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Watercolor

15,713 works

Watercolor of a rosewood piano forte with brass inlay, turned fluted legs, and an open keyboard against a beige background.

Piano Forte

Lawrence Phillips, c. 1936

Watercolor drawing of a carved wooden furniture panel with a sunflower and scrolling acanthus leaves in a brown frame.

Furniture Panel

Albert Pinkham Ryder

Colored pencil drawing of a yellow-green fire water pail with a wire handle, with measurement diagrams at upper right.

Fire Water Pail

Herbert Marsh, c. 1936

Self-portrait. Bust-length, profile to the right

Wilhelm Bendz, 1831

Pencil and watercolor design for a pointed-arch stained glass window showing a galloping horse with a rider and a skeleton.

Kuolema ja nälkä, luonnos Tampereen tuomiokirkon lasimaalausta varten. Kahden puolen kirjaimet r ja i

Watercolor and ink landscape of rolling mountains and a valley under cloudy sky, with a stone wall in the foreground.

The Vale of Ambleside, Wansfell

Edwin Austin Abbey

Gridded point paper design with stylized pink water lilies, green lily pads and swirling water, hand-painted in watercolor.

Point Paper (mise-en-carte)

France Roubaix, c. 1880

Watercolor of cavalry soldiers tending horses in a stable, with a woman, dogs and hens on the straw floor.

Kavalerister i en stald

Johann Adam Klein, 1792-1875

Drawing of a clear pressed glass oil lamp with round bosses on its font and a flared hexagonal base, shaded in gray.

Lamp

Lawrence Phillips, c. 1940

Loose watercolor washes in grey, green, and yellow on paper, with faint suggestions of a landscape and white reserved highlig

Unidentified sketch - landscape (?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Grey-toned drawing of a clear glass spark lamp with a wick and pedestal base, signed John Dana.

Spark Lamp

John Dana, c. 1936

Loose watercolor sketch of figures in period dress seated and standing around a bench under green trees.

Figures seated along an outdoor bench

Edwin Austin Abbey

Grey wash drawing of mythological figures in a rescue scene, with two nude young men pulling a draped woman away from a falle

Amphion and Zethus Delivering their Mother Antiope from the Fury of Dirce and Lycus

John Flaxman, 1789

Watercolor drawing of a bearded seated man playing a harp, framed by ornate interlace knotwork and bird motifs.

Brage

Johan Thomas Lundbye Lorenz Frølich, 1844

Watercolor sketch of moored sailing boats on a river beside trees, a thatched cottage, and a church tower in the distance.

Newport

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Loose watercolor and ink sketch of a man in a top hat sweeping a walkway beside an arched doorway and green shrubs.

Man in tophat and shirtsleeves sweeping a walkway

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and watercolor drawing of a coach changing horses in a busy inn yard, with passengers, a horn player and dogs.

Coach Changing Horses

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of a Cornish cottage with cattle, a horse, figures and trees along a rural road.

Launcetown Cornwall

Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1789

Pencil and wash drawing of a pewter cream pitcher with a looping handle and beaded foot on a cream background.

Pewter Cream Pitcher

Fritz Boehmer, c. 1939

Watercolor drawing of a village square with a church tower, a stone well, market figures, horses and thatched cottages.

St. Cullum's, Cornwall

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Watercolor of pale chalk cliffs above a pebbled shore with a small figure and blue sea at right.

Hellede Klint, Refsnæs

Johan Thomas Lundbye, 1843

Pen and watercolor drawing of cattle driven past a village church, with a horseman, a drover, and cottages.

Stanley St. Leonard Church, Gloucestershire

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Pencil and colored pencil drawing of a pewter ladle with a wooden handle, shown in three views with a scale diagram below.

Pewter Ladle

Henry Meyers, c. 1936

Watercolor street scene of a crowd at an auction of old houses near Westminster Abbey, with an auctioneer and lot-numbered bu

Demolition of Old Houses to the North of Westminster Abbey

Thomas Rowlandson, 1800

Watercolor of a fisherman beside an orange boat on a shore, with brown-sailed boats on the sea under a cloudy sky.

Fishing boat on the shore at Hastings

Charles Bentley, 1835-1864

Elaborate Neapolitan nativity crèche with angels, shepherds, livestock, and townspeople among ruined arches.

Crèche

Unknown artist, 1725-75, with later additions

Colored drawing of a carved wooden pitcher with a red flower, zigzag border, green base and angular handle.

Carved Wooden Pitcher

William H. Edwards, c. 1940

Watercolor of a busy harbor with tall ships, rowboats with figures, and a town with a church spire behind.

Limehouse Reach

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Pen and watercolor drawing of an almshouse dated 1600 with figures gathered before it and a family in the foreground.

Alms House of Tottenham

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a leather pouch on cords, a brown object, and a chain fastening detail, labeled actual size.

Pinball and Chain

Frederick Jackson, c. 1936

Watercolor drawing of a wooden plow with a curved handle, rusted iron blade, nails and metal strap against a cream background

Wooden Plow

Majel G. Claflin, c. 1937

Pen and watercolor shipyard scene with workers beside an overturned boat, a family at right, and ships in the harbor.

Boat Builders

Thomas Rowlandson, n.d.