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Portrait miniature of an older woman in a white lace cap and blue dress, in a gold frame inside a red velvet case.

Mrs. Philip John Schuyler (Catherine van Rensselaer)

Walter Robertson, 1790

Watercolor of white elkslip flowers with yellow centers, reddish stems, buds and rounded green leaves on a pale background.

Elkslip (Caltha leptosepala)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Painting of an Indian street with a carved balcony, a rider on a white horse, and women watching from above.

Street Scene in India

Edwin Lord Weeks, 1880

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with brown hair in a black coat and cravat, in a gold frame.

Samuel Douchy

Samuel Douchy, 1830

Watercolor of weathered log buildings on a grassy shore with a stone edge, a small group of figures, and distant hills.

Buildings Going to Ruin, Alaska, 1884

Theodore J. Richardson, 1880

Oval portrait of a woman with curled hair, white collar and gold shawl, in a gilt frame on a black panel.

Louisa Lentner

John Trumbull, 1830

Miniature portrait of a young child with curly light hair and a white collar, in a gilded frame.

Sister of the Van Buren Family

van Buren, 1800

Painting of a kneeling knight in a boat praying as winged angels with candles and a glowing chalice appear above a mountain l

The Knight of the Holy Grail

Frederick J. Waugh, 1910

Watercolor of a flat green plain with a flock of white animals, distant bluish mountains and a rocky outcrop under a pale sky

Plains of Carthage

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1850

Painted landscape of pale eucalyptus trunks, dark green trees, a winding path and an open valley under a cloudy sky.

Days of Sunshine

William Wendt, 1920

Watercolor of a wood skullcap plant with serrated leaves and purple and white tubular flowers on a pale background.

Wood Skullcap (Scutellaria serrata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a flowering arrowleaf groundsel stem with yellow blossoms and green serrated leaves on cream paper.

Arrowleaf Groundsel (Senecia triangularis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a rocky gorge with a wooden footbridge spanning it, a stream below, and trees along the cliff tops.

Curmillon, Mid-Wales

Peter Toft, 1880

Miniature portrait of a young man in a red military coat with black collar, in a gilt frame, beside the case back.

Lieutenant John Trumbull Ray

Andrew Robertson, 1810

Hazy tan city street with bare trees and small pedestrians, a large building on the right, painted in soft muted tones.

La Madeleine no. II

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Woman in apron dusting a porcelain figurine in a glass case beside a blue and white vase and pink chairs.

The Figurine

William M. Paxton, 1920

Watercolor of a balsam fir branch with clustered brown cones and green needles on a pale background.

Balsam Fir (Albies fraseri)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Miniature portrait of a woman in a lace bonnet and grey patterned shawl against a red background, in a black frame.

Mrs. William Mather Smith (Helen Livingston)

Mrs. William Mather Smith, 1820

Watercolor of a bunchberry plant with red berry clusters, green whorled leaves, and thin trailing roots on pale paper.

Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Oil portrait of an older woman in a white bonnet and spectacles holding an open book against a red-brown background.

Mrs. Benajah Johnson

n.d A. Patrick, 1830

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled grey hair, white headband, white gown and blue bodice, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Lady from S. Carolina Huguenot Family

Lawrence Sully, 1790

Hazy painting of a sunlit city square with tall columns, colonnaded buildings, small pedestrians and horse carriages.

Place de la Concorde no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Watercolor of two Alberta paintbrush stems with red flower bracts and green leaves on a pale background.

Alberta Paintbrush (Catilleja miniata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two blue lupine flower spikes with green palmate leaves on a cream background.

Sun Dial Lupine (Lupinus perennis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a ladder gentian plant with violet flowers, buds, green leaves and roots on a pale background.

Ladder Gentian (Gentiana acuta)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Rubens Peale

Raphaelle Peale, 1800

Watercolor of pink and lavender five-petaled wildflowers with buds and green leaves, with grass stalks behind.

Gentianacease sabbalia angularis

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor of a suspension bridge over a river with stone towers, small figures on the bank, and a cloudy sky.

Suspension Bridge over the Arno, near the Cascine, Forence

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor of a canvas camp shelter on wooden poles with cooking pots, set before evergreen trees and a distant building.

Indian Camp, Alaska

Theodore J. Richardson, 1910

Night scene of a seated figure in a feathered headdress beside a campfire, under a glowing moon, with a distant tent.

The Signal Fire

Ralph Albert Blakelock, 1880