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Watercolor

16,657 works

Pen and wash plan of a fan-shaped Sorbonne law lecture hall with tiered benches, spiral stair, and French annotations.

Study for the Renovation of a Law Classroom at the Sorbonne

Antoine Laurent Thomas Vaudoyer, 1820

Colored drawing of Christ with a halo in a doorway, a kneeling apostle reaching toward him, and robed onlookers around.

Christ with Doubting Thomas and the Apostles

Henri Lehmann, mid-19th century

Watercolor of an autumn forest with bare birch trees, mossy rocks, a dirt path, and birds flying across a cloudy sky.

Autumn Landscape in the Forest of Fontainebleau

Auguste Allongé, c. 1860

Pen and watercolor study of a reclining male nude, head resting on one arm, one leg raised, on a pale studio ground.

Study of a Male Nude

William Mulready, c. 1852

Watercolor of fallow and red deer resting in a wooded parkland glade, with rolling hills and a cloudy sky beyond.

Stags in Knole Park, Kent

Robert Hills, 1839

Watercolor of fortified ramparts and towers beside tidal water, with a rocky hill and a small boat in the foreground.

The Ramparts, Mont St. Michel, France

Alfred William Hunt, c. 1876

Watercolor of Oxford's spires and towers seen across autumn trees, with cattle resting and two figures on a path.

View of Oxford from Headington Hill

William Turner, 1830

Colored chalk and graphite head study of a man with pale hair and rosy cheeks, turned over his shoulder.

Head of a Man

George Chinnery, c. 1810/1825

Brown ink and wash drawing of a shadowed cloister courtyard with a standing robed monk and a figure at a window.

A Roman Cloister

François Marius Granet, c. 1802/1819

Watercolor drawing of Ludlow Castle towers on a hill, with a rider on horseback and grazing animals in the foreground.

Ludlow Castle, Shropshire

William Marlow, 1770s

Watercolor of a young woman lifting a jug beside a stream, framed by trees and a stone well under a pale sky.

Young Girl Standing by a Stream

Antonio Fontanesi, c. 1865

Watercolor landscape of a stream cutting through a plain beneath blue snowy mountains, with a domed building on the horizon.

Landscape near Rome

Albert Venus, 1867

Watercolor of worn stone steps and a cottage with a slate roof and red brick chimney in a Cornish village.

The Steps of a House at Mousehole, Cornwall

Walter Langley, 1880

Colored architectural elevation drawing of a baroque building facade with pink mansard roof and painted window panels.

Architectural Design for a Façade

Ferenc Speth, 1739-69

Pencil and watercolor study of a sprawling thistle plant with pink blossoms and spiny leaves on pale green paper.

Study of a Flowering Thistle

Carl Georg Anton Graeb, 1846

Pen and watercolor drawing of a pastoral scene with cattle, sheep, a donkey rider and classical columns and ruins.

Arcadian Landscape

Giovanni David, c. 1775

Watercolor of thatched and red-tiled farm buildings beside a grassy path, with tree trunks at left and sea on the horizon.

A Farm near the Sea at Margate, Kent

George Richmond, 1850

Watercolor of a rocky stream with rapids, mossy red banks, and a small kingfisher perched on a branch in the foreground.

The Kingfisher's Haunt

John George Sowerby, c. 1890s

Watercolor of a fishing boat battling rough waves under a dark stormy sky, with a large ship and distant coastline.

The Coming Storm: A Fishing Boat Making for Home off Whitby

Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1840

Watercolor of figures gathering heather and carrying bundles across an open moor under a cloudy blue sky.

The Heather or Broom Gatherers

David Cox, 1851

Watercolor of two girls looking at a portfolio together, with a landscape painting on an easel behind them.

Gentle Critics (The Portfolio)

Emily Farmer, 1872

Pencil and watercolor study of a woman in a cloak beside grazing sheep and bare trees under a striped sky.

Study for "Rachel Came with Her Father's Sheep" (recto); The Death of Rachel (verso)

Frederic Cayley Robinson, c. 1914

Watercolor and pencil drawing of old Billingsgate market in London, with brick buildings, awnings and a tall column behind th

Old Billingsgate, London

Edward Duncan, 1835

Watercolor of a tall medieval tower on a misty Rhine riverbank with moored sailing boats and a hilltop castle.

Oberwesel on the Rhine

David Roberts, 1831

Pale watercolor of a calm harbor with a moored boat, stone pier, figures, crane, and distant ships under hazy sky.

The Pier, Harwich

Philip Wilson Steer, 1913

Watercolor landscape of a drover leading sheep down a dirt path under trees, with a church tower beyond under stormy clouds.

A Drover with Sheep, a Church Beyond

Frederick William Watts, mid-19th century

Watercolor of a lakeside path with tall trees, a hedge, and calm water under a hazy sky.

Vevey

Emily Sargent, 1884

Watercolor of a golden seated Buddha statuette on pink drapery with yellow foliage against a soft gray background.

Statuette of a Buddha

Emily Sargent, 1885

Watercolor of a street in Tunis with arcaded shops, striped columns, a green-domed mosque and a tall minaret.

A Street, Tunis

Watercolor of a hilltop city with white and ochre buildings, a minaret, city walls, and pigeons on a foreground terrace.

Tangier

Emily Sargent, 1900

Pen and wash drawing of workmen and a horse with barrels before a village inn, with a church tower in the distance.

Workmen before an Inn

Isaac van Ostade, c. 1645

Watercolor design of an ornate neoclassical salon with coffered gilded ceiling, columns, and gilded statues holding candelabr

Décoration de sallon pour Brunoy (Design for the Interior of the Château de Brunoy)

Jean Démosthène Dugourc, 1781