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Watercolor study of a seated golden-robed woman above two fishermen hauling a net, framed with garlands and a FISHERY plaque.

Fishery (study for panel, Old Senate Office Building)

Louis Schaettle, 1910

Watercolor of purple gentian flowers and buds on slender green stems against a pale background.

Gentian (Gentiana holopetala)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

Watercolor of yellow and orange columbine flowers and green buds on tall stems above lobed leaves, on a pale background.

Lemon Columbine (Aquilegia flavescens)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Pencil sketch of a mountain ridge and diagonal ground lines on pale paper, with handwritten label Wells of Moses.

Wells of Moses

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Charcoal drawing of an elderly seated man in an overcoat, head bowed, on brown paper with handwritten inscriptions.

Male Figure

Fernand Sabatté, 1900

White chalk drawing on brown paper of pipes, a dried plant, ribbon-like stalks, a bowl and a cord, with inscribed dates.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) Artist's Signature

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a Rocky Mountain Cassiope plant with white bell-shaped flowers and red tips on green sprigs.

Rocky Mountain Cassiope (Cassiope mertensiana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a red fire pink plant with several blossoms, buds and long green basal leaves on a cream background.

Fire Pink (Silene virginica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a cluster of small blue bluet flowers with yellow centers on thin green stems against a pale background.

Bluets (Houstonia serpyllifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

Pencil portrait sketch of a man in a wrapped turban and loose robe, looking at the viewer, on aged paper.

Bedouin Arab

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of two tall green flower stalks with dark maroon blossoms and buds against a pale background.

Squaw-Cabbage (Caulanthus inflatus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of yellow balsamroot flowers with broad green leaves and silvery stems on a cream background.

Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of marsh marigold with bright yellow flowers, buds, and round green leaves on pale background.

Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Pencil sketch of Etna mountains over a sea with a sailboat, and a hillside town of Messina along the shore.

Etna/Messina

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of white mountain avens flowers and buds with serrated green leaves on a pale background.

White Dryad (Dryas octopetala)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Watercolor of a trillium plant with three green leaves, white petals and a red center on a pale background.

Trillium discolor

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Pencil sketch of Naples Bay coastline with islands Capri and Ischia, a hilltop fort, and the Tomb of Virgil.

Tomb of Virgil, Naples Bay

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Watercolor of a spiny cactus with a bright pink flower blooming from its top, on a cream background.

Cucumber Cactus

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1939

Watercolor of a cluster of delicate green fern fronds with fan-shaped leaflets on a pale background.

Puccoon (Lithospermum ruderale)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a white umbrella magnolia blossom with green leaves and a brown stem, painted by Mary Vaux Walcott in 1932.

Umbrella Tree (Magnolia tripetala)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Watercolor of white Washington lily blooms with yellow stamens and green stems and leaves on a pale background.

Washington Lily (Lilium washingtonianum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1933

Pencil sketch of a standing man in a long coat, turned sideways with one hand gesturing, drawn over faint grid lines.

Standing Man, Gesturing

William Page, 1810

Watercolor of a branching bottle gentian plant with blue closed flowers, green leaves and reddish stems on cream paper.

Bottle Gentian (Gentiana saponaria)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1924

Watercolor of a blue-flowered Phacelia plant with green lobed leaves and buds on a white background.

Phacelia (Phacelia parryi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a shooting star plant with pink reflexed flowers on red stems above green basal leaves.

Shooting Star (Dodecatheon hendersonii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a thread leaf sundew plant with curling hairy stalks rising from a mound of moss on a pale background.

Thread Leaf Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Tomb of El Drer, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of a Mexican Fremontia branch with a yellow flower, an orange-red flower, and lobed green leaves.

Mexican Fremontia (Fremontodendron mexicanum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Chalk drawing of a turbaned figure seated among clay pots with bearded onlookers and a block of verse text.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Loquacious Vessels

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a branch with white Virginia stewartia flowers, buds and green leaves against a cream background.

Virginia Stewartia (Stewartia malachodendron)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925