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Watercolor of a pentstemon plant with blue tubular flowers, green leaves and buds on a pale background.

Pentstemon (Pentstemon procerus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a costumed archer in a red velvet cape and feathered cap holding a crossbow on a wooded path.

Archer

Casimiro Tomba, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a blue coat and white wig, with the reverse showing a hair ornament in an enamel locket.

James Cunningham, Last Earl of Glencairn

James Cunningham, 1790

Watercolor of a Canada lily stem with nodding yellow flowers, buds, and green leaves on a pale background.

Canada Lily (Lilium canadense)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1870

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with dark hair in a black jacket, white collar and black bow tie.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Moses B. Russell, 1840

Watercolor of a Jack-in-the-pulpit plant with broad leaves and a striped maroon and green spathe.

Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with dark hair, dark dress and lace collar, in an ornate gold frame.

Dolores Fonseca

Dolores Fonseca, 1840

Watercolor of a standing woman in Persian costume with a pink headdress, striped jacket and yellow skirt.

Persian Girl

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1810

Watercolor of yellow buttercup flowers on green stems with lobed leaves, rising from a small patch of soil.

Avalanche Buttercup (Ranunculus suksdorfii)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Miniature portrait of a man with dark curly hair and white collar in a gilt floral brooch frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

John Alexander McDougall, 1830

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

Benjamin Turo of Bermuda

Eliab Metcalf, 1820

Oval miniature portrait of a gray-haired man in a dark coat and white cravat, set in a gold frame.

Dr. Elisha Poinsett

Edward Greene Malbone, 1800

Watercolor of green pitcher plants with tubular leaves, a yellow flower, and purple-tipped leaves on a white background.

Green Pitcherplant (Sarracenia orephila)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor botanical study of a flowering plant with pale yellow pea-like blossoms and pinnate green leaves on cream paper.

Untitled--Plant Study

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of two maroon red trillium flowers with yellow stamens and broad green leaves on a pale background.

Red Trillium (Trillium erectum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a red maple branch with clusters of red and yellow spring flowers and red buds on brown twigs.

Red Maple (Acer rubrum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a twisted bare tree on snowy hills under a violet and magenta sky with a blue horizon.

Death

Oscar Bluemner, 1920

Watercolor of two pale lady's slipper orchid flowers on tall stems above broad striped green leaves.

Pale Lady's Slipper (Cypridedium acaule)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of two Aleutian fleabane stems with white daisy-like flowers, yellow centers and green basal leaves on cream paper

Aleutian Fleabane (Erigeron unalaschensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1940

Watercolor of a white Washington Lily stem with several open blossoms, yellow stamens, and green leaves on a pale background.

Washington Lily (Lilium washingtonianum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a bloodroot plant with three white flowers, green lobed leaves, and a red rhizome with roots.

Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Painting of a nude woman rising among flowers beside a cloaked man under a rainbow, with trees and sea at left.

The Birth of Fand

Da Loria Norman, 1930

Watercolor of a slender brown stem with a cluster of small drooping yellow-green flowers on a cream background.

Corathorhiza corallorhiza

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of an alpine pointvetch sprig with purple flowers and green feathery leaves on a pale background.

Alpine Pointvetch (Oxytropis podocarpa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor sketch of a pale spider on a green leaf beside a dark curving stream and a small red leaf.

Porcelain-White Spider

Emma Beach Thayer

Watercolor of three buff pussytoes plants with yellow flower heads, gray-green leaves and visible roots on cream paper.

Buff Pussytoes (Antennaria luzuloides)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a branching sprig of pale lavender aster flowers with yellow centers and green buds on a cream background.

Pineland Aster (Aster squarrosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two yellow gaillardia flowers with red centers, a bud, and green leaves on reddish stems.

Perennial Gaillardia (Gaillardia aristata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1900

Watercolor of a mountain cranberry sprig with red berries, green leaves, brown dried leaves and roots on cream paper.

Mountain Cranberry (Vaccinium vitisdaea minus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a sailboat on a calm inlet with trees, a picket fence and hills in the background.

Inlet with Sailboat, Maine

Maurice Prendergast, 1910

Watercolor of pink rhododendron blossoms and green leaves on a reddish stem against a pale background.

California Rose-Bay (Rhododendron californicum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Watercolor of a tent camp along a creek with riders, figures in the foreground, trees and hills under a cloudy sky.

