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Watercolors

11,528 works

Painted study of a red-brown redware jug with a curved handle and incised bands on the shoulder, on a cream background.

Economy Redware Jug

Edward White, c. 1937

Watercolor drawing of a tin economy lamp with a loop handle, fuel reservoir, and curved drip pan on a cream background.

Economy Lamp

Edward White, c. 1937

Pencil and wash drawing of a windmill, a large tree, resting figures, and a wooden gate in rolling countryside.

Landscape with windmill

Watercolor study of an ornate green metal clock hand with a small sketch of a columned building with cupola.

Bishop Hill: Clock Hand

Ivar Julius, 1937

Drawing of a brown wooden Shaker bonnet mold with visible wood grain, signed Charles Goodwin, on a cream background.

Shaker Wooden Bonnet Mold

Charles Goodwin, 1935/1942

Pen and watercolour drawing of a woman in a white cap reading in a room with a window, desk, and fireplace with urns.

"An old time chamber it was"- (Scene from "Theodore Hook")

David Wilkie, 1836

Aerial perspective drawing of a proposed Chicago lakefront boulevard with gardens, city blocks, and sailboats on the water.

Plate 114 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Proposed Boulevard and Parkway on Michigan Avenue and Pine Street

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1909

Aerial watercolor plan of a classical city with a domed civic center, obelisks, boulevards and canals.

Plate 122 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Railway Station Scheme West of the River Between Canal and Clinton…

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1905

Watercolor and pencil study of a woman in a bonnet, fringed shawl and dark skirt, with sketches of dress details.

Shaker Dress

Lillian Causey, 1935/1942

Four drawn rock slabs showing fossil fern-like fronds with pinnate leaflets, labelled Dammarites from Shag Point, Otago.

Fossil plant specimen. Dammarites corinata Hector

John Buchanan, 1864

Watercolour view of a harbour town with sailing ships, a steamship and rowing boats below steep green hills, 1867.

Picton

Wilbraham Liardet, 1867

Watercolor drawing of a symmetrical civic plaza with a domed central building, obelisk, and long classical halls lining the a

View of the Proposed Civic Center Plaza and Buildings, The 1909 Plan of Chicago

Daniel Hudson Burnham, 1908

Drawing of a folded blue and cream checked kerchief with one corner turned back, rendered in pen and watercolor.

Shaker Kerchief

Charles Goodwin, c. 1941

Watercolor drawing of a red afternoon gown with lace-trimmed bell sleeves, a button bodice, and a long train.

Afternoon Dress

Mina Lowry, 1935/1942

Watercolour of a sad boy standing with his hand on his chin in a schoolroom beside an overturned ink pot and scattered object

The shadow on the wall

Hand-painted plate of numbered New Zealand beetles and larvae with scale bars, arranged in a grid on cream paper.

Original hand painted plate for New Zealand Beetles [Plate VII]

George Hudson, 1934

Watercolor of a low wooden bench with turned legs, arched red-and-green painted apron, and a painted house scene.

Bench

Philip Johnson, c. 1936

Painted rendering of a tall wooden case clock with an arched hood, brass finials, gilded eagle, and silvered dial.

Clock

Lawrence Phillips, c. 1938

Painted drawing of a red writing table with turned legs, with three small measured technical views below.

Writing Table and Desk

Henry Meyers, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a brown and blue glazed stoneware jug with a looped handle and drip-glaze pattern on a pale background.

Stoneware Jug

Annie B. Johnston, c. 1938

Shaded drawing of a brown stoneware jar with two loop handles, signed Annie B. Johnston, against a cream background.

Stoneware Jar

Annie B. Johnston, c. 1937

Brown wash drawing of a river with a rainbow over village houses and willow trees, reflected in the water.

The Avon above the bridge at Stratford-on-Avon

Watercolor of a brown stoneware jug with a handle and a label reading G. Benton & L. Steward, Hartford, with a bird.

Jug

John Dana, 1935/1942

Entomology plate with a grey-painted fly, numbered wing diagrams, insect detail sketches, and a black-and-white butterfly pho

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

George Hudson, 1946

Painted study of a gray stoneware jug with blue cobalt floral scroll decoration and a curved handle on cream paper.

Jug

Henry Meyers, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a steep mountain gorge with a rushing torrent, a waterfall, and figures resting by a campfire on a ledge.

Mountain torrent

Joseph Barber, 1829

Watercolor drawing of a glazed combination bookcase and bureau with lion-head drawer pulls and a line diagram below.

Combination Book Case, Desk, and Bureau

Henry Meyers, c. 1936

Watercolour of a sandy beach with driftwood and grass tussock, wooded hills and calm water beyond, under a pale sky.

Grey River, on the beach

James Crowe Richmond, 1862

Watercolour botanical illustration of Ranunculus buchananii with two white flowers, divided leaves and roots, labelled below.

Ranunculus buchananii Hook.f

John Buchanan, 1865

Grey wash drawing of a river flowing through dense forest toward a snowy mountain peak under a cloudy sky.

Looking up the Karangarua Range from above the Great Cataract

George Sturtevant, 1895