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Watercolors

11,528 works

Pen and ink drawing of armed smugglers with bundles among rocky cliffs, signed Rodolphe Bresdin, 1858.

The Smugglers

Rodolphe Bresdin, 1858

Pen and ink drawing of a narrow rocky gorge with steep cliffs on both sides and a rough path below.

Steam in a Gorge

Rodolphe Bresdin, n.d.

Oval red chalk drawing of Roman ruins with ivy-covered arches and a seated artist sketching in the foreground.

An Artist Seated in the Ruins of the Colosseum

Hubert Robert, c. 1759

Watercolor drawing of a draped funerary catafalque with blue canopy, candelabra, crown and regalia, dated 1796.

Catafalque of the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia (Side Elevation)

Vincenzo Brenna, 1796

Watercolor elevation of a blue and yellow draped funeral catafalque with candelabra, reliefs and seated allegorical figures.

Catafalque for the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia (Front Elevation)

Vincenzo Brenna, 1796

Hunter and dog in a winter landscape with skaters on a frozen waterway and a distant town under a pale sky.

Winter Landscape with a Hunter and his Dog

Hendrick Avercamp, 17th century (?)

Pen and watercolor drawing of a crowded village fair with a cart, riders, half-timbered houses and a distant church tower.

Village Fair

Master of the Hermitage Sketchbook, 16th century

Watercolor drawing of a cobbled street before a Gothic church with pedestrians, signboards and brick townhouses.

View of the Old Church of Amsterdam

Hermanus Petrus Schouten, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of cottages, a bent figure working in a field, cypress trees and a blue streaked sky.

Cottages with a Woman Working in the Middle Ground

Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Ink and wash drawing of a dead man on a bed with mourning women and children gathered around him.

Women and Children Mourning a Dead Man

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1778

Watercolor of a river valley with a walled city, rooftops, a fortified tower, and figures on a hillside path under clouds.

View of Avignon (from Villeneuve les Avignon)

Paul Huet, 1823/69

Watercolor design drawing of a cream and red sleigh with a swan-neck dashboard and rear rumble seat, labeled No. 3848.

Sleigh with Rumble Seat # 3848

Brewster & Co., 1883

Ink and wash design drawing of a blue and black scrolled sleigh with a rumble seat, numbered 3811.

Currical Sleigh with Rumble Seat # 3811

Brewster & Co., 1883

Pastel watercolor of Notre Dame cathedral across the Seine with barges and a bridge in the foreground.

Notre Dame

Paul Signac, 1910

Watercolor sketch of a sunrise with radiating rays through clouds above a river, trees, and distant ruins.

Landscape with rising sun, December 1, 1828, 8:30 a.m

Joseph Michael Gandy, 1828

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a collar, with three small figure studies drawn below on the same sheet.

Self-Portrait with Three Sketches

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Pencil sketch of a man seated at a table bent over work, with a handwritten inscription beneath it.

George Cruikshank Making an Etching

Isaac Robert Cruikshank, n.d.

Sheet of Sketches with Self-Portrait

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Two Self-Portraits in Profile

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Self-Portrait in Profile

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Watercolor sketch of people fleeing a burning building, with flames, smoke, a cat on the roof, and a crowd below.

People Fleeing a Burning Building

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Pen and brown ink sketch of a balding man with side whiskers in a high collar, bust-length, facing left.

Self-Portrait

George Cruikshank, n.d.

Watercolor of two little girls in fur-trimmed winter coats and bonnets, one in blue and one in cream, on a tan mount.

Two Little Girls in Fur-Trimmed Coats

Kate Greenaway, 1900

Watercolor of a woman in a flower garland leaning at a lattice window framed by roses and vines.

Woman at Lattice Window

Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Watercolor of a seated girl in a blue-dotted dress beside primroses, framed by bare branches and distant hills.

Seated Girl with Primroses

Kate Greenaway, 1886

Watercolor of a woman with a broom and a little girl beside a basket under a tree with autumn leaves.

Woman with Broom and Little Girl

Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Pen drawing of two women with climbing roses framing the name Hannah Jane Locker Lampson and the date 1898.

Hannah Jane Locker Lampson

Kate Greenaway, 1898

Watercolor of a girl leaning by an apple tree while a boy in a straw hat picks apples into a bucket.

Girl and Boy Picking Apples

Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a woman with a laundry basket holding hands with a small child in a bonnet.

Woman with Child

Kate Greenaway, n.d.

Pen drawing of children in bonnets playing near a cottage and apple tree, with a cat and a central verse by Austin Dobson.

Study for Home-Beauty

Kate Greenaway, c. 1883