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Watercolor of a Grouse Whortleberry sprig with slender stems, green leaves and red berries on cream paper.

Grouse Whortleberry (Vaccinium scoparium)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor portrait of a veiled woman with only her eyes visible, wearing a white veil and blue garment with dark trim.

Turkish Lady of Brusa

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor of a cluster of orange California poppies with buds, seed pods, and feathery green leaves on white paper.

California Poppy (Eschscholtzia californica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with powdered curled hair, pink dress and blue ribbon, in a gilt and black frame.

Mrs. Elizabeth Pollock Hartigan

Walter Robertson, 1790

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a red coat and white cravat against a green background, in a gilt frame.

James Monroe

Joseph Castel, 1810

Watercolor of fritillary plant with drooping mauve and cream bell flowers and long green leaves on pale paper.

Fritillary (Fritillaria biflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of globe anemone with white and pink-tinged flowers, buds, a yellow seed head and divided green leaves on pale pap

Globe Anemone (Anemone globosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

John Beale Bordley

Joseph Robinson, 1820

Watercolor of an Epidendrum cochleatum orchid with dark purple and green flowers on a slender stem above green leaves.

Orchid (Epidendrum cochleatum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a colonial-style post office with dormer windows and chimneys, a bare tree at left, and a horse cart on a dirt

Williamsburg Post Office

Dwight Williams, 1890

Hazy beige painting of Notre Dame cathedral's towers and spire with small walking figures in a pale square.

Notre Dame in Winter

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Watercolor of a golden fairy lantern stem with nodding yellow flowers, long green leaves, and a green seed pod on white paper

Golden Fairy Lantern (Calochortus amabilis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Oil painting of three sheep in a grassy landscape with trees, a shrub, distant hills, and a cloudy sky at dusk.

Sheep

Balthasar-Paul Ommeganck, 1820

Mr. Veacock

Thomas Birch, 1800

Loose watercolor of a seated woman with dark hair in a blue dress, surrounded by bold abstract blue, orange and yellow shapes

Calligraphic #2 Woman on Chair

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Watercolor of five yellow poppy-like flowers on slender stems above grey-green foliage, with one curled bud.

Desert Poppy (Eschscholtzia glyptosperma)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Painting of a sunlit hacienda seen through dark trees, with a lake, sailboats, and a seated figure in the foreground.

A Mexican Hacienda, Lake Cuitzeo

Thomas Moran, 1880

Cubist painting of fragmented geometric planes in muted greens and creams, with a red form at upper left and a suggested guit

Figure with Guitar II

Henry Fitch Taylor, 1910

Watercolor of a branch with long green leaves and fluffy white willow catkins with yellow stamens on a pale background.

Drummond Willow (Salix drummondiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Yellow Cucumbertree branch with two yellow-green magnolia blossoms, a bud, and green leaves.

Yellow Cucumbertree (Magnolia cordata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor study of two green caterpillars camouflaged among pine needles on a branch.

Pine-Tuft Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Gerald H. Thayer

Geometric abstract painting of circles, triangles and curved bands in red, pink, orange, blue and green.

Area Broken by Perpendiculars

Joseph Schillinger, 1930

Miniature portrait of a woman in a white lace bonnet and dark dress with a lace collar, set in a gold frame.

Mrs. Benjamin Silliman

Henry Colton Shumway, 1830

Watercolor of a lechuguilla agave flower stalk with green buds, yellow flowers and red stamens on a cream background.

Lechuguilla (Agava lechuguilla)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with dark hair, white lace collar and green brooch, in an ornate gold frame.

Mary Livingston Colin Crounse

Christoffel Wüst, 1850

Loose brown and red wash portrait of a seated woman in a headscarf and red sash against a warm ochre background.

Peasant Woman

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

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

Christopher Burdick

Christopher Burdick, 1830

Watercolor of papaw branches with drooping dark purple flowers, green buds and new leaves on a cream background.

Papaw (Asimina triloba)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a low mound of small green willow leaves with tiny flowers on a pale background.

Snow Willow (Salix nivalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor portrait of a small child in a red dress with a white ruffled collar, holding a dark stick, before a pale landscap

Thomas Wix Borden at the age of Two Years

Thomas Wix Borden, 1810