American Watercolor and Drawing Works
June 2026
A collection of primarily watercolor and mixed-media drawings from American institutions, spanning portraiture, landscape, botanical, and narrative subjects created on paper supports.
119 objects · 4 institutions
A Condolence Card
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1830
A Country Scene
Art Institute of Chicago
July 1848
A Friendly Remembrance (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
A View of the Constitution off Boston
Art Institute of Chicago
1814
Affections Offering (Valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1850
Against the Light
Art Institute of Chicago
1907
Alexander's Confidence with his Physician Philip
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1770
Amaryllis
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1923
An Artist at His Easel
Art Institute of Chicago
1914
Anotomaical Description of the Hand and the Wrist
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Back Pattern for Side Chair
Art Institute of Chicago
1825/75
Basket of Flowers in Printed Embossed Borders
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Be Always Happy (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Be Mine Dear Maid (Valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1850
Beverly N.J.
Art Institute of Chicago
1880/89
Borgo San Lorenzo (2)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1910
Bound Man (recto); Sketch of Bound Man (verso)
Art Institute of Chicago
1917/21
Burton Spencer Dreben (1927-1999)
Harvard Art Museums
c. 1996
Caricature of an Art Teacher
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Caroline D. Wade
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Change (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1850
Christ at Emmaus
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1760–1820
Coast of Sorrento
Art Institute of Chicago
1858
Constant Love (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
1850/59
Corinth
Art Institute of Chicago
1878
Couple in Antique Dress, Mourning Dead Son
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
De King Im Sit Right Flat in a Chair
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Dear to Memory (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
1850/59
Death of Ananias
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Dream of the Rarebit Fiend
Art Institute of Chicago
1905
Episode from Grimm's Fairy Tales
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Ethel Randolph
Art Institute of Chicago
1903
Figures in Landscape
Art Institute of Chicago
1798
Flowers
Art Institute of Chicago
1880
Flowers in a Marble Vase
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Fond Affection Turns to Thee (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
1840/49
Four Palms on Verdant Field Near Nile
Art Institute of Chicago
January 4, 1876
Free and Easy
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Friendship Offering (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1850
From Gatehead (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
1860/69
Full Moon Over Luxor Ruins, Off the Nile
Art Institute of Chicago
February 9, 1876
Girl in Spanish Costume
Art Institute of Chicago
1879/80
Grave of Captain and Mrs. Rich
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Grave of Hannah Harrison
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Great American Harpy
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Greek Mountain Peak at Twilight
Art Institute of Chicago
January 29, 1878
Hark, Cupid Calls (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Harriett Pullman Carolan
Art Institute of Chicago
1911
How Sweet You Are (Valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1840
I Love Thee Dearly (Valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
1850/59
I Love but Thee (Valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1840
In Austrian Tyrol
Cleveland Museum of Art
1911
Joseph and Patiphar's Wife
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Joshua Afloat with the Girls
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
July - Mount Lafayette, N.H.
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Lago Avernus
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1867–70
Lamenting Woman (Sarah H. Crone)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1880s or 1890s
Lit'l Word (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Look at My Beloved (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
1850/59
Love (Valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
1855–60
Love (Valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
1860/69
Love Me (Valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
1860/70
Love and Good Will, I Bear to Thee (Valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1830
Love is a Star (Valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1840
Middle East Costumes, Egypt
Art Institute of Chicago
May 14, 1878
Miss Gorham's Seminary
Art Institute of Chicago
1820/29
Mist on the Mountains
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Mrs. George Clinton (Cornelia Tappen)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1797
My Aim is Your Heart (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
My Heart's Dearest (Valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1830
Olive Trees, Corfu
Art Institute of Chicago
1909
Orange Sky with Scattered Clouds, Greece
Art Institute of Chicago
February 22, 1878
Pestling the Paddy
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Priest and Boy
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Rainbow Over Stormy Sea
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1900
Reflected Reeds
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1875
Remember Me (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1830
River Stream with Mountains in the Distance
Art Institute of Chicago
1856/92
Sailboat and Haystacks on Newbury Marsh
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Saint-Cloud
Art Institute of Chicago
1889
Sarah H. Crone
Cleveland Museum of Art
1880s or 1890s
Ship Isabella of Kittery
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Ships in Port
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Simplicity (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
1850/59
Sketches of Legs and Feet
Art Institute of Chicago
1917/21
Smithy, study for "Das Gericht"
Cleveland Museum of Art
c.1883
Souvenir (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
1860/69
Spray of Flowers
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
St. Paul Shaking off the Viper
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Still Life with Flower Arrangement in Pot
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Success to You (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
1855/59
Sweet Daughter of Beauty (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1850
Tarragona Terrace and Garden
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1908
The Artist's Farm and Vineyard
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
The Death of General Wolfe
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
The Death of General Wolfe
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
The Drawing Class
Art Institute of Chicago
1810/13
The Patio
Cleveland Museum of Art
1908
The Raising of Lazarus
Art Institute of Chicago
1780
The Sorceress of the Yakuts in North East Asia
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
The Zither Player
Art Institute of Chicago
1876
Thieves in the Pantry
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
This Little Tribute, Which I Send (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
1840/60
Thy Heart a Music Box (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Thy Love for Mine (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1830
To My Dear (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1860
True Love (Valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1881
True Loves Offering (Valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
1850/59
Two Female Heads
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Two Sketches of a Weeping Woman
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Under the Cypress Trees at Corfu
Art Institute of Chicago
1909
View of Braubach
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
What Cheeks Can Half so Soft Appear (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1850
With Hands and Hearts Forever Entwined (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
1850/59
Woman with Umbrella
Art Institute of Chicago
1893
Woodsheds, Tyrol
Art Institute of Chicago
1914
Workmen at Carrara
Art Institute of Chicago
1911
You Are the Very Man for Me (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.
Yours Keturah Keziah Kornwellis (valentine)
Art Institute of Chicago
n.d.