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English & British

19,435 works

Pen and ink print of a barefoot boy seated on grass, looking toward the viewer, wearing a loose shirt and torn jacket.

Young Boy Seated, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

Thomas Barker, 1803

Print of a huge gnarled tree with men and dogs resting at its base in an open landscape with distant hills.

Resting, Men and Dogs Under a Big Tree, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

William Delamotte, 1802, published 1803

Owen Jones

John Kelt Edwards, 1905

Pen drawing of a rounded arch on Corinthian columns with ornamental foliate frieze and rosettes above.

An arch

J.D. Woodward, 1890

D. Lloyd George Esq. M.P

John Kelt Edwards, 1905

William Owen Jones

John Kelt Edwards, 1905

Engraved half-length portrait of a man in a double-breasted coat against a dark background, titled John Hoppner Esqr R.A.

Portret van John Hoppner

Charles Turner, 1805

Mezzotint of a standing woman in a white gown leaning on a stone ledge beneath trees, with a landscape behind her.

Lady Elizabeth Compton

Valentine Green after Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1781

Pencil design drawing of a classical two-handled urn on a panelled pedestal with a small relief figure.

Design for an urn on a stand

John Nash, 1810

Pencil sketch of a nude woman rising between two winged angels with radiating light lines, inscribed from the Book of Enoch.

The Descent of the Angels to One of the Daughters of Men

William Blake, c. 1824/1827

Pencil sketch of a nude woman beneath a winged angel with entwining forms and foliage on a tan ground.

An Angel Teaching a Daughter of Men the Secrets of Sin

William Blake, c. 1824/1827

Pencil sketch of a nude woman with raised arms, a scaled serpentine figure, and a reclining figure on pale paper.

The Daughter of Men Becomes a Siren

William Blake, c. 1824/1827

Pencil sketch of a robed, seated figure with closed eyes under a canopy, labeled Book of Enoch, on tan paper.

Enoch before the Great Glory

William Blake, c. 1824/1827

Pencil sketch of a standing nude figure surrounded by swirling winged forms, labeled Book of Enoch.

The Vision of the Lord of Spirits

William Blake, c. 1824/1827

Triangular watercolor design of pierced grillework with quatrefoils, circles and a central six-pointed star in blue-grey tone

Design for pierced marble grillework

J.D. Woodward, 1890

Hand-colored print of nude figures attacked by a six-footed serpent in a fiery hellscape, with two robed observers at left.

The Circle of the Thieves; Agnolo Brunelleschi Attacked by a Six-Footed Serpent. Inferno, canto XXV

William Blake, 1827, printed c. 1892

Engraved oval portrait of a woman with upswept hair, pearls and a lace veil, with a calligraphic title below.

Elisabetha Augusta. Churfürstin zu Pfalz-baiern

Friedrich John, 1821

Snowy winter view of bare trees and a church spire above rooftops, printed as a plate in an open book.

Gezicht op de toren van de Sint-Pieterskathedraal in Genève

John F. Revilliod, 1894

Hand-coloured print of Dante and Virgil watching a green serpent attack a nude sinner amid flames in Hell.

The Circle of the Thieves; Buoso Donati Attacked by the Serpent. Inferno, canto XXV

William Blake, 1827, printed c. 1892

Hand-colored print of two cloaked figures on a rock above a fiery hell, with sinners lying among burning rocks below.

The Circle of the Falsifiers: Dante and Virgil Covering their Noses Because of the Stench. Inferno, canto XXIX

William Blake, 1827, printed c. 1892

Hand-colored caricature of a wigged lawyer reading a document while a man in a tricorn hat gestures and talks to him.

Limbs of the Law

George Moutard Woodward, 1799

Lithograph of the Grande Mosquée in Algiers with a white dome, a tall minaret, walls, and two seated figures on a terrace.

Grande Mosquée à Alger

John Callow, 1842

Sepia print of a horse race with jockeys galloping past crowds, carriages, and picnicking spectators on a rolling landscape.

Running

John Bluck after Thomas Rowlandson, published 1804

Two winged demons struggle in churning dark water beneath a fiery sky, with tormented souls on the shore above.

The Circle of the Corrupt Officials; the Devils Mauling Each Other. Inferno, canto XXII

William Blake, 1827, printed c. 1892

Hand-colored print of a nude man menