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Type/Technique

Watercolor painting

Images

  • 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.

Catalogue

Using this type/technique (3,472)
About this type/technique (8)
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    A dragonfly on a lotus flower (Nelumbo species) held above the water. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 23631i
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    A blacksmith fixing a shoe on a horse with the help of another man. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 575922i
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    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- (?).

    Dahlsteen, Augustin, 1720-1769. | Date: 1760-1769 | Reference: 565397i
    Part of: Greek vases and vessels in the Hamilton Collection.
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    Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

    | Reference: 22160i
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    The arteries of the human body with a foetus in the womb. Watercolour by a Persian artist.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899?] | Reference: 582965i
    Part of: Alexandrian series.

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