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Watercolor of a Swamp Azalea branch with white tubular flowers, pink buds and green leaves on brown stems.

Swamp Azalea (Azalea viscosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor interior with a seated woman, orange curtains, patterned rug, and a blue polka-dot dress figure at right.

Calligraphic Interior

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly light hair, dark coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

n.d James M. Pearce, 1800

Painting of a seated haloed figure in a desert with two winged angels kneeling beside him against a blue sky.

In the Desert

H. Siddons Mowbray, 1920

Watercolor of a sprig of yellow alpine monkey flowers with red stems and green leaves on a cream background.

Alpine Monkey Flower (Mimulus caespitosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor botanical study of a pink-flowered plant with red-centered blooms, round serrated leaves and buds on red stems.

Eremalche rotundifolia

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a Cucumber Tree branch with a yellow-green magnolia bud and long green leaves on a pale background.

Cucumber Tree (Magnolia scuminata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a white wax trillium flower with a maroon center above three broad green leaves on a stem.

Wax Trillium (Trillium album)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a blue coat, white shirt and black cravat, in gold frame.

Charles Frederick Vogel

Charles Frederick Vogel, 1830

Watercolor of a cluster of small blue bluets with yellow centers on thin green stems against a cream background.

Bluets (Houstonia serpyllifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Painting of a steel mill with black smokestacks, drifting smoke, and angular industrial forms in yellow, red, and blue.

Steel Mill

Joseph Stella, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a man with dark hair in a dark coat and white cravat, set in an ornate gilt frame.

John B. Pendleton

Rembrandt Peale, 1810

Watercolor of two purple allium flower heads on slender green stems with narrow leaves against a pale background.

Siberian Onion (Allium sibericum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor portrait of a bearded man in a fur hat and brown coat, turned to the left, with a yellow sash.

Circassian at Constantinople

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of alpine milkvetch with purple and white flower clusters and green pinnate leaves on a pale background.

Alpine Milkvetch (Astragalus alpinus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of rocky mountains and hills under a pale sky, with trees and a small village in a dry valley.

Asia Minor

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Oil painting of a coastal town with wooden houses, a picket fence, a calm inlet and snow-capped mountains beyond.

In the Old Quarter, Sitka, 1900

Theodore J. Richardson, 1900

Watercolor of a scarlet elder branch with dense red berry clusters and serrated green leaves on a pale background.

Scarlet Elder (Sambucus pubens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Painting of a church tower and spire above a city street, with warm ochre walls and a pale blue sky.

Eglise de Ville

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Painting of a crowded street festival with a decorated religious shrine, candle-holding children, flags, and balcony spectato

Street Shrine

Jerome Myers, 1930

Watercolor of two tall stems of red tubular Fire Pentstemon flowers with buds and broad green basal leaves.

Fire Pentstemon (Pentstemon eatonii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with pink hair, blue coat with gold buttons, and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Josiah Hewes Anthony

James Peale, 1790

Watercolor of a pink azalea branch with long red stamens and green pointed leaves on a brown stem.

Downy Pinxter Bloom (Azalea rosea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with brown hair in a dark jacket and white pleated cravat, in a metal frame.

A. Laurason

Jean Francois De Vallee, 1800

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with dark curls, white ribbon headband, and lace dress against blue.

Portrait of a Young Lady

William Verstille, 1790

Stylized painting of a mounted hunter on a white horse lancing a brown buffalo, signed Julian Martinez.

Buffalo Hunter

Julian Martinez, 1920

Painting of a calm river with wooded banks, a rowboat with one figure, seated figures and ducks on the grassy shore.

Landscape Called "The Acorn"

James Crawford Thom, 1830

Watercolor of white globeflower stems with white cup-shaped blossoms, yellow centers, and deeply lobed green leaves on pale p

White Globeflower (Trollius albiflorus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1890

Watercolor of slender shooting star flowers with pink reflexed petals on thin stems above green basal leaves.

Slender Shootingstar (Dodecatheon pauciflorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a moccasin flower stem with three pink and brown pouch-shaped blooms above broad green leaves.

Moccasin Flower (Cypripedium acaule)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900