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Watercolors

11,528 works

Watercolor design of a radiating decorative dome interior with gilded rosettes, scrollwork panels, and winged beasts.

Design for the Interior Cupola of a Domed Chapel, Farnborough, England

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1880-86

Red chalk drawing of cattle and sheep with a horseback shepherd and a seated shepherdess beneath a tree in a landscape.

Cattle and Sheep with Shepherds and Shepherdess

Abraham Begeyn, n.d.

Watercolor elevation of a decorated gallery wall with arched windows, blue and red panels, and floral motifs.

Plan and Elevation of Gallery, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic chapel nave with pointed arches, stained glass windows, and a patterned blue wall.

Elevation of Nave, Chapelle des Catéchismes, Ste Clothilde, Paris

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a cloudy sky inside an ornate frame with floral garlands and scrolling acanthus decoration.

Ceiling Design for the Dining Room of the Duke d'Albe, Madrid

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor of a calm lake reflecting hazy mountains, with flax plants in the foreground and trees and a tent on the right.

Lake scene (Lake Te Wharau?)

John Gully, 1873

Watercolor design of an ornate arched wall niche with green, red and gold panels and a central rosette medallion.

Gallery Ceiling Design, Hôtel Cottier

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1867

Watercolor design of a decorated ceiling and wall panels with a central medallion, classical busts and winged figures in gold

Ceiling Design for Bedroom of Duchesse de Newcastle, Hôtel of Madame Hope

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1867

Watercolor design for painted coving with acanthus scrolls, a classical figure in the spandrel, and a gilded cornice above an

Design for Coving, Hotel de Trevise

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1850-1910

Pen and blue wash drawing of a radiant monstrance surrounded by angels, putti and clouds beneath a seated figure.

Adoration of the Host

Attributed to Luigi Garzi, n.d.

Painting of a young woman in a black hood holding a red prayer book and rosary, set against pink and green walls.

Young Girl Praying

Watercolor design of an ornate intarsia-style ceiling with scrolling foliage, flower medallions and a red rosette centre.

Intarsia Ceiling Design for the Dining Room, Deepdene, Dorking, Surrey

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, 1875-79

Ink and wash drawing of nude figures fighting through violent floodwaters under a stormy sky, with a mountain peak in the bac

The Flood

William Young Ottley, c. 1790-1810

Gouache design for a pastel ceiling with oval central medallion, floral bouquets, classical figures and gilded moldings.

Ceiling Design

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pencil and wash drawing of a seated soldier in uniform and cap, holding and smoking a pipe, signed A. Bloch 1897.

A Good Pipe

Alexandre Bloch, 1897

Watercolor design for an ornamental arched vault with floral garlands, gilded scrolls and a doorway below.

Design for Hôtel de Trevise, Paris

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Pencil sketch of a kneeling soldier with a bayonet-fixed rifle beside a stone wall and spent cartridges on the ground.

Wounded Soldier Loading his Rifle

Alexandre Bloch, c. 1897

Watercolor of misty Venetian canal with gondolas and standing gondoliers, pale blue sky and faint distant boats.

Gondolas, Grand Canal, Venice

Robert Frederick Blum, n.d.

Drawing of a coffered ceiling design with red and gold arabesque panels and moulded geometric frames.

Design for Coffered Ceiling, Mme Païva's Chateau at Neudeck

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a circular domed ceiling with green scrollwork, lion heads and gilded moldings framed by purple bands.

Design for Domed Ceiling for Mme Païva's Chateau at Neudeck

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1877-84

Grey watercolor of two men working inside a wooden room, one pounding paddy with a pestle and one sweeping grain near a barre

Pestling the Paddy

Robert Frederick Blum, n.d.

Red chalk drawing of a seated bearded man in draped robes, hands clasped, on an arched tinted sheet.

Christ in the Garden

Attributed to Giovanni Stefano Marucelli, n.d.

Brown wash drawing of a bearded man pointing away as a woman and child stand beside a tree and stone arch with a dog.

Abraham Sending Away Hagar and Ishmael

John Hamilton Mortimer, n.d.

Watercolor portrait miniature of a woman with wavy hair shading her eyes, standing beside a leafy tree, in a dark wooden fram

Portrait miniature (Woman shading her eyes)

Brown ink drawing of a faun between draped nymphs, with a reclining figure at right and sketches at upper left.

Faun and Nymphs

possibly after Raymond de Lafage, n.d.

Red chalk and ink drawing of a frieze with nude winged putti embracing, leaning on pilasters and carrying a fruit basket.

Frieze with Eight Putti

After Polidoro Caldara, called Polidoro da Caravaggio, n.d.

Pen and ink drawing with red chalk of Hercules seated on a rock as a youth crowns him with laurel, a winged figure above.

Crowning of Hercules

Possibly Paolo de Matteis, n.d.

Watercolor battle scene with soldiers fighting near a ruined church and a burning farmhouse under smoky skies.

Battle Scene with Church at left

Dirk Langendijk, ca. 1790-1800

Watercolor drawing of soldiers fighting near a brick church with a tall spire, smoke and trees in a village road.

Battle Scene with Church at right

Dirk Langendijk, ca. 1790-1800

Watercolour of moored sailing boats and brick warehouses along a hazy harbour front with a distant church spire.

Liverpool Docks