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Watercolor

15,707 works

Watercolour of a calm blue bay with a pale cliffed headland, rocks in the foreground and a clouded sky.

Wellington Heads

Samuel Birch, 1937

Loose watercolor landscape with dark trees on the horizon, green meadow, pink ground and streaky shadowed cliff below.

Landscape

Magnus Enckell, 1900

Repeating geometric textile design of brown curved bands and cream rectangles with red triangles on an ochre ground.

Untitled (Textile design no III)

Frances Hodgkins, 1925

Painted wooden toy trotting horse pulling a red-wheeled sulky with a small driver figure, on a plain background.

Trotter in Action

Henry Murphy, 1935/1942

Painted study of a brown toy rooster with a red comb and dark tail feathers on a green rock base.

Toy Rooster

Mina Lowry, c. 1938

Watercolor drawing of a Hepplewhite armchair with striped floral upholstery and a fabric swatch beside it.

Hepplewhite Arm Chair

Elizabeth Curtis, 1936

Hand-coloured composite drawing room scene with pink curtains, fireplace, seated figures, oval portraits and a spaniel on a b

Lady Filmer in her Drawing Room

Lady Filmer Mary Georgiana Caroline, 1863-68

Watercolor study of a stoneware jar with blue floral decoration and the inscription Coerlears Hook, with a New York label abo

Stoneware Jar

John Dana, c. 1953

Colored pencil drawing of a brass andiron with urn finial, fluted column, claw foot, and dark iron fire bar on cream paper.

Andiron

Max Schwartz, c. 1953

Drawing of a bandbox with brown-toned hunting scenes of men, dogs, a horse and trees on lid and body.

Bandbox

Paul Farkas, c. 1953

Watercolour of a fishing boat beached below a rocky cliff and ruined tower, with fishermen and women on the shore.

Return of fishing boat

William Collins

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a red coat, blue sash and powdered wig, holding a plumed hat against a dark background.

King Kristian VII of Denmark

Cornelius Höyer, 1761

Watercolor of a wax-faced doll in a brown striped dress with lace collar and bonnet, standing on a cream background.

Wax Face Cotton Doll

Charles Goodwin, 1935/1942

Painting of a dark jointed wooden doll wearing a flat-brimmed hat and boots against a pale background.

Doll

Arthur Wolfson, c. 1937

Pen and wash drawing of a man with a rifle and a dog walking through a wooded thicket.

Stalking with a Dog in the Forest

Hans Smidth, 1839-1917

Painted design study of a child's plaid dress with green trim and buttons, with a pencil back view at upper right.

Child's Dress

George Robin, 1935/1942

Four panels of grey-wash drawings showing fossil fern fronds on rock slabs, labelled in pencil.

Fossil plant specimens, Upper Jurassic, Mataura

John Buchanan, 1864

Watercolor interior design of a neoclassical room with marble walls, columns, laurel-garland ceiling and double doors.

Helsingin vanhan teatteritalon kulissipiirustus

Carl Ludvig Engel, 1816

Painted watercolor of a dark green chest of drawers with red and gold folk motifs, tulips, hearts, and brass knobs.

Chest of Drawers

Charles Henning, c. 1938

Watercolor of a weathered carved wooden female figurehead with curled upswept hair and draped garment.

Figurehead

John Davis, c. 1937

Drawing of a fossil fern specimen with pinnate fronds across a grey rock fragment, on a cream sheet with handwritten labels.

Fossil plant specimen

John Buchanan, 1864

Watercolour of Mount Cook at dusk, with pink-lit slopes, trees and a rocky path rising through misty blue sky.

Mount Cook - an afterglow above the mist

William Hodgkins, 1890

Newspaper Brand Announcements

Elizabeth Johnson, c. 1942

Watercolor of a cast iron andiron shaped as a marching Hessian soldier in a tall hat and brown coat.

Andiron (Marching Hessian)

Cushman Parker, 1935/1942

Watercolor study of a weathered stone cat-head gargoyle with spiral eyes, broad nose, and textured cheek ruffs.

Cat Head Gargoyle

John Davis, 1932/1945

Watercolour of cattle on a path below trees, with a hazy mountain range and valley beyond.

Vale of the Lludwy

David Cox the elder

Stylized painted design of a rhinoceros walking past a tree, with a hunter with bow and mountains in a green landscape.

Bandbox Design - Rhino

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, 1935/1942

Watercolor of a rocky shoreline with colorful stones and blue-green wooded hills under a pale sky.

Myrsky merellä

Verner Thomé, 1910

Painted floral pattern of white and pink blossoms with dark leaves on a blue ground, with a decorative border across the top.

Bandbox Design

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, c. 1937

Stylized painting of two women in flowered hats and striped gowns flanking two seated figures before dark trees on blue.

Bandbox Design

Isabella Ruth Doerfler, 1935/1942

Watercolor study of a weathered tree trunk and roots on the ground, with a bark fragment at left and dated handwritten notes.

Kaksi puunrunkotutkielmaa ; Istuva nainen metsä taustanaan (kaksipuolinen teos)

Werner Holmberg, 1859

Loose watercolor of four fisherfolk seated near a boat and shoreline, one woman in a headscarf and men in caps.

Fisherfolk by the Sea

Magnus Enckell, 1900