Watercolor botanical study of a small sprig with reddish-green pods and feathery leaves, centered on a pale cream page.

Alpine Pointvetch (Oxytropis podocarpa), watercolor, 1918

A small botanical watercolor of a slender sprig on pale cream paper, with reddish-green pod-like seedpods and fine, feathery green leaflets. The delicate stems arc across the open page, with a handwritten note in the lower right corner.

Artist: Mary Vaux Walcott
Date: 1918
Medium: watercolor on paper
Source: Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size: 1927 × 2776 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1918).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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