<n>They were three months passing through the forest</n>, an illustration by <n>Virginia Frances Sterrett</n> for the 1920 book <n>Old French Fairytales</n>.

<n>Yi Zhai</n>'s 18th-century painting, <n>Birds, Insects and Flowers</n>.

<n>Maple Tree and Small Birds</n> (c. 1765-66) by Japanese artist <n>Itō Jakuchū</n>.

Illustration from <n>Fêtes Galantes</n> by <n>George Barbier</n>, 1924.

<n>Swallows and Wisteria</n> by artist <n>Ohara Koson</n>.

Cover illustration by <n>Virginia Frances Sterrett</n> for <n>Old French Fairy Tales</n> (1920) by <n>Sophie, comtesse de Ségur</n>.

<n>Lilies, from an untitled series of Large Flowers</n> (c. 1834) by <n>Katsushika Hokusai</n>.

<n>Rose</n>, a watercolor by <n>Kaspar Hauser</n>.

<n>Valentine</n>, a chromolithograph by <n>Kate Greenaway</n> for <n>Marcus Ward & Co.</n>, ca. 1880.

<n>Valentine</n> (ca. 1880), a chromolithograph by artist <n>Kate Greenaway</n>.

<n>Flower Study</n>, an 18th-century painting by Chinese artist <n>Yun Bing</n>.

<n>Chrysanthemum and Stream</n> (1931) by Japanese artist <n>Ohara Koson</n>.

An illustration by <n>Kay Nielsen</n> for the Norwegian fairy tale collection <n>East of the Sun and West of the Moon</n> (1914).

<n>Night's Rest</n> (1899) from the <n>Times of the Day</n> series by <n>Art Nouveau</n> artist <n>Alphonse Mucha</n>.

A watercolor of a floral bouquet by artist <n>Kaspar Hauser</n>, created around 1830.

<n>McCall Quarterly</n> cover for Winter 1927-28, illustrated by <n>Eduardo Benito</n>. Design by <n>House of Worth</n>.

An illustration by <n>Kay Nielsen</n> for the book <n>East of the Sun and West of the Moon</n>, 1914.

Illustration by <n>Mitchell Hooks</n> for the story "<n>The Girl Who Was Frightened</n>" in <n>Cosmopolitan</n>, 1958.

<n>Queen of the Night</n> by Austrian artist <n>Mila von Luttich</n>.

<n>Relatum - silence</n> (2015) by <n>Lee Ufan</n> at <n>Gary Tatintsian Gallery</n>.

<n>Study of Iris</n> (1958) by <n>Eliz. F. Parker</n>.

Illustration from <n>Alpenblumenmärchen</n> (1922) by <n>Ernst Kreidolf</n>.

<n>Roses and Lilies</n>, an 1888 oil on canvas by French artist <n>Henri Fantin-Latour</n>.

<n>Illustration for The White Duck</n> by <n>Ivan Bilibin</n>, 1902.

A peony photographed by <n>Irving Penn</n>, from the 1980 book <n>Flowers</n>.