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Watercolors

11,528 works

Watercolor elevation of a decorated gallery wall with a central arched doorway showing a garden and fountain.

Elevation and Cross-Section of of Gallery Wall

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a female dancer in a feathered headdress and flowing theatre costume with arms outstretched.

Female Dancer in a Costume for a Theatre Performance

Stefano Della Bella, c. 1658

Costume Design for Lady with a Fan

Basil Crage, 1890-99

Watercolor design of an art gallery interior with a shopkeeper greeting a couple among paintings and sculptures.

Design for Trade Card for Samuel P. Avery

George Cruikshank, 1873

Decorated manuscript-style border with flowers, birds, a dog and Latin text, framing a faint pencil nativity sketch.

Decorated Border with Nativity Scene

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Drawing of illuminated manuscript initials with jeweled borders, a decorated letter O, and a block of black-letter Latin text

Illuminated Initial "O"

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Grey wash drawing of a bearded seated man embraced by a woman beside a colonnade, with maidservants and onlookers nearby.

The Return of Ulysses

After Theodor van Thulden, c. 1633

Black chalk drawing of an elderly bearded man's head turned to the side, with furrowed brow and curly hair on a buff sheet.

Head of an Old Man, possibly Seneca

Circle of Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1620

Floral border design with white jasmine blossoms, green leaves, a ladybug and a blue butterfly around a blank center.

Floral Border Design

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Illuminated initial letter with a robed saint holding a crozier, framed by blue, red and gold foliate ornament.

Illuminated Initial "N"

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Drawing of a decorative illuminated letter C in red and blue with foliate patterns, roundels and gold accents.

Illuminated Initial "C"

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Illuminated letter D with a haloed woman holding a palm frond and book, surrounded by red and blue foliage and decorative bor

Illuminated Initial "D"

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Painted illuminated initial O with magenta and gold foliage and blue floral panel, beside red staff lines and blackletter tex

Illuminated Initial from Hymnal

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Painted illuminated initial with interlaced ornament and a haloed saint holding an inscribed banner beside a dragon.

Illuminated Initial and Saint

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Illuminated manuscript page with a large knotwork initial and Latin text in green ink, opening the Gospel of John.

Illuminated Leaf with Initial "I"

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Illuminated page with the word Charity in ornate lettering, a woman helping a kneeling man in a vignette, ivy and holly borde

Charity

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Brown wash drawing of a ceremonial procession with banners and robed figures inside a Gothic cathedral interior.

Crowning of a Prince

Jehan-Georges Vibert, n.d.

Hand-coloured L-shaped decorated border with scrolling foliage, blue and red flowers, and gold dots in medieval illumination

Decorated Border

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Pen drawing of a parade with mounted horsemen, a decorated float with garlands and statues, and horn players.

Scene from the Fêtes de Rennes

Daniel Urrabieta Vierge, c. 1880

Illuminated page titled Hope with a blue decorative H, angels above a sleeping woman, lilies and blossoms framing the text.

Hope

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Pen drawing of a busy street with a man in a top hat on a ledge, a couple walking, and crowds beside balconied buildings.

Street Scene

Daniel Urrabieta Vierge, n.d.

Pen drawing of a woman in a headscarf carrying a child, with marching soldiers and a dog in the street behind her.

Woman and Child

Daniel Urrabieta Vierge, n.d.

Watercolor drawing with red gothic word Faith, a blue decorated initial, an angel with a cross, and a praying woman in clouds

Faith

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Grey wash drawing of soldiers storming a stone barricade, one man raising a sabre amid smoke and a street lamp.

Scene from the Suppression of the Paris Commune in May, 1871

Daniel Urrabieta Vierge, c. 1871

A Yachtsman

the Younger Robert Dighton, 1806-65

Red chalk drawing of seated Ceres with a laurel wreath and sheaf of grain, reaching toward a putto beside a tree.

Ceres

Jan Wandelaar, 1752

Pencil and wash drawing of a seated man beside a writing desk, with bookshelves and a hanging scale in the study behind him.

Portrait of a Man, Seated in Front of a Writing Desk

Henry Edridge, 1795-1800

Pencil and wash design drawing of a tall lidded pitcher with silver fittings, acorn finial, and scrolled handle.

Design for a Lidded Crystal and Silver-Plated Water Pitcher or Claret Jug

Elkington & Co., c. 1890-1910

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of a ceremonial scene with a mitred priest at an altar surrounded by robed figures.

Marriage of the Virgin

Follower of Parmigianino

Grey wash drawing of an older man in draped robes pulling away from a kneeling woman clinging to his arm.

The Departure of Marcus Attilius Regulus for Carthage

Jacques-Louis David, 1785/86