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Watercolors

11,528 works

Watercolor drawing of a carved wooden chair with stepped crest and horizontal panels, shown in three-quarter view.

Wooden Chair

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1939

Pencil and watercolor landscape of craggy limestone cliffs, a tower and buildings at right, under a cloudy sky.

Mont Saleve

John Ruskin, c. 1840

Red chalk drawing of the Virgin and Child with a kneeling friar holding a lily, surrounded by sketched figures on clouds.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anthony of Padua Handing a Lily to the Child

Andrea Sacchi, n.d.

Portrait Study (verso Begonias)

Albert Edelfelt

Grey wash drawing of boys towing a rowboat with a woman and baby along a riverbank beneath tall trees.

A Country Scene

John La Farge, July 1848

Farmer on horseback with a child and cattle on a dusk path, a church on a hill under a crescent moon.

The good farmer

Samuel Palmer, 1865

Watercolour of a whitewashed house and blue building with balcony and terracotta roof under a blue sky.

Fontarabia

Owen Merton, 1911

Painted rendering of a tall highboy chest with brass pulls, shell carving, and cabriole legs on a cream background.

Highboy

Lawrence Phillips, c. 1939

Watercolour of a seated man in a red coat with a dog on a stone stair in a misty wooded landscape.

A scene in the woods at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire

James Bourne, 1800

Drawing of a covered copper pot with a ladle and crumpled cloth on a table against a dark background.

Still Life with a Copper Pot and Ladle

François Bonvin, October 10, 1879

Pencil sketch of a lion in an arched grid and a pelican in a circular grid, studies for stained glass.

Leijona, Pelikaani, Alfa ja omega. Luonnoksia Tampereen tuomiokirkon lasimaalauksiin

Watercolour of a calm blue bay with a pale cliffed headland, rocks in the foreground and a clouded sky.

Wellington Heads

Samuel Birch, 1937

Repeating geometric textile design of brown curved bands and cream rectangles with red triangles on an ochre ground.

Untitled (Textile design no III)

Frances Hodgkins, 1925

Painted wooden toy trotting horse pulling a red-wheeled sulky with a small driver figure, on a plain background.

Trotter in Action

Henry Murphy, 1935/1942

Painted study of a brown toy rooster with a red comb and dark tail feathers on a green rock base.

Toy Rooster

Mina Lowry, c. 1938

Watercolor drawing of a Hepplewhite armchair with striped floral upholstery and a fabric swatch beside it.

Hepplewhite Arm Chair

Elizabeth Curtis, 1936

Watercolor study of a stoneware jar with blue floral decoration and the inscription Coerlears Hook, with a New York label abo

Stoneware Jar

John Dana, c. 1953

Colored pencil drawing of a brass andiron with urn finial, fluted column, claw foot, and dark iron fire bar on cream paper.

Andiron

Max Schwartz, c. 1953

Drawing of a bandbox with brown-toned hunting scenes of men, dogs, a horse and trees on lid and body.

Bandbox

Paul Farkas, c. 1953

Watercolour of a fishing boat beached below a rocky cliff and ruined tower, with fishermen and women on the shore.

Return of fishing boat

William Collins

Watercolor of a wax-faced doll in a brown striped dress with lace collar and bonnet, standing on a cream background.

Wax Face Cotton Doll

Charles Goodwin, 1935/1942

Painting of a dark jointed wooden doll wearing a flat-brimmed hat and boots against a pale background.

Doll

Arthur Wolfson, c. 1937

Pen and wash drawing of a man with a rifle and a dog walking through a wooded thicket.

Stalking with a Dog in the Forest

Hans Smidth, 1839-1917

Painted design study of a child's plaid dress with green trim and buttons, with a pencil back view at upper right.

Child's Dress

George Robin, 1935/1942

Four panels of grey-wash drawings showing fossil fern fronds on rock slabs, labelled in pencil.

Fossil plant specimens, Upper Jurassic, Mataura

John Buchanan, 1864

Watercolor interior design of a neoclassical room with marble walls, columns, laurel-garland ceiling and double doors.

Helsingin vanhan teatteritalon kulissipiirustus

Carl Ludvig Engel, 1816

Painted watercolor of a dark green chest of drawers with red and gold folk motifs, tulips, hearts, and brass knobs.

Chest of Drawers

Charles Henning, c. 1938

Watercolor of a weathered carved wooden female figurehead with curled upswept hair and draped garment.

Figurehead

John Davis, c. 1937

Drawing of a fossil fern specimen with pinnate fronds across a grey rock fragment, on a cream sheet with handwritten labels.

Fossil plant specimen

John Buchanan, 1864

Watercolour of Mount Cook at dusk, with pink-lit slopes, trees and a rocky path rising through misty blue sky.

Mount Cook - an afterglow above the mist

William Hodgkins, 1890