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Watercolors

11,528 works

Watercolor drawing of the Colosseum in Rome with tiered arches, small figures on a path, and a pale blue sky.

Colosseum, Rome

Michel Vincent Brandoin

Watercolor design of an ornate gilded candelabra with six candles, putti, and jeweled base on a pale ground.

Design for a Candelabra

Aimé Chenavard, 1810-38

Watercolor portrait of an elderly woman in a dark headscarf and blue skirt seated beside a table with a jug and cup.

Portrait of a peasant woman

Gouache drawing of three goddesses in a chariot through clouds, with a helmeted figure and flocks of birds.

Three goddesses (allegorical study)

Watercolour of a branch with narrow green leaves and oval red berries on grey stems, signed Fanny Richardson.

Untitled [Miro?]

Fanny Richardson

Watercolor landscape of a snowy mountain range over a winding river plain, with three robed figures on a hill in the foregrou

Mount Olympus from Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

Edward Lear, 1850-85

Watercolour of a winding river between wooded hills, with pale sandbanks and white-roofed farm buildings under a cloudy sky.

Waikanae

Frank Wright, 1906

Pen and watercolor drawing of a man fishing as leaping fish and winged insects with human faces float above the river.

Fishey Flies and Fly Fishes (recto); Typeface Designs (verso)

John Leech, 1837-99

Watercolor of a cook leading fish, a turtle and ducks past a rabbit, fox and pig in a kitchen.

Kitchen Staff (recto); Mountainous Landscape with Hiker (verso)

John Leech, 1837-64

Watercolor of an anthropomorphic carrot with a watering can and a pale parsnip walking in a garden beside a cottage.

"Vegetarian Odd Fellows: or, Carrott and Pa-Snip"

John Leech, 1837-64

Watercolor sketch of a boy with a blue pail looking up at a woman in a bonnet, with a child peeking from behind her.

"Have You Been to the Pump, Simpson?"

John Leech, 1837-64

Watercolour of fisher folk on a beach with beached sailing boats, a woman with pails, and a seated fisherman mending nets.

Fisher folk

Thomas Cafe, 1816

Watercolor comic sketch of a stout man in top hat and checked trousers beside a Cartes de Visite display with a handwritten c

Comic Sketch

John Leech, 1837-64

Watercolor caricature of a servant dusting a lantern on a crate beside a man with an oversized nose and bald head.

"Preparing for the Pantomime"

John Leech, 1836-64

Watercolor of a white stork facing a brown frog beside reeds and a willow, with a windmill in the background.

Frog and bird

Alfred Crowquill, 1850

Watercolor sketch of two women in traditional dress in a doorway, one standing with a red neckerchief, one seated.

Study of two women in a doorway. From: An 1876 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1876

Grey wash drawing of a grassy pasture with grazing cows, tall trees, and rolling hills under a pale sky.

Poerua Estate, Westland

George Sturtevant, 1896

Drawing of two camels, the front one wearing a patterned saddle blanket with tassels, on a tan background.

Two Camels

John Frederick Lewis, ca. 1843

Watercolor of an Arab school interior with pupils in turbans, a bearded teacher at right, and a boy kneeling at a lectern.

Arab School

John Frederick Lewis, 1841-51

Watercolor of a fortified hill with church domes, a harbor filled with masted ships, and stormy clouds over the water.

Approach to Montevideo, Uruguay

Conrad Martens, 1832

Loose watercolor of robed men gathered before a sunlit Moorish archway, with a figure in orange at right.

Cock Fight

Arthur Melville, 1900

Mullet

Frank Edward Clarke, 1875

Watercolor of a standing young man in a white turban, striped vest and white trousers, beside a tree with orange fruit.

Standing Turkish Youth

William James Müller, 1844

Watercolor of a steep coastal hillside above a harbor village, with boats on calm water and a hazy sky.

View of Clovelly, Devon

Samuel Palmer, ca. 1848-49

Watercolor of a grassy coastal headland overlooking the sea, with a distant island on the horizon at right.

On the North Coast of Devon, Lundy Island in the Distance

Samuel Palmer, ca. 1835

Watercolor of a stone arch bridge over a river with trees and a steep hillside, two small figures on the bridge.

Denham Bridge upon the Tavy

William Payne, 1780-1830

Watercolor of an ornate tiered tower with a domed building behind, robed figures and palm trees in the foreground.

Oriental Scene

David Roberts, 1838

Watercolor of figures in regional dress standing before carved saint statues in a Gothic cathedral interior.

Figures, cathedral interior

Botanical watercolour of a New Zealand plant with white flower heads, roots, and a detached leaf, labelled Braya novae-zeland

Braya novae-zelandiae Hook.f. (now known as Pachycladon novae-zelandiae (Hook.f.)

John Buchanan, 1865

Watercolor of an officer in a blue coat reviewing ranks of soldiers and drummers on a parade ground under a cloudy sky.

The Review

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1800