watercolor sketch of ruined Greek temple columns and fallen stones on pale ground, with small figures near the base.

Ruins of Greek Temple, Azani, Phrygia

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of a bell tower with arched windows beside a study of steep rocky cliffs and handwritten labels.

Civitavecchia/Bay of Naples

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of two white turtlehead flower stems with serrated green leaves and unopened buds, by Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926.

Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Watercolor of an American chestnut branch with yellow-green catkins and long serrated leaves against a cream background.

American Chestnut (Castanea dentata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Pencil drawing of a forested mountain valley with a stream, pine trees, ridges and distant snowy peaks under cloudy skies.

Cloudy Moon

Henry Arthur Elkins, 1880

Watercolor of pink and magenta phlox flowers on tall green stems with narrow leaves on a cream background.

Hairy Phlox (Phlox amoena)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of a female nude seen from behind, one arm raised to her head, shaded with loose graphite hatching.

Back View of Female Nude

Watercolor of pink phlox flowers with yellow centers, slender green leaves and buds on thin stems against a pale background.

Phlox stansburyi

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of blue-violet bellflowers and buds on slender green stems against a pale background.

Bellflower (Campanula)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Pen and ink drawing of a stone jetty on a sandy shore leading to a distant fort with a domed tower and flagpole.

Fort Moultrie on the Site of Old Fort Sullivan

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1890

Pencil sketch of an open air concert with a conductor, orchestra, and audience of hatted spectators under trees.

Untermyer Open Air Concert

Jerome Myers, 1920

Pastel drawing of tall wildflowers with pink and white blossoms among blue and green strokes on tan paper.

Flowers

John Henry Twachtman, 1900

Watercolor of yerba mansa with white cone-shaped flower spikes, white bracts and broad green leaves on reddish stems.

Yerba Mansa (Anemopsis californica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

Watercolor of a stem with nodding white and pink fairy lantern flowers and long green leaves on a pale background.

White Fairy Lantern (Calochortus albus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Charcoal drawing of a bearded man in a robe leaning by a large clay jar, with pottery on shelves and verse text.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) In the Potter's House

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a branch with green pinnate leaves and drooping clusters of purple wisteria-like flowers on a pale background.

American Wisteria (Kraunhia frutescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Watercolor of a white and yellow western azalea branch with blossoms, buds and long green leaves on a brown stem.

Western Azalea (Rhododendron occidentale)

Mary Vaux Walcott

Reader

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of slim larkspur with blue flowers on tall stems above green palmate leaves, on a cream background.

Slim Larkspur (Delphinium depauperatum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a yellow mariposa lily stem with an open bloom, closed buds, a seed pod, and green leaves on pale paper.

Goldenbowl Mariposa (Calochortus claratus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Pencil sketch of ruined brick archways beside palm trees, with a riverbank and hills in the distance above.

Beni Berzi

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of a pitcher plant with tubular green leaves and a nodding pink and maroon flower on a curved stem.

Catesby Pitcherplant (Sarracenia catesaei)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1929

Watercolor of purple prairieclover stems with dense magenta and grey flower heads and feathery green leaves on pale paper.

Purple Prairieclover (Petalostemon purpureum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1927

Pencil sketch of layered mountain ridges and cliffs above a small coastal town along a strait, with an empty pale sky.

Strait of Messina near Scylla

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Drawing of a bearded old man looking up at a starry night through an arched window, with a table of objects and printed verse

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Vain Questioning

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a Rocky Mountain Kalmia branch with pink flowers, red stalks and narrow green leaves on brown stems.

Rocky Mountain Kalmia (Kalmia microphylla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1940

Pencil drawing of a lighthouse tower above a fortified sea wall, with small figures on rocks at the left.

Lighthouse, Civitavecchia

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Ink wash drawing of a seated woman seen from behind beside a window with curtains and a dark chair.

Untitled (Seated Figure)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Watercolor of a dogwood branch with clusters of red berries and broad green leaves on a white background.

Pacific Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a tall stem with several orange recurved lily flowers, spotted petals, buds and green leaves on pale background

Small Tiger Lily (Lilium parvum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a beaked hazelnut branch with serrated green leaves and fuzzy husks with long beaked tips.

Beaked Hazelnut (Corylus rostrata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Charcoal drawing of a nude woman with arms raised behind her head, set against angular shaded forms.

Female Nude with Black Stockings

Watercolor of two Blue-Eyed Mary plant stems with white and violet flowers and green serrated leaves on pale paper.

Blue-Eyed Mary (Collinsia verna)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1927

Watercolor of two stems of pink orchid blossoms and buds with long green leaves on a cream background.

Grass-pink Orchid (Limodorum tuberosum)

Mary Vaux Walcott

A Syrian

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1850

Pencil sketch of Paros island, Antiparos islands, and two sailing boats on calm water.

Paros

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Charcoal study of a bald, bearded man in a loose robe, looking downward in a pensive pose.

Study for the Disciple Peter

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1930

Watercolor of a Monterey cypress branch with green foliage, brown mature cones, and green young cones on a pale background.

Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

Ink drawing of two seated figures in a room before a window with curtains, a chair between them, and a bare tree outside.

(Figures before Window)

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Watercolor of a branching clematis stem with drooping pink and purple bell-shaped flowers and green leaves.

Jicarilla (Clematis pseudoalpina)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Watercolor of a parrot pitcher plant with two drooping red flowers and curled, red-veined pitcher leaves on a pale background

Parrot Pitcherplant (Sarracenia psittacina)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920