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Watercolors

11,528 works

Watercolor of a wooded park landscape at dusk, with dark trees on the left, golden trees on the right, and a distant lake.

Richmond Park, near Langston Gate

John Linnell the Elder

Painted drawing of an ornamental shadow box with a blue bird perched on gilded foliage inside an arched red and green niche.

Ornamental Shadow Box

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Watercolour of a seated woman with a dog and a man in a blue coat conversing in an arched interior room.

Conversation piece

Alfred Crowquill

Design drawing of a round powder box with a painted scene of a woman in pink and a kneeling man in green by a column.

Powder Box

Thomas Holloway, c. 1936

Watercolor sketch of a hunter in a wide hat aiming a rifle while lying prone on a slope.

Hugh Gully shooting goats

John Gully, 1888

Watercolor sketch of a calm fjord with a three-masted ship, smaller sailboats, and a wooded shore under soft clouds.

Coastal landscape with ships

Martinus Rørbye, 1832

Watercolor of a round gong mounted on a grey bracket with yellow coil springs, lever arm and wooden striker.

Gong

Albert Rudin, 1935/1942

Watercolor drawing of a small box side with a green rim and a stylized plant of curling leaves and red berries.

Small Decorated Box (side)

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, c. 1937

Watercolor design of a small box front with green bands and red stylized flowers and vines on a cream ground.

Small Decorated Box (front view)

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, c. 1937

Watercolor of a golden plain below layered mountains with reddish slopes and distant snowy peaks under a cloudy sky.

Dome Pass and the Five Rivers Plain

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Watercolor of a river with reeds, a red brick arched bridge, large trees and soft clouds in muted greens and browns.

Landscape with river

Brown watercolour of layered sandstone cliffs above a beach, with two small figures and a distant sailing ship at sea.

90' fault and coal seam, 7 1/2 miles North of Greymouth

William Marshall Cooper, 1873

Watercolour and pencil sketch of a steamboat with two funnels and drifting smoke on a sketchbook page.

Watercolour scene of boats

Petrus van der Velden, 1907

Painted study of a brass candlestick with ring handle and drip pan, shown against a cream background.

Candlestick

John Jordan, c. 1937

Pencil and watercolour botanical sketch of white flowers and green cushion-plant foliage with a handwritten species label.

Donatia novae-zelandiae Hook.f

John Buchanan, 1865

Colored pencil drawing of a brass candlestick with a lit candle inside a curved metal reflector shade.

Candlestick

Philip Johnson, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a golden turned candlestick with a drip pan and baluster stem, with a small scale drawing below.

Candlestick

Henry Meyers, c. 1936

Watercolor of a sandy shore with chalk cliffs on the right and a wooden pier stretching over calm water under a hazy sky.

Coast and cliffs

James Baker Pyne, 1843

Brown wash drawing of a tree-lined park avenue with a fountain, figures, and a distant mountain under a pale sky.

View of the Villa Reale (now Villa Nazionale) near Naples

Thorald Brendstrup, 1812-1883

Watercolour of a curving sandy bay with offshore rocks, hills and trees framing the left foreground, 1866.

Wiltshire Bay and the Nuggets, Otago coast

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Watercolor study of a folding needle case with a New Year scene of two children and mistletoe, labeled Synoptical Needle Case

Needle Case

Thomas Holloway, 1935/1942

Pencil and watercolour view over a Naples-like bay with umbrella pines, a volcano and mountains, city below.

View from Castel S. Elmo over Naples

Thorald Brendstrup, 1812-1883

Watercolor of a turned candlestick with a round base, plus a small ink inset sketch of the candlestick with a lit candle.

Candlestick

Majel G. Claflin, 1935/1942

Brown ink drawing of figures on a terrace beside a ruined brick tower, under a pergola and trees, in an oval frame.

Group of People on a Terrace

Jacob Philipp Hackert, 1797

Watercolour of fishermen in top hats hauling boats up a sandy beach, with a faint pencil figure study in the upper left.

Fishermen Hauling a Seine on Sønderstranden

Martinus Rørbye, 1833

Watercolour still life of cream roses in a glass vase and ceramic bowl, with purple flowers and loose petals on a brown backg

Roses (white)

Margaret Stoddart, 1924

Red chalk drawing of a standing woman in a long veil, buttoned robe and headdress, with a fringed shawl.

A Woman in Russian Dress

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1780

Pictilabrus laticlavius (Tas) : Wrasse

Frank Edward Clarke, 1868

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a vaulted ceiling design with feathered wing motifs and a lighter study below.

Siivet, luonnoksia Tampereen tuomiokirkon urkulehterin holviin

Watercolour landscape of a wooden barn, trees and a wooded hill under a pale blue sky, inscribed Dunedin.

Dunedin

James Crowe Richmond, 1866