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Watercolors

11,528 works

Watercolour of a mistletoe branch with green oval leaves and red tubular flowers, annotated as a parasite from Mt Ruapehu.

Parasite from Mt Ruapehu

Fanny Richardson

Watercolor landscape of a sheep flock grazing on rolling hills, with a shepherd and sheepdog at right and windmills in the di

Landscape, Sussex

Henry Hine, 1858

Watercolour of a ruined castle on a cliff above a riverside village, with boats and figures on the water.

On the Rhine

William Fox KCMG

Sketch of a calm lake with sailboats, distant mountains, and evergreen trees on a grassy shore.

Newport Mountain from Bald Porcupine

George Henry Smillie

Pentaceropsis recurvirostris (Tas) : Long-snout boarfish

Frank Edward Clarke, 1867

Grey wash drawing of a paneled interior with a fireplace, seated and standing figures, a dog, and an easel.

Study for "The Bailey Family"

Robert Walter Weir

Watercolour of several masted sailing ships in a harbour with a church spire and town skyline in the distance.

Ships in harbour

Watercolor and ink drawing of a large seated woman holding a child, rendered in red, brown and blue washes.

Untitled [Mother and child]

Frances Hodgkins, 1924

Watercolor landscape of a windmill with red sails beside a cottage and tree under dramatic clouds.

A Mill Near Colchester

John Constable, 1833

Interior of a cathedral with carved choir stalls, a lone robed figure on stone floor, and light through stained glass windows

The Choirstalls in the Mainz Cathedral

Adolph Menzel, 1869

Watercolor of cattle and sheep resting under beech trees, with shepherds and a distant castle on hills.

Cattle and sheep at resting at the edge of a forest

the younger George Barret, ca. 1840

Watercolour of a spotted pufferfish with blue-dotted dark back, pale belly and pink fins, labelled Gillbanks' Globe Fish.

Arothron gillbanksii (Gillbanks Globe fish)

Frank Edward Clarke, 1875

Watercolor of cattle drinking at a pool in a valley flanked by rocky cliffs, with sheep grazing on the slopes.

Cattle at a watering hole in a valley

John Henry Mole, 1846-86

Watercolor of a mountain village with timber chalets, pine trees, snowy peaks, and riders on a dirt path.

A party on horseback in a mountainous landscape

Constance Gordon-Cumming, 1877

Botanical drawing of a white daisy flower with yellow centre on a tall stem above a rosette of silver leaves and roots.

Celmisia hectorii Hook.f

John Buchanan, 1865

Watercolor of wooden lock gates, a thatched cottage and two figures by water under misty trees and hills.

Lockgates and cottage

Hand painted entomology plate showing eleven numbered cicadas and a nymph in green, red, brown and black tones.

Original hand painted plate for Fragments of New Zealand Entomology [Plate XVI]

George Hudson, 1946

Watercolor of tents and figures on a hillside with a fortified hilltop pa in misty blue hills.

Ngatapa, Te Kooti's Pa

James Crowe Richmond, 1868

Watercolour of a tiled wooden lychgate beneath dark trees, with two children on a gravel path before a fence.

Porch, Peckenham Church, Kent

James Holland, 1830

Grey wash landscape with a winding river, arched bridge, cattle grazing, and two figures under a large tree.

Landscape with cattle

Watercolor of a riverside town with a church tower, stone houses, a tall tree and misty mountains behind.

Eisteddfod opens at Llangollen

Loose watercolor of dark trees, a red hillside, a white building and a winding road under a pastel sky.

Road to the hills, Ibiza

Frances Hodgkins, 1933

Painting of stormy sea waves crashing against grey cliffs, with seagulls flying over a headland under an overcast sky.

Mogshold head, Isle of Man

Walter Scarlett Hatton

Watercolor of a black caterpillar, white moth and cocoon on a twig, with a patterned moth and a pink-winged moth above.

A Caterpillar and Two Moths on a Branch and Two Butterflies

Nicolaas Struyk, early 18th-mid 18th century

Pale watercolor botanical study of a pink flower and clustered leaves, with a handwritten species label at the bottom.

Heliophyllum rubrum Hook.f. (now known as Phyllachne rubra (Hook.f.) Cheesem.)

John Buchanan, 1865

Watercolor of a river gorge with steep cliffs, green trees and distant mountains under a hazy sky.

The River Von, near Lake Wakatipu

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Watercolor drawing of a sand mullet fish in side view with fin-ray counts and handwritten caption on pale paper.

Myxus elongatus (Tas) : Sand mullet

Frank Edward Clarke, 1866

Watercolor miniature of a woman in a blue dress and lace headdress holding a fan beside an ornate mirror.

Portrait miniature (Woman with a fan)

Pencil and watercolor botanical drawing of a single bell-shaped flower above clustered stems, with a handwritten plant name l

Heliophyllum clavigerum Hook.f. (now known as Phyllachne clavigera (Hook.f.) F.Muell.)

John Buchanan, 1865

Watercolour of a hilltop village with tall cypress trees, a blue tree, red plants and a stone archway.

Hill with cypresses

Frances Hodgkins, 1930