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Watercolor

16,654 works

Watercolor of two women in 1875 day dresses, one in a striped gold coat and red skirt, one in blue plaid with a train, in an

Two Women in Day Dresses

Jules David, 1875

Watercolor of a colonnaded courtyard with a seated reader, a figure feeding pigeons in sunlight, and a tiled wall.

A Fakeer at the Door of a Mosque, Constantinople

John Frederick Lewis, 1863

Watercolor of misty trees beside a rocky stream, with grazing cows and a seated figure in soft morning light.

Early morning near Loch Katrine in the Trossachs, Scotland

John Glover, before 1831

Watercolor of woodcutters felling and stacking logs in a forest, with a river valley visible through the trees.

Woodcutters at Park Place, Henley, the river Thames beyond

William Havell, ca. 1826

Watercolor of two women in 1860s dresses holding hands in a gallery with framed landscape paintings behind them.

Two Women in an Art Gallery

Jules David, 1868

Watercolor of a thatched barn beside a pond, with a rider on a white horse wading in the water and geese at the bank.

The Old Barn, Arreton, Isle of Wight

Marie Spartali Stillman, probably 1890s

Hand-colored engraving of a woman in red fur-trimmed robe and green skirt holding a sword and white lily, with a garden balus

French Judith, from Pierre Le Moyne's "La Gallerie des femmes fortes"

Abraham Bosse, 1647

Colored pencil drawing of a harbor wharf with a ship, crane, lighthouse and a stylized dockworker smoking a pipe.

On the Wharf

Franz Wilhelm Seiwert, 1931

Abstract etching by Paul Klee with black linear forms and colored washes of stars, circles and triangles on cream paper.

Hope and Destruction (Zerstörung und Hoffnung)

Paul Klee, 1916

Watercolor elevation of a Gothic Revival church with a tall spire and clock tower, flanked by trees, by Alexander Jackson Dav

Church of the Holy Apostles, New York City

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1845

Watercolor plan of a landscape design with a central university building, botanic garden, fountains, and tree-lined avenues.

Landscape Design for University of Michigan

Alexander Jackson Davis, 1838

Watercolor landscape of a waterfall and stream beneath trees, with a stone wall, wooden footbridge and red-roofed cottage.

The mill at Heather

William Crotch, 1802

Hand painted entomology plate X showing numbered moths, caterpillars and pupae in brown, green and red tones.

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

George Hudson, 1886

Watercolor of snowy Southern Alps peaks and a glacier valley, with a walker and dog on a wooded slope in the foreground.

Southern Alps glacier view with figure and dog in foreground

Thomas Cousins, 1886

Pencil drawing of a dragonfly seen from above with four spread wings and a long slender abdomen on cream paper.

A Dragonfly

Nicolaas Struyk, early 18th-mid 18th century

Watercolour of a river with rocks and trees on the left, rolling green hills and a cloudy sky beyond.

The Droeron, Huntly, Aberdeenshire

Gilloblennius tripennis : Spectacled triplefin

Frank Edward Clarke, 1877

Watercolor sketch of a sandy beach with grey boulders, a warm rocky hillside, and a small figure standing at left.

Beach scene

Mortimer Menpes

Phyllopteryx taeniolatus

Frank Edward Clarke, 1869

Watercolor landscape of trees on a hillside overlooking a distant hazy plain and small town under soft clouds.

Trees with distant landscape

Richard Redgrave, 1871

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a woman in a red headscarf and long dress standing by a rock, with a sketched building behin

La France attend (France Waits)

Jean-Louis Forain, c. 1914/1919

Pencil and watercolour botanical study of white flowers, fleshy leaves, and magnified stamens and pistil on cream paper.

Heliophyllum colensoi Hook.f. (now known as Phyllachne colensoi (Hook.f.) Berggr.)

John Buchanan, 1865

Watercolor of a mountain behind wooded hills, with a rocky river in the foreground under a pale sky.

Snowdon from Beddgelert

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1798

Embroidered sampler with a verse titled Procrastination, a floral border, trees, flower baskets and the name Mary R. Wallace.

Sampler

Max Unger, c. 1941

Painted study of a yellow quilted silk fabric with diamond quilting and raised floral and scroll embroidery.

Quilting on Silk (Detail)

Edward Jewett, c. 1940

Embroidered floral motif on linen with blue star flower, red carnation, pink buds and golden stems.

Bed Hanging (Detail)

Martha Elliot, c. 1939

Watercolor of two embroidered linen cuffs with blue and green floral designs and blue ribbon bands on a pale background.

Linen Cuffs

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, 1935/1942

Embroidery on linen with a central flowering vine, a blue bird, a parrot on a branch, and a brown horse below.

Embroidery

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, c. 1940

Two drawn views of an embroidered purse with floral and urn motifs in pink, blue, and gold thread, with tassels.

Embroidered Purse

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, c. 1941

Watercolor study of pale cream fabric with small multicolored floral motifs falling in soft, shadowed folds.

Dress Material

Douglas Campbell, c. 1938

Watercolor drawing of a square petit point handbag with blue and brown chevron stripes, twisted cord handle and tassels.

Petipoint Bag

Herbert Marsh, c. 1937

Watercolour of a harbour town below steep mountains, with sailing ships and a rowing boat on calm water.

Lyttelton, 1858