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Style galleriesWatercolours of the 19th century

Watercolours of the 19th century

The Yellow Room, by James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84
A work made of pen and brown ink, with traces of graphite, on tan wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper.
A work made of brush and black gray wash heightened with white gouache over graphite, on cream laminate board.
A work made of reed pen and black-brown ink, with black chalk on off-white wove paper.
A work made of pastel on brown paper, laid down on board.

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Watercolours made in the 19th century, from every museum.

Section 1, north wall

  1. The Yellow Room, by James McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84
    The Yellow RoomJames McNeill Whistler, ca. 1883–84Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. A work made of pen and brown ink, with traces of graphite, on tan wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper.
    Sketches of Algerian MenEugène Delacroix, c. 1832Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of brush and black gray wash heightened with white gouache over graphite, on cream laminate board.
    "As They Threw their Animals Back upon their Haunches," illustration for An Arabian Day and Night, in Harper's New Monthly MagazineFrederic Remington, n.d.Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 1, south wall

  1. A work made of reed pen and black-brown ink, with black chalk on off-white wove paper.
    Weeping TreeVincent van Gogh, 1889Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of pastel on brown paper, laid down on board.
    The Call of the StagRosa Bonheur, 1890sCourtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 2, south wall

  1. A work made of pen and brown ink, with brush and brown ink, on cream pseudo-laid paper tipped onto cream wove paper.
    Study for "The Blue Girl: Portrait of Miss Elinor Leyland"James McNeill Whistler, c. 1879Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Nocturne, by John La Farge, ca. 1885
    NocturneJohn La Farge, ca. 1885Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  3. A work made of black chalk and charcoal with stumping, heightened with white chalk (recto), and black chalk and charcoal with stumping (verso), on dark tan laid paper.
    Standing Academic Male Nude (recto); Sketch of Upper Arm (verso)Eugène Delacroix, 1816Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 2, north wall

  1. The Dancing Lesson, by Thomas Eakins, 1878
    The Dancing LessonThomas Eakins, 1878Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. A work made of black and white chalk on blue wove paper.
    SeasideCharles François Eustache, 1866Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 3, north wall

  1. A work made of pastel and graphite on cream wove paper.
    At the Circus: Trained Pony and BaboonHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1899Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Inside the Bar, by Winslow Homer, 1883
    Inside the BarWinslow Homer, 1883Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Section 3, south wall

  1. A work made of gouache, with pen and brown and black ink and traces of magenta ink (faded), over graphite (recto), and graphite (verso) on cream wove paper, tipped onto cream wove paper.
    Horseman (recto); Horse and Rider (verso)Auguste Rodin, 1889Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of graphite on ivory wove paper.
    A Byzantine Well-headFrederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton of Stretton, 1852Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 4, south wall

  1. A work made of oil on paperboard.
    Lane Scene at NightJohn Atkinson Grimshaw, 1872Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of transparent and opaque watercolor on cream wove paper.
    Landscape with RocksGeorge Sand, c. 1868/76Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago