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Watercolor of a golden star plant with a yellow five-petaled flower, two buds, and toothed green leaves on a cream background

Golden Star (Chrysogonum virginianum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor study of green birch leaves with a small caterpillar camouflaged along a leaf edge against dark shadows.

White Birch Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer

Painting of a standing male war dancer in feathered headdress, beaded fringed regalia, yellow leggings, and holding a staff.

War Dancer

Monroe Tsatoke, 1910

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

Bourgeau Rose (Rosa bourgeauiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a red-brown autumn maple leaf with a long stem and soft shadow, signed M. M. Vaux and dated Nov. 25th, 1872.

Untitled (Autumn Leaf)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor of white Atamasco lilies with pink-tipped petals, yellow stamens, buds and long green leaves on a pale background.

Atamasco-Lily (Atamosco atamasco)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Goldenpea plant with clusters of yellow flowers and blue-green leaves on pale background.

Goldenpea (Thermopsis rhombifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of harebell stems with violet-blue bell-shaped flowers and slender green leaves on a pale background.

Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor study of slender stems with white flowers, yellow petal tips, buds and green leaves on a pale background.

(Untitled--Flower Study)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1940

Watercolor of a bogbean plant with two stems of white and pink fringed flowers and green leaves on a cream background.

Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor botanical study of purple penstemon flowers and buds on green stems with pointed leaves against a pale background.

Penstemon (Penstimon fruiticosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a purple and a white crocus flower with green striped leaves on a cream background.

Untitled (Crocuses)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor of blue columbine flowers with white and lavender petals, yellow stamens, green leaves and buds on a tan backgroun

Blue Columbine (Aquilegia caerulea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a slender plant with pointed green leaves, small dark buds and thin roots on a cream background.

Kruhsea (Kruhsea streptopoides)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor landscape with swirling purple clouds, blue sky patches, and autumn-toned trees on a green hillside.

Watercolor no. 31, Landscape with Clouds

Allen Tucker, 1930

Watercolor of a yaupon holly branch with red berries and serrated green leaves on a cream background.

Yaupon (Ilex vomitoria)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a buckbean plant with a cluster of pink and white flowers on a tall stem, green leaves, and brown roots.

Buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Painting of sheep grazing in a green meadow under a flowering tree, with a stream and farm buildings beside a wooden fence.

Pastoral Landscape

Carl Weber, 1920

Watercolor of a limber pine branch with green needles, young cones with red tips, and a large green cone.

Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a red adobe church with twin bell towers, crosses, and figures in colorful shawls gathered in the foreground.

Church, Rancho de Taos

Selden Connor Gile, 1930

Watercolor study of a sprig of pale cream violet flowers with blue centers and green leaves on a plain background.

Cream Violet (Viola striata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a larch branch with clustered green needles and several hanging reddish-green cones on a pale background.

Western Larch (Larix occidentalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two stems of red-orange lilies with spotted petals and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Lily (Lilium montanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of purple wild hyacinth flowers on slender stems with long green leaves, one curling at lower left.

Wild Hyacinth (Brodiaea pulchella)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a log trading post with a grass roof and red doors, figures walking in front, snowy mountains behind.

Old Russian Trading Post, Sitka

Theodore J. Richardson, 1910

Watercolor of a single woolly fleabane plant with a pink hairy bud, green lobed leaves and brown root on cream paper.

Woolly Fleabane (Erigeron lanatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of sweetvetch with clusters of white pea-like flowers and green pinnate leaves on a pale background.

Sweetvetch (Hedysarum mackenzii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of white pansy violet flowers with orange centers and deeply lobed green leaves on a pale background.

Pansy Violet (Viola pedata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor botanical study of a flowering plant with white blossoms, pink flower heads, green leaves and reddish stems on pal

Untitled (Tripterocalyx pedunculatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a yellow orchid with pink-marked lips, green strap leaves, buds and roots on a cream background.

Tampa Epidendrum (Epidendrum tampense)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor panorama of Fort Keogh, Montana, with a military post on the plain and figures and horses on a hill in the foregro

Fort Keogh, Montana Territory

Hermann Stieffel, 1880

Watercolor of pale blue field violet flowers with yellow centers and green leaves on a cream background.

Field Violet (Viola rafinesquii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a crabapple branch with pink buds, open pale blossoms, green leaves and thorny twigs on cream paper.

Wild Sweet Crab (Malus coronaria)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of white Dutchman's breeches flowers with fern-like leaves and two purple violets on a grey background.

Dutchman's Breeches (Bikukulla cucullaria)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor botanical study of a flowering orchid-like plant with brown and yellow blooms and long green leaves on pale ground

Untitled--Plant Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a self-heal plant with purple flower clusters and green oval leaves on a cream background.

Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of three yellow daisy-like flowers on slender stems above green leaves and pink roots, on cream paper.

Golden Fleabane (Erigeron aureus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of Mammoth Hot Springs with blue thermal pools, white travertine terraces, steam, and a purple mountain under a pa

Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone

Thomas Moran, 1870

Watercolor of a California lilac branch with dense blue flower clusters and green leaves on a white background.

California Lilac (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of several stems of red paintbrush flowers with narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Giant Red Paintbrush (Castilleja miniata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two false dandelion plants with pink flower heads and green, red-edged basal leaves on a pale background.

False Dandelion (Agoseris carnea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a prairie smoke plant with feathery seed heads, red nodding flowers and divided green leaves on white paper.

Prairie-Smoke (Sieversia ciliata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Northern Lady's Slipper orchid with four pale pouch-shaped flowers on green stems and striped leaves.

Northern Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium passerinum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a trailing arbutus branch with clusters of pink flowers and green and brown leaves on a pale background.

Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of rayless groundsel with orange flower heads, serrated leaves and root, on a cream background.

Rayless Groundsel (Senecio pauciflorus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a branch with green oval leaves and a red serrated maple leaf on a cream background.

Untitled - Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Lady with a Fan

Rhoda Holmes Nicholls

Watercolor of a trailing creeping plant with green leaves and white berries over a brown wash of ground.

Chiogenes hispidula

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a rabbitbean branch with green pinnate leaves and red and yellow pea-shaped flowers on a pale background.

Rabbitbean (Cracca virginiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of yellow marsh marigold flowers, buds and round green leaves on pale stems against a cream background.

Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Grayscale drawing of a young child's head with curly hair and a checked collar, shown against cream paper.

Untitled (Head of a Child)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor of a small plant with yellow daisy-like flowers and grey-green leaves on a pale cream background.

Crepis Elegans

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of blue gentian flowers on reddish stems with narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Gentian (Gentiana affinis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of two pink fleabane wildflowers with yellow centers and green leaves on thin stems against a cream background.

Pink Fleabane (Erigeron jucundus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of Burgess Milkvetch with purple flowers, green leaves and brown seed pods on a cream background.

Burgess Milkvetch (Astragalus bourgovii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of an orange false dandelion flower on a hairy stem above narrow striped green leaves and a root.

False Dandelion (Agoseris aurantiaca)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Western Yarrow plant with clusters of white flowers and feathery green leaves on a cream background.

Western Yarrow (Achillea lanulosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Southern Bird's Foot Violet plant with purple flowers, lobed green leaves and buds on a cream background.

Southern Bird's Foot Violet (Viola digitata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of red sandstone spires rising above green trees and a dry streambed in a canyon landscape.

The Patriarchs, Zion National Park

Gunnar Widforss, 1920

Portrait of Sarah Musser

Jacob Maentel, 1820

Watercolor of red American columbine flowers with green lobed leaves and slender stems on a pale background.

American Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor botanical study of yellow Dryad flowers with hairy calyces, green scalloped leaves and reddish stems on cream pape

Yellow Dryad (Dryas drummondii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Larger Spotted Beach Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer

Watercolor of a Bearberry Honeysuckle branch with dark red flowers, dark paired berries, and green oval leaves.

Bearberry Honeysuckle (Lonicera involucrata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910