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Watercolor of Spanish bayonet yucca seed pods with dried brown petals and spiky green leaves, painted in 1935.

Spanish Bayonet (Yucca baccata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Joseph Joffre, Marechal

Henri Jacquier, 1910

Pastel portrait of a young girl with long brown hair beside a fluffy gray cat with green eyes.

Minette and Minet

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of white and blue columbine flowers with green leaves, buds, and yellow stamens on a pale background.

Columbine (Aquilegia ecalcarata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1935

Pencil sketch of a stone archway and columns with carved ornament and a small figure in a niche at upper left.

Untitled - Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

The Feathered Hat

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of white Atamasco lilies with pink-tipped petals, yellow stamens, green leaves and buds, by Mary Vaux Walcott.

Atamasco-Lily (Atamosco atamasco)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1925

Untitled (Seated Draped Female Figure, Profile)

Louise Cox, 1900

Dreamland

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of pale Indian Pipe plants with drooping bell-shaped flowers and pink-tinged stems on a light background.

Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1926

Pencil sketch sheet with several studies of birds in flight and perched, drawn in loose graphite lines on cream paper.

Birds

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pastel portrait of a young blonde woman in a dark garment with a gold necklace, against a red background, with the name Berth

Bertha

Alice Pike Barney, 1930

Watercolor of two nodding purple American pasqueflowers with yellow stamens, green feathery leaves, and grass at the base.

American Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla ludoviciana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1922

Victor Chapman

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a seated woman in a yellow dress and green turban, arms resting on a carved wooden chair.

Laura Dreyfus Barney

Alice Pike Barney, 1910

Watercolor of a thorny branch with pink locust flowers hanging among green pinnate leaves on a pale background.

New Mexican Locust (Robinia neomexicana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1930

General Grant

James Edward Kelly, 1880

Pastel poster design of a woman in a large feathered hat with a blue ribbon, with 'Friendship Hat Sale' lettering in the marg

Hat Sale Poster

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of a cliffrose branch with white flowers, yellow centers, lobed green leaves and feathery seed plumes.

Cliffrose (Cowania stanshuriana)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1934

Sepia portrait drawing of a young man in U.S. military uniform and garrison cap, with Latin inscription above.

Hamilton Coolidge

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a smiling woman with short dark hair and colorful earrings, holding pink drapery against her chest.

Model Holding Drapery

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of white northern anemone flowers on slender stems above green lobed leaves, on a pale background.

Northern Anemone (Anemone parviflora)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Pencil sketch of a seated woman seen from behind in a period dress, with tall windows suggested in the background.

Ella at the Piano

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan

Pastel portrait sketch of a bespectacled, mustached man with tousled hair on brown paper, signed and dated 1900.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Alice Pike Barney, 1900

Watercolor of two stems of purple Jacob's ladder flowers with feathery green leaves on a pale background.

Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium viscosum)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1937

Red chalk portrait of a young man in a naval cap and high-collared uniform, looking directly at the viewer.

Richard McCall Elliot, Jr.

John Elliott, 1920

Pastel portrait of a woman with dark curly hair looking down, holding a red and yellow fan against a gray background.

Study with Fan

Alice Pike Barney, 1920

Watercolor of an evening primrose with a yellow open flower, several buds and narrow green leaves on a cream background.

Evening Primrose (Oenothera lavandalaefolia)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1931

Horse Study

Solon H. Borglum, 1920

Pastel portrait of a young woman with a tilted head against sweeping green and brown strokes.

Freda

Alice Pike Barney, 1890