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Watercolors

11,528 works

Watercolor of two women in black faldetta cloaks, one wearing a white headdress and yellow bodice, standing on a pale ground.

Ancient Maltese Costume, A Lady in a Faldetta

Vincenzo Feneck, 19th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a woman grasping a man in a cloak beside tall trees and distant hills.

Joseph and Patiphar's Wife

Benjamin West, n.d.

Watercolor of a lake with blue mountains, two small figures on the shore, and yellow autumn trees at right.

Lakeland Landscape

Copley Fielding, early 19th century

Watercolor drawing of the Koh-i-Noor diamond mounted in jewelry, with a blue pedestal and gilded columns above, by R. S. Garr

Drawing of the "Koh-I-Noor Diamond"

R. S. Garrard & Co., 1851

Pen and ink sketch on salmon paper of a reclining figure on a bed beside vertical hatched curtains in an interior.

Girl Reading in Bed

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1882

Pencil sketch of a uniformed soldier in a shako hat holding a lance, standing on cream paper.

Soldier with Lance

James McNeill Whistler, 1854/55

Pen and ink sketch of a helmeted policeman confronting a top-hatted citizen, both standing on pale paper.

Policeman and Citizen

James McNeill Whistler, 1854/55

Ink sketch of a standing gendarme in a tall helmet and dark cloak, with a sabre at his side, labelled Gendarme.

Gendarme

James McNeill Whistler, 1854/55

Pen and ink sketch of a standing lancer in uniform and shako helmet, holding a long lance with a pennant.

Lancer

James McNeill Whistler, 1854/55

Watercolor sheet music cover of a seated young woman beside colorful sails and a distant pink tower by the water.

Design for music cover: A Runaway Girl Waltz

W. George, 1898

Pencil sketch of the Peacock Room with three tall panels of peacocks above and a loose peacock drawing below.

Sketch of the Peacock Room

James McNeill Whistler, 1898

Watercolor design for a stained glass window with a swallow over a wheat field and two lancets of flowering branches and urns

Design for a stained glass window

Alexander Gibbs, 1866-92

Architectural design sheet with a coloured stained glass lancet window, a rose roundel above, and handwritten notes on the pa

Design for stained glass windows in Ditteridge Church

Edward William Godwin, ca. 1859

Loose charcoal and chalk sketch of a standing nude woman with one hand on her hip, on brown paper.

A Nude Figure

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1878

Watercolor of a stone arched bridge over a river with towers and a small boat, under a cloudy sky.

Pisa

Francis Seymour Haden, 1843-44

Charcoal sketch on brown paper of a draped woman in a turban leaning on a table, by James McNeill Whistler.

Draped Model

James McNeill Whistler, 1866/69

Charcoal sketch of a seated woman in a hat and long dress, hands in lap, on tan paper.

At the Piano

James McNeill Whistler, 1873/75

Pen and watercolour elevation of a Pompeian-style room with winged figures in medallions, garlands, and a central doorway.

Design for a Room in the Etruscan or Pompeian style (Elevation)

C. G. Hawkhurst, 1833

Brown wash elevation drawing of a classical fireplace with fluted pilasters, a scrolled central keystone and an arched firebo

Design for a fireplace

Thomas Heiton, 1827

Watercolor of a glowing white-robed woman holding flowers on a ledge, surrounded by shadowy creatures and a dark landscape.

Light and the Shades

Henry George Hine, ca. 1870

Watercolor drawing of dead deer, hares and a fox beneath a sign reading The British Sportsman, with a rifle leaning on a wall

Design for the Frontispiece of "The British Sportsman"

Samuel Howitt, late 18th-early 19th century

Ink and wash architectural drawing of a gothic gatehouse elevation with a central arch and towers, with a floor plan below.

Entrance to Barlboro' Hall

William Hurst, ca. 1820

Pencil and watercolor frieze of dancers, a crouching creature, bird-headed Egyptian figures, and a cockatoo holding a pennant

Frieze of Figures and Birds

Rev. Geoffrey Liddell Johnstone, 19th century

Sepia drawing of St. Michael's Church, Cherry Burton, with a square tower, Gothic windows and figures in the churchyard.

St. Michael's Church, Cherry Burton: North East View

Horace Jones, 1845-50

Pen and watercolor caricature of a man in a tricorn hat conducting three braying donkeys in a hilly landscape, 1782.

John Campbell, Precentor, Conducting Three Braying Asses

Ink and wash elevation drawing of a Gothic Revival church facade with corner towers, rose window and pointed arch doorway.

Façade of a Gothic Revival Church

Henry Keene, 1745-76

Watercolor drawing of a two-story Italianate villa with a rooftop balustrade, surrounded by trees and a gravel path.

An Italianate Villa

Henry Edward Kendall Jr., 1820-85

Watercolor design of a hexagonal hanging hall lamp with lattice panels and oval landscape medallions on a cream sheet.

Design for a Hall Lamp No.6

Lamqua, ca. 1845

Colored design drawing of a hexagonal hall lamp with pagoda roof, floral panel, and hanging bead tassels on paper.

Design for Hall Lamp No.9

Lamqua, ca. 1845

Pen and watercolour sketch of an angler seated by a river with cows and ducks, under windblown trees.

"The Riverside, Favourable Wind and the Trout Rising as Fast as Possible"

John Leech, 1830-64