Do you own documentary watercolours from before 1900? Share them here.

Welcome to the Watercolour World

The Watercolour World

Proudly sponsored by The Marandi Foundation

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

Come and explore the world before photography

SEARCH BY KEYWORD SEARCH BY MAP

New additions

Paintings Block A

Fri, 10/04/2019 - 10:50

Log in to post comments

Mysore (Mysuru), India

c. 1800

England

Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

1875

New South Wales, Australia

1860

Place Vendôme, Paris, Île-de-France, France

28 July 1835

Australia

1790s

Grove Park, Budbrooke, Warwickshire, England

North America

Sungai Damuan, Brunei

July 1846

Māhina, Tahiti, French Polynesia

1791-1811

Pont d'Avignon, Avignon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

c.1836

Kloster Święty Krzyż, Nowa Słupia, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland

1849

View all paintings

Latest feature

Australia, as drawn by convicts

In the early days of European settlement, many of the most talented artists in Australia were serving sentences

Can you help?

Not all images are easy to locate. Can you help? If you spot somewhere you recognise, tell us in the comments

St.Hilary’s Church, Llanrhos, Conwy, Wales

England

1802-1842

Southwark, London, England

1849

Recently digitised

Castle Amerongen, Netherlands

Australia

The Norfolk Broads, Norfolk, England

1885

Millwall, London, England

c.1830

Three Oaks Farm, Wadhurst, East Sussex, England

27 April 1880

Grove Park, Budbrooke, Warwickshire, England

1850

China

Gibraltar Harbour, Gibraltar

c.1850

New collections

Collections Block A

Fri, 10/04/2019 - 10:46

Log in to post comments

American Philosophical Society Library & Museum

State Library of New South Wales

The Linnean Society of London, Buchanan-Hamilton’s natural history drawings

View all collections

How are you using this site? Give us your feedback.