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Watercolor of two tall aster stems with purple petals, yellow centers and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Aster (Aster hirariifolius)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a hazy moonlit harbor with a dark ship silhouette, glowing funnels, and violet rocks in the foreground.

Watercolor no. 73, Blue and Lavender

Allen Tucker, 1920

Watercolor of a green-domed Greek church and wooden houses in a village, with snowy mountains behind.

Rear View of Greek Church, Sitka, 1888

Theodore J. Richardson, 1880

Watercolor of a sprig of pale blue anemone flowers with green leaves and purple stems on cream paper.

Anemone (Anemone drummondii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor - William Sommer

Watercolor of two Toad Trillium stems with three broad green leaves and pale striped buds on a cream background.

Toad Trillium (Trillium sessile)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a fringe tree branch with green oval leaves and drooping white thread-like flowers on a brown stem.

Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virginica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a honeysuckle stem with clusters of red berries and yellowing leaves on a cream background.

Douglas Honeysuckle (Lonicera glaucescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two red wood lilies with spotted petals and whorled green leaves on tall stems against a pale background.

Wood Lily (Lilium philadelphicum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a green adder's mouth orchid with tiny greenish flowers and two broad leaves on a pale background.

Green Adder's Mouth (Malaxis unifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a man with gray hair in a blue coat and white cravat, shown open in a velvet case.

Portrait of a Gentleman

James Peale, 1790

Watercolor of white alpine flowers with yellow centers on reddish stems above green rosette leaves, on cream paper.

Sweet Androsace (Androsace carinata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of purple saxifrage flowers and green leaves growing from a dark mound of soil on cream paper.

Purple Saxifrage (Saxifrage oppositifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a Hedysarum branch with pale yellow flower clusters and pinnate green leaves on red stems.

Hedysarum (Hedysarum sulphurescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a white water lily with yellow center, a bud, green lily pads and curled pink-brown leaves on a pale background

American Waterlily (Castalia odorata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a white six-petaled Queencup flower with yellow stamens and two broad green leaves on a pale background.

Queencup (Clintonia uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a red barn and white cottage beside a lake, with a blue-shaded hillside rising behind them under a cloudy sky.

Hill and Lake

James Henry Moser, 1910

Watercolor of a greendragon plant with a pale spadix rising from a green spathe, surrounded by pointed leaves and stems.

Greendragon (Arisaema dracontium)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Portrait of Adam Musser

Jacob Maentel, 1810

Watercolor of a mountain ridge over a misty valley with a river, a dirt road, and wind-bent pine trees under a brown sky.

Mountain and Valley

James Henry Moser, 1890

Watercolor botanical study of a showy oxytrope plant with red-purple flower spikes and grey-green pinnate leaves.

Showy Oxytrope (Oxytropis splendens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor botanical study of a flowering plant with pale tubular blossoms and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Yellow Pentstemon (Pentstemon confertus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of two death camas stems with clusters of cream-white flowers and yellow stamens above slender green leaves.

Death Camas (Zygadenus venenosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a winding arroyo with dark water channel through pale, shrub-dotted hills in warm ochre and olive tones.

Arroyo Landscape

Victor Higgins, 1920

Watercolor of a pink bitterroot flower with reddish buds and stem on a cream background, with a soft gray shadow beneath.

Bitterroot (Lewisia redivivia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a branching plant with small yellow flowers and narrow green leaves on brown stems, on a pale background.

Yellow Willow Grass

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a powdered wig, blue coat and yellow waistcoat, in a pierced gold frame.

Colonel John Cox

Charles Willson Peale, 1770

Watercolor botanical study of a climbing white pea vine with pale flowers, green leaves, and tendrils on paper.

White Pea (Lathyrus ochroleucus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a pink twisted stalk plant with striped green leaves and drooping red bell-shaped flowers on a cream background

Pink Twisted Stalk (Streptopus curvipes)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a man in fringed buckskin smoking a feathered pipe beside a tepee, with mountains and figures in the distance.

A Shoshonee Indian Smoking

Alfred Jacob Miller, 1860

Watercolor of a sunlit courtyard with a stone building, a horse under a shed, a wooden wheel and a brick wall.

Ancient Abbey of St. Valery, France

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1860

Watercolor of a maypop passion flower branch with purple blossom, green buds, tendrils, and serrated leaves.

Maypop (Passiflora incarnata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two stems of blue gentian flowers with green leaves rising from moss on a cream background.

