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Watercolors

11,528 works

Decorative gold initial A on blue ground with snails, strawberries and a pink flower painted within.

Snails, Strawberries and a Flower in a Decorated Initial "A" from a Manuscript

Unknown artist, n.d.

Watercolor of a windblown woman in yellow beside a red-cloaked man leaning on a tree with a lyre, distant castle and mountain

Tasso Contemplating Beauty

Tommaso Minardi, 1823

Decorated manuscript initial with red flowers and green leaves on a patterned ground, beside black musical notation.

Decorated Initial "P" with Flowers from a Manuscript

Unknown artist, n.d.

Watercolor of a girl with braids seated at a breakfast table with a pitcher, bread, and flowers in a teal room.

Little Lie-A-Bed's Sad Breakfast

Carl Olof Larsson, 1900

Pen drawing of a young woman with flowing hair riding a galloping horse past a large tree and distant mountains.

Young Woman on Galloping Horse

Johann August Rossmassler, n.d.

Watercolor of a winding valley between green hills under a pastel evening sky, attributed to David Cox.

View in Wales

the elder David Cox, n.d.

Pencil drawing of a kneeling man with clasped hands before a veiled woman, with a mosque and minarets behind.

Man Kneeling Before Veiled Woman with Mosque in Background

Johann August Rossmassler, n.d.

Watercolor of a three-masted sailing ship cresting grey waves under a cloudy sky.

Ship at Sea

Albert Ernest Markes, late 19th century

Watercolor of a standing officer in armor holding a pink banner, with a bow and arrows on his back.

An Officer of the Corps of Bowmen

William Alexander, 1797-1805

Watercolor interior of a woman in a white gown and a kneeling man in blue, with a figure watching from a doorway.

The Proposal (recto); Unfinished drawing of a horse and rider (verso)

Richard Parkes Bonington, after 1820

Watercolor and pencil sketch of three women in traditional red-capped costumes with handwritten notes, by Edward Lear.

Peasant women from Ragusa

Edward Lear, 1866 (?)

Watercolor of a river winding toward a cathedral city, with two seated figures on a hill in the foreground.

Rouen, View from Bon-Secours

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1821-22

Blake watercolor of a robed angel leading Eve to a reclining Adam beneath a grapevine.

Angel of the Divine Presence Bringing Eve to Adam (The Creation of Eve: "And She Shall be Called Woman) (recto); Sket…

William Blake, ca. 1803

Watercolor drawing of a towering nude angel raising one arm before a sunburst, holding an open book, feet in flame above the

Angel of the Revelation (Book of Revelation, chapter 10)

William Blake, ca. 1803-5

Ink and wash drawing of veiled women with lamps, kneeling figures, and a trumpeting angel in a night sky.

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

William Blake, ca. 1799-1800

Grey wash drawing of a man with a revolver and a woman in a ruffled gown pointing on a dim cobbled street.

La Grande Capucine

Lex de Renault, n.d.

Watercolor of a cobbled street leading to a Gothic cathedral with twin spires, flanked by old houses and pedestrians.

View of Bayeux

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1832

Watercolor of a village street with a Gothic church spire, a woman in a bonnet walking, and old houses under a cloudy sky.

View of Issy (A Street in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Seine)

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1820-74

Charcoal and watercolor sketch of a narrow street with old buildings, a dark boat in the foreground, and a small figure.

Venetian Street Scene

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 19th century

Loose watercolor of a Venetian-style canal with pale buildings, dark boats on the water, and an obelisk under a blue sky.

Scene on the Grand Canal, Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 19th century

Grey wash drawing of a haloed seated monk with a book beside a standing monk, a crown on the floor, and cherubs above.

King Henry of France and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

Possibly Johann Christoph Lischka, n.d.

Loose watercolor of tall Venetian palaces along a canal with dark gondolas and figures at the water's edge under blue sky.

On the Grand Canal, Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 19th century

Loose watercolor of San Giorgio Maggiore's bell tower and dome across a grey Venetian lagoon at dusk.

San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1840-1906

Watercolor and graphite seaport with masted ships, hazy buildings on the right, and figures on the quay in the foreground.

Seaport after Claude Lorraine (recto); Indecipherable sketch (verso)

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1840-1906

Pencil drawing of a relief frieze with a reclining figure on a cart, centaurs, musicians, dancers, and lions.

Bas Relief with Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

Attributed to Leandro Ricci, n.d.

Watercolor of a castle with a round crenellated tower above a river, trees, a stone bridge, and a small figure.

Caesar's Tower, Warwick Castle

William Callow, ca. 1850

Pencil drawing of two wooden fishing boats on a sandy shore with a fishing net draped over one.

Fishing Boat on Shore

J. K. Rutter, c. 1878

Study for stained glass showing a blue-robed Christ rising above haloed angels, with apostles in brown robes gazing upward.

Ascension of Christ (Acts I, 1-9): study for stained-glass window

Edward Burne-Jones, ca. 1875-84

Fan mount design with a dancing couple, elegant seated women in gowns, arched colonnade and an oval landscape vignette.

Fan Mount: The Spanish Piazza

Charles Conder, 1896

Watercolor of a ruined castle on a hill with a shepherd, dog and sheep on a dirt path under a pale sky.

Ruined Castle

John Sell Cotman, 1823-42