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Watercolor

16,677 works

Watercolor of the Piazza San Marco in Venice with a brick bell tower, arcaded buildings, strolling figures and pigeons.

The Piazza San Marco

Rudolf von Alt, 1874

Watercolor design drawing of an ornate multi-light standard with plan views of its head beside it.

Designs for Nave Standards, St. Jude's Southsea

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor design drawing of ornate church wall standards with scrolled brackets, branches, and a cornice behind them.

Designs for Church Wall Standards

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Ink and watercolor design sheet showing a wall bracket, a tall nave standard and a chancel standard for church lighting.

Designs for Church Lights: Wall Bracket, Nave Standard, Chancel Standard

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Colored design drawing of a suspended church light fixture with a pink globe, brass fittings, and scroll arms, with a plan be

Design for [Gas?] Lights for a Church

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Colored design drawing of a church wall lantern in side and front elevations with gothic arches and a scrolled bracket.

Design for a Church Wall Lantern, Front and Side Elevations

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor and pencil design sheet for a church wall lantern with a blue dome, gilded trim, and side elevation bracket.

Designs for a Church Wall Lantern

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Watercolor and graphite drawing of a Gothic tracery ornamental design with foliate scrolls and yellow wash accents.

Lock from Elaborate Dresson de Sacristy, now in the Hotel de Clugny

Richardson Ellson & Co., ca. 1880

Black chalk drawing of an old bearded man leaning toward a younger man, with a veiled woman standing at right.

Study of an Old Man, a Younger Man, and a Woman

Domenichino, c. 1600-1640

Graphite drawing of a man in a curled wig and period collar, face turned toward the viewer, on pale paper.

Self-Portrait

Jonathan Richardson, c. 1735

Pencil and watercolor architectural drawing of a marble mantel with elevation, end view, and plan, dated 1877.

White Statuary Marble Mantel Design, Elevations and Plan

Peter Bonnett Wight, 1877

Dark drawing of a man leading a donkey carrying a woman and child across a dusky field.

The Flight Into Egypt

Jean-François Millet, c. 1864

Brown ink wash sketch of a man in a wide-brimmed hat with a thick mustache and stern expression.

Portrait of Whistler

Carlo Pellegrini, 1877

Watercolor elevation of a striped, ornate public building facade with a central arched entrance and grand staircases.

National Academy of Design Competition, New York, New York, South Elevation

Peter Bonnett Wight, 1861

Valentine card with paper lace, silver foil, painted roses and blue flowers, a silk oval, and a small classical rotunda.

Yours Forever (valentine)

Joseph Mansell, 1850s

Oval ink and wash design of mythological figures, including Apollo, the Muses and Minerva, arranged among clouds for a ceilin

Design for Ceiling Fresco: Apollo and the Muses with Minerva Destroying Ignorance

James Thornhill, n.d.

Design drawing of a cylindrical crystal jar with floral pattern, silver-plated cover and finial, on an oval tray with handles

Design for a Crystal Jar with a Silver-Plated Base and Cover

Elkington & Co., ca. 1890-1910

Pen and brown ink drawing of two overlapping studies of a youth's head with curly hair and ruffled collars.

Two Studies of the Head of a Youth

Baccio Bandinelli, c. 1550

Pen and brown ink sketch of Rinaldo and Armida with mounted knights, putti in clouds, and a reclining hero.

Rinaldo and Armida

Donato Creti, c. 1693

Red chalk drawing of three men in early eighteenth-century coats and wigs, one seated and two standing, on pale paper.

Three Studies of a Gentleman

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1710/11

Illuminated page with the poem The Bridge of Sighs, a falling woman in lavender above an arch and kneeling figures near a ros

The Bridge of Sighs

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Illuminated calligraphic poem with painted floral border, celestial globe and banner reading Another Year of Life Has Flown.

Another Year of LIfe Has Flown

Freeman Gage Delamotte, 1830-62

Pen and ink sketch of a standing woman in a feathered hat, striped jacket and long skirt, signed P.M. and dated 96.

London Female Character

Philipp William May, 1896

Watercolor of a tall waterfall down a cliff, two figures on a rock ledge, and a leaning pine in the foreground.

Cascade dessus Wasserberg (Waterfall above Wasserberg)

Caspar Wolf, c. 1774

Watercolor of an Arcadian landscape with a stone arch, a statue, figures on steps, and a boat on a lake.

Arcadian Landscape with several Figures and a Statue of Diana

Gerard Melder, 18th century

Pen and ink sketch of a cavalier leaning toward a lady in period costume, signed Simeon Solomon 1853.

Cavalier and Lady

Simeon Solomon, 1853

Embossed valentine card with a gilded bird, blue-inked verse 'Tis sweet to love,' and a white dove on gold.

Tis Sweet to Love (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Embossed valentine card with a gilded urn on a pink scalloped medallion, a red flower at top, and the words Ever the same.

Ever the Same (valentine)

George Kershaw, c. 1840

Pen and red chalk sketch of the Holy Family with a child and a kneeling young boy, plus an older man at left.

Holy Family with the Infant Saint John

Valerio Castello, n.d.

Head of Roman Emperor

William Mulready, n.d.

Brown ink drawing of Athena standing with a spear, helmet, draped robe and Gorgon-head aegis.

Athena, or Britannia identified as Athena

Attributed to Thomas Stothard, n.d.

Watercolor drawing of a brown field mouse seen from above, limbs spread and tail curled, on pale paper.

A Field Mouse, from Above

Johann Rudolph Schellenberg, c. 1775