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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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Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA

1894

Carlton House, London, England

c.1808

Poland

1884

Lyskamm, The Alps

1878

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

Mont Blanc, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

1828

Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow, Poland

1881

Boulogne sur Mer, France

1882

North America

1900

New Brunswick, Canada

1889

The Dominican Church and Monastery, Grodno, Belarus

[1860-1877]

St Martin's Church, Cologne, Germany

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Margate, Kent, England

1767

Zealand, Denmark

1832

Amsterdam, Netherlands

1862 - 1867

Recently digitised

Duomo di Milano, Piazza del Duomo, Milan, Italy

1826

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

1904

England

1909

Europe

1904

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

1885

Saint-Jeannet, Alpes-Maritimes, France

1910

Norfolk, England

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

3 August 1886

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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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