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Watercolors

11,528 works

Watercolor of a Martello tower on a shore at sunset, with a fisherman, a sailing boat and cottages.

Martello Tower at St. Leonards against setting sun

Charles Bentley, 1835-1864

Watercolour of a steel trestle viaduct crossing a deep gorge, with hills and a cloudy sky behind it.

The viaduct, Waikoau

Dorothy Richmond, 1927

Hand-painted plate X showing numbered beetle illustrations and a larva with scale bars on a cream background.

Original hand painted plate for New Zealand Beetles [Plate X]

George Hudson, 1934

Misty watercolour of a mountain lake with trees, rocks, grazing cattle and figures on a grassy slope.

Mountain lake

Benjamin Barker the Younger, 1809

Brown watercolor landscape of a sloping bank with a small waterfall, a picket fence and trees behind it.

Slope. In the background trees and picket fence

J.P. Møller, 1783-1854

Watercolor of a mounted soldier in a plumed helmet and pale coat riding a brown horse with a red saddle cloth.

Kongelig hestegarde

Johannes Senn, 1807

Circular watercolor sketch of Europa riding a white bull over the sea, with sea creatures, nymphs and bulls on a shore.

The Abduction of Europa (design study for a dish)

Theodor Philipsen, 1887

Watercolour of a turquoise lake between dark blue mountains and a wooded hillside under a pale sky.

Outlet of Rotoiti

James Crowe Richmond

Watercolour of green, white-striped hooded orchid buds on slender stems with pink filaments against a grey wash.

Untitled [Pterostylis]

Fanny Richardson

Pencil and watercolor view through a Roman palazzo doorway into a colonnaded passage with figures and a hanging lantern.

Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne. Rom 1835

Martinus Rørbye, 1835

Watercolor of an Auckland waterfront street with wooden wharf, boats, barrels, pedestrians and colonial buildings under a clo

Auckland

Walter Scarlett Hatton

Watercolour landscape of a green meadow, dark tree line, winding stream and pale moon in a grey sky.

Rising mist near Salisbury

Watercolor of a harbor bathing house with bathers, rowboats, a fishing net, and a city skyline with church spires.

Rysensteen's bathing establishment with a view of Langebro and Holmen

H.G.F. Holm, 1803-1861

Watercolor of a seated woman in red and black clothing on a grassy bank with daisies and butterflies.

Female Figure

Alexandre-Louis Leloir, 19th century

Watercolor of a man in a red costume reclining in a courtyard, raising a wine bottle, with broken glass on the cobblestones.

In His Cups

Alexandre-Louis Leloir, 1872

Watercolor of a minstrel with a large instrument on his back walking a sunlit old street past half-timbered houses.

Wandering Minstrel; Old Nuremberg

Alexandre-Louis Leloir, 1843-84

Watercolor pattern draft with red striped bands and ochre stylized leaves, scrolls and fruit motifs above faint pencil guidel

Draft pattern with stylized leaves and fruits

Lambert van Haven, 1680

Watercolor design for a textile pattern with gold armor, crossed swords and muskets on a red and white grid.

Design for a textile pattern with armor and weapons

Lambert van Haven, 1680

Veiled woman pouring a libation over a dead nude man in a barren landscape with a distant city under stormy clouds.

Antigone Gives Token Burial to the Body of Her Brother Polynices

Jules Eugène Lenepveu, 1835-98

Pen and watercolor design for a triumphal gateway with blue and pink Ionic columns, a seated statue, and a plan below.

Draft for a triumphal gate, on the occasion of Marie Sophie Frederikke's entry in 1790?

F.C. Willerup, 1790

Watercolor of a steep glen with a waterfall and blue mountains under a pale sky.

The glen

Henry Pidgeon, 1856

Watercolor drawing of a farmyard with a thatched shed, a woman in the doorway, chickens, straw stacks and a cloudy sky.

Farmyard

Jean-Baptiste-Denis Lempereur, 18th century

Watercolor of an ornate domed fountain in Constantinople with a city wall, cypress tree, and figures in a cobbled square.

The Well at the Seraglio Gate. Constantinople

Martinus Rørbye, 1836-1936

Watercolor drawing of the Château de Versailles facade over formal gardens, with a fountain, strollers, a dog and a boatman.

The Château de Versailles Seen from the Gardens

called the Chevalier de Lespinasse Louis Nicolas de Lespinasse, 1779

Watercolor drawing of the Palace of Versailles across a forest, with riders on horseback and two seated figures in the foregr

Versailles Seen from the Southwest

called the Chevalier de Lespinasse Louis Nicolas de Lespinasse, 1779

Watercolour of a forested river with leaning trees, rocky rapids in the foreground, and a cabbage tree at left.

Untitled (River scene, Porirua river?)

Nicholas Chevalier, 1868

Hand painted plate XIV showing five numbered beetles and a larva with scale bars, arranged on a cream mount.

Original hand painted plate for New Zealand Beetles [Plate XIV]

George Hudson, 1934

Hand-painted entomology plate showing numbered insects: a winged adult, larvae, a moth, and a pupa with scale bars.

Original hand painted plate for the Manual of New Zealand Entomology [Plate XIV]

George Hudson, 1886

Watercolor of a coastal path through pines leading to a wooden footbridge over blue sea with distant islands.

Landscape from Hanko, Finland

Nicoline Tuxen, 1894

Watercolor bouquet of white roses, pale lilacs, buds and green leaves against a grey background.

Flowers: Roses and Lilacs

Paul de Longpré, late 19th-early 20th century