Welcome to the Watercolour World

The Watercolour World

We are a UK-based charity working with public and private collections from around the world to create a free online database of documentary watercolours painted before 1900. Watercolours are extraordinary records of our shared past. It is our hope and belief that this project will encourage those lucky enough to hold watercolours to make them available online, unconditionally, to everyone.

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Highlights from around the world

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Take a look at some of our recent additions capturing landscapes and history from

Canada, China, India, Italy, Switzerland, Scotland and Wales

Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, France

Undated

Candelaria, Tenerife, Spain

1828

Augrabies Falls, Orange River, Northern Cape, South Africa

1778 - 1779

Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA

1811-ca. 1813

Victoria River, Northern Territory, Australia

c.1855

Hong Kong

October 1843

Society Islands, French Polynesia

1789

Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt

1856

Haughton Castle, near Humshaugh, Northumberland, England

October 1860

Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Barents Sea

June 19, 1818

Our latest feature

Watercolour records show species before they were endangered

As people travelled the world in previous centuries they recorded local wildlife. Many of the species they sketched are now threatened with extinction.