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The Watercolour World

The known world before photography

A free database of pre-1900 documentary watercolours from private as well as public collections around the world

Founders: Fred Hohler and Javad Marandi

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Carlton House, London, England

c.1808

Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA

1894

Sugarloaf Mountain, Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada

1872

Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow, Poland

1881

Canada

St Martin's Church, Cologne, Germany

Boulogne sur Mer, France

1882

Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland

after 1880

Government House, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Patagonia

18 March 1797

Eastbourne, East Sussex, England

1863

New Brunswick, Canada

1889

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Netherlands

1834 - 1903

England

19th century

India

27 April 1788

Recently digitised

Saint-Jeannet, Alpes-Maritimes, France

1910

Duomo di Milano, Piazza del Duomo, Milan, Italy

1826

England

1909

Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

1904

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

1885

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England

Parish church St. Michael Stalden, Stalden, Valais canton, Switzerland

3 August 1886

Europe

1904

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Collections Block A

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The Alpine Club

Collection of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery

National Museum in Krakow

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