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Watercolors

11,528 works

Painted study of a carved wooden figure of a standing man in a red jacket, green vest and hat, on a green base.

Figure of a Black Man

Mina Lowry, c. 1936

Gouache wallpaper design with dark leaves and red flowers over gold stripes, above a black band with pale blue vine ornament.

Wallpaper Border

George Robin, 1935/1942

Watercolor drawing of a reddish-brown wood sofa with scroll arms, claw feet and a dark upholstered seat.

Sofa

Elizabeth Curtis, c. 1940

Painted chalkware object with a yellow textured fruit, green leaves, a red bud, and a flower-decorated pedestal base.

Chalkware

Mina Lowry, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a floral full-skirted dress with lace cape collar and long gathered sleeves, shown on a pale background.

Dress with Cape Collar

Mina Lowry, 1935/1942

Wallpaper design with blue acanthus motifs set within a trellis of dark vines and small flowers on a peach ground.

Wallpaper

Paul Farkas, 1935/1942

Pen and watercolour sketch of smiths working at an anvil by a glowing forge, with smoke and a cliff in the background.

The Forging of the Sampo

Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Wall design with pale blue flowers, green leaves, orange ribbon bows and a white frieze band on a grey ground.

Wallpaper

Nicholas Acampora, 1935/1942

Horizontal wallpaper border design with repeating green leaves, dark berry shapes, and red and green bands on cream paper.

Wallpaper Border

Paul Farkas, c. 1939

Muted watercolor of a flat shoreline with silhouetted factory chimneys on the left, small boats on the horizon, and a heavy c

Southampton Water

Attributed to James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Pen and wash drawing of Hercules raising a club while struggling with a three-headed dog in a rocky landscape.

Hercules

Richard van Orley, n.d.

Horizontal wallpaper border design in green with tan roses, a ribbon bow, teal leaves, and a beaded bottom band.

Wallpaper

Paul Farkas, c. 1939

Painted wallpaper border design with repeated gold and brown tassel motifs on a dark green field, framed by striped bands.

Wallpaper

Walter Doran, c. 1939

Watercolor of a striped kudu antelope with spiral horns walking across grass, with blue mountains behind it.

A Kudu

the younger Nicolas Huet, n.d.

Candlestick

Philip Johnson, c. 1937

Painted study of a polished brass candlestick with a turned stem and stepped octagonal base on cream paper.

Candlestick

Mina Lowry, c. 1939

Caricature watercolour of a standing man with monocle and moustache, dark jacket and tan trousers, on a grey background.

Sir Henry Thompson. Watercolour by C. Pellegrini [Ape], 1874

Carlo Pellegrini

Watercolor textile design with a central rose wreath, brown eagles, scattered multicolored stars, and floral garland borders.

Texile

George Loughridge, c. 1940

Pencil sketch of an older man seated in an armchair, head bent over as if reading, in a simple interior.

The Artist's Father Reading

Mary Cassatt, c. 1883

Frontal watercolor of a wooden mission bench with scalloped backrest, finials, open armrests and stretcher frame.

Mission Bench

Edward Jewett, 1935/1942

Pencil sketch of a crowd of spectators leaning over a curved balcony rail in a theater box interior.

The Spectators

Honoré Daumier, c. 1860-64

Pencil sketch of a plumed-hat male figure leaning over a seated nude form on tan paper.

Mercury (after Pigalle)

Paul Cézanne, 1885/1895

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a pale blue glass bowl with a flared rim and scalloped base on cream paper.

Bowl

John Dana, c. 1940

Watercolor drawing of a teal glass sugar bowl with a domed lid and garland swags on its body, signed P. Johnson.

Sugar Bowl

Philip Johnson, c. 1940

Brown wash drawing of a monk walking among Gothic monastery ruins with broken arches, a tree and a church tower.

Monk in the Ruins of a Monastery

Domenico Quaglio the Younger, 1820/1830

Painting of a red and blue toy fire engine pulled by a white horse, with small firefighter figures on the wagon.

Toy Fire Engine

Mina Lowry, c. 1939

Watercolor landscape of an alpine valley with a farmhouse, fenced trees, a village below and steep mountains beyond.

Schmolnau Near Ischl

Rudolf von Alt, n.d.

Pale blue watercolor wash with a small dark pen sketch near the center of a drawing sheet.

Two Old Men beside a Sled Bearing the Coats of Arms of Amsterdam and Utrecht

Hendrick Avercamp, 1620/33

Watercolor and pencil study of wall painting borders with flowers, geometric meander, rosettes and handwritten color notes.

Wall Painting

Edward Jewett, c. 1939

Watercolor of a dark wrought iron foot scraper with curled scroll ends and a weathered cylindrical base on a cream background

Foot Scraper

John Wilkes, c. 1938