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Watercolors

11,528 works

Brown wash drawing of a mounted armoured rider, two women in a Gothic archway, and a child with a dog.

Illustration - George Cattermole

George Cattermole

Helicolenus percoides (NZ) : Perch

Frank Edward Clarke, 1867

Watercolour of cattle resting in a meadow beneath large trees and a grey sky, with distant woodland.

Greywell, Hants

Watercolor landscape of a river under a cloudy sky, with dark green trees on the right and figures in a meadow.

The River Orwell

David Muirhead, 1910

Watercolor and pencil drawing of a seated woman in a red headscarf and yellow dress, eyes closed, working in her lap.

La tricoteuse

Watercolour of a harbour town on a curved bay, with many moored ships and boats and wooded hills behind.

Wellington

John Bunney, 1858

Moonlit landscape with rounded haystacks, tall pine trees, and moon reflecting on a river, painted in muted browns and greys.

Stackyard, Moulinearn

Painted landscape of harvest fields with grain sheaves, grazing sheep, a shepherd and trees under a pink-tinged sky.

Harvest time near Lamlash, Arran

Waller Paton, 1864

Watercolour of a rugged mountain above a forested valley, with a waterfall and a winding river in the foreground.

Mount Tutoko

Ernest Arthur Chapman, 1876

Latris lineata (NZ) : Common Trumpeter

Frank Edward Clarke, 1867

Watercolour drawing of two figures on rocks overlooking a stream, with a ruined castle on a hill and mountains beyond.

Mountain stream

Watercolor of a rocky coastline with turquoise sea, boulders in the foreground, and green-blue hills under a pale sky.

Kaikoura coast

Alfred Walsh, 1910

Grey wash drawing of a moonlit lake view with wooded hills, palm trees, and a stone balustrade in the foreground.

View from Mr Brandon's residence in the late sixties

Watercolor of a calm lake framed by rocky shores and wooded slopes, with snow-capped mountains and small boats in the distanc

Southern lake

Charles Decimus Barraud, 1871

Hand-painted plate of numbered New Zealand beetles showing adult beetles, larvae and pupae with scale bars.

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

George Hudson, 1934

Watercolour of a wide river with a wooden bridge, a small boat, a house on the left bank and wooded hills beyond.

Parramatta River (No 7)

George Sherriff

Drawing of a servant woman in a white cap and apron filling a copper pot from a fountain spigot in a dim kitchen.

Servant Drawing Water from the Fountain

François Bonvin, 1861

Watercolor landscape of a wooded gorge with rocky slopes, tall trees, and a pale blue sky with clouds.

Landscape with River Gorge

George Sand, 1860/69

Pencil landscape of a castle and town on distant hills, with cattle and figures wading in a river in the foreground.

Town and Castle of Hay

Joseph Murray Ince, 1844

Chalk drawing of a reclining nude woman with a draped cloth across her legs, rendered in black, white and red on tan paper.

Study after Apollo Revealing his Divinity before the Shepherdess Isse

Studio of François Boucher, c. 1750

Night lane with a horse-drawn cart on a wet road, bare trees and dark hedges under a greenish sky.

Lane Scene at Night

John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1872

Pastel portrait of a young man with brown hair lying in an iron bed, gazing toward the viewer, on green and white tones.

The Artist's Nephew, Prosper-Raymond de Fleury, Lying in Bed

Albert Bartholomé, 1887

Tonal drawing of two boys with a botanical book, flowers and books on a table, by Hans Jakob Oeri.

The Twin Brothers Ludwig and Emil Schulthess

Hans Jakob Oeri, 1818/19

Brown wash sketch of a cavalry battle near a windmill, with horsemen and smoke clouds across the field.

Study

Denis Auguste Marie Raffet, 1833

Pencil and wash drawing of a palazzo, tower and domed church with figures near an arched doorway under cloudy sky.

Viterbo

John Ruskin, c. 1840-49

Watercolour of a harbour town with a tower building, masted ships at anchor, and brown hills beyond the bay.

Tower of old Government House

William Marshall Cooper, 1874

Watercolour of sandy dunes with grasses, a flat plain, and distant hills under a pale grey sky.

Dunedin from the Ocean Beach

James Crowe Richmond, 1865

Watercolour of a green native parrot foraging among leaves and ferns on a mossy bank, with bare trees and hills behind.

Native parrot in a moss and bush setting

Margaret Stoddart, 1885

Circular drawing of a fantasy ruined classical colonnade with arches, a central statue, two lions, and small figures among ru

Architectural fantasy

Jean Henri Alexandre Pernet, late 18th century

Watercolor still life of yellow blossoms in a blue vase against a violet background, with fallen petals on the table.

Yellow blossom and rosemary

Margaret Stoddart, 1897