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Watercolor

16,123 works

Watercolor design of an ornate gilded candelabra with six candles, putti, and jeweled base on a pale ground.

Design for a Candelabra

Aimé Chenavard, 1810-38

Watercolor portrait of an elderly woman in a dark headscarf and blue skirt seated beside a table with a jug and cup.

Portrait of a peasant woman

Gouache drawing of three goddesses in a chariot through clouds, with a helmeted figure and flocks of birds.

Three goddesses (allegorical study)

Watercolour of a branch with narrow green leaves and oval red berries on grey stems, signed Fanny Richardson.

Untitled [Miro?]

Fanny Richardson

Watercolor landscape of a snowy mountain range over a winding river plain, with three robed figures on a hill in the foregrou

Mount Olympus from Larissa, Thessaly, Greece

Edward Lear, 1850-85

Watercolour of a winding river between wooded hills, with pale sandbanks and white-roofed farm buildings under a cloudy sky.

Waikanae

Frank Wright, 1906

Pen and watercolor drawing of a man fishing as leaping fish and winged insects with human faces float above the river.

Fishey Flies and Fly Fishes (recto); Typeface Designs (verso)

John Leech, 1837-99

Watercolor of a cook leading fish, a turtle and ducks past a rabbit, fox and pig in a kitchen.

Kitchen Staff (recto); Mountainous Landscape with Hiker (verso)

John Leech, 1837-64

Watercolor of an anthropomorphic carrot with a watering can and a pale parsnip walking in a garden beside a cottage.

"Vegetarian Odd Fellows: or, Carrott and Pa-Snip"

John Leech, 1837-64

Watercolor sketch of a boy with a blue pail looking up at a woman in a bonnet, with a child peeking from behind her.

"Have You Been to the Pump, Simpson?"

John Leech, 1837-64

Watercolour of fisher folk on a beach with beached sailing boats, a woman with pails, and a seated fisherman mending nets.

Fisher folk

Thomas Cafe, 1816

Watercolor comic sketch of a stout man in top hat and checked trousers beside a Cartes de Visite display with a handwritten c

Comic Sketch

John Leech, 1837-64

Watercolor caricature of a servant dusting a lantern on a crate beside a man with an oversized nose and bald head.

"Preparing for the Pantomime"

John Leech, 1836-64

Watercolor of a white stork facing a brown frog beside reeds and a willow, with a windmill in the background.

Frog and bird

Alfred Crowquill, 1850

Watercolor sketch of two women in traditional dress in a doorway, one standing with a red neckerchief, one seated.

Study of two women in a doorway. From: An 1876 sketchbook

Petrus van der Velden, 1876

Grey wash drawing of a grassy pasture with grazing cows, tall trees, and rolling hills under a pale sky.

Poerua Estate, Westland

George Sturtevant, 1896

Drawing of two camels, the front one wearing a patterned saddle blanket with tassels, on a tan background.

Two Camels

John Frederick Lewis, ca. 1843

Watercolor of an Arab school interior with pupils in turbans, a bearded teacher at right, and a boy kneeling at a lectern.

Arab School

John Frederick Lewis, 1841-51

Watercolor of a fortified hill with church domes, a harbor filled with masted ships, and stormy clouds over the water.

Approach to Montevideo, Uruguay

Conrad Martens, 1832

Loose watercolor of robed men gathered before a sunlit Moorish archway, with a figure in orange at right.

Cock Fight

Arthur Melville, 1900

Mullet

Frank Edward Clarke, 1875

Watercolor of a standing young man in a white turban, striped vest and white trousers, beside a tree with orange fruit.

Standing Turkish Youth

William James Müller, 1844

Watercolor of a steep coastal hillside above a harbor village, with boats on calm water and a hazy sky.

View of Clovelly, Devon

Samuel Palmer, ca. 1848-49

Watercolor of a grassy coastal headland overlooking the sea, with a distant island on the horizon at right.

On the North Coast of Devon, Lundy Island in the Distance

Samuel Palmer, ca. 1835

Watercolor of a stone arch bridge over a river with trees and a steep hillside, two small figures on the bridge.

Denham Bridge upon the Tavy

William Payne, 1780-1830

Watercolor of an ornate tiered tower with a domed building behind, robed figures and palm trees in the foreground.

Oriental Scene

David Roberts, 1838

Watercolor of figures in regional dress standing before carved saint statues in a Gothic cathedral interior.

Figures, cathedral interior

Botanical watercolour of a New Zealand plant with white flower heads, roots, and a detached leaf, labelled Braya novae-zeland

Braya novae-zelandiae Hook.f. (now known as Pachycladon novae-zelandiae (Hook.f.)

John Buchanan, 1865

Watercolor of an officer in a blue coat reviewing ranks of soldiers and drummers on a parade ground under a cloudy sky.

The Review

Thomas Rowlandson, ca. 1800

Watercolour of a river between wooded hills, with five small figures wading across the current under a cloudy sky.

On the Buller River, Near Lake Arthur, Rotoiti

William Fox KCMG

Watercolour branch with red berries, pale fluffy flowers and reddish and green leaves, signed by Fanny Richardson.

Untitled [Coprosma male and female]

Fanny Richardson

Watercolour of a flowering Myrsine salicina branch with long green leaves and small pink flower clusters on a cream backgroun

Toro [Myrsine salicina]

Fanny Richardson