Pondering

Approaching Morestal

1845 · Black chalk over graphite with gray and brown wash and blue watercolor on pale blue paper, laid down on old mount · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Charles W. Bartlett

Moonlight on Western Hills, Peking

1923 · Etching hand-colored with watercolor · Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI

John Furnival

Statue of Liberty

1977 · Lithograph and watercolor · Brown University Bell Gallery, Providence, RI

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Catania, Sicily

1825 · Transparent and opaque watercolor on paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

James McBey

Hastings Fishing Smacks Evening

1925 · Black ink applied with brush and watercolor on cream laid paper (ledger paper) · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Juan Gris

Man and Woman on Bench

1909 · Charcoal, gouache, and watercolor · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Andrew Wyeth

The Rope (Study for Hay Ledge)

1957 · Watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite on board · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Winslow Homer

Old Friends

1894 · Watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite with scraping on thick, white wove paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

John Singer Sargent

Boats at Anchor

1917 · Transparent watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner

The Portal of the Madonna della Misericordia from the Canal

1844 · Pen and brown ink with watercolor over graphite on wove paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

John Singer Sargent

The Garden Wall

1910 · Translucent and opaque watercolor, with wax resist, over graphite on paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Robert Caney

Fantastic Pavilions in a Grotto

19th Century · Pen and black ink with watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Charles W. Bartlett

Boroboedoer Java

1927 · Etching, engraving, drypoint hand-colored with watercolor · Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI

Hannah Höch

Untitled

1945 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper and watercolor on paper · Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Reginald Marsh

Tessie's Bridal Shop

1946 · Double-sided drawing: black ink wash and watercolor over graphite on medium thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Winslow Homer

Women on the Sands (Mussel Gatherers)

1882 · Black and white watercolor with white chalk on brown paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Winslow Homer

Boys and Kitten

1873 · Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on thick, textured, cream wove paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

German 16th Century

Standard Bearer

1540 · Pen and black ink with gouache and watercolor · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Samuel Palmer

The Sleeping Shepherd; Early Morning

1857 · Etching, hand-colored with watercolor and opaque white with gold highlights · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sunset

1845 · Transparent watercolor on paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

John Singer Sargent

Venice: La Dogana

1909 · Translucent and opaque watercolor over graphite on paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Elihu Vedder

Vitré

1877 · Gouache, crayon, and watercolor on gray wove paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Denise Green

#10 Villa Guilia

2002 · Ink, watercolor, airbrush acrylic, and wax crayon on paper · Brown University Bell Gallery, Providence, RI

Childe Hassam

Blossoming Trees

1882 · Opaque watercolor on brown paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

John Singer Sargent

Carrara: Lizzatori I

1911 · Translucent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor and wax resist, over graphite on paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Oscar Bluemner

Death

1926 · Gouache and watercolor on paper · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.

John La Farge

Wild Roses

1895 · Watercolor and opaque watercolor on medium thick, smooth, cream wove paper, attached to board · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Claude-Louis Châtelet

Second View of the Agrigento Countryside

1778 · Pen and brown and black ink with watercolor and gray wash over graphite on laid paper, with a partial framing line in brown and gray ink · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Sakai Hoitsu

Cranes

19th Century · Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Nihal Chand

Endless Vistas at Kishangarh

18th Century · Opaque watercolor on paper · Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge, MA

Paul Sandby

Roslin Castle

1780 · Etching and watercolor on laid paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

John Singer Sargent

Florence: Boboli Gardens

1910 · Translucent and opaque watercolor, with wax resist, over graphite on paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Adolphe Hervier

Farmyard

1870 · Pen and ink with watercolor · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

William James Müller

Interior of the Church of San Benedetto, Subiaco

1837 · Brown wash and watercolor over graphite, with scratching out on wove paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Charles W. Bartlett

Torch Fishermen

1926 · Etching hand-colored with watercolor · Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI

George Inness

Castle in the Mountains

1873 · Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Charles W. Bartlett

Reading the Scripture, Ceylon

1923 · Etching, drypoint hand-colored with watercolor · Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI

Winslow Homer

The Turkey Buzzard

1904 · Transparent and opaque watercolor, with rewetting and blotting, over graphite on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

John Singer Sargent

The Eiger from Mürren

1870 · Translucent watercolor over graphite on paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Winslow Homer

Fishing Boats, Key West

1904 · Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite with scraping out on cream wove paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Andrew Wyeth

Hay Day

1969 · Transparent and opaque watercolor with scraping out on cream wove paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Franz Innocenz Josef Kobell

Hilly Landscape with a Stream

1803 · Pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper, with framing line in graphite (partially cropped) · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

George Cruikshank

Arrival at the North Pole.

1819 · Etching with watercolor on cream wove paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

William Stanley Haseltine

A Venetian Lagoon

1874 · Pen and brown ink with watercolor and gouache over graphite, with white heightening, on blue-gray wove paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Thomas Moran

Chicago World's Fair

1894 · Transparent watercolor with opaque white highlights and graphite on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper · Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY

László Moholy-Nagy

Truncated Pyramids

1946 · Gouache and watercolor on paper · Private Collection

Gustave Baumann

Grand Cañon

1927 · Opaque watercolor over graphite on medium thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Egid Quirin Asam

The Life of Ignatius Loyola

1749 · Brush and gray wash with watercolor over graphite, heightened with white, on laid paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Charles W. Bartlett

A Mid-day Meal. Java

1927 · Etching, drypoint hand-colored with watercolor · Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI

Thomas Gainsborough

Wooded Landscape with a Cottage and Cows

1775 · Black chalk, watercolor, and gouache on paper · Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA