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Graphite study of a standing male nude with outstretched arm, surrounded by smaller limb and figure sketches on tan paper.

(Untitled) (Studies of Male Nudes)

Kenyon Cox, 1870

Pastel portrait of a smiling man with dark hair on tan paper, signed and dated in the lower right.

Camille Gorde

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of two stems of yellow fringed orchids with orange fringed blooms and green leaves on a pale background.

Yellow Fringe Orchid (Habenaria ciliaris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Major General William Starke Rosecrans

James Edward Kelly, 1900

Pastel portrait of a woman with auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a red draped garment against a blue-green background.

Madame R.

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Watercolor of white avalanche lilies with yellow stamens, curving stems, green leaves and a closed bud on cream paper.

Avalanche Lily (Erythronium montanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Pencil sketch of a dancer bending with raised arms and a veil swirling above, signed Troy Kinney in lower left.

The Seventh Veil

Troy Kinney, 1930

Pastel portrait of a dark-haired woman in a teal shawl, turned to the side against a brown background.

Marianne Girard

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of a pine branch with clusters of green cones with brown-tipped scales and long green needles on a pale background

Single-Leaf Pine (Pinus monophylla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of a tree-lined street in Galveston with a picket fence, a shuttered house, and palms.

Galveston, Texas

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a young figure wearing a green leaf wreath, with a bare shoulder and draped garment, on a mottled backgrou

Jeune Faune

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of a hybrid pitcher plant with two stems of pink nodding flowers and maroon pitcher leaves.

Hybrid Pitcherplant (Sarracenia minor x psittacina)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Major General Thomas Porter Hatch

James Edward Kelly, 1890

Pastel drawing of a woman in a dark dress holding a crying swaddled baby in a white bonnet, with a crucifix on the wall.

Mother and Crying Baby

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Watercolor of a crossvine branch with red trumpet-shaped flowers flaring to yellow-orange tips and green leaves.

Crossvine (Anisostichus capreolatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Pencil sketch of a Pompeii bake shop with a brick oven, millstone, and ruined stone walls.

Bake Shop and Mills, Pompei

George Elbert Burr, 1890

Pastel portrait of a woman with a golden headband and flowing hair, surrounded by orange fruit against a dark background.

Ceres

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of three pitcher plants with tubular green leaves and cream and red hooded flowers on a pale background.

Hybrid Pitcherplant (Sarracenia minor)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor portrait of a seated woman with pearl-adorned hair, white lace dress, and blue vase of flowers beside her.

Sarah Jane

n.d Anna Armstrong, 1800

Pastel portrait of a woman in a black dress and lace veil with a red flower, looking upward to the left.

Spanish Woman

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of a tall yucca stalk with pale green bell-shaped flowers and purple-tipped buds among long green leaves.

Yucca (Yucca baileyi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1928

Charcoal and white chalk drawing of a veiled figure in a pale robe gazing upward beside a dark cloaked figure.

Light and Shadow

Carolus-Duran, 1890

Mrs. Roosevelt Scovel

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

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

Head of a Girl

Thomas Dewing, 1910

Pastel portrait of a woman in a white turban and colorful patterned shawl, gazing forward against a muted background.

The White Turban

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

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

Pencil sketch of a massive tree trunk beside a garden wall with an arched gate and urn finials.

Untitled (Tree Trunk with Gate)

Howard Russell Butler

Pastel portrait of a woman with grape leaves and clusters of grapes in her hair, wearing a pink garment against a green backg

Bacchante

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

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