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Watercolor of white fringed Parnassia flowers on slender stems above round green leaves and brown soil.

Fringed Parnassia (Parnassia fimbriata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered grey hair in a maroon coat and white cravat, set in a gold and woven hair fram

Member of the Yates Family

Yates, 1780

Watercolor of two white forest anemone flowers with serrated green leaves on long stems against a pale background.

Forest Anemone (Anemone deltoidea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor and pencil portrait of a bearded man in a striped white turban and red robe with blue trim.

Turk, Azani

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor of a clump of golden sedge with slender green leaves and clusters of golden-brown seed heads on a pale background.

Golden Sedge (Carex aurea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Painting of three figures on a rocky ledge overlooking a forested valley, with a waterfall and overhanging trees.

Kaaterskill Clove, January 1865

James D. Smillie, 1860

Oval miniature portrait of a woman in a white ruffled bonnet and black lace collar, in a metal frame.

Mrs. Richard Yates

Mrs. Richard Yates, 1790

Watercolor of cardinal monkey flower with red tubular blossoms, green serrated leaves and buds on a cream background.

Cardinal Monkey Flower (Mimulus cardinalis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a stone tower and city walls on a grassy hill, with domes, a minaret, and two walking figures.

Tower of Hypacus, Jerusalem

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor and pencil sketch of a Marseilles fortress by the sea, with a tower, plus a fainter study of Château d'If above.

Marseilles

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Painting of a dim interior with a winding wooden staircase, iron railing, cobblestone floor and a wooden cabinet.

Room Interior with Winding Staircase

Francis Davis Millet, 1910

Watercolor of a white wooden house with a porch, two cannons on a grassy slope, a tall evergreen and mountains behind.

Former Governor's House, Sitka, 1905

Theodore J. Richardson, 1900

Watercolor of a Ragged Fringe-orchid with a tall spike of pale green and white flowers above grass and broad leaves.

Ragged Fringe-orchid (Habenaria lacera)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of two butterfly weed stems with clusters of yellow-orange flowers and long green leaves on cream paper.

Butterfly Weed (Ascelpias tuberosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with curly hair, white dress, and pink rose brooch against grey background.

Mary Thayer Holden

Thomas Young, 1800

Watercolor of eroded sandstone cliff dwellings with a seated man in a hat on a ledge, a distant plain beyond.

Cliff Houses on the Rio Mancos, Colorado

William Henry Holmes, 1870

Stylized painting of a child with blue eyes seated in a black rocking chair against a bold, patterned background.

Child in Rocker

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Landscape painting of a lake and mountain framed by autumn trees, with a woman in red walking a dirt path.

Landscape

John O'Brien Inman, 1890

Painting of a mounted rider with a lance chasing a bison across a grassy prairie beneath a stormy sky, with other hunters in

Buffalo Hunt on the Southwestern Prairies

John Mix Stanley, 1840

Oil portrait of an older man with white powdered hair, dark coat and frilled white cravat against a dark red background.

George Washington

William Winstanley, 1800

Painting of a crowded market before walled town walls, with robed figures, camels, and a minaret on a hill.

Market Day Outside the Walls of Tangiers, Morocco

Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1870

Painting of a sunlit grassy pasture with boulders, grazing cattle, trees, and a blue sky with clouds.

Upland Pasture

J. Alden Weir, 1900

Painting of a mounted Apache warrior on a grey horse on a cliff, with two riders behind and a smoky landscape below.

Black Knife, an Apache Warrior

John Mix Stanley, 1840

Painting of an elderly bearded man in a green robe against a dark brown background, by Henry Ossawa Tanner.

Head of a Jew in Palestine

Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1920

Oil portrait of a woman and young boy with an open book, seated before dark foliage, in an ornate gold frame.

Mrs. William T. Evans and Her Son

Henry O. Walker, 1890

Three paddlers in a birch canoe chase a swimming moose across dark water below a steep wooded cliff.

The Moose Chase

George de Forest Brush, 1880

Stán-au-pat, Bloody Hand, Chief of the Tribe

George Catlin, 1830

Oval oil painting of skaters on a frozen lake beside snow-covered trees, a tent, a cottage and distant hills.

Winter Skating in New Jersey

Régis François Gignoux, 1840

Painting of a sandy road winding through grassy dunes under a blue sky with white clouds, with water on the horizon.

Shinnecock Hills

William Merritt Chase, 1890

Painting of a standing man with feathered headdress, holding a decorated shield and lance, against a pale sky.

Ah-móu-a, The Whale, One of Kee-o-kúk's Principal Braves

George Catlin, 1830