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Watercolor of a flowering sprig with purple two-lipped blossoms and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Conradina verticillata

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a white flowering raspberry branch with five-petaled white blossoms and large serrated green leaves on a pale b

White Flowering Raspberry (Rubus parviflorus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Oval miniature portrait of a man with white hair in a green coat and white cravat, set in a gold frame, with the reverse show

Member of the Mayfield Family

George Place, 1800

Hazy painting of a Paris-style street with classical columns, bare trees, pedestrians, carriages, and a tram in soft beige to

Place de la Madeleine no. I

Frank Edwin Scott, 1920

Watercolor of two stems of yellow fringe orchids with orange fringed blossoms and green leaves on a cream background.

Yellow Fringe Orchid (Habenaria ciliaris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a blue coat, tan waistcoat and white cravat against a green background.

Captain Joseph Anthony

Walter Robertson, 1790

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair in a high topknot, white lace-trimmed dress, in gold frame.

Mrs. Fenno Knight (née du Clois)

Mrs. Fenno Knight, 1790

Watercolor of creeping juniper sprigs with blue-green foliage and pale blue berry cones on a cream background.

Creeping Juniper (Juniperus horizontalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a young child with brown bangs in a blue jacket and white ruffled collar, in a blue enamel gold fr

William Shippen

James Peale, 1790

Watercolor study of an elderly man in a worn green coat and brown trousers, head bowed, against a pale background.

Study of an Old Man

Giuseppe Signorini, 1930

Oval miniature portrait of a gentleman with powdered hair, dark coat and white cravat against a blue sky.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Walter Robertson, 1790

Oval miniature portrait of a young boy with short light hair against a pink background, in an ornate gold frame.

Singleton van Buren as a Child

John Carlin, 1840

Watercolor of white wood nymph flowers on slender stems above green rounded leaves, against a pale background.

Wood Nymph (Moneses uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of an orange flame azalea branch with red stamens, green leaves and purple buds on a pale background.

Flame Azalea (Rhododendron speciosum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with curly brown hair and blue eyes, set in a silver pendant frame.

Mary Walsh McBlair

Thomas Sully, 1800

Watercolor study of a ragged green leaf with a dark caterpillar on its edge and a detailed inset of the creature.

Crumpled Leaf Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer

Watercolor of fringed gentian stems with violet fringed flowers, closed buds and green leaves on a pale background.

Fringed Gentian (Gentiana elegana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Oil portrait of a young woman with dark curled hair and a pale collar against a muted olive background.

Head of a Young Woman

James McNeill Whistler, 1890

Watercolor of a coastal town with a yellow hilltop building, small boats on calm water, and misty mountains behind.

Sitka from the Islands, Showing Russian Castle, 1888

Theodore J. Richardson, 1880

Watercolor of a carved marble garden fountain with cypress trees and green lawn under a bright blue sky.

Marble Fountain in Italy

John Singer Sargent, 1900

Oval miniature portrait of an older man with spectacles on his forehead, wearing a black coat and white cravat, in a gold fra

Ebenezer Williams

Ebenezer Williams, 1820

Watercolor of a fortified wall and round tower above rocky cliffs, with a sailing ship on calm water below.

Temple of Mercury

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a navy uniform with gold epaulettes and braid, set in a wooden frame.

Commodore Isaac Chauncey

John Wesley Jarvis, 1800

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

Howes Goldsborough

James Peale, 1790

Dim workshop interior with a workbench, vise, barrels, hanging ropes and a stone furnace beneath a small window.

Bell Foundry, Germany

Walter Shirlaw, 1870

Oval miniature portrait of a man with grey powdered hair in a blue military coat with gold epaulettes.

Major-General Anthony Wayne

James Peale, 1790

Watercolor of a dark sphinx caterpillar and a curled brown dead leaf on a green plant stem with serrated leaves.

Curled Dead Leaf Mimicking Sphinx Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Gerald H. Thayer, 1920

Watercolor of a yucca plant with a tall stalk of pale green, purple-edged bell-shaped blossoms among long green leaves.

Yucca (Yucca baileyi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Nude woman floating along a glowing rainbow above clouds and a distant sea, painted in soft warm tones.

The Spirit of the Rainbow

Henry Mosler, 1910

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

Zachariah F. Johnston

Zachariah F. Johnston, 1840