Camp of the Peace Commissioners at Medicine Lodge Creek

Hermann Stieffel, 1860

Oval miniature portrait of an older woman in a white ruffled bonnet and dark dress against a brown background, in a gilt fram

Mrs. Ebenezer Williams

Mrs. Ebenezer Williams, 1820

Watercolor of a seated child in a striped top with bold blue, yellow, and green color blocks behind.

Child

H. Lyman Saÿen, 1910

Watercolor of two swamp aster stems with lavender petals, yellow centers, and slender green leaves on a cream background.

Swamp Aster (Aster paludosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a woman in a pale blue bonnet, white fichu and dark lace-trimmed shawl, against a brown background

Mrs. Tredwell

John Trumbull, 1800

Watercolor of skunk cabbage with dark purple hooded spathes, green leaves and exposed roots, by Mary Vaux Walcott.

Skunk Cabbage (Spathyema foetida)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a blue lupine stem with a spike of violet-blue flowers and palmate green leaves on a pale background.

Blue Lupine (Lupinus argenteus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor of a valley with red-roofed houses, a dirt road, palm trees, and a snow-capped volcano under a hazy sky.

View of Cuernavaca

Henry Otto Wix, 1950

Watercolor of a branch with drooping brown and yellow catkins and small reddish buds against a pale background.

Hazel Alder (Alnus regosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly dark hair in a black coat and white cravat, framed by a border of pearls.

Portrait of a Gentleman with Initials A.S.N.

Jean Francois De Vallee, 1800

Watercolor of a serrated green leaf on a brown twig, with a caterpillar camouflaged along its lower edge.

Jagged Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer

Oval miniature portrait of a young man in spectacles, black coat and high white collar against a lavender background.

Gentleman of the Frothingham Family

Moses B. Russell, 1830

Stylized watercolor of a three-masted ship with golden sails battling waves beside rocky cliffs under an orange, cloud-filled

Shipwreck

Da Loria Norman, 1920

Watercolor of a violet plant with purple flowers on slender stems above rounded green leaves on a cream background.

Butterfly Violet (Viola papilionacea)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a red coat and white cravat, set in a gold brooch, with reverse inscription.

Sir Guy Carelton

Guy Carleton, 1770

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

Virginia Stewartia (Stewartia malachodendron)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a small clump of pygmy plants with slender stems, tiny white flowers and reddish-green leaves on dark soil.

Pygmy Androsace (Androsace subumbellata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered grey hair in a purple coat and white cravat, in a metal frame.

Le Duc de Liancourt

Charles Willson Peale, 1790

Watercolor of a wooden waterfront building with drying skins on its wall, canoes on the shore, and masts behind.

Drying Skins, Sitka

Theodore J. Richardson, 1910

Watercolor of a pine branch with green needles and two large dark purple cones against a cream background.

Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

Abstract watercolor landscape with layered green, tan, and gray hills, a pale central form, and a soft blue sky.

Untitled (Landscape)

Arthur Dove, 1930

Watercolor botanical study of a willow sprig with green leaves and pink and yellow catkins on a cream background.

Rock Willow (Salix petrophila)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910

Watercolor study of a green caterpillar with pale markings and a red tip, on a narrow paper strip with a hexagonal border.

White Birch Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer

Watercolor of red columbine flowers with yellow centers, buds and green leaves on thin stems against a pale background.

Red Columbine (Aquilegia formosa)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1890

Watercolor sketch of the ruined temple columns and stone walls of Baalbek under a pale sky.

Ruins of Balbeck

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, 1840

Portrait of Carolina Musser

Jacob Maentel, 1820

Watercolor of a pitcher plant with tubular green leaves and a nodding maroon and pink flower on pale paper.

Catesby Pitcherplant (Sarracenia catesaei)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of two stems of yellow composite flowers with green basal leaves and brown roots on cream paper.

Montana Parnassia (Parnassia montanesis)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of three stems of rose paintbrush flowers with pink bracts and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Rose Paintbrush (Castilleja pallida)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of pink meadow fleabane flowers with yellow centers and green leaves on tall, hairy stems.

Meadow Fleabane (Erigeron speciosus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor botanical study of pale pink ghostpipe flowers and slender stems on a cream background.

Ghostpipe (Thalesia uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of cut leaf fleabane plant with slender stems and yellow-centered flower heads against a cream background.

Cut Leaf Fleabane (Erigeron compositus nudus)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a dogwood branch with clusters of red berries and leaves shaded from green to russet on a pale background.

Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920