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Watercolor

15,713 works

Pen and ink sketch of a winged putto raising one arm beside a large bearded head with curly hair.

Two Sketches: Kneeling Putto Holding a Head (recto) Details of a Nude Male Child (verso)

Bartolomeo Passarotti, n.d.

Pen and gray wash drawing of a standing warrior statue with helmet and spear on a circular pedestal, seen from behind.

Statue of Standing Warrior, from Rear

Follower of Francesco de'Rossi, called Salviati, n.d.

Watercolor of a standing young man in green coat facing a seated older man with papers at a desk in a period room.

"'The unwelcome hints of Mr. Shepherd, his Agent,' Chapter I" frontispiece for Jane Austen's Persuasion

Charles Edmund Brock, 1898

Black and white two-panel drawing: an armored knight by trees and flowers, and women leaning over a castle tower wall.

Study for How a Devil in Woman's Likeness Would Have Tempted Sir Bors

Aubrey Beardsley, 1893

Red chalk study on blue paper showing a downcast head, hands, a shoulder, and feet in separate sketches.

Sketches of Head, Hands, Shoulder, and Feet

Style of Agostino Masucci, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a kneeling friar gazing up at a winged seraph among clouds, with a companion in the shadows.

Stigmatization of Saint Francis of Assisi

Probably Italian, n.d.

Pastel drawing of a female rider in a white tutu on a grey horse in a circus ring, with a man in blue watching.

At the Circus: Work in the Ring

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899

Red chalk sketches of arms, a male torso, and a back on a buff sheet of paper.

Sketches of Arms, Male Torso, and Back

Unknown artist, n.d.

Dark green leather book cover with gold tooled foliate border and a small embossed coat of arms at center.

Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings of Kew

Sir William Chambers, 1763

Brown ink and wash sketch of a river with bare trees, distant buildings, and hills under a pale sky.

Arno above Florence

David Young Cameron, September 3, 1900

Watercolor of a bearded God in flames pointing toward a nude Adam beside a fiery horse, c. 1795.

God Judging Adam

William Blake, ca. 1795

Watercolor of a winged woman on a flying white horse lifting a baby from a sleeping figure on a green hillside at night.

Pity

William Blake, ca. 1795

Sketchbook page with pencil triangles, compass arcs and red chalk shading on aged paper.

Sketchbook

Cherubino Alberti, c. 1590

Pen and wash drawing of a river landscape with a wooden bridge, a hilltop settlement, and small figures on a path.

Landscape with a Road Leading Towards a Settlement on a Hill

Joos de Momper the Younger, late 16th-mid 17th century

Watercolor and pen drawing of peasants drinking in a smoky tavern, with a seated woman holding a glass and men around a table

Peasants Drinking, verso: sketches of peasants

Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-85

Watercolor drawing of a violinist and villagers gathered outside a rustic ale house with a tankard, children, and a dog.

Strolling Violinist at an Ale House Door

Adriaen van Ostade, 1625-85

Watercolor elevation of an ornate triumphal arch with obelisks, flags, sculptures and a winged trumpeter atop a dome.

Triumphal Arch, April 1814

Francisco Antonio de Sousa, 1814

Title page of Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience with gold lettering, colored washes, and two entwined nude figures

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul: Combined Title-page

William Blake, [1789-94] printed ca. 1825

Watercolor of a shepherd boy with a pipe looking up at a winged child in pink clouds, with trees and sheep around him.

Songs of Innocence: Frontispiece

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored title page for Songs of Innocence showing a woman reading to two children beneath a tree, with ornate lettering.

Songs of Innocence: Title Page

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Watercolor of rear brick buildings, chimneys and a wooden fence in a Philadelphia alley, with a small shed and tree.

A View from an East Window in the Old Sugar House, No.3 Norris' Alley, Philadelphia

Unknown artist, 1811

Hand-colored page with the poem Introduction in red text, framed by twisting vines and small figures in roundels.

Songs of Innocence: Introduction

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page showing a shepherd with a staff beside a tree, sheep grazing below, and the poem The Shepherd above.

Songs of Innocence: The Shepherd

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page showing children playing on a green under a large tree, with a poem printed below in orange text.

Songs of Innocence: The Ecchoing Green

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-coloured illuminated plate of children and adults on a green beneath vines, with a poem above.

Songs of Innocence: The Ecchoing Green (second plate)

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page from Blake's Songs of Innocence showing a child with sheep beside a cottage, poem text above, vine border.

Songs of Innocence: The Lamb

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Illuminated page: a mother and child under a tree at sunrise, above the hand-lettered poem The Little Black Boy with decorati

Songs of Innocence: The Little Black Boy

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored Blake plate showing a seated elder under a willow with two children and sheep, with verse text above.

Songs of Innocence: The Little Black Boy (second plate)

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Hand-colored page with a swirling tree, winged figures, and two verses about a sparrow and robin, titled The Blossom.

Songs of Innocence: The Blossom

William Blake, [1789] printed ca. 1825

Pen and watercolor drawing of an overturned carriage, fleeing pigs, and sprawled figures on a country road.

Going to Ivy Bridge

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor street scene of a brush vendor with a pole of wares talking to two women at a doorway.

Street Scene: Vendor of Brushes

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827

Pen and watercolor drawing of two embracing nude women on a bed under a pink canopy, with a reclining nude man beside them.

Nude Couple Embracing

Thomas Rowlandson, 1780-1827