Bluegreen Gentian (Gentiana glauca)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a yellow jessamine branch with trumpet-shaped yellow flowers and green leaves on a cream background.

Yellow Jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a pink-flowered Naiad spring beauty plant with slender stems and rosette leaves on a cream background.

Naiad Spring Beauty (Claytonia parvifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of horses and riders fording a shallow river with pack loads, trees and mountains in the distance.

British Columbia

Russell W. Porter, 1900

Watercolor of two stems of blue alpine forget-me-not flowers with green leaves on a cream background.

Alpine Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis alpestris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of two nude boys beside a beached white and red boat on a grassy riverbank under a pale sky.

Sand Burr

Thomas Anshutz, 1880

Watercolor botanical study of a Double Bladderpod plant with blue-gray leaves, yellow flowers, and exposed roots.

Double Bladderpod (Physaria didymocarpa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a bearberry branch with pink bell-shaped flowers and green leaves on a cream background.

Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor botanical study of a white blue Pulsatilla flower and a feathery seed head with fine green leaves.

Pulsatilla occidentalis

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1890

Watercolor of a white foxglove pentstemon flowering stem with buds and green leaves on a cream background.

Foxglove Pentstemon (Pentstemon digitalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of two pink Rubus arcticus flowering stems with serrated green leaves on a cream background.

Rubus articus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1880

Watercolor of a white calla lily, a green leaf, and a red poinsettia branch against a pale background.

Untitled (Calla Lily)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Watercolor of a sunny Spanish street with flowered iron balconies, colorful awnings, wooden doors and a blue sky.

Old House at Segovia, Spain

Cass Gilbert, 1920

Watercolor of a church spire and trees across a calm lake at sunset, with warm sky reflected in the water.

Church and Lake

Henry Bacon, 1910

Watercolor of a striped Romanesque-style tower with a red conical roof, rising above rooftops under a pale blue sky.

Cathedral Tower, Pistoia, Italy

Cass Gilbert, 1890

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

John Gadsby, Jr.

Anson Dickinson, 1820

Watercolor of pink wildflowers with buds and green leaves on slender stems against a pale background.

Untitled (Flower Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1939

Watercolor of Dutchman's breeches with white flowers and divided green leaves on a pale background.

Dutchman's Breetches (Bikukulla cucullaria)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Watercolor of a shallow river flowing over rocks with rapids, green shrubs and hills beyond, in warm tan tones.

The Placid Potomac

William Henry Holmes, 1930

Watercolor of a dogwood branch with clusters of red berries and autumn-toned leaves on a pale background.

Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Watercolor of purple gentian buds on slender green stems with narrow leaves against a pale background.

Gentian (Gentiana macounii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Woman in a green gown sits on a crescent moon beside a brown owl, surrounded by soft pastel clouds.

The Witch's Daughter

Frederick Stuart Church, Grand Rapids, MI 1842-New York City, 1880

Watercolor of two figures gathering on a seaweed-covered rocky shore with a white sailboat on calm water beyond.

Morning on the Shore

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1890

Watercolor of flat adobe rooftops in a pueblo with ladders, clay jars, and leaning poles under a pale sky.

Street in the Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico

De Lancey Gill, 1880

Watercolor of large oak trees, grazing cattle, a winding dirt road and a wooden fence under a cloudy sky.

Richmond

Elizabeth Boott Duveneck, 1880

Queen of Hearts (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland)

William Penhallow Henderson

Costume design of Humpty Dumpty, an egg-shaped character with a patterned ruff, orange tunic, and yellow stockings on brown p

Humpty Dumpty (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland, 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson

Painted stage scene of two men grappling before onlookers, with a seated figure pointing, framed by striped canopy and curtai

Parable of the King and His Servants

Lawrence W. Ladd, 1880

Watercolor of a red brick church tower with arched windows and a lantern, above a slate roof with pigeons under a cloudy sky.

St. Martin's Church, Utrecht, Holland

Cass Gilbert, 1890

Loose watercolor of a lake edged by dark trees, green meadow in front, and hills under a lavender sky.

New Hampshire Lake--Raymond

Charles Webster Hawthorne, 1920

Watercolor of a Gothic cathedral with a tall spire and clock tower behind bare winter trees and rooftops.

Antwerp Cathedral

Cass Gilbert, 1890

Red Queen (costume design for Alice-in-Wonderland) 1915)

William Penhallow Henderson