Welcome to the Watercolour World

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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Samson's Ribs, Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, Scotland

Long Island, New York, USA

1876

India

c. 1825

Washington, USA

May 1859

Kakskerta Church, Kakskerta Island, Turku, Finland

1871

Langinkoski rapid, Kymi River, Kotka, Finland

1919

Corte Bressana, Venice, Italy

17 October 1868

Bengal, India

c. 1799

Fjordland, South Island, New Zealand

Mount Vernon, Virginia, USA

c. 1805-1810

Alcántara Bridge, Alcántara, Extremadura, Spain

1810-1814

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Around the world with Robert Elwes

The admired Victorian artist-traveller Robert Elwes' paintings, previously believed to have been destroyed by fire with his house, have recently been rediscovered by The Watercolour World

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England

before 1823

Wales

18th century

England

19th century

Recently digitised

Duomo di Milano, Piazza del Duomo, Milan, Italy

1826

Europe

1904

Saint-Jeannet, Alpes-Maritimes, France

1910

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

1885

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

3 August 1886

Norfolk, England

England

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

1904

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Collections Block A

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

Finnish Heritage Agency (Museovirasto)

Lacock Abbey – National Trust Collection

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