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Watercolor of a California fuchsia stem with red tubular flowers, buds and green leaves on a pale background.

California Fuschia (Zauschneria californica)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1936

Pencil sketch on pale blue paper of two Turkish women, one in a white muslin summer dress and one veiled in a riding cloak.

Turkish Woman (summer dress/riding attire)

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Colored architectural elevation of a three-story Victorian house with a central tower, pagoda cupola, and arched windows.

Architectural Rendering of a Victorian House

n.d C. M. Seckner, 1800

Watercolor of a branching plant with clusters of small yellow flowers and green leaves on a pale background.

Psilostrophe sparsiflora

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil sketch of Nazareth showing a minaret, domed building, cypress trees and stone walls under a pale sky.

Nazareth

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg

Drawing of a crouched nude woman wrapped in cloth beside a stone block, with a handwritten verse panel above and hills behind

(Illustration for Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám) The Magdalen

Elihu Vedder, 1880

Watercolor botanical study of a branch with drooping white bell-shaped flowers and green oval leaves on a pale background.

Untitled--Plant Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Watercolor of a seated robed man gesturing to a woman with an orange jug at a stone well, with a tree and distant town.

Rebecca at the Well

n.d Elizabeth Maxon, 1880

Pencil sketch of a rocky woodland glen with trees beside a still pool and boulders in the foreground.

Fairy Glen, Bettws-y-Coed

George Elbert Burr, 1890

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

Wood Nymph (Moneses uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Watercolor drawing of a standing man in a grey coat and wide-brimmed hat, carrying a walking stick and a knapsack.

Standing Artist

John Frederick Kensett, 1840

Untitled - Howard Russell Butler

Howard Russell Butler

Watercolor of a branch of orange-red globe mallow flowers and buds with grey-green leaves on a pale background.

Scarlet Globe Mallow (Sphaeralcea grossulariaefolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pastel drawing of an elderly woman in a pale headscarf, her face worked in soft ochre and grey tones on brown paper.

Near the End

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Pencil sketch of a woman in a draped shawl and long skirt, holding a small flower, on torn cream paper.

Untitled (Flower Girl)

Howard Russell Butler

Watercolor of yellow daisy-like flowers with golden centers, green buds and leaves on a pale background.

Satinleaf Goldenhead (Enceliopsis covillei)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Red chalk portrait of a young man in a flying helmet, goggles on his forehead and fur-collared jacket.

Edmond Charles Clinton Genet

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a man in a green flat cap and dark coat, smoking a cigarette, on a brown paper ground.

Jimmy Davis

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of a golden pea plant with yellow blossoms and blue-green leaves on pale paper.

Goldenpea (Thermopsis rhombifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Ink and wash drawing of a church spire rising above village cottages, with a large tree on the right and a cart on a path.

Village Scene

Désiré-Lucas, 1910

Pencil sketch of a round columned temple framed by tall cypress and pine trees and dense foliage.

Temple of the Sibyl, Tivoli

George Elbert Burr, 1900

Watercolor of a Zenobia branch with drooping white bell-shaped flowers and glossy green oval leaves on a pale background.

Zenobia (Zenobia cassinifolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a blonde woman with a blue feather boa, bare shoulder, and loose textured strokes on a dark background.

Blonde Girl with Boa

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Charcoal and chalk drawing of dark rough sea waves with white foam under a cloudy grey sky, lower half blank.

Untitled (Seascape)

Howard Russell Butler

Watercolor of scarlet loco flowers, seed pods and gray-green pinnate leaves on a white background.

Scarlet Loco (Astragalus coccineus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Pencil anatomical sketch of a numbered human rib cage and spine, viewed at an angle, on cream paper.

Anatomy

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Anne

George Ault, 1930

Watercolor of a cranberrybush branch with red berries and lobed green leaves on a pale background.

Cranberrybush (Viburnum pauciflorum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1923

Drawing of an ornate double iron gate with columns, circular medallions, and crowning figural groups, in chalk on tan paper.

Geographic Society Grill

Solon H. Borglum, 1910

Pastel portrait of a young man with dark hair, one hand raised to his head, against a grey background.

Jose De Charmoy

Alice Pike Barney, 1900