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Watercolors

11,528 works

Watercolor of artists sketching a reclining nude model in a crowded studio, with spectators behind and a lay figure below.

Lay Figure at Somerset House

Thomas Rowlandson, 1822/27

Pen and watercolor street scene of a cart of prisoners passing a crowd of onlookers beneath an arch, with townhouse windows f

London Scene: Malefactors on Their Way to Tyburn

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a man on horseback with a plump woman in pink riding behind him, watched by two women near an archway.

Vicar of Wakefield

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Watercolor interior of a columned chapel with organ, gallery, painted ceiling, and crowded pews, with a clergyman at a lecter

Study for Royal Chapel, Whitehall, in Micocosm of London

Augustus Charles Pugin, 1807-10

Ink and watercolor of a carved medieval ruin with two figures beside it and church spires in the distance.

Two Figures Beside Medieval Ruins, with Church in Distance

Samuel Prout, n.d.

Watercolor of an iron gate between stone pillars, large trees, strollers with parasols, and a classical building in the dista

Entrance to the Avenue from Clare Hall Piece, Cambridge

William Westall, c. 1830

Watercolor of a courtyard with a Gothic-windowed building, a classical brick facade with arched doorways, and a tree.

Remains of the Old Priory and Mathematical School, Christ's Hospital

probably Samuel Ireland, n.d.

Watercolor of a calm harbor with red-sailed boats, rocky cliffs on the right, and a distant town with a castle.

View on the Tagus

possibly William Havell, n.d.

Watercolor of Gothic college towers above a green quadrangle, with small figures and spires in the distance.

All Soul's College from the Radcliffe Library

Augustus Charles Pugin, 1810/20

Watercolor view over a historic town with Gothic stone buildings, pinnacles, a large tree and a church tower under a hazy sky

View From Radcliffe Library

Frederick Mackenzie, n.d.

Watercolor of a stone Gothic gateway and tall pinnacled tower, with figures in period dress and a large tree at right.

Magdalen College and Tower, Oxford

George Pyne, 1853

Watercolor of Eton College's red brick buildings and Gothic chapel seen from the playing fields, with figures and a large tre

Eton from the Playing-Fields

George Pyne, n.d.

Watercolor of a street with brick gateway, gabled buildings, tree-lined road and pedestrians in Victorian dress under cloudy

High Street, Eton

George Pyne, c. 1845

Watercolor interior of a Gothic library with vaulted ceiling, stained glass window, bookshelves and a seated reader.

Library of Winchester College

Frederick Mackenzie, c. 1816

Watercolor and pen drawing of a classical chapel interior with a preacher in a pulpit and a crowded congregation in pews.

Study for Royal Chapel, Whitehall, from Microcosm of London

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1809

Watercolor of King's College Chapel in Cambridge with Gothic windows, pinnacles, a classical building, and figures on a lawn.

South Side of King's College Chapel, Cambridge

Frederick Mackenzie, 1815/20

Watercolor of a long hall with rows of uniformed students writing at wooden desks while a master stands at a lectern.

Writing School, Christ's Hospital

Frederick Mackenzie, n.d.

Watercolor of a long dining hall with rows of boys in blue uniforms at tables, a large painting on the left wall.

Hall of Christ's Hospital

Augustus Charles Pugin, c. 1815

Watercolor sketch of villagers dancing outside a thatched cottage while a fiddler plays and onlookers watch.

Study for Dr. Syntax and Rural Sports

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1812

Watercolor sketch of a Gothic hall with seated men in wigs at a table, a tumbling figure on stairs, and wine bottles in the f

Study for Dr. Syntax Entertained at College

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1828

Watercolor of men drinking in a vaulted wine cellar among large casks, one man helped up a staircase by another.

Study for Dr. Syntax made Free of the Cellar

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1812

Ink and wash drawing of three putti in an oval frame, one holding a sword and another a shield, with armor below.

Putti with Shield and Sword

Jacob de Wit, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of three women in period dress, one holding a bow, beside an archery target in a landscape.

Ladies at Archery

William McTaggart, n.d.

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a standing speaker addressing seated men around a long table in an interior room.

The Assembly of the Gifted: Mr.Bullock Addresses His Friends

George Cruikshank, 1843

Pen and watercolor drawing of a Quakers' meeting hall with seated congregation on benches and spectators in an upper gallery.

Quakers' Meeting

Thomas Rowlandson, 1808/10

Caricature drawing of exaggerated men in top hats in a park, with a banner reading Long Live Punch.

Great Holiday in Mr. Punch's Park

John Leech, 1840/49

Pen and watercolor caricature of a stout man in a top hat leading a horse uphill past riders on the Brighton downs.

Mr. Briggs Goes Out with the Brighton Harriers

John Leech, 1850/59

Pen and watercolor drawing of umbrella-carrying figures walking past a garlanded maypole in the rain, with bare trees.

Oh! The Merry, Merry Month of May!!!

John Leech, 1850/59

Pen and watercolor caricature of a seated tailor fitting a row of soldiers in orange tunics with white trousers.

An Economical Mode of Putting Troops into White Trousers

John Leech, 1840/50

Pen and watercolor drawing of a woman in a pink gown with men and a seated woman, two boys at right, caption below.

Juvenile: I say Charley, that's a jeuced fine girl

John Leech, n.d.