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Flora Herscheliana : Sir John and Lady Herschel at the Cape 1834 to 1838 / Brian Warner, John Rourke.

A concise history of watercolours / Graham Reynolds.

Artists' water colours colour chart : washes of the complete range made from the actual colours and classified according to permanence.

Wash and gouache : a study of the development of the materials of watercolor / by Marjorie B. Cohn ; catalogue of the exhibition by Rachel Rosenfield.

Isaac Israels in het ziekenhuis : tekeningen, aquarellen en schilderijen uit particulier bezit / Merel van den Nieuwenhof ; met een bijdrage van Chris van Weel ; [editor: Pieter Roelofs].

Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.

Bones of the cheek: side view of the temporal, schenoid and malar bones. Pencil and watercolour drawing by J.C. Whishaw, 1852.

Boer War: wounded soldiers being escorted off the hospital train at Durban from Ladysmith. Watercolour by F. Dadd, 1899.

Black Greek drinking cups; left, shallow cup with horizontal handles; middle, tall cup with horizontal handles (kotyle); right, cup with vertical handles. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).

A male dwarf. Watercolour painting.

Burma: a lady attended by a servant bringing an elephant and another servant holding a parasol. Watercolour.

Three flowering plants, including coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara), common rue (Ruta graveolens), and a legume. Watercolour, c. 1870.

Two white roses, in a still-life. Watercolour by J.D.(?), 1885.

Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi): fruiting stem. Watercolour by B. Bird.

Five plants, possibly pinks (Dianthus species): flowering stems. Watercolour.

An European man relaxing and reading a book in a palkee carried by four men. Watercolour by an Indian artist.

A man from Rossano in Calabria playing the bagpipes. Watercolour.

A dragonfly on a lotus flower (Nelumbo species) held above the water. Watercolour.

A blacksmith fixing a shoe on a horse with the help of another man. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

Three Greek wine-jugs (oinochoes); left and right vases decorated with palms; middle one decorated with a red figure draped woman. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).

Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

The arteries of the human body with a foetus in the womb. Watercolour by a Persian artist.

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Watercolor painting

Images from the collections

Images of Watercolor painting

Works from the collections

A dragonfly on a lotus flower (Nelumbo species) held above the water. Watercolour.

A blacksmith fixing a shoe on a horse with the help of another man. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

Three Greek wine-jugs (oinochoes); left and right vases decorated with palms; middle one decorated with a red figure draped woman. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).

Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

The arteries of the human body with a foetus in the womb. Watercolour by a Persian artist.

Watercolor painting

Images from the collections

Images of Watercolor painting

Works from the collections

A dragonfly on a lotus flower (Nelumbo species) held above the water. Watercolour.

A blacksmith fixing a shoe on a horse with the help of another man. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

Three Greek wine-jugs (oinochoes); left and right vases decorated with palms; middle one decorated with a red figure draped woman. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).

Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

The arteries of the human body with a foetus in the womb. Watercolour by a Persian artist.

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