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Watercolors

11,528 works

Painted study of two brown leather hand holds with metal buckles and stitching, coiled on a tan background.

Hand Holds

Alexander Anderson, 1940

Pencil drawing of a horse-head hitching post with a ring in its mouth and the inscription Bartlett Saginaw Mich. on its base.

Hitching Post

Albert Rudin, c. 1941

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a rusted iron horse head hitching post on a pale background, signed Alexander Anderson 1938.

Horse Head Hitching Post

Alexander Anderson, 1938

Painted gouache drawing of a stiff figure in a top hat and dark coat standing on a dark square base.

Hitching Post

George File, c. 1938

Painted study of a cast iron jockey hitching post with green jacket, red cap and raised arm holding a ring.

Cast Iron Jockey Hitching Post

Frank Gray, c. 1938

Watercolor study of a wooden horseshoe-shaped bog shoe with leather straps and buckles, plus separate strap details below.

Bog Shoe for Horse

James Vail, c. 1936

Sepia drawing of a vaulted crypt with sarcophagi, columns, a central tomb monument and a kneeling figure in light.

A View in San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, Rome

Gustav Friedrich Hetsch, c. 1820

Watercolor drawing of a four-pronged grappling hook with a looped eye, shown in brown tones on tan paper.

Grappling Hooks

Alexander Anderson, 1940

Watercolor of a hoe with a wooden handle, broad heart-shaped blade and two curved prongs on a cream background.

Hoe

George File, 1935/1942

Pencil sketch of a pelican in a circle beside a watercolor panel with an orange mosaic pattern and a pearl-outlined alpha sym

Pelikaani ja alfa, luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon ikkunamaalaukseen

Watercolor of a wooden ice cream freezer with tilted lid, metal crank handle and dovetailed corners on a cream background.

Ice Cream Freezer

William H. Edwards, c. 1939

Watercolor sketch of an ornate decorative border with twisting vines, red rosettes, and a small figure in a framed panel.

Initial sketch for a decorative page

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Painted study of a hand fluting iron with ridged edges, curved metal plate and embossed handle on a cream background.

Hand Fluting Iron

Samuel W. Ford, c. 1938

Watercolor drawing of a brown antique flatiron with a curved dark handle, signed S. Erganian, on a beige background.

Flatiron

Sarkis Erganian, c. 1941

Red chalk drawing of a figure climbing a tree while a woman watches from below in a wooded landscape.

The Nest Robber

Hubert Robert, 1780s

Pen and ink drawing of fishermen hauling a net with fish beside a tree, a woman with a basket, and a harbor in the distance.

Fishermen

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1774

Grey wash drawing of a stone arched bridge over a river, with a city skyline, a dome and small boats in the foreground.

Capriccio with, among others, Ponte Rotto. Rome

Jens Petersen Lund, 1730-1793

Portrait of the Chevalier de Lézay

Louis Carrogis de Carmontelle, 1756

Chalk drawing on blue-grey paper of a man in a powdered wig turned right, holding a book.

Portrait of a Man Holding a Book, Turned to the Right

Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1758/62

Pencil drawing of a standing nude youth with bowed head, one arm resting on a support, legs crossed at the ankles.

Study of a Standing Nude Youth

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1820

Graphite study on tan paper of raised arms, hands, and a female torso with arms overhead.

Study for The Festival

Edward Poynter, 1871

Painted study of an ornate cast iron foot scraper with a scalloped base and scrolled back, with a small dimension diagram.

Foot Scraper

Ralph Morton, c. 1938

Watercolor design of a green salamander on rocks in a shell-shaped frame, with a yellow sunburst over blue sea.

Untitled Drawing for Frame Cartouche (Salamander)

Theodore Roussel, 1899/1908

Grey wash drawing of people in period dress walking a tree-lined avenue past low buildings and a fence, sign reading Champs-E

Relais, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris (recto); Scene from the Life of Odysseus (verso)

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1812

Seated Man in Profile

Mariano Fortuny Marsal, 1869

Watercolor of a wooden wagon jack with iron bands and a long lever on a cream background.

Wagon Jack

Samuel W. Ford, 1935/1942

Drawing of an iron key at exact size above a wooden lock plate with iron corner straps at half size.

Key and Lock

Ronau William Woiceske, 1935/1942

Two goats beside a flowering branch in an arched frame, with Arabic calligraphy above and below on an Iranian manuscript page

Two Goats from Manafi' al-Hayawan (On the Usefulness of Animals) of Ibn Bakhtishu'

Unknown artist, c.1300

Painting of a dark iron pot with a bail handle and lid, rust spots visible, on a cream background.

Iron Pot and Pot Hooks

Charles Goodwin, c. 1937

Drawing of a bearded man with a yellow halo, crescent moon and ring of gold stars against a pale blue circular background.

Man with a long beard (half-length) under a starry sky

Johannes Wiedewelt, 1731-1802