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Chalk drawing of a bearded man pointing above two reclining women with vine leaves, a wine jug, and an inscribed verse panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Daughter of the Vine

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of purple vervain flowers with slender hairy stems and finely divided green leaves on a cream background.

Vervain (Verbena wrightii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1938

Watercolor of Owl's Clover with yellow flowers and purple bracts on thin stems, painted against a pale cream background.

Owl's Clover (Orthocarpus erianthus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a sand phacelia plant with purple flowers, narrow green leaves and red stems on cream paper.

Sand Phacelia (Phacelia linearis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a Southern Magnolia seed cone with red seeds emerging, surrounded by large dark green leaves.

Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Drawing of a winged figure beside clay pots and a spade, with verses from the Rubáiyát written in a panel.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Heavenly Potter

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of scarlet mariposa lily stems with red-orange open flowers, buds, and green leaves on a cream background.

Scarlet Mariposa (Calochortus kennedyi)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two tall stems of red tubular Fire Pentstemon flowers with green buds and broad leaves at the base.

Fire Pentstemon (Pentstemon eatonii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1927

Watercolor of a blue bead plant with broad green leaves and a stem holding four dark blue berries against a pale background.

Blue Bead (Clintonia borealis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

Watercolor of white Apache plume flowers with yellow centers and feathery pink seed plumes on slender green stems.

Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Watercolor of white and pink perennial phlox blossoms on green stems with long pointed leaves against a pale background.

Perennial Phlox (Phlox paniculata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a maroon trillium flower with three broad green leaves on a tall pale green stem.

Whippoorwill Flower (Trillium H.)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1937

Watercolor of two delphinium stems with blue and purple flowers, green buds and lobed leaves on a pale background.

Delphinium (Delphinium scopulorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a plant stem with red tubular flowers with yellow stamens and pointed green leaves on cream paper.

Carolina Pink (Spigelia marylandica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1932

(Head) from Tomb, Egypt

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor botanical study of yellow mariposa lily blossoms with fringed petals, buds, and green stems on a cream background.

San Diego Mariposa (Calochortus weedii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Dark wash drawing of a graveyard with a brick tomb, a headstone in the foreground, and a white house among trees.

Graveyard Scene

Ernest C. Peixotto, 1940

Watercolor of slender stems with clusters of bright red star-shaped flowers and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Gilia arizonica

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1931

Francesco, Hermit of Venice

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Pencil sketch of a columned Egyptian temple interior with a robed figure standing near a column.

Egyptian Temple

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Watercolor of a deep red pitcher plant bloom on a tall green stem beside green pitcher leaves on cream paper.

Red Pitcherplant (Sarracenia jonesii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a pine branch with green needles and clusters of dark purple-red cones on a cream background.

Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1931

Watercolor of two tall stems with clusters of small white flowers and narrow green leaves on a pale background.

Miner's Candle (Oreocarya virgata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1937

Charcoal drawing of a chalice amid swirling white and dark spirals, with a handwritten verse on a label below.

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Cup of Despair

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor of a Purple Monkey-Flower sprig with magenta blossoms, yellow throats, green leaves, and a visible root on cream p

Purple Monkey-Flower (Mimulus bigelovii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Charcoal sketch of a man in a dark hat embracing a woman, their faces close together, on cream paper.

Mother and Child

Watercolor of a white-flowered saxifrage plant with a leafy green rosette and slender flowering stems on cream paper.

Saxifrage (Saxifraga caespitosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of pink five-petaled Sabbatia flowers with yellow centers, green stems, leaves and buds on a pale background.

Saltmarsh Rosegentian (Sabbatia stellaris)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a cap by a wooden doorway, with a cooking pot and a head study above.

Untitled (Asian Dock Worker)

Walter Ronald Locke, 1940

Pencil drawing of a seated man in period dress with lace cuffs, shown in a shaded interior with a chair.

Seated Man in Eighteenth Century Dress

William Page, 1810