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Kathleen A. Foster

American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent

~If not specified, the dimensions of the works on paper refer to their supports (sheets of paper, artist boards, etc.). For explanation of the supports and materials, see Nancy Ash et al., Descriptive Terminology for Works of Art on Paper: Guidelines for the Accurate and Consistent...

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Checklist of the Exhibition

If not specified, the dimensions of the works on paper refer to their supports (sheets of paper, artist boards, etc.). For explanation of the supports and materials, see Nancy Ash et al., Descriptive Terminology for Works of Art on Paper: Guidelines for the Accurate and Consistent Description of the Materials and Techniques of Drawings, Prints, and Collages, ed. Renee Wolcott (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2014), http://www.philamuseum.org/conservation/22.html.

Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911)

The Sisters, 1882

Watercolor and white opaque watercolor over graphite on paper, in original frame

23 5/16 × 35¼ inches (59.2 × 89.5 cm)

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. The Edwin Austin

Abbey Memorial Collection, 1946.130

Fig. 101

An Old Song, 1885

Watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite on paper

28 × 48 inches (71.1 × 121.9 cm)

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. The Edwin Austin

Abbey Memorial Collection, 1937.2681

Fig. 180

Thomas Anshutz (1851–1912)

Sand Burr, c. 1894

Watercolor and graphite on paper

13½ × 20¼ A inches (34.3 × 51.4 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC. Gift of the Ann and Tom Barwick Family Collection, 2007.46

Fig. 255

John James Audubon (born Haiti, 1785–1851)

American Black Rat, 1842

Graphite, watercolor, and oil paint on paper

21 5/8 × 27½ inches (54.9 × 69.9 cm)

American Museum of Natural History, New York. Gift of the Misses Florence and Maria Audubon, 1925 (no. 934)

Fig. 4

Sarah Bates (1792–1881)

Untitled (Shaker inspirational drawing), c. 1840–60

Pen and brush and colored inks over graphite on paper

15⅛ × 20 15/16 inches (38.4 × 53.2 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Zieget, 1963-160-3

Fig. 2

Albert Fitch Bellows (1829–1883)

Coaching in New England, c. 1876

Watercolor and opaque watercolor with selectively applied glaze over graphite on moderately thick, rough-textured wove paper

24⅞ × 35⅞ inches (63.2 × 91.1 cm)

Brooklyn Museum. Bequest of Caroline H. Polhemus, 06.334

Fig. 54

Robert Frederick Blum (1857–1903)

A Venetian Market, 1889

Watercolor on paper

13 3/16 × 18⅛ inches (33.5 × 46 cm)

David Owsley Museum of Art, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. Elisabeth Ball Collection, gift of the George and Frances Ball Foundation, 1995.036.005

Fig. 187

Alfred Thompson Bricher (1837–1908)

Dory on Dana’s Beach, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, 1879

Watercolor and gouache on paper

14½ × 20½ inches (36.8 × 52.1 cm)

Collection of Joseph Peter Spang III

Fig. 76

Fidelia Bridges (1834–1923)

Pink Cyclamen, c. 1875

Transparent and opaque watercolor heightened with gum glaze and graphite on paper

14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm)

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 1982.49

Fig. 122

Milkweeds, 1876

Watercolor on paper

17¼ × 13 inches (43.8 × 33 cm)

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Utica, New York. Proctor Collection, PC.79 5

Fig. 123

Charles Burchfield (1893–1967)

Backyards in Spring, 1917 and 1946

Watercolor, opaque watercolor, conte crayon, and charcoal on joined wove paper, mounted on cardboard

33 1/16 × 44⅛ inches (84 × 112.1 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of Mrs. Herbert Cameron Morris, 1947-12-1

Figs. 313, 314

James Callowhill (born England, 1838–1917) and Percy James Callowhill (born England, 1873–1955)

Famille Rose Plate, c. 1889–96

Study for Oriental Ceramic Art (New York: D. Appleton, 1897)

Watercolor with selectively applied glaze on wove paper

15 1/16 × 14 inches (38.3 × 35.5 cm)

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 37.2635

Fig. 126

Nicolino Calyo (born Italy, 1799–1884)

View of the Waterworks at Fairmount, 1835–36

Opaque watercolor on wove paper, mounted on board

26⅛ × 36½ inches (66.4 × 92.7 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. 125th Anniversary Acquisition, Gift of the McNeil Americana Collection, 2009-218-7

Fig. 8

William Merritt Chase (1849–1916)

Portrait Study (Woman in a Black Bonnet), c. 1880

Watercolor on paper

13¾ × 9¾ inches (34.9 × 24.8 cm)

Collection of Erving and Joyce Wolf

Fig. 164

Samuel Colman (1832–1920)

The Harbor of Seville, 1867

Watercolor and gouache on paper

12⅛ × 27 9/16 inches (31.5 × 70 cm)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. American Art Curator’s Fund, 1983.24.1

Fig. 49

William Craig (born Ireland, 1829–1875)

View at Coldspring, 1 867

Watercolor, opaque watercolor, and graphite on wove paper

14⅞ × 22¾ inches (37.8 × 57.8 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Purchased with the Margaretta S. Hinchman Fund, 2003-194-1

Fig. 53

Bruce Crane (1857–1937)

Snow Scene, c. 1890–1900

Watercolor and opaque watercolor on blue-gray wove paper

10⅞ × 22¾ inches (27.6 × 47.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. George A. Hearn Fund, 1968 (68.40)

Fig. 201

J. Frank Currier (1843–1909)

White Beeches, c. 1878–80

Watercolor on paper

11¼ × 16 inches (28.6 × 40.6 cm)

Private collection

Fig. 166

Landscape, 1880

Watercolor on paper

16¼ × 26⅛ inches (41.3 × 67 cm)

The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York.

