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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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Tom Tower, Christchurch, Oxfordshire, England

c.1850

Bellaggio, Como, Italy

19 May, 1868

Mayfield Palace, East Sussex, England

28 September, 1852

Toledo, Castille-La Mancha, Spain

Colosseum, Rome, Italy

Macellum Temple of Serapide, Pozzuoli, Campania, Italy

Omsk, Siberia, Russia

1914

South America

Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India

St. George's, Grenada

March 1865

Rialto Bridge, Venice, Italy

Capesthorne Hall, Siddington, Cheshire, England

c.1837

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British Isles

France

1880

Scotland

1728-1792

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Nile River

1864-1865

USA

1844

South Tyrol, Italy

1840s

Saint-Jeannet, Alpes-Maritimes, France

1910

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

1885

England

Mercy Bay, Banks Island, Inuvik, Canada

15 April 1853

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

3 August 1886

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Collections Block A

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HET Utrechts Archief

Nova Scotia Museum

The Hopetoun Collection

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