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Watercolor

16,657 works

Grey wash drawing of a three-masted ship firing a cannon at distant waterspouts on a calm, overcast sea.

Firing to break a waterspout

Watercolour of purple-shaded mountains with a lone tree on a sunlit slope, fading distant ranges beneath a pale sky.

From Maitai saddle, Dun Mountain looking South up Waimea

James Crowe Richmond

Pale watercolor sketch of a sandy beach with a small figure, a triangular sail, and a cloud-filled blue sky.

Sketch - Frederick Mayor

Frederick Mayor

Watercolor of a woman in a red bonnet and a bearded man swimming in the sea near a cliffed shoreline.

Male and Female Bathers

Watercolor drawing of a brown flounder fish with fins spread, labeled with fin counts and the name Tasmanian flounder.

Rhombosolea tapirina : greenback flounder

Frank Edward Clarke, 1870

Watercolor drawing of crumbling brick ruins with arched windows on a grassy hillside under a partly cloudy sky.

The Great Villa of the Quintilii on the Appian Way

Carlo Labruzzi, 1789

Watercolor landscape with orange hillside, green and yellow trees, teal foreground, and pale sky, signed Merton 1923.

Bastion of the day with assaulting trees

Owen Merton, 1923

Handwritten letter on Iris Court letterhead beside a pencil and wash portrait sketch of a man labeled John L. Toole.

A Letter From Iris Court with a Portrait of John L. Toole

Mortimer Menpes

Hand painted entomology plate XI with rows of moths, caterpillars and male and female symbols on cream paper.

Original hand painted plate for the Manual of New Zealand Entomology [Plate XI]

George Hudson, 1886

Watercolor of an English village church with a tall spire, a thatched cottage, mature trees and a grassy field under a cloudy

English village church

Richard Smith, 1882

Watercolour of snow-capped Mitre Peak rising above a calm fjord with forested slopes and driftwood on the shore.

Mitre Peak, Milford Sound

William Hodgkins

Watercolor and pen portrait of an older figure in a hat with a clay pipe, red garment and yellow neckerchief.

A Soldier's Widow

Thomas Rowlandson, 1815/1820

Watercolor drawing of two drovers in hats wrestling a pair of rearing grey horses, one man raising a whip overhead.

Drovers with a Pair of Rearing Horses

Thomas Rowlandson

Watercolour landscape of a brook, leafy tree and grazing sheep on green hills under a pale cloudy sky.

Landscape with brook

Watercolor of a seated woman in a dark bodice and pink skirt in an ornate stone interior, with flowers and a standing man beh

The Blind Milton

Thomas Uwins, c. 1817?

Grayscale drawing of a violent street crowd in front of a columned opera house with smoke and broken windows.

Astor Place Riot, May 10, 1849

Charles M. Jenckes, 1896

Watercolour of Titahi Bay with native trees, a tree fern, grazing cattle, a winding river and rolling hills under cloudy skie

Titahi Bay

William Baker, 1902

Watercolour of snow-covered mountain peaks above a slope of blue boulders under a pale blue sky.

From the Ball Hut

Margaret Stoddart, 1931

Watercolour of a waterfall cascading over rocks beside a cliff, with trees framing the scene and sheep on a hilltop.

At Linton, North Devon

John Upham, 1842

Watercolor landscape of a winding river through autumn trees and rolling hills, with a small figure and dog on the bank.

Landscape with river

Watercolor of a winding road between rocky cliffs, with a walker in the foreground and cattle on a ledge above.

Mountain road

Thomas Barker, 1786

Pen and wash drawing of a coved ceiling design with scrolled ornament, an oval medallion, and handwritten notes.

Quarter Plan for a Coved Ceiling

Antenore Ridolfi, ca. 1561

Watercolour of three young men in caps and bright jackets against a green-blue background, painted in loose expressive stroke

Three fisher boys

Frances Hodgkins, 1927

Watercolor of a horse and cart on a beach where workers gather seaweed at low tide, with a sailing ship offshore.

Gathering seaweed

Pen and watercolor drawing of two cavalry soldiers clashing on rearing horses, with a fallen rider in the lower right.

Cavalry Skirmish

Thomas Rowlandson

Shepherd with a staff watching sheep graze in a field as rain streaks down from a grey sky.

Rain

Hand-colored caricature of P. T. Barnum's head on a black beetle's body, captioned HUM-BUG, from 1851.

Hum-Bug (P. T. Barnum), from "The Comic Natural History of the Human Race"

Henry Louis Stephens, 1851

Pastel watercolor lake scene with fairies, swans, water lilies, and dancing figures beneath willow trees at sunset.

Lake Scene with Fairies and Swans

Watercolor portrait of a young woman in a white rose-decorated gown with a long train, holding a fan beside a cabinet.

Portrait of Julie Farmer

Nicholas Chevalier, 1874

Grey wash drawing of a winged serpentine dragon flying over a dark landscape with smoke and small bats.

Flying Monster

Pen and watercolor drawing of domed pavilions and arcades inside a grotto, with a staircase, fountains and small figures.

Fantastic Pavilions in a Grotto

Watercolor drawing of a torch-lit underworld cavern with an enthroned couple and a skeleton standing guard.

Underworld Scene with a Man and Woman Enthroned and Death Standing Guard