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Watercolor

16,657 works

Design for an arched ceiling with a painted cloudy sky, flying birds, gilded frame, flower garlands and a central medallion.

Deign for a ceiling a a trompe l'oeil sky

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design for a ceiling with a painted sky oval, floral medallions, gilded garlands and pastel borders.

Design for a ceiling of trompe l'oeil sky

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Design drawing of a gilded ceiling with an oval center of sketched putti holding ribbons and painted floral panels.

Design for a ceiling with ribbon bearing putti

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor drawing of an old street in Norwich with gabled houses, a market stall with baskets, and figures in the foreground

Norwich

William Scott, 1824

Watercolor design for a ornate ceiling with arches, central oculus, and two putti holding a flower garland.

Design for a ceiling with garland bearing putti

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Four framed lavender wash designs of putti representing music, painting, sculpture and architecture on one sheet.

Designs featuring the allegories of the arts

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Botanical drawing of Abrotanella inconspicua with a white flowering cushion, tufted foliage and a dissected flower.

Abrotanella inconspicua Hook.f

John Buchanan, 1865

Decorative design panel with gilded scrollwork, a blue cherub in an oval medallion, and a garland of colorful flowers.

Design fo the Allegory of the Arts

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Brown ink and wash drawing in a circular medallion of three winged putti playing a cello, framed by a dark foliate border.

Medallion with putti holding a cello

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor design of a paneled double door with gold scrollwork and a red medallion beneath a patterned pink frieze.

Design for a door

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Twilight marsh landscape with tall bare trees on the left, reflective pools, distant village and an orange-to-blue sky.

Marsh Landscape at Twilight

François-Auguste Ravier, c. 1880

Watercolor design elevation of a rococo interior with gilded paneling, arched mirror, painted cherub scenes, and a white fire

Design for wall panels, mirror, and fire mantle

Jules-Edmond-Charles Lachaise, second half 19th century

Watercolor sketch of a woman in a long gown and white cap, seen from behind, beside a reddish bench.

Dutch woman as seen from behind

Petrus van der Velden

Pen and wash drawing of a group of hounds resting on a stone terrace, one spotted dog standing in the foreground.

Dogs

Watercolor of a steep peak beside a calm fjord with snowy mountains and clouds, with grasses and driftwood on the shore.

Milford Sound

James Crowe Richmond, 1887

Watercolor of a vase of colorful zinnias in front of a grey lace curtain, signed Dorothy Richmond, 1926.

Zinnias

Dorothy Richmond, 1926

Watercolor drawing of a figure on a mountain path with snowy peaks and a deep valley in the background.

Mountain scene

A fish from New Zealand

Johann Georg Adam Forster

Brown wash drawing of a stone mill with a water wheel beside a pond, framed by trees and small figures on paths.

Foxley Mill, near Malmesbury

Thomas Hearne, 1802

Watercolor scientific illustration of a white spotted greyling fish in side view, with fin counts written above.

Prototroctes oxyrhynchus (White spotted greyling)

Frank Edward Clarke, 1889

Watercolour drawing of a man with a whip and a boy holding a rope tied to a pig in a rural landscape.

Man and boy with a pig

Thomas Rowlandson

Watercolour of a Gothic church tower and timber-framed house on a town street, with small figures and a pale sky.

St. Peter's Church, Warwick

Robert Burford, 1818

The military lover

Thomas Rowlandson

Watercolour of a seated young woman in red and brown with geese and a bucket by a pond, farmhouse in background.

The right of way

William Lee-Hankey, 1902

Watercolor drawing of a ruined classical temple with Corinthian columns, a stone lion, statues, and figures among fragments.

Capriccio with an Ancient Temple

Hubert Robert, ca. 1756

Watercolor botanical study of oak branches with catkins and acorns, a bark and wood block, and loose acorns on paper.

Studies of the blossoms, fruits and trunk of an English oak (Quercus robur)

Ludwig Pfleger, 1788

Botanical watercolor of elm twigs with leaves and blossoms, a bark-covered trunk block, a cut wood block, and winged fruits.

Studies of the leaves, blossoms, fruits and trunk of an English elm (Ulmus procera)

Ludwig Pfleger, 1788

Watercolor botanical study of whitebeam leaves, white blossoms, red berries, and two cut trunk sections with bark.

Studies of the leaves, blossoms, fruits and trunk of a whitebeam (Sorbus subgenus Aria)

Ludwig Pfleger, 1788

Watercolor botanical study of a wild apple branch with blossoms, fruit, bark, cut wood, and a halved apple with seeds.

Studies of the trunk, blossoms and fruit of a wild apple tree (Malus sylvestris)

Ludwig Pfleger, 1788

Watercolor of ruined Roman arches framing a landscape, with women washing and figures with staffs in the foreground.

Interior of the Baths at Caracalla

Giovanni Volpato, ca. 1780

Watercolor of a tree-lined garden promenade with statues, a fountain, strolling figures and a palazzo facade on the right.

Villa Montalto Negroni

Giovanni Volpato, ca. 1780

Watercolor of a formal Roman garden with clipped hedges, figures in period dress, an umbrella pine, and an arcaded loggia.

Garden of Palazzo Colonna

Giovanni Volpato, ca. 1780