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Painting of three white water lilies with green sepals and brown stems on a tan background.

Water Lilies (Castalia odorata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor of a maroon giant trillium flower with three green leaves and a long green stem on a pale background.

Giant Trillium (Trillium chloropetalum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a red willowweed stem with pink four-petaled flowers, buds and green leaves on a cream background.

Red Willowweed (Epilobium latifolium)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a sidebells pyrola plant with two arching stems of small green bell-shaped flowers and oval leaves.

Sidebells Pyrola (Pyrola secunda)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of yellow nodding glacier lily flowers on curving stems with broad green leaves against a pale background.

Glacierlily (Erythronium grandiflorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1890

Watercolor of a low mat of white Pyxie flowers with yellow centers and needle-like green foliage on cream paper.

Pyxie (Pyxidanthera barbulata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of yellow violet flowers with green serrated leaves and buds on thin stems against a cream background.

Smooth Yellow Violet (Viola eriocarpa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a spring wildflower with three thin reddish stems, lobed green leaves and small white flowers on pale paper.

Harbinger of Spring (Erigenia bulbosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a gray ragwort plant with slender stems, small white flowers, and rounded basal leaves on white paper.

Gray Ragwort (Senecio canus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Fairy-bells plant with red berries and green leaves with yellow edges on a pale background.

Fairy-bells (Disporum hookeri)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor botanical study of a Veronica plant with blue flowers and green oval leaves on thin stems against a pale backgroun

Veronica wormskjoldii

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a yellow-budded wake-robin plant with three broad green leaves on a tall pale stem.

Wake-Robin (Trillium underwoodii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a Western Green Alder branch with serrated green leaves, purple catkins, and brown cones on reddish stems.

Western Green Alder (Alnus sinuata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of red tubular Carolina pink flowers with yellow stamens and green leaves on a pale background.

Carolina Pink (Spigelia marylandica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a farmer holding wheat with two children in a golden field under a cloudy blue sky.

Our Good Earth

John Steuart Curry, 1940

Watercolor landscape of a river with poplar trees, two rowboats on the shore, and a white sailboat on the water.

Landscape

Walter Paris, 1880

Oval miniature portrait of a curly-haired child in a white dress with red ribbons, set in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Child

Raphaelle Peale, 1800

Watercolor of a branching plant with small blue five-petaled flowers, yellow centers, buds and green leaves on a pale backgro

Bur-forget-me-not (Lappula diffusa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Abstract watercolor of a large red oval, angular green and orange shapes, and a wavy line on a yellow-green ground.

Untitled (Centerport)

Arthur Dove, 1940

Watercolor of a gabled Gothic tomb with a rider statue on top, pale walls, and a small figure walking at right.

Tomb of Verona

Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1920

Watercolor of a Pineland Blueberry branch with pink bell-shaped flowers and green leaves against a cream background.

Pineland Blueberry (Vaccinium tenellum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Oval watercolor portrait of a woman with curly hair, white ruffled collar, brown dress and folding fan, against a tan backgro

Comfort Cory Borden, Mother of Thomas Wix Borden

Comfort Cory Borden, 1810

Watercolor of a white heather plant with pale urn-shaped flowers and green needle-like leaves on a grey wash background.

White Heather (Phyllodoce grandiflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of red rock formations, pine trees, grazing cattle and rolling mountains under a cloudy blue sky.

In Monument Park, Colorado

Walter Paris, 1870

Watercolor of red star-shaped flowers on tall green stems with narrow leaves against a pale background.

Gilia arizonica

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a mountain goldenrod plant with two stems of yellow flowers above green basal leaves on cream paper.

Mountain Goldenrod (Solidago oreophila)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a slender stem with small pale blue Veronica flowers at the top and paired green leaves.

Veronica serpyllifolia

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a whitewashed building with brown roof, autumn poplar trees, and a rocky foreground beside a stone arch.

Between Lausanne and Vevey, Above the Highway

Templeton Strong, 1910

Watercolor botanical study of a honeysuckle branch with orange flower clusters, buds and green leaves on a pale background.

Douglas Honeysuckle (Lonicera glaucescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a star solomonplume plant with narrow green leaves and small white star-shaped flowers on pale stems.

Star Solomonplume (Vagnera stellata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920