Gift of the Baker/Pisano Collection, 2001.9.77

Fig. 167

Felix Octavius Carr Darley (1822–1888)

The Repose, c. 1861

Watercolor and gouache on paper, mounted on canvas

14½ × 24 9/16 inches (36.8 × 62.3 cm)

High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Purchase, 1986.1

Fig. 26

Stuart Davis (1892–1964)

Two Cats, 1912

Watercolor over graphite on wove paper

10¾ × 14¾ inches (27.3 × 37.5 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of Carl Zigrosser, 1953-64-2

Fig. 294

Charles Demuth (1883–1935)

In Vaudeville (Dancer with Chorus), 1918

Watercolor and graphite on paper

12 11/16 × 8 1/16 inches (32.2 × 20.5 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1952-61-18

Fig. 309

Still Life: Apples and Green Glass, 1925

Watercolor and graphite on wove paper

11 13/16 × 13¾ inches (30 × 35 cm)

The Art Institute of Chicago. Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection, 1933.473

Fig. 311

Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851–1938)

Gloria, 1884

Gouache over graphite on paper

12⅛ × 10 15/16 inches (30.8 × 27.8 cm)

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection, 1956.722

Fig. 125

Frederick Dielman (born Germany, 1847–1935)

Between Sittings, 1884

Watercolor on paper

21 × 14 inches (53.3 × 35.6 cm)

Private collection

Fig. 182

Thomas Eakins (1844–1916)

Perspective of Lathe, 1860

Ink and watercolor on paper

16 1/16 × 22 inches (41.4 × 55.9 cm)

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966 (66.1554)

Fig. 32

John Biglin in a Single Scull, 1873

Watercolor on paper

16⅞ × 23 15/16 inches (42.9 × 60.8 cm)

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. Gift of Paul Mellon, B.A. 1929, LHDH 1967, in honor of Jules D. Prown, the first Director of the Yale Center for British Art, 1998.61.1

Fig. 113

Seventy Years Ago, 1877

Watercolor and gouache on cream wove paper with graphite border

15 11/16 × 10 11/16 inches (39.8 × 27.4 cm)

Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey.

Gift of Mrs. Frank Jewett Mather Jr., x1957-118

Fig. 109

The Dancing Lesson (Negro Boy Dancing), 1878

Watercolor on white wove paper

18 1/16 × 22 9/16 inches (46 × 57.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Fletcher Fund, 1925 (25.97.1)

Fig. 115

John Mackie Falconer (born Scotland, 1820–1903)

William Penn’s Mansion, South Second Street, Philadelphia, 1864, 1864

Watercolor with touches of opaque watercolor over graphire pencil on medium-weight, slightly textured wove paper mounted to board

17½ × 23½ inches (44.5 × 59.7 cm)

Brooklyn Museum. Gift of the American Art Council and Bernard and S. Dean Fevy, 1997.76

Fig. 21

Samuel Raymond Fanshaw (1814–1888)

Portrait of Sophie Richards, 1841

Watercolor over graphite on ivory

Height 3⅛ inches (7.9 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Purchased with funds contributed by the Young Friends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2010-57-1

Fig. 3

George Paulding Farnham (1859–1927)

Sketch for an Iris Brooch, c. 1900

Watercolor and opaque watercolor, gold paint, and gray wash with selectively applied glaze over graphite on gray-brown wove paper

7⅝ × 2 9/16 inches (19.4 × 6.5 cm)

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Gift of Tiffany & Co., 1988 (37.2633)

Fig. 135

Henry F. Farny (1847–1916)

The Prisoner (The Captive), 1885

Watercolor and gouache on paper

22 5/16 × 40 inches (56.7 × 101.6 cm)

Cincinnati Art Museum. Gift of Mrs. Benjamin E. Tate and Julius Fleischmann in memory of their father, Julius Fleischmann, 1927.38

Fig. 184

Henry Farrer (born England, 1843–1903)

Sunrise, New York Bay, 1875

Watercolor on paper

12 × 18½ inches (30.5 × 47 cm)

Private collection

Fig. 79

Winter Scene in Moonlight, 1869

Watercolor and opaque watercolor on white wove paper

11⅞ × 15 3/16 inches (30.2 × 38.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Morris K. Jesup Fund, Martha and Barbara Fleischman, and Katherine and Frank Martucci Gifts, 1999.19

Fig. 57

Thomas Charles Farrer (English, active United States, 1839–1891)

Three Eggs, c. 1865

Watercolor on paper

5 × 10 inches (12.7 × 25.4 cm)

Collection of Elizabeth Feld Herzberg and Peter A. Feld

Fig. 44

Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840–1924)

Columns of the Ramesseum, January 14, 1875, from Egypt

Diary, 1874–75

Watercolor and ink on paper

11 11/16 × 9 7/16 inches (30.3 × 24 cm)

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, v.i.a.4.2

Fig. 15

William Glackens (1870–1938)

Christmas Shoppers, Madison Square, 1912

Crayon and watercolor on paper

16¾ × 31⅞ inches (42.5 × 81 cm)

NSU Art Museum, Fort Fauderdale, Florida. Bequest of Ira Glackens, 91.40.106

Fig. 292

Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871–1954)

“All misery, Antoine! And now I live beneath a sword, ” c. 1907

Illustration for James Branch Cabell, “The Navarrese,” Harper’s Monthly Magazine, September 1907, following p. 536

Watercolor and opaque watercolor over charcoal on illustration board

25 ¼ × 15⅝ inches (64.1 × 39.7 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of the Philadelphia Water Color Club, 1941-99-47

Fig. 240

George Hawley Hallowell (1871–1926)

Trees in Winter, c. 1910

Watercolor on paper

21 × 15⅜ inches (53.3 × 39 cm)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Frederick F. Jack, 35.1234

Fig. 211

James Hamilton (born Ireland, 1819–1878)

Beach Scene at Sunset, c. 1860–65

Watercolor and gouache on paper

12 9/16 × 20 7/16 inches (32×52 cm)

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Vignos, Jr., 2011.134

Fig. 39

William Hart (born Scotland, 1823–1894)

First Snow, Grafton, Maine, 1867

Watercolor and opaque watercolor on paper

14 × 16 15/16 inches (35.6 × 43 cm)

Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, New York. Gift of Alan Fewis, in honor of Janice Hart White, 2004.46.434

Fig. 51

Childe Hassam (1859–1935)

Boulevard at Night, Paris, 1889

Watercolor on paper

8 × 12 inches (20.3 × 30.5 cm)

Private collection

Fig. 191

The Island Garden, 1892

Watercolor on paper

17½ × 14 inches (44.4 × 35.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.

