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English & British

17,198 works

Mezzotint portrait of a seated woman in a lace bonnet holding a rabbit, with a caption naming Mary Toft.

Mary Toft (Tofts). Mezzotint by J. Faber, 1726/1727, after J. Laguerre

Three small vignettes on a cream sheet: two billiards scenes and a rural scene with women and a child, with verse lines.

Plate from The Task

after Thomas Stothard, c. 1800

Watercolor study of a robed figure with arm raised upward against a deep blue background.

The Resurrection of Christ

John La Farge, c. 1902

Sheet with three small octagonal vignettes of classical figures and interiors, with handwritten quotations beneath two of the

Plate from Telemachus

after Thomas Stothard, c. 1797

Etching of a standing woman in a wide hat and pleated skirt, holding a basket of wares, with crosshatched background.

A beggar woman selling wares from a basket in her right hand. Etching by J. T. Smith, 1815

John Thomas Smith

Hand-coloured lithograph of a Sioux chief with feathered headdress and red face paint, holding a curved sword.

Mon-Ka-Ush-Ka (Monkaushka), a Sioux chief, holding a sword. Coloured lithograph by A. Hoffy after G. Cooke, 1837

Portrait of an Old Man

John Kavanagh, c. 1884

Grey wash drawing of a wooded landscape with a stream, rocks, and a small figure crossing a bridge at right.

Wooded Landscape with a Man Crossing a Bridge

Thomas Gainsborough, early 1780s

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a windswept tree over rocks and a waterfall, with distant hills under a stormy sky.

Stormy Landscape

John Hoppner, 1789 (?)

Brown ink drawing of a seated allegorical woman with a playful putto beside her, set among swirling clouds.

Study of an Allegorical Female Figure with an Attendant Putto

Unknown artist, second half 18th century

Brown ink and wash drawing of a seated woman and standing man beside a bench in a wooded park, ca. 1780.

Study for a Portrait: A Lady and a Gentleman in a Park

Unknown artist, ca. 1780

Pen and brown ink sketch of a standing woman in a bonnet and flowing dress, one arm outstretched.

Diana, Viscountess Crosbie

Joshua Reynolds, after 1779

Pen and ink sketch of a woman in a long skirt carrying a child on her back, with a second child walking beside her.

Study of a Woman and Two Children

Joshua Reynolds, 18th century

Pen and ink interior scene of a seated man reading a newspaper beside a sleeping dog, with crowded framed prints and shelves.

Anecdotes: Proof

George Cruikshank, 1827

Watercolor of hazy dark mountain peaks under a pale sky with pink clouds, over a grassy foreground.

In the Alps

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, c. 1847-1906

Pencil sketch of a hooded figure climbing a ladder through a ceiling hatch while a woman with a candle and a child watch.

Sketch for "Mrs. Pottles Can't Abide a Crowd"

John Leech, 1856

Engraving of a nude bearded man tearing at a tree in a forest, with discarded armor and a horse nearby.

Orlando in a Fury Tearing up Trees

William Blake after Thomas Stothard, 1783

Sepia mezzotint portrait of Samuel Johnson in a powdered wig and buttoned coat, hands clasped, against a dark background.

Samuel Johnson

William Doughty after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1779

Watercolor of a hilltop town with a domed church above a lake, with women and children resting by a roadside shrine.

View of Castel Gandolfo

Myles Birket Foster, c. 1870s

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a dark military uniform with three-star shoulder straps, signed U. S. Grant.

Portrait of U. S. Grant

John Chester Buttre, late 19th century

Watercolor of a crowded Weymouth beach with flags, deck chairs and many boats on a calm bay under a pale sky.

Weymouth Bay, Victory Day Celebrations

Muirhead Bone, 1946

Etching of five men in period dress: a very tall central figure beside a small figure at right, on a wooden floor.

Charles Byrne, a giant, George Cranstoun, a dwarf, and three other normal sized men. Etching by J. Kay, 1794

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a seated mother holding a young child in a white dress with a blue sash on a green chair.

Mother and Child

Kate Greenaway, 1898

Hand-colored print of a Gothic town hall with a tall clock tower and arcaded square filled with market figures.

South Porch of Chartres Cathedral

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1839

Hand-colored print of a Gothic courtyard with turrets, a striped awning, a well, and figures including a man carrying a crate

Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Touen, etc.

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1839

Hand-colored print of an old stone abbey courtyard in Rouen with women, children, pigeons, a staircase and wooden ladders.

L'Abaye St. Amand, Rouen

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1839

Moonlit Paris street with a Gothic church tower, a domed building behind it, and small figures on a paved square.

St. Etienne du Mont and the Pantheon, Paris

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1839

Hand-colored print of a snowy Gothic brick building in Ghent with cows, a wooden well, and birds in the sky.

Byloke, Ghent

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1839

Hand-colored print of the Gothic Church of St. Severin with a tall bell tower, gargoyles, and street figures in front.

Church of St. Severin, Paris

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1839

Tinted lithograph of the domed Institut chapel in Paris with pedestrians in period dress on the street.

The Institute, Paris

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1839

Hand-colored print of a Gothic cathedral porch with carved saints, with a woman, children and a sleeping man on the steps.

Notre Dame, Chartres

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1839

Hand-colored street scene of the Pavillon de Flore facade with a curved lamp post, pedestrians, carts and a covered wagon.

Pavillon de Flore, Tuileries

Thomas Shotter Boys, 1839