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Watercolor

15,713 works

Watercolor of a coastal path through pines leading to a wooden footbridge over blue sea with distant islands.

Landscape from Hanko, Finland

Nicoline Tuxen, 1894

Watercolor bouquet of white roses, pale lilacs, buds and green leaves against a grey background.

Flowers: Roses and Lilacs

Paul de Longpré, late 19th-early 20th century

Painted bouquet of white and pink roses with green leaves and buds against a dark gradient background.

Flowers: Roses

Paul de Longpré, late 19th-early 20th century

Brown ink and wash design for a ceiling with a central medallion of putti, trumpets and clouds, surrounded by ornamental scro

Design for the Decoration of a Ceiling an Allegory of Victory

Daniel Marot the Elder, n.d.

Watercolor study of four striped tulips with stems and leaves, a butterfly and a grasshopper, labeled in Dutch.

Four Tulips: Boter man (Butter Man), Joncker (Nobleman), Grote geplumaceerde (The Great Plumed One), and Voorwint (Wi…

Jacob Marrel, ca. 1635-45

Watercolour of a seated man in a top hat on a dog-cart with two harnessed dogs beside a London milestone.

Man in dog-cart

Watercolour plate of eleven numbered New Zealand neuroptera insects, winged adults and larvae, with scale bars.

Original hand painted plate for New Zealand Neuroptera [Plate I]

George Hudson, 1904

Watercolour of mounted cavalry troops in blue uniforms before a redoubt with buildings and a chimney on a grassy hill.

Right troop, Alexandra Cavalry, Manaia Redoubt

George Sherriff

Pen and watercolor drawing of a woman in a headscarf leaning on a pitchfork beside a smoky field fire.

A Woman Burning Weeds

Jean-François Millet, 1830-75

Oval portrait miniature of a woman with grey curled hair and white lace-trimmed dress, in a braided gold frame.

Portrait of a Woman

Nathaniel Plimer, c. 1795

Watercolour of a steam train winding along a railway through a wooded valley, with distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Rimutaka railway from above Cross Creek

Charles Decimus Barraud, 1887

Pen and watercolor drawing of two women in bonnets and striped skirts chatting face to face.

The Two Gossips (Les Deux Commères)

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, 1832

Pen and wash drawing of an 18th-century tea party with musicians, seated guests in powdered wigs, and a dog in the foreground

Tea Party at the Prince de Conti's

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, mid-19th century

The Society Man (Monsieur Joseph Prudhomme)

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, 1874

Watercolour landscape of a plain with trees on the right, stone wall, and blue mountains under a hazy sky.

Waipoua

Nicholas Chevalier, 1868

Paul Gauguin's 1889 cover design: a woman embraced by a swan within a circle on yellow, with flowers and birds.

("Leda") Design for a Plate: Shame on Those Who Evil Think (Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense) ; cover illustration for the "…

Paul Gauguin, 1889

Watercolour and pencil landscape of Ohau Lake with snowy mountains, a small hut and trees in soft pastel tones.

Ohau Lake (Mt Cook)

Nicholas Chevalier, 1866

Grey wash drawing of a gnarled, hollow tree trunk with broken limbs and exposed roots over grassy ground.

Study of a Tree

Roelant Savery, ca. 1606-7

Oval portrait miniature of a man in a white military coat with a blue sash, mounted in a hinged gold locket case.

Portrait of Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, later King of the French

Richard Cosway, 1804

Crapatulus novaezealandiae (NZ): Sand stargazer

Frank Edward Clarke, 1870

Athennidae (Tas)

Frank Edward Clarke, 1868

Drawing of windswept pohutukawa trees above a bay with a rocky headland, grazing cows and rolling hills.

Pohutukawas, Piha

Samuel Birch, 1936

Watercolour of a monk reading in an arched doorway, framed by religious paintings, overlooking a bay and mountain.

From the Caminidole Convent, near Naples

William Brockedon

Watercolor of a woman in a straw hat holding a blue parasol, seated near a bench in a park with green trees.

A Woman Seated at a Bench on the Avenue du Bois

Berthe Morisot, 1885

Watercolor drawing of a garden with a waterfall, classical urns, a stone lion, figures, and cypress trees beside a villa.

Gardens of the Villa d'Este at Tivoli

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1760

Grey wash drawing of a foundry at night, with glowing furnace openings, smoke clouds, and reflections on water.

Foundry at Canon, Herefordshire

John Baptist Malchair, 1792

Pen and wash drawing of a hilltop villa with a seated statue fountain, a lute player, and reclining figures in a garden.

The Fountain of Rome at the Villa d'Este, Tivoli

Charles-Joseph Natoire, 1765

Watercolor of a three-masted ship and small boats on choppy sea, with a distant castle on the coast, in a circular mount.

Marine

Watercolour of a bush landscape with rolling hills, native trees, grazing sheep and distant mountains under a soft sky.

Bush scene Marlborough

William Baker, 1900

Hand-painted plate of numbered New Zealand beetles and larvae with scale bars, labelled Plate IX.

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

George Hudson, 1934

Watercolour landscape of a winding river, grazing cattle, a small settlement and distant blue hills under a pale sky.

The Molyneux River

Nicholas Chevalier, 1865

Watercolor of a palace facade across a courtyard, with small figures in period dress and trees behind.

Courtyard of the Chateau de Saint-Cloud

Victor-Jean Nicolle, n.d.