Gift of John Gellatly, 1929.6.64

Fig. 193

John Henry Hill (1839–1922)

Natural Bridge, Virginia, 1876

Watercolor over graphite on very thick, slightly textured wove paper mounted to a secondary paper

21¼ × 14⅛ inches (54 × 35.9 cm)

Brooklyn Museum. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Feonard F. Milberg, 82.85.2

Fig. 72

John William Hill (born England, 1812–1879)

Fawn’s Leap, Catskill Mountains, 1867

Watercolor on paper

13 13/16 × 17 13/16 inches (35.1 × 45.6 cm)

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Museum purchase funded by the James W. Glanville Family Foundation, Thomas S. Glanville, the Museum Collectors, Ann Trammell, Charles Butt, Chrissi and Mike Morgan, Bettie Cartwright and Colin Kennedy, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fapin in honor of Meredith J. Fong; and by James R. Crane, Frank J. Hevrdejs, and Tom Roupe at “One Great Night in November, 2003,” 2003.709

Fig. 55

West Nyack, New York, 1868

Watercolor with traces of opaque watercolor over graphite

pencil on medium-weight, slightly textured wove paper

12 × 16⅜ inches (30.5 × 41.6 cm)

Brooklyn Museum. Gift of George J. Arden, Carroll J. Dickson, Mrs. Alfred T. Dillhoff, the estate of Emil Fuchs, Mrs. Willis Reese, and Dr. Ben Shenson, by exchange, and the Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 2005.1

Fig. 56

Apples and Plums, 1874

Watercolor on paper

7⅞ × 11⅜ inches (20 × 28.9 cm)

Collection of Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr.

Fig. 43

Laura Coombs Hills (1859–1952)

The Black Hat, 1918

Watercolor on ivory

5⅝ × 4⅛ Vs inches (14.3 × 10.5 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of Mrs. Daniel J. McCarthy, 1954-21-6

Fig. 213

Claude Raguet Hirst (1855–1942)

Book Closed over Spectacles, c. 1894

Opaque watercolor on illustration board

10 11/16 × 14⅞ inches (27.1 × 37.8 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Purchased with the E. Moran Endowment for American Art and the Edith H. Bell Fund, 2013-56-1

Fig. 226

Henrietta Homer (1809–1884)

Bird on Branch, probably 1879

Watercolor on paper

2½ × 4⅜ inches (6.4 11.1 cm)

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine.

Gift of Mrs. Capen Abbott, 1966.55.11

Fig. 14

Dandelions, c. 1880

Watercolor on paper

3⅞ × 6 1/16 inches (9.8 × 15.4 cm)

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine.

Gift of Mrs. Capen Abbott, 1966.55.2

Fig. 149

Winslow Homer (1836–1910)

Skating in Central Park, 1859–60

Watercolor and ink on board

16 7/16 × 24 9/16 inches (41.8 × 62.4 cm)

Saint Louis Art Museum. Eliza McMillan Trust, 19:1940

Fig. 29

Boys in a Dory, 1873

Watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite on medium rough-textured white wove paper

9¾ × 13⅞ inches (24.8 × 35.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Bequest of Molly Flagg Knudtsen, 2001.608.1

Fig. 104

Gloucester Harbor, 1873

Watercolor and opaque watercolor with graphite on wove paper

9½ × 13½ inches (24.1 × 34.3 cm)

Collection of Meredith and Cornelia Fong

Fig. 155

Waiting for the Boats, 1873

Watercolor on paper

8½ × 13½ inches (21.6 × 34.3 cm)

Private collection

Fig. 66

In the Garden, 1874

Watercolor on paper

9 1/16× 6 11/16 inches (23 × 17 cm)

Private collection

Fig. 154

A Flower for the Teacher (Taking Sunflower to Teacher), 1875

Watercolor with gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper mounted on hardboard

7⅝ × 6 11/16 inches (19.4 × 15.7 cm)

Georgia Museum of Art, Flniversity of Georgia, Athens. Eva Flnderhill Holbrook Memorial Collection of American Art, Gift of Alfred H. Holbrook, GMOA 1945.50

Fig. 67

The Trysting Place, 1875

Watercolor and gouache over traces of pastel and graphite on cream wove paper

12 × 8 1/16 inches (30.5 × 20.5 cm)

Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Division of Graphic Arts, Princeton, New Jersey. Gift of the Estate of Laurence Hutton, 1913

Fig. 107

Young Woman Sewing, 1876

Watercolor over graphite on wove paper

9¾ × 7⅞ inches (24.8 × 20 cm)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Corcoran Collection (Bequest of James Parmelee), 2014.79.40

Fig. 110

Resting Shepherdess, 1877

Painted and glazed ceramic tiles

8 × 16 inches (20.3 × 40.6 cm)

The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York.

Partial Gift of Karen H. Bechtel in memory of Ronald G.

