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Watercolor

16,215 works

Architectural drawing of a chimney-piece with a pediment, bust, garland swags, and side elevation, in grey wash.

Design for a Chimney-piece, for Thomas Hollis of Lincoln's Inn, London

Sir William Chambers, after 1754

Pen and watercolor design for a neoclassical mirror frame with laurel wreath, shell ornament and pale blue empty panel.

Design for a Mirror

John Yenn, late 18th-early 19th century

Pen and watercolor design of a neoclassical fireplace with an oval mirror, garlands, and urn above a pink wall.

Design for a Chimneypiece

John Yenn, late 18th-early 19th century

Pen and grey wash design for a tall pier-glass with a palmette frieze border, a classical urn at top and a laurel wreath belo

Design for a Pier-glass, of Tall Oblong Form, the Border a Palmette Frieze, the Termination an Urn

Sir William Chambers, 1740-1800

Pen and watercolor design for a mirror with a two-handled urn, laurel wreath and swags on a pale green ground.

Design for a Mirror Surmounted by a Vase

John Yenn, late 18th-early 19th century

Watercolor design of a gilded rococo mirror frame on blue ground beside a candle sconce with a fluted base.

Design for a Oblong Mirror with Sconces

John Yenn, late 18th-early 19th century

Pencil and watercolor design drawing of an oval gilt mirror with ram's head, urn, and laurel swags against pink wall.

Design for an Oval Mirror

John Yenn, late 18th-early 19th century

Design for a a Mirror with a Rounded Top

John Yenn, late 18th-early 19th century

Pen and wash drawing of a rococo fireplace with an ornate carved mirror frame above the mantel.

Design for a Fireplace

Henry Cheere, mid-18th century

Watercolor design elevation of a bronze fountain with marble backing, plus ornament and drinking cup detail studies.

Design for a Fountain to be Executed in Bronze with a Marble Slab at the Back

Kay Maude Coggin, ca. 1895

Watercolor night scene of a man with clasped hands and a woman in white pointing at a starry sky under a moon.

Nocturnal Landscape with Two Figures (design for an engraved book illustration)

Henry Corbould, 1807-44

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a Romanesque church doorway with zigzag moldings and columns, opening onto a dim interior.

Doorway, Heckingham Church

John Sell Cotman, 1816-18

Watercolor elevation of a decorated wall with a central fireplace, arched mirror, floral panels and cameo medallions.

Elevation of Fireplace Wall in an Elizabethan Revival Room

John Dibblee Crace, ca. 1870-90

Watercolor design of a decorated room with painted ceiling, yellow wall panels, two fireplaces, and a central arched red door

Design for a room with two fireplaces

John Dibblee Crace, ca. 1860

Watercolor design for a decorated ceiling with pink and gold borders, scrollwork, and an empty central panel.

Ceiling Design for Madame Hope's Bedroom

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, ca. 1867

Watercolor drawing of a windmill beside a canal with a wooden bridge, farmhouse and small figures under a pale sky.

Landscape with Windmill

Anthonie Erkelens, late 18th century

Pen and watercolor landscape of a red-brick chateau on a hill, with a river, boat, bridge and distant town under clouds.

Landscape with Chateau on a Hill

Joos de Momper II

Drawing of a woman in a wide-brimmed hat seated at a café table by a window, with a second woman behind her.

Portrait of a Woman Seated at a Table

Will Houghton, ca. 1896

Charcoal drawing on grey paper of a man beside a cow and calf in a farmyard with a barn and fence.

Farmyard with Man and Cattle

Constant Troyon, n.d.

Design drawing of a hanging chandelier with a pink glass globe, scrolled candle arms, and a plan view below.

Design for a Glass Chandelier

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

A fencing master (recto); sketch of a man's head (verso)

Robert Dighton, 1790-1814

Watercolor sketch of a standing coachman in white jacket, red breeches and tall black boots, holding a hat and whip.

A coachman (recto); ships and rowboats (verso)

Robert Dighton, 1790-1814

Watercolor of a long columned interior with draped windows, chandeliers, and a nursemaid with children on a blue carpet.

Interior, Leningrad?

Charles de Brocktorff, ca. 1825

Watercolor drawing of the ruined Roman Forum with a tall Corinthian column, an arch, and small figures among stone steps.

View of the Roman Forum, unexcavated

Charles Barry, 1840

Watercolor ceiling design with a central circular opening, floral garlands, scrolling foliage, and a small vignette of two bi

Ceiling Design with Center Cut Out

J. S. Pearse, 1854-68

Watercolor lunette of a kneeling woman in pink, three crowned youths around her, and putti in floral garland borders.

Three Boys Save the Despairing Pamina from Suicide

Moritz von Schwind, 1864

Watercolor ceiling design with radiating panels, birds, ribbon garlands, and floral medallions in blue, pink and gold.

Ceiling Design for the Boudoir, Ardgowan

J. S. Pearse, ca. 1868

Watercolor of three men in period costume talking on a dirt road under a cloudy sky, one with a tartan sash and feathered bon

Quentin Durward and the disguised Louis XI (recto); Study of male figure (verso)

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1825-26

Watercolor and pencil design drawing of a desk with carved panels and plan views of portfolio compartments and a knee hole.

Design for desk and/or portfolio cabinet

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Symmetrical ochre and grey drawing of scrolling foliage and strapwork ornament framing a blank central arch.

Rinceau and Strapwork Ornament

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Gold-washed design drawing of two rectangular ornamental panels, one with strapwork and rosettes, one with scrolling foliage

Two Rectangular Ornaments with Strapwork, Foliage and an Eagle

John Gregory Crace, 19th century

Colored design drawing of an arched stained glass window with floral scrollwork panels and patterned borders.

Design for Stained Glass Windows

John Gregory Crace, 19th century