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Painting of a large sea eagle perched on a rock above choppy green water, with a sailing ship in the distance.

Washington Sea Eagle

John James Audubon, 1836

Oil portrait of a woman with braided hair, beaded earrings and necklaces, in an orange dress with a white fur wrap.

Little Eagle, "Wad-ben-de-ba"

Charles Bird King, 1820

Painting of a boy digging a grave in a garden while a girl holds flowers and another child watches nearby.

Children Burying a Bird

J. Alden Weir, 1878

Full-length painting of a standing man in feathered headdress holding a spear, with shield and tomahawk, before a lodge.

A-wun-ne-wa-be, Bird of Thunder

George Catlin, 1840

Painting of a brown sea eagle on a rocky cliff overlooking choppy sea and a distant sailing ship under a blue sky.

Washington Sea Eagle

John James Audubon, 1830

Painting of children in a garden: a boy digs a hole while girls hold flowers, with a bird perched in a tree nearby.

Children Burying a Bird

J. Alden Weir, 1870

Shin-ga-wás-sa, Handsome Bird

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of white herons nesting in a bare tree with wooden platforms beside a small pool and rocky shore.

Waterbirds Nesting

Josephine Joy, 1933

Watercolor of a tall painted totem pole beside a wooden house, two women walking, and forested mountains behind.

The Raven Totem Pole

Theodore J. Richardson, 1910

Painted portrait of a standing Indigenous man in feathered headdress, fringed robe and beaded moccasins beside a shield.

Eé-hee-a-duck-cée-a, He Who Ties His Hair Before

George Catlin, 1830

Painting of a barefoot girl holding a small bird in a meadow beside a white dog, with birds flying above.

Child with Birds and Dog

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1880

Full-length portrait of a standing man in fringed hide robe and feathered horned headdress, holding a decorated staff.

Peh-tó-pe-kiss, Eagle's Ribs, a Piegan Chief

George Catlin, 1830

Portrait of a man in feathered headdress, bone necklace, and blue beaded sash, with red face paint, against a pale background

Au-nim-muck-kwa-um, Tempest Bird

George Catlin, 1840

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

Watercolor of a parrot pitcher plant with two drooping red flowers and curled, red-veined pitcher leaves on a pale background

Parrot Pitcherplant (Sarracenia psittacina)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of white birch trees leaning over a pond with two white ducks swimming in a shadowy woodland.

Untitled (Wood Scene with Birch Trees and Ducks)

Edward Mitchell Bannister, 1820

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 branching owl-clover plant with clusters of pink flower bracts and narrow green leaves on cream paper.

Owl-clover (Orthocarpus tenuifolius)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1920

Watercolor of a birdsfoot violet plant with two purple flowers and deeply lobed green leaves on a cream background.

Birdsfoot Violet (Viola pedata)

Mary Vaux Walcott, 1910