Pisano and Partial Museum Purchase with funds from the Acquisition Fund, the Eva Gatling Fund, and the Baker/Pisano Fund, 2005.2

Fig. 144

Apple Picking, 1878

Watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite on paper, mounted on board

7 × 8⅜ inches (17.8 × 21.3 cm)

Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago. Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1992.7 (on deposit at the Art Institute of Chicago, 152.2005)

Fig. 168

Fresh Air, 1878

Watercolor heightened with white opaque watercolor, with selectively applied glaze, over charcoal on moderately thick, rough-textured wove paper

20 1/16 × 14 inches (51 × 35.6 cm)

Brooklyn Museum. Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 41.1087

Fig. 117

Gloucester Sunset, 1880

Watercolor on paper

9½ × 13½ inches (24.1 × 34.3 cm)

Collection of Linda H. Kaufman

Fig. 171

Two Sailboats, 1880

Watercolor, opaque watercolor, and graphite, with scraping, on wove paper

8¼ ×16 11/16 inches (21 × 42.4 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Woodward, 1939-7-11

Fig. 170

Inside the Bar, 1883

Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper

16 × 29 inches (40.6 × 73.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Louise Ryals Arkell, in memory of her husband, Bartlett Arkell, 1954 (54.183)

Fig. 186

A Garden in Nassau, 1885

Watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite, with blotting and scraping, on textured wove paper

14½ × 21 inches (36.8 × 53.3 cm)

Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago. Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1994.10

Fig. 256

Building a Smudge, 1891

Watercolor over graphite, with scraping, on wove paper

13¾ × 20 9/16 inches (34.9 × 52.2 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. 125th Anniversary

Acquisition, Gift of Ann R. Stokes, 2002-10-1

Fig. 214

Guide Carrying a Deer, 1891

Watercolor over graphite pencil on wove paper

14 × 20⅛ inches (35.6 × 51 cm)

Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine. Bequest of Charles Shipman Payson, 1988.55.10

Fig. 259

A Huntsman and Dogs, 1891

Oil on canvas

28⅛ × 48 inches (71.4 × 121.9 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. The William L. Elkins Collection, E1924-3-8

Fig. 260

Boy Fishing, 1892

Watercolor and graphite on paper

14⅜ × 21 inches (37.1 × 53.3 cm)

San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas.

Purchased with funds provided by the Robert J. Kleberg, Jr., and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation and Friends of the San Antonio Museum Association, 86.130

Fig. 262

Old Friends, 1894

Watercolor over graphite on wove paper

21½ × 15⅛ inches (54.6 × 38.4 cm)

Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts. Museum purchase, 1908.3

Fig. 261

Prout’s Neck Surf, 1894

Watercolor and opaque watercolor over traces of graphite, with scraping, on wove paper

14 × 21 7/16 inches (35.6 × 54.5 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Woodward, 1939-7-6

Fig. 16

The Water Fan, 1 898–99

Watercolor, with blotting and touches of scraping, over graphite, on thick, rough-textured wove paper

14¾ × 21 inches (37.4 × 53.4 cm)

The Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Dorothy A., John A., Jr., and Christopher Holabird in memory of William and Mary Holabird, 1972.190

Fig. 265

After the Hurricane, Bahamas, 1899

Watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting, and scraping, over graphite, on moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper

14 15/16 × 21⅜ inches (38 × 54.3 cm)

The Art Institute of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection, 1933.1235

Fig. 266

Bermuda, 1900

Watercolor and graphite on wove paper

14 × 21 1/16 inches (35.6 × 53.5 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. George Woodward, 1939-7-1

Fig. 267

Fishing Boats, Key West, 1903

Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper

13 15/16 × 2.1¾ inches (35.4 × 55.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Amelia B. Lazarus Fund, 1910 (10.228.1)

Fig. 264

Black Bass, 1904

Watercolor and graphite on paper

13¾ × 19⅝ inches (34.9 × 49.8 cm)

Private collection

Fig. 263

Diamond Shoal, 1905

Watercolor and graphite on paper

13⅞ × 21¾ inches (35.5 × 55.2 cm)

Private collection

Fig. 268

After Winslow Homer (1836–1910)

Gloucester Harbor, 1873

Wood engraving, published in Harper’s Weekly, September 27, 1873, p. 844

9¼ × 14 inches (23.5 × 35.6 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Purchased with the Thomas Skelton Harrison Fund, 1941-53-105

Fig. 105

Edward Hopper (1882–1967)

Haskell’s House, 1924

Watercolor over graphite on paper board

13½ ×19½ inches (34.3 × 49.5 cm)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Gift of Herbert A. Goldstone, 1996.130.2

Fig 315

George Inness (1825–1894)

The Dolomites, c. 1873

Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper

97 1/16 × 11¾A inches (23 × 29.8 cm)

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut. Gift of Philip L. Goodwin, 1930.8

Fig. 92

The River Bank, c. 1880–83

Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper

13⅜ × 19¼ inches (34 × 48.9 cm)

Arkell Hall Foundation Collection, Canajoharie, New York

Fig. 198

Old Apple Trees, c. 1880–85

Transparent and opaque watercolor on paper

10 1/16 × 13 inches (25.4 × 33 cm)

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas. Purchase with funds provided by the Council of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 1991.15

Fig. 174

Maud Briggs Knowlton (1870–1956)

Design for a Plate, 1903

Watercolor on paper

Image 8⅝ × 8⅝ inches (21.9 × 21.9 cm)

Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire.

Bequest of the Artist, 1956.6.11

Fig. 148

Attributed to Sarah Kriebel (1828–1908)

Drawing of a vase with bird and flowers for Naomi Schultz, 1852

Watercolor and ink on wove paper

13½ × 15½ inches (34.3 × 39.4 cm)

Joan and Victor Johnson Collection (no. 1095)

Fig. 1

John La Farge (1835–1910)

Trionfo d’Amore, c. 1866–79

Graphite and gray, white, brown, and ivory wash on a prepared uncut woodblock

5⅞ × 3⅝ inches (15.0 × 9.2 cm)

Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey.

Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr., 1943–241

Fig. 95

Wild Roses and Water Lily—Study of Sunlight, c. 1883

Watercolor on paper

10⅝ × 8⅞ inches (27 × 22.5 cm)

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2005.14

Fig. 143

Sunrise in Fog over Kyoto, 1886

Watercolor and graphite on paper

7⅛ × 11¾ inches (18.1 × 29.8 cm)

Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire.

Gift of Clement C. Houghton, 1948.5

Fig. 218

Peonies in the Wind, c. 1889 / reworked by 1908

Leaded glass with copper foil

56 × 26 inches (142.2 × 66 cm)

Seattle Art Museum. Acquired with donations from the Kreielsheimer Foundation, Ann and Tom Barwick, The Virginia Wright Fund, Ann H. and John H. Hauberg, The Margaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund, and the American Art Purchase Fund, 87.143

Fig. 139

Peonies in a Breeze, 1890

Watercolor and gouache on paper

37 × 20½ inches (94 × 52.1 cm)

Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

Fig. 140

Waimea [Hawaii], Sept. 22, 2 P.M., 1890, 1890

Watercolor and gouache on wove paper

7 15/16 × 10 11/16 inches (20.2 × 27.2 cm)

Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey. Gift of Samuel M. Hamill, Jr., Class of i960, in honor of John Wilmerding, Christopher B. Sarofim Class of ’86 Professor of American Art, 2005–1

Fig. 217

A Bridle Path in Tahiti, c. 1900

Opaque watercolor and watercolor over graphite on wove paper mounted on cardboard

18⅞ × 20⅜ inches (48 × 51.8 cm)

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Gift of Edward D. Bettens to the Louise E. Bettens Fund, 1917.4

Fig. 219

William Langson Lathrop (1859–1938)

Twilight in Connecticut (Country Road near Solebury), c. 1896

Watercolor on paper

14 × 16 inches (35.6 × 40.6 cm) (in frame)

Collection of the Mercer Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Fig. 207

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Description: Trompe l'oeil by Latrobe, John H.B.

John H. B. Latrobe (1803–1891)

Trompe l'oeil, c. 1827

Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink, with scraping, on wove paper

6⅝ × 8⅞ inches (16.8 × 22.5 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of the McNeil Americana Collection, 2009-218-3

Page 374 (detail)

George Benjamin Luks (1867–1933)

Wooded Landscape with Pond, c. 1925–31

Watercolor on cream wove paper

14¾ × 19¾ inches (37.5 × 50.2 cm)

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Gift of Donald and Willi Holden, in memory of Rie Yarnell, 1980.23

Fig. 293

Stanton MacDonald-Wright (1890–1973)

Generation, 1914

Watercolor and ink over graphite on wove paper

19⅜ × 12 7/16 inches (49.2 × 31.6 cm)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Eugene L. and Marie-Louise Garbaty Fund, 1998.140.1

Fig. 300

Man Ray (1890–1976)

Interior, 1915

Watercolor, opaque watercolor, and pen and black ink, over graphite, with applied paper coated with silver metallic foil, on laid paper

23 15/16 × 17 7/16 inches (60.8 × 44.3 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. A. E. Gallatin Collection, 1946-70-16

Fig. 299

John Marin (1870–1953)

The Red Sun, Brooklyn Bridge, 1922

Watercolor with opaque watercolor, scraping, and wiping, and fabricated charcoal with stumping, on thick, rough-textured wove paper (all edges trimmed)

21 5/16 × 26 1/16 inches (54.2 × 66.5 cm)

The Art Institute of Chicago. Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949.561R

Fig. 307

Near Calais, Maine, from a sketchbook (p. 3), 1951

Watercolor and graphite on wove paper, spiralbound “Fa-vo-rite” notebook 11 × 13⅞ inches (27.9 × 35.2 cm)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Gift of Norma B. Marin, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1991.49.1.C

Fig. 18

Henry McCarter (1864–1942)

Yearly Tribute to the King of Tara, c. 1906

Gouache, graphite, and chalk on pulpboard

26¾ × 33¼ inches (67.9 × 84.5 cm)

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.

Gift of Beauveau Borie, 1944.12

Fig. 232

Alfred Jacob Miller (1810–1874)

Fort Laramie, Wyoming, 1837

Watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite, with selectively applied glaze and cut applied paper, on Bristol board

7⅝ × 12 inches (19.4 × 30.5 cm)

The Dietrich American Foundation

Fig. 9

William Rickarby Miller (born England, 1818–1893)

Catskill Clove in Palingsville, 1856

Watercolor, opaque watercolor, and graphite on light green wove paper

19⅞ × 14 1/16 inches (50.5 × 35.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Mrs. A. M. Miller, 1893 (93.24.4)

Fig. 24

Charles Herbert Moore (1840–1930)

Mount Washington, 1872

Watercolor and touches of graphite on cream wove paper

6 5/16 × 9 1/16 inches (16 × 23 cm)

Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey.

Gift of Miss Elizabeth Huntington Moore, the artist’s daughter, presented by Mrs. Frank Jewett Mather Jr., ×1955–69

Fig. 58

Thomas Moran (born England, 1837–1926)

Ruins on the Nile, 1858

Watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite, with selectively applied glaze, on wove paper

20 15/16 × 16½ inches (53.2 × 41.9 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. The W. P. Wilstach Collection, bequest of Anna H. Wilstach, W1893-1-148

Fig. 40

Big Springs in Yellowstone Bark, 1872

Watercolor and opaque watercolor on paper

9¼ × 19¼ inches (23.5 × 48.9 cm)

Private collection

Fig. 82

From Hurricane Hill, Rio Virgin Chasm, July 27th, 1873, from Sketchbook of Plateau Country (Utah), 1873

Watercolor and graphite on paper

4⅛ × 8⅛ inches (10.5 × 20.7 cm)

National Park Service, Yellowstone National Park, Gardiner, Montana (YELL 23063)

Fig. 10

The Upper End of Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Range, near Ogden, Utah, August 13, 1879, 1879

Brush and watercolor, white gouache, and graphite on gray laid paper

10 3/16 × 14⅝ inches (25.8 × 37.1 cm)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York.

Gift of Thomas Moran, 1917-17-79

Fig. 80

Mountain of the Holy Cross, 1890

Watercolor and gouache over graphite on paper

17 13/16 × 12⅜ inches (45.2 × 31.5 cm)

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Avalon Fund, Florian Carr Fund, Barbara and Jack Kay Fund, Gift of Max and Heidi Berry and Veverka Family Foundation Fund, 2012.28.1

Fig. 83

Henry Roderick Newman (1843–1917)

Anemones, 1876

Watercolor heightened with gum glaze over graphite on paper

18 × 11¾ inches (45.7 × 29.8 cm)

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas. Purchase with funds provided by Ruth Carter Stevenson, 1985.281

Fig. 46

Grapes and Olives, 1878

Watercolor with selectively applied glaze over graphite pencil on moderately thick rough-textured wove paper

26 × 18 13/16 inches (66 × 47.8 cm)

Brooklyn Museum. Purchased with funds given by Sol Schreiber in memory of Rose Schreiber, and with funds given by Joanne and Eugene Witty, Dick S. Ramsay Fund and Designated Purchase Fund, 1996.90.2

Fig. 61

Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy, 1884

Watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite on wove paper

25½ × 30⅞ inches (64.8 × 78.5 cm)

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Transfer from the Fine Arts Department, Harvard University, 1926.33.177

Fig. 60

Philae, 1900

Watercolor over graphite on wove paper

26⅛ × 17 inches (66.4 × 43.2 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Purchased with the Center for American Art Fund, 2016-152-1

Fig. 224

Agnes F. Northrop (1857–1953), for Tiffany Studios (1902–1932)

Design for Window for Sarah Cochran, Linden Hall, Dawson, Pennsylvania, c. 1913

Watercolor, opaque watercolor, and graphite on wove paper mounted on original gray mat board

13¼ × 7⅞ inches (33.7 × 20 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967 (67.654.229)

Fig. 137

Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986)

Evening Star, No. 11, 1917

Watercolor on paper

8¾ × 12 inches (22.2 × 30.5 cm)

Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

Fig. 302

Evening Star, No. VII, 1917

Watercolor on paper

8⅞ × 12 inches (22.5 × 30.5 cm)

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Gift of The Burnett Foundation, 1997.06.33

Fig. 303

Violet Oakley (1874–1961)

Study for “Divine Law” Mural at the Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, c. 1917

Opaque watercolor, oil paint, gold leaf over bole, pen and black ink, and graphite on illustration board 20½ × 20½ inches (52.1 × 52.1 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Purchased with the Director’s Discretionary Fund, 1976–21 1–1

Fig. 243

Frances Flora Bond Palmer (born England, 1812–1876)

The Mississippi in Time of War, 1862

Opaque watercolor and colored crayons over graphite on gray wove paper

18 1/16 × 28⅞ inches (45.9 × 71.4 cm)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875 (53.2450)

Fig. 30

Walter Launt Palmer (1854–1932)

Road to Olana, 1888

Watercolor and gouache on paper

13¼ × 17¼ inches (33.7 × 43.8 cm)

Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, New York. Gift of the estate of Miss Evelyn Newman, 1964.31.40

Fig. 202

Maxfield Parrish (1870–1966)

Old King Cole (Triptych), 1894

India ink, watercolor, oil, tempera, and collage on tan paper

20¼ × 42 inches (51.4 × 106.7 cm)

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia.

Henry D. Gilpin Fund, i895.4a–c

Fig. 234

Robert J. Pattison (1838–1903)

Mountain View, 1862

Watercolor with graphite and touches of gouache and scraping on paper

20 13/16 × 29 13/16 inches (52.8 × 75.8 cm)

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Dudley P. Allen Fund, 2016.6

Fig. 59

Enoch Wood Perry (1831–1915)

A Month’s Darning, 1876

Watercolor and opaque watercolor, with selectively applied gum, on white wove paper

20 × 15¾ inches (50.8 × 40 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand H. Davis, 1966 (66.240)

Fig. 114

Jane Peterson (1876–1965)

The Pier, Edgartown, c. 1915

Gouache and charcoal on paper

17 × 23¼ inches (43.2 × 59.1 cm)

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Atwood

Fig. 288

Maurice Prendergast (1858–1924)

St. Mark’s Square, Venice (The Clock Tower), c. 1898–99

Watercolor and graphite on paper

23⅞ × 6⅛ inches (60.6 × 15.6 cm)

Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine. Museum Purchase, 44.316

Fig. 252

Splash of Sunshine and Rain (Piazza San Marco, Venice), 1899

Watercolor and graphite on paper

19⅜ × 14¼ inches (49.2 × 36.2 cm)

Private collection

Fig. 250

Umbrellas in the Rain, 1899

Watercolor over graphite pencil on paper

13 15/16 × 20⅞ inches (35.4 × 53 cm)

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Hayden Collection—Charles Henry Hayden Fund, 59.57

Fig. 251

West Church, Boston, c. 1900–1901

Watercolor and graphite on paper

22¼ × 15¼ inches (56.5 × 38.7 cm)

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Klein

Fig. 253

In the Luxembourg Gardens, 1907

Oil on panel

10¾ × 13¾ inches (27.3 × 34.9 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of Eugene and Marie-Louise Jackson, 2014-176-3

Fig. 254

Bathers, New England, c. 1916–19

Watercolor and pastel with graphite on heavy wove paper

15¾ × 22 7/16 inches (40 × 57 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. 125th Anniversary Acquisition, Gift of C. K. Williams II, 2003-63-2

Fig. 286

Figures on a Coast, from The Dells Sketchbook, c. 1919–21

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Double-page spread 7 13/16 × 10¼ inches (20 × 26 cm)

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Prendergast, 1951.425.ss

Fig. 11

William Trost Richards (1833–1905)

Red Clover with Butter-and-Eggs and Ground Ivy, 1860

Watercolor with selectively applied glaze over graphite on wove paper

6¾ × 5 5/16 inches (17.2 × 13.5 cm)

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1862 (37.1564)

Fig. 42

A High Tide at Atlantic City, 1873

Opaque watercolor with touches of translucent watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper

8 7/16 × 13 15/16 inches (21.4 × 35.4 cm)

Brooklyn Museum. Purchased with funds given by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard L. Milberg, 86.142

Fig. 73

Lake Squam from Red Hill, 1874

Watercolor, opaque watercolor, and graphite on light graygreen wove paper

8 7/8 × 13 9/16 inches (22.5 × 34.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of The Reverend E. L. Magoon, D.D., 1880 (80.1.6)

Fig. 75

A Rocky Coast, 1877

Watercolor and opaque watercolor on fibrous brown wove paper

28⅛ × 36¾ inches (71.4 × 92.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Bequest of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, 1887 (87.15.6)

Fig. 84

Ellen Robbins (1828–1905)

Sumac, from Autumnal Leaves, a volume of eighteen original watercolors, 1868

Watercolor on paper

19 3/16 × 15¾ inches (48.8 × 40 cm)

Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois. Lenhardt Library, Rare Book Collection

Fig. 37

Autumn Leaves, c. 1870

Watercolor with selectively applied glaze over graphite on wove paper

21 7/16 × 29 9/16 inches (54.5 × 75.1 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Purchased with the American Art Revolving Fund, 2016-152-2

Fig. 47

Climbing White Roses a Plein Air, 1888

Watercolor on paper

25 × 21 inches (63.5 × 53.3 cm)

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Klein

Fig. 129

Theodore Robinson (1852–1896)

Decorative Head, 1889

Watercolor with touches of opaque watercolor and traces of black chalk, squared in black chalk, on medium-weight, rough-textured wove paper

13¾ × 9 13/16 inches (34.9 × 24.9 cm)

Brooklyn Museum. Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 39.60

Fig. 190

Charles Marion Russell (1864–1926)

Christmas Dinner for the Men on the Trail, 1905

Opaque and transparent watercolor over graphite underdrawing on paper

16 × 22¾ inches (40.6 × 57.8 cm)

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas.

Amon G. Carter Collection, 1961.100

Fig. 229

John Singer Sargent (born Italy, 1856–1925)

Incensing the Veil, c. 1880

Watercolor and graphite on paper

11 13/16 × 7⅞ inches (30 × 20 cm)

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, P3W33

Fig. 160

Gondoliers’ Siesta, 1902–3

Watercolor over pen and ink on paper

14 × 20 inches (35.6 × 50.8 cm)

Private collection

Fig. 272

A Venetian Trattoria (Venetian Interior), c. 1902–3

Watercolor and white opaque watercolor over graphite on wove paper

9 13/16 × 13⅞ inches (24.9 × 35.2 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. John G. Johnson Collection, 1917 (cat. 1079)

Fig. 271

Group (Siesta in a Swiss Wood), c. 1904–5

Watercolor over graphite, with scratching out, on paper

13¾ × 19¾ inches (34.9 × 50.2 cm)

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Klein

Fig. 276

Group with Parasols (A Siesta), 1904–5

Oil on canvas

21¾ × 27⅞ inches (55.3 × 70.8 cm)

Private collection

Fig. 275

Ships at Palma (Yachts at Anchor, Palma de Majorca), probably 1908

Watercolor and graphite on paper

12 × 18 inches (30.5 × 45.7 cm)

Seattle Art Museum. Partial and promised gift from a private collection, 2005.164

Fig. 280

Escutcheon of Charles V of Spain, 1912

Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper

12 × 18 inches (30.5 × 45.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1915 (15.142.11)

Fig. 274

Spanish Fountain, 1912

Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper

21 × 13¾ inches (53.3 × 34.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1915 (15.142.6)

Fig. 273

Man Fishing, 1914

Watercolor over graphite on paper

13¾ × 21 inches (34.9 × 53.3 cm)

Courtesy Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

Fig. 279

A Tent in the Rockies, 1916

Watercolor and graphite on paper

15 7/16 × 20’ 15/16 inches (39.2 × 53.2 cm)

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, P3W17

Fig. 281

The Bathers, 1917

Watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite on wove paper

15 13/16 × 20⅞ inches (40.1 × 53 cm)

Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts. Sustaining Membership Fund, 1917.91

Fig. 282

Muddy Alligators, 1917

Watercolor over graphite, with masking out and scraping, on wove paper

13 9/16 × 20⅞ inches (34.4 × 53 cm)

Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Sustaining Membership Fund, 1917.86

Fig. 283

Alice Schille (1869–1955)

Bow Sprit, c. 1916–18

Watercolor on paper

13¾ × 16½ inches (33.7 × 41.9 cm)

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Schmidt III

Fig. 290

Charles Sheeler (1883–1965)

Tulips—Suspended Forms, 1922

Tempera and conte crayon on paper

20 × 15½ inches (50.8 × 39.4 cm)

Private collection

Fig. 312

George Henry Smillie (1840–1921)

Coastal Scene, New York, 1885

Watercolor and graphite on paper

25 × 39 inches (63.5 × 99.1 cm)

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2007.17

Fig. 197

James David Smillie (1833–1909)

On the Ausable, 1869

Watercolor and opaque watercolor on green-gray wove paper

9½ × 12⅞ inches (24.1 × 32.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. J. William Middendorf II Gift, 1967 (67.274)

Fig. 52

F. Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915)

Summer Afternoon, Inn of William the Conqueror, c. 1905

Opaque watercolor, charcoal, and graphite on laid paper mounted on board

22⅞ × 35 13/16 inches (58.1 × 91 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Purchased with the Center for American Art Fund, 2016-81-1

Fig. 247

Jessie Willcox Smith (1863–1935)

Cover Illustration for “A Child’s Book of Old Verses,” c. 1910

Watercolor, opaque watercolor, and gold metallic paint over charcoal, with selectively applied varnish, on illustration board

17 7/16 × 12¼ inches (44.3 × 31.1 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of the Philadelphia Water Color Club, 1941-99-106

Fig. 236

Gerald H. Thayer (1883–1935), with Emma Beach Thayer (1850–1924) and Abbott H. Thayer (1849–1921)

Cotton-Tail Rabbit among Dry Grasses and Leaves, 1904

Opaque watercolor with touches of translucent watercolor and graphite on smooth-textured paper-surfaced pulpboard

18¾ × 19½ inches (47.6 × 49.5 cm)

Brooklyn Museum. Gift of Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, 20.645

Fig. 5

Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933)

Algerian Shops, c. 1872–87

Opaque watercolor with brush and ink and red chalk on board

21 3/16 × 31× inches (53.8 × 79.2 cm)

The Baltimore Museum of Art. Fanny B. Thalheimer Memorial Fund, 1973.14

Fig. 86

Caroline Townsend (1854–1889)

Lotus-Flower Design, c. 1885

Watercolor on paper

18 × 18 inches (45.7 × 45.7 cm)

Private collection

Fig. 133

Captain Joshua Rowley Watson (British, 1772–1818)

The Lower Bridge on Schuylkill at Gray’s Ferry 5 [. . .]ber 1816

Bound sketchbook with ninety drawings in pen and brush and black and brown inks, watercolor, and graphite on handmade wove paper

10½ × 5⅜ inches (26.7 × 13.7 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of The Barra Foundation, Inc., 2007-2-1

Fig. 7

Max Weber (born Poland, 1881–1961)

Nude Woman in Landscape, 1910

Gouache on paper

24¾ × 19 inches (62.9 × 48.3 cm)

Collection of Meredith and Cornelia Long

Fig. 297

Julian Alden Weir (1852–1919)

Roses, 1886

Watercolor and gouache on paper

18 × 14 inches (45.7 × 35.6 cm)

Collection of Marsha and Richard Rothman

Fig. 163

James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)

Green and Silver—The Three Clouds, 1888

Watercolor on linen

8 11/16 × 5 5/16 inches (22 × 13.5 cm)

Thomas Colville Fine Art, LLC, New York

Fig. 203

Peter Bon nett Wight (1838–1925)

National Academy of Design: Elevation of the Proposed Stenciling for the Central Stairwell of the “N.Y. Academy of Design,” 1868

Opaque watercolor on paper

19⅞ × 14 inches (50.5 × 35.6 cm)

The Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Peter Bonnett Wight, 1991 (1992.81.7)

Fig. 120

Irving Ramsey Wiles (1861–1948)

The Green Cushion, c. 1895

Watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite on white paper

22 × 28 inches (55.9 × 71.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Partial and Promised Gift of Ann M. and Thomas W. Barwick, and Purchase, Ann M. and Thomas W. Barwick Gift, 1994.76

Fig. 227

Frederick Wilson (1858–1932), for Tiffany Studios (1902–1932)

Design for a Triple Lancet Window, late nineteenth–early twentieth century

Watercolor, opaque watercolor, pen and red and black ink, and graphite on paper, mounted on board within original double mat

25⅝ × 20 ⅞ inches (65.1 × 53 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967 (67.654.441)

Fig. 136

Thomas Waterman Wood (1823–1903)

Arguing the Question, 1877

Gouache, watercolor, and graphite on paper laid down on canvas

22 3/16 × 28 1/16 inches (56.4 × 71.6 cm)

Private collection

Fig. 63

Charles Herbert Woodbury (1864–1940)

Marine, c. 1910

Watercolor and gouache on off-white wove paper

16 11/16 × 26 7/16 inches (42.4 × 67.2 cm)

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine. Bequest of Miss Elizabeth H. Pennell, 1914.2

Fig. 209

Unknown artist (American, early nineteenth century)

The Wedding, c. 1805–9

Watercolor on paper

14½ × 19⅞ inches (36.8 × 50.5 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1967-268-4

Fig. 13

Artists’ Materials

Waring & Dimes (British, 1840–1842)

Watercolor box belonging to Thomas Eakins, c. 1850–80

Watercolor pigments and wood box

3 × 12 × 7 inches (7.6 × 30.5 × 17.8 cm)

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Archives, Philadelphia

Fig. 323

Winsor & Newton (British, founded 1832)

Watercolor box belonging to Winslow Homer, c. 1900–1910

Watercolor pigments and metal box

8⅛ × 8¼ inches (20.6 × 21 cm) (open)

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine.

Gift of the Homer family, 1964.69.191

Fig. 327

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Description: Watercolor brushes used by Winslow Homer by Unknown

Watercolor brushes used by Winslow Homer, before 1910

Sable brushes with quill handles

8¼ × ½ inches (21 × 1.3 cm)

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine.

Gift of the Homer family, 1964.69.193.3.a–.b

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Description: Watercolor brushes and scraper used by John Singer Sargent by Unknown

Watercolor brushes and scraper used by John Singer Sargent, c. 1900–1925

Camel, sable, and badger hair brushes with wood handles; metal scraper

Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Edward W. Forbes Collection of Artists’ Materials

Watercolor tubes used by John Singer Sargent, c. 1900–1925

Moist colors in metal tubes

Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Edward W. Forbes Collection of Artists’ Materials

Fig. 338

Not Illustrated in Catalogue

Rookwood Pottery (1880–1960)

Plate, 1880

Glazed stoneware (Ivory/Cameo glaze line)

Diam. 8¾ inches (22.2 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gift of Mrs. James Cameron Bleloch, 1976-104-1

Rookwood Pottery (1880–1960)

Pitcher, 1881

Glazed stoneware (Fimoges glaze line)

Height 6⅞ inches (17.5 cm); diam. 5 inches (12.7 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Purchased with the Baugh-Barber Fund, 1976-108-7

Thomas Tucker (1812–1890)

Illustrated Page from “China Factory Pattern Book,” 1832–38

Watercolor and ink on beige paper

10 × 15½ inches (25.4 × 39.4 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Bequest of Anne Tucker Earp, 1974-114-1(33a,b)

Charles Volkmar, Jr. (1841–1914)

Three-Handled Cup, 1896

White ware with blue glaze decoration

Height 6¼ inches (15.9 cm); diam. 6¼ inches (15.9 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art. Purchased with the Baugh-Barber Fund, 1976-108-6

Written by William Thompson Walters (1819–1894)

Oriental Ceramic Art, 1897

Book with lithographs

23 × 17 inches (58.4 × 43.2 cm)

Philadelphia Museum of Art Library

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