This is a watercolor painting of a flower created by First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison. This piece, along with other drawings and watercolors in her collection, display her talent at depicting flower and nature scenes.

This is a watercolor painting of a flower created by First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison. This piece, along with other drawings and watercolors in her collection, display her talent at depicting flower and nature scenes.

This is a watercolor painting of a bird's nest created by First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison. This piece, along with other drawings and watercolors in her collection, display her talent at depicting flower and nature scenes.

This is a porcelain plate decorated with a painting of a sandpiper and a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow painted by First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison. The plate was painted while she served as first lady during her husband Benjamin Harrison's administration. This plate is in the collection of the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site.

This is a watercolor painting of a flower created by First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison. This piece, along with other drawings and watercolors in her collection, display her talent at depicting flower and nature scenes.

This is a hand-drawn sketch of Benjamin Harrison McKee, affectionately known as "Baby McKee." The drawing was done by Baby McKee's grandmother, First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison. Mrs. Harrison did not sketch often, but her grandson was the subject of some of her sketches. Mrs. Harrison captioned this sketch "Purity in the President's Chair."

This is a watercolor painting of a rose created by First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison. This piece, along with other drawings and watercolors in her collection, display her talent at depicting flower and nature scenes.

This is a porcelain plate purchased and then painted by First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison. She purchased blank porcelain plates to paint decorations on, such as the pansies seen on this plate. Mrs. Harrison was known for giving these pieces as gifts to friends and family.

This image shows a close up of First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison's monogram on a teapot she decorated herself. The letters read "CSH" which were her initials. One of Mrs. Harrison's hobbies was to paint china pieces by hand.

This is a porcelain plate purchased by First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison. Mrs. Harrison purchased blank porcelain plates to paint decorations on, such as the irises seen on this plate. Mrs. Harrison was known for giving these pieces as gifts to friends and family. She also put these pieces up for charity auctions as well.

This is the title page of future first lady Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison's "Floral and Poetical Album." She illustrated this page with a ribbon in the letter C entwined with a variety of flowers. This book foreshadowed her interest in nature. Harrison in her later life painted watercolors and decorated china with depictions of nature.

This is a porcelain plate purchased by First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison. Mrs. Harrison purchased blank porcelain plates to paint decorations on, such as the nasturtiums seen on this plate. Mrs. Harrison was known for giving these pieces as gifts to friends and family. She also put these pieces up for charity auctions as well.

This image shows a tray with an orchid painting on it and the matching tea set hand decorated by First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison. The orchid painted on the tray and tea set are similar to a watercolor painting that Mrs. Harrison had completed earlier. This set shows that Mrs. Harrison used the watercolor paintings to decorate her china pieces.

This is a chocolate pot that First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison hand-painted for her friend Ethel Johnson Hurty. It was a common practice for Mrs. Harrison to buy blank china pieces and hand-paint decorations on them to give to friends and family as gifts. She also put these pieces up for charity auctions as well.

This is an unfinished watercolor painting of pansies by First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison. This painting was most likely started at the Harrison home in Indianapolis, Indiana and was used as a starting point for her painted designs on china pieces.

This is a porcelain teacup believed to have been painted by First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison. The cup displays pink magnolias and gilt bands that resemble the design Mrs. Harrison painted on her grandson's bathtub. Her grandson, Benjamin Harrison McKee, was affectionately known as "Baby McKee." This piece shows one example of Mrs. Harrison's hobby of china painting.

This watercolor of a branch of dogwood blooms is by First Lady Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison, wife of President Benjamin Harrison. As First Lady, Mrs. Harrison promoted the role of women in the arts and helped inventory, survey, and establish the White House china and the fine arts collection. She also acquired several paintings for the collection during her tenure.