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Watercolors

11,528 works

Painted study of a tin sausage stuffer with a tapered spout beside a carved wooden plunger on a pale background.

Sausage Stuffer and Funnel

Albert Rudin, 1940

Gouache design of colcha embroidery motifs with flowers, paisleys, vines, and deer in brown, pink, blue, and green.

Colcha

Majel G. Claflin, 1935/1942

Painting of a deity embracing a devotee on a flowering hillside with cows, devotees, and yellow-roofed buildings below.

Pratham Milan, Shrinathji revealing himself to Vallabhacharya on Mount Govardhan

Unknown artist, Early 19th century

Grey-brown wash drawing of a Gothic church with a pointed doorway, tall windows and gravestones in the churchyard.

Cley Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Watercolor of a worn red, green and black painted tin toy locomotive with spoked wheels and a cowcatcher.

Toy Locomotive

Charles Henning, c. 1940

Toy Horse

Mina Lowry, c. 1937

Watercolor of five kitchen utensils with engraved 1861 handles, including ladles, a perforated skimmer, and a fork.

Kitchen Utensils

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Watercolor drawing of a perforated metal skimmer with a long dark handle, with a smaller pencil sketch and a six-inch scale b

Skimmer

Herbert Marsh, c. 1937

Watercolor of a black velvet vest with shawl collar and red stylized leaf embroidery, signed Majel G. Claflin.

Embroidered Velvet Vest

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1937

Pastel beach scene at low tide with tidal pools, a beached sailboat, and small figures under a pale blue sky.

Beach at Low Tide (Mouth of the River)

Edgar Degas, 1869

Brown wash drawing of a figure group at a table in a rustic interior with dogs and a basket, by Jacob Jordaens.

Jacob and Esau

Jacob Jordaens, c. 1655

Drawing of Saint John the Evangelist holding a chalice, rendered in white heightening on a brown ground.

Saint John the Evangelist

the Elder Hans Franckenberger, 1519

Grayscale drawing of three engraved silver serving utensils with monogrammed handles on a cream background.

Silver Serving Set

Ellen Duncan, c. 1936

Long horizontal sketch of arches with figures carrying garlands, pencil and light watercolor wash on pale paper.

Panoraamakuva köynnöstä kantavista pojista, luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon lehterimaalauksia varten. Oikea puoli peru…

Watercolor sketch of a man working beside a white marble statue of a nude figure and a seated lion in a studio.

Billedhuggeren J.A. Jerichau i sit atelier i Rom

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1845

Painted study of an ornate horse bit with engraved metal cheekpieces, leather straps and rings on a cream background.

Bit

William Herbert, c. 1936

Watercolor drawing of an ornate metal horse bit with engraved cheekpieces, chains, and leather-wrapped grips on a pale backgr

Bit

Edward Jewett, c. 1939

Watercolor of an ornate spur with a star-shaped rowel, engraved steel shank, and a brown leather strap with white stitching.

Spur

Edward Jewett, c. 1938

Gray watercolor drawing of a hinged metal bullet mold with long tapering handles, signed Majel G. Claflin.

Bullet Mold

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1937

Grayscale gouache drawing of a metal spur with curved arms, toothed rowels and a six-pointed spiked wheel on cream paper.

Spur

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1937

Gouache design of stylized flowers and scrolling vines in red, pink, yellow and green on cream paper, with a floral border.

Embroidery from Bedspread

Majel G. Claflin, 1935/1942

Colorful stylized floral design sheet with bouquets and a border strip, annotated with numbered dots and handwritten notes.

Spanish Colonial Bedspread

Majel G. Claflin, 1935/1942

Violin

Edward Jewett, c. 1940

Watercolor of a green wooden shelf topped with two facing stylized birds and carved geometric decoration.

"Bird" Shelf

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1940

Watercolor study of a rustic wooden ladle with a long handle and deep bowl, showing wood grain and a knot.

Wooden Ladle

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1937

Painted watercolor of a stylized green and yellow bird with spread wings on a decorated wooden sconce base.

Painted Wooden Sconce

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1939

Watercolor of a carved wooden hanging wall shelf with two birds, a triangular top, and a decorative bracket beneath.

Hanging Wall Shelf

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1937

Manuscript page of a garden with robed attendants, a cooking pot, flowering tree and blue tiled wall, partly unpainted.

Left side of a double-page album folio: Outside a Royal Encampment (recto)

Bihzad, c. 1485

Pencil and crayon sketch of a lion over a lifeless cub in a circle, with orange clouds and a red initial A.

Leijona kuolleen pentunsa vierellä ; Alfa. Luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon pyöreään lasimaalaukseen.Toteuttamaton suun…

Watercolor of a green painted wooden well head with a peaked roof, rope, and tilted pole resting on stones.

Well Head

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1937