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Watercolors

11,528 works

Pen and watercolor drawing of a coach changing horses in a busy inn yard, with passengers, a horn player and dogs.

Coach Changing Horses

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of a Cornish cottage with cattle, a horse, figures and trees along a rural road.

Launcetown Cornwall

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1789

Pencil and wash drawing of a pewter cream pitcher with a looping handle and beaded foot on a cream background.

Pewter Cream Pitcher

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Watercolor drawing of a village square with a church tower, a stone well, market figures, horses and thatched cottages.

St. Cullum's, Cornwall

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Watercolor of pale chalk cliffs above a pebbled shore with a small figure and blue sea at right.

Hellede Klint, Refsnæs

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1843

Pen and watercolor drawing of cattle driven past a village church, with a horseman, a drover, and cottages.

Stanley St. Leonard Church, Gloucestershire

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Pencil and colored pencil drawing of a pewter ladle with a wooden handle, shown in three views with a scale diagram below.

Pewter Ladle

Henry Meyers, c. 1936

Watercolor street scene of a crowd at an auction of old houses near Westminster Abbey, with an auctioneer and lot-numbered bu

Demolition of Old Houses to the North of Westminster Abbey

Thomas Rowlandson, 1800

Watercolor of a fisherman beside an orange boat on a shore, with brown-sailed boats on the sea under a cloudy sky.

Fishing boat on the shore at Hastings

Charles Bentley, 1835-1864

Elaborate Neapolitan nativity crèche with angels, shepherds, livestock, and townspeople among ruined arches.

Crèche

Unknown artist, 1725-75, with later additions

Colored drawing of a carved wooden pitcher with a red flower, zigzag border, green base and angular handle.

Carved Wooden Pitcher

William H. Edwards, c. 1940

Watercolor of a busy harbor with tall ships, rowboats with figures, and a town with a church spire behind.

Limehouse Reach

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of an almshouse dated 1600 with figures gathered before it and a family in the foreground.

Alms House of Tottenham

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a leather pouch on cords, a brown object, and a chain fastening detail, labeled actual size.

Pinball and Chain

Frederick Jackson, c. 1936

Watercolor drawing of a wooden plow with a curved handle, rusted iron blade, nails and metal strap against a cream background

Wooden Plow

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1937

Pen and watercolor shipyard scene with workers beside an overturned boat, a family at right, and ships in the harbor.

Boat Builders

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Watercolor of a thatched village by a stream with trees, a footbridge, walkers, and sailing ships on the sea.

A Scene in Cornwall

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Watercolor of a blue-painted wooden pump with a conical top, curved iron handle and side spout on a pale background.

Pump

Samuel W. Ford, c. 1938

Watercolor sketch of a Gothic cathedral facade with a large rose window, arched portal and spire, dated 1889.

Rheims

Louis Comfort Tiffany, 1889

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a pewter stamp with wooden handle, its oval seal design of doves and flowers, and measuremen

Pewter Stamp

Henry Meyers, c. 1937

Pen and ink sketch of a landscape with a stream under a road, a wooden gate, trees and distant hills.

Landscape with a stream running under a country road

Dankvart Dreyer, 1840-1849

Sewing Box

Herbert Marsh, c. 1936

Watercolor drawing of a clear glass Shaker sugar jar with a reddish-brown lid on a pale background.

Shaker Sugar Jar

Charles Goodwin, 1941

Watercolor drawing of a Shaker grease lamp with a pale blue glass font set in a turned wooden base.

Shaker Grease Lamp

Charles Goodwin, 1941

Watercolor of a weathered wooden spindle-back chair with turned legs and stretchers on a pale background.

Shaker Dining Chair

John Davis, 1935/1942

Watercolor drawing of a cream-painted wooden chest with two drawers, brown knobs, and a shaped base on bracket feet.

Shaker Blanket Chest

John Davis, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a river town with church spires, a paddle steamer, and a log raft under a pale sky.

Saint Paul M.T. (Montana Territory)

John Mix Stanley, 1855

Watercolor and pencil study with a red flower, blue sky, white clouds, snowy mountain, and handwritten color notes.

Study for Poster Portrait: Marsden Hartley

Charles Demuth, 1923

Watercolor study of a small wooden drop-leaf sewing table with one drawer and tapered square legs on a pale background.

Shaker Sewing Table

John Davis, 1935/1942

Watercolor of four woven binding tapes in brown, blue, red and cream stripes and herringbone patterns on a pale background.

Shaker Rug Binding Tapes

Helen Dana, c. 1937