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English & British

17,585 works

Four pencil and wash studies of tapering carved coffin lids, each bearing a different cross and decorative pattern.

Studies of Four Coffin Lids from ?Norfolk Churches

John Sell Cotman, 1822

Watercolor botanical study of a white daisy-like Celmisia flower with yellow centre and narrow silvery leaves.

Celmisia sessiliflora Hook.f

John Buchanan, 1865

Mezzotint of Mary Magdalene with long hair beside a lit oil lamp, an open book and a carved box in a dark cave.

Mary Magdalene

John Smith, 1693

Watercolor of a ruined castle with an arched doorway and broken tower on a grassy hill under a cloudy sky.

Unidentified Castle (Formerly Called Clanbury Castle)

John Sell Cotman

Pencil sketch of a gabled stone rectory with a pointed doorway, an octagonal turret and shrubs in the foreground.

Upwell Rectory, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1816

Two watercolor studies of upright stone coffin lids, each carved with a raised cross, on a cream paper ground.

Studies of Two Coffin Lids from Norfolk Churches

John Sell Cotman, 1822

Pencil sketch of a street scene with a stone building, market figures under an awning, and men in hats on the right.

In Segovia

John Lewis, 1832

Pencil drawing of a medieval brass with three praying figures, a central man flanked by two women, under gothic canopies.

The Sepulchral Brass of Robert Braunche and His Two Wives in Saint Margaret's Church, Lynn, Norfolk, 1364

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Pencil sketch of a narrow arched church window with iron bars and a star-patterned carved arch above it.

Window on the North Side of Burnham Ulph Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1815

Graphite drawing of two old horses standing in a flat field, one facing right and one turned away.

Two Old Horses Standing in a Field

John Sell Cotman

Pencil and chalk drawing of travellers and animals crossing a stone arch bridge over a steep alpine gorge.

Travellers Crossing a Bridge over an Alpine Gorge

John Sell Cotman, 1828

Pencil sketch of a tall stone tower with a conical roof, a figure with a basket, and a small market scene below.

Yarmouth, the North-west Tower

John Sell Cotman, 1811

Watercolor caricature of a thin man offering papers to a stout man in brown coat, who raises a hand to refuse.

The Rise of the Stocks (One of a Set of Three)

John Sell Cotman, 1799

Pencil and wash drawing of a Gothic church west front with twin towers, a spire, and figures on wide steps.

St. Peter at Lisieux, Normandy: West Front

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Grey wash drawing of a ruined Gothic abbey facade with pointed arched windows, framed by trees and distant hills.

West Front of Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

John Sell Cotman

Pencil landscape drawing of a river with a stone arched bridge, cattle by the water, and a rocky mountain behind.

Tan-y-Bwlch, North Wales

John Sell Cotman, 1806

Pencil and watercolor study of a carved stone effigy of a robed figure with clasped hands beneath a pointed arch.

Study of a Coffin Lid from Houghton Churchyard, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1822

Brown wash drawing of a cluster of trees, a fallen branch and a grassy bank with a small animal at lower right.

Study of Trees

John Sell Cotman

Pencil and wash drawing of a tapering stone coffin lid with a carved foliate cross and scroll ornament.

Study of a Coffin Lid from a (?) Norfolk Church

John Sell Cotman, 1822

Pencil and watercolor study of a tapering coffin lid carved with a raised cross and Gothic tracery.

Study of a Coffin Lid from a (?) Norfolk Church

John Sell Cotman, 1817

Pencil sketch of a river with a sailing ship, rowboats, a wooden bridge and a town skyline under cloudy sky.

Southampton and Northam from the River Itchen

Jonathan Fisher

Pencil and watercolor landscape of craggy limestone cliffs, a tower and buildings at right, under a cloudy sky.

Mont Saleve

John Ruskin, c. 1840

Grey wash drawing of a Georgian house in a park, framed by large trees under a pale sky.

A Three Storied Georgian House in a Park

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1795

Pencil drawing of Knapton church in Norfolk with a square battlemented tower, pointed windows, and grassy foreground.

Knapton Church, Norfolk, from the North-East

John Sell Cotman, 1817

Grey wash drawing of a church with a domed tower among trees and rolling hills under a pale sky.

A Church in Italy

Joseph Wright of Derby

Pencil sketch page with loose marks suggesting sea and sky, and handwritten colour notes, from a Turner sketchbook.

The Channel Sketchbook

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1840

Pencil study of ash trees with spreading branches above dense undergrowth on a pale sheet.

Study of Ash Trees

Lionel Bicknell Constable

Pencil sketch of a Gothic church porch with a pointed arch, carved capitals and a studded wooden door.

Porch of the Church of Stratton Saint Mary's, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1811

Pencil sketch of storm clouds over a calm sea with two small sailboats near the horizon.

A Squall; verso: Staffage

Lionel Bicknell Constable

Grey wash drawing of nude figures in dramatic poses before a dark tree, with a figure reaching outward in alarm.

Apollo and Daphne

Master of the Giants, 1770

Pencil drawing with red chalk of a nude woman reaching toward a draped male figure over a rocky shore and distant hills.

Allegorical Subject

Grey wash drawing of boys towing a rowboat with a woman and baby along a riverbank beneath tall trees.

A Country Scene

John La Farge, July 1848