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Watercolor

16,215 works

Illuminated page titled Hope with a blue decorative H, angels above a sleeping woman, lilies and blossoms framing the text.

Hope

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Pen drawing of a busy street with a man in a top hat on a ledge, a couple walking, and crowds beside balconied buildings.

Street Scene

Daniel Urrabieta Vierge, n.d.

Pen drawing of a woman in a headscarf carrying a child, with marching soldiers and a dog in the street behind her.

Woman and Child

Daniel Urrabieta Vierge, n.d.

Watercolor drawing with red gothic word Faith, a blue decorated initial, an angel with a cross, and a praying woman in clouds

Faith

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Grey wash drawing of soldiers storming a stone barricade, one man raising a sabre amid smoke and a street lamp.

Scene from the Suppression of the Paris Commune in May, 1871

Daniel Urrabieta Vierge, c. 1871

A Yachtsman

the Younger Robert Dighton, 1806-65

Red chalk drawing of seated Ceres with a laurel wreath and sheaf of grain, reaching toward a putto beside a tree.

Ceres

Jan Wandelaar, 1752

Pencil and wash drawing of a seated man beside a writing desk, with bookshelves and a hanging scale in the study behind him.

Portrait of a Man, Seated in Front of a Writing Desk

Henry Edridge, 1795-1800

Pencil and wash design drawing of a tall lidded pitcher with silver fittings, acorn finial, and scrolled handle.

Design for a Lidded Crystal and Silver-Plated Water Pitcher or Claret Jug

Elkington & Co., c. 1890-1910

Pen and ink drawing with blue wash of a ceremonial scene with a mitred priest at an altar surrounded by robed figures.

Marriage of the Virgin

Follower of Parmigianino

Grey wash drawing of an older man in draped robes pulling away from a kneeling woman clinging to his arm.

The Departure of Marcus Attilius Regulus for Carthage

Jacques-Louis David, 1785/86

Watercolor of two women in black faldetta cloaks, one wearing a white headdress and yellow bodice, standing on a pale ground.

Ancient Maltese Costume, A Lady in a Faldetta

Vincenzo Feneck, 19th century

Pen and brown wash drawing of a woman grasping a man in a cloak beside tall trees and distant hills.

Joseph and Patiphar's Wife

Benjamin West, n.d.

Watercolor of a lake with blue mountains, two small figures on the shore, and yellow autumn trees at right.

Lakeland Landscape

Copley Fielding, early 19th century

Portrait of a Beauty

Unknown artist, 17th century

Watercolor drawing of the Koh-i-Noor diamond mounted in jewelry, with a blue pedestal and gilded columns above, by R. S. Garr

Drawing of the "Koh-I-Noor Diamond"

R. S. Garrard & Co., 1851

Pen and ink sketch on salmon paper of a reclining figure on a bed beside vertical hatched curtains in an interior.

Girl Reading in Bed

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1882

Pencil sketch of a uniformed soldier in a shako hat holding a lance, standing on cream paper.

Soldier with Lance

James McNeill Whistler, 1854/55

Pen and ink sketch of a helmeted policeman confronting a top-hatted citizen, both standing on pale paper.

Policeman and Citizen

James McNeill Whistler, 1854/55

Ink sketch of a standing gendarme in a tall helmet and dark cloak, with a sabre at his side, labelled Gendarme.

Gendarme

James McNeill Whistler, 1854/55

Pen and ink sketch of a standing lancer in uniform and shako helmet, holding a long lance with a pennant.

Lancer

James McNeill Whistler, 1854/55

Watercolor sheet music cover of a seated young woman beside colorful sails and a distant pink tower by the water.

Design for music cover: A Runaway Girl Waltz

W. George, 1898

Pencil sketch of the Peacock Room with three tall panels of peacocks above and a loose peacock drawing below.

Sketch of the Peacock Room

James McNeill Whistler, 1898

Watercolor design for a stained glass window with a swallow over a wheat field and two lancets of flowering branches and urns

Design for a stained glass window

Alexander Gibbs, 1866-92

Architectural design sheet with a coloured stained glass lancet window, a rose roundel above, and handwritten notes on the pa

Design for stained glass windows in Ditteridge Church

Edward William Godwin, ca. 1859

Loose charcoal and chalk sketch of a standing nude woman with one hand on her hip, on brown paper.

A Nude Figure

James McNeill Whistler, c. 1878

Watercolor of a stone arched bridge over a river with towers and a small boat, under a cloudy sky.

Pisa

Francis Seymour Haden, 1843-44

Charcoal sketch on brown paper of a draped woman in a turban leaning on a table, by James McNeill Whistler.

Draped Model

James McNeill Whistler, 1866/69

Charcoal sketch of a seated woman in a hat and long dress, hands in lap, on tan paper.

At the Piano

James McNeill Whistler, 1873/75

Pen and watercolour elevation of a Pompeian-style room with winged figures in medallions, garlands, and a central doorway.

Design for a Room in the Etruscan or Pompeian style (Elevation)

C. G. Hawkhurst, 1833

Brown wash elevation drawing of a classical fireplace with fluted pilasters, a scrolled central keystone and an arched firebo

Design for a fireplace

Thomas Heiton, 1827

Watercolor of a glowing white-robed woman holding flowers on a ledge, surrounded by shadowy creatures and a dark landscape.

Light and the Shades

Henry George Hine, ca. 1870