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Watercolor

16,216 works

Watercolor design of three windows with sheer curtains, floral drapes, tasselled tiebacks and a beaded swag valance.

Design for a Wall with Three Windows

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pen and wash design drawing of an ornate mirror above a side table with swags, garlands and an urn motif.

Design for a Side Table and Mirror

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Pencil and wash design drawing of an ornate fireplace with an arched mirror frame, foliage garland and figure niches.

Design for a Fireplace and Mirror

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Ink and wash drawing of a Gothic Revival wall design with pointed arch niches, pinnacles, and carved wooden trim panels.

Design for Wall with Wooden Trim

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Watercolor portrait of a curly-haired man with side whiskers in a dark coat, set in an oval border.

Unknown Yale Student

Charles Wesley Jarvis

Pencil and watercolor design of an ornate stand with a carved stem, scrolled base and hanging glass drops.

Design

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Watercolor design drawing of an ornate mirror above a curved console table with medallions and gilded classical detailing.

Design for a Mirror and Side Table

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Watercolor design sheet showing two chairs labeled A and B, one with a pink seat and one with an ochre seat, with carved wood

Designs for Two Chairs

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1884-92

Watercolor design sketch of a wooden armchair with a blue upholstered seat on a pink rug, with handwritten notes.

Design of a Carving Chair

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1884-92

Pencil and ink drawing of five chest of drawers designs, one with an open fall-front writing compartment, by Charles Hindley

Designs for Chests of Drawers

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Bird's-eye drawing of a 1883 Pennsylvania farmstead with barn, house, orchard, garden, cattle, and horse-drawn plow.

The Property of John P. and Catharina Schuring, Franklin Town, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Ferdinand A. Brader, 1883

Watercolor design drawing of a pedestal desk with leather top, brass drawer pulls and a central knee space.

Design for Desk

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Reddish-brown ink drawing of a symmetrical scrolled ornamental border with central and end urns and leaf motifs.

Design for Panel Decoration

J. Hulme, 1828-40

Watercolor design of a cushioned bench with a floral garland pattern and two bouquet-printed cushions with tassels.

Design for Cushioned Bench

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Watercolor design drawing of a desk with arched mirror, fluted columns and ornate scrolled crest on a wood floor.

Design for a Desk with Mirror

Charles Hindley and Sons, 1841-84

Hand-colored print of three women in white dresses and bonnets struggling with parasols in a high wind, with trees and a smal

The Graces in a High Wind

James Gillray, published May 26, 1810

Watercolor of a 19th-century drawing room with a harp, a seated woman in white, and French doors opening onto a mountain view

"Drawing Room of the Plas. Spa"

Julien Muère, 1838

Grey wash drawing of an old woman lifting bed curtains to reveal a grinning changeling infant, with a winged fairy at a windo

The Changeling

Attributed to Henry Fuseli, c. 1780

Hand-colored panoramic print of New York's waterfront from the East River, with sailing ships and a steamboat in the foregrou

Panoramic View of New York, from the East River

Robert Havell Jr., 1844

Attributed drawing of a bearded man with raised arms beside a winged figure and a crouching red creature in a dark, stormy la

Prospero, Miranda, Caliban and Ariel

Attributed to Henry Fuseli, 1800/05

Watercolor of two peasant women in a rocky mountain landscape, one standing in a red cap and one seated in a red headscarf.

Peasant Women from the Region of the Eaux-Bonnes

Eugène Delacroix, 1845

Watercolor design of two heraldic coats of arms with crowns, draped banners and a laurel branch, above an unfinished cartouch

Design for a Coat of Arms

J. S. Pearse, 1858

Watercolor botanical study of a perennial pea plant with pink flowers, green leaves, buds and curling tendrils.

Perennial Pea

Jan Jansz. van der Vinne, mid-18th-early 19th century

Pastel drawing of ballerinas in pink tutus on a stage, with dark audience silhouettes in the foreground and a green backdrop.

Ballet at the Paris Opéra

Edgar Degas, 1877

Pen and brown ink sketch of a seated nude woman on a rock holding a bundle, with handwritten inscriptions on the paper.

The Nymph of Capri

Attributed to Pier Leone Ghezzi, n.d.

Brown ink caricature of an elderly bald man with a large nose leaning on a walking stick, with handwritten inscription above.

The Duke of Capodichino

Attributed to Pier Leone Ghezzi, n.d.

Brown ink and wash drawing of a nude woman seen from behind, holding a billowing veil, with a signature at lower right.

Standing Nude Woman Holding a Veil

Attributed to Pier Leone Ghezzi, n.d.

The Duchess of Noia

Attributed to Pier Leone Ghezzi, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a rocky alpine peak, a glacier patch, a lake, and snowy mountains under a pale sky.

Mont Blanc Seen from the Massif, Les Aiguilles Rouges

Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, 1874

Graphite sketch of a standing male nude with one arm raised behind his head, with faint plant sketches at the base.

Male Nude

Edward Burne-Jones, 1885

Pastel of a ballerina in a pale tutu with coral bodice standing on stage, with dancers behind her.

The Star

Edgar Degas, 1879/81

Pencil studies of male figures on aged paper: two standing men at top and a seated draped figure below.

Studies of Male Figures

Giovanni Paolo Panini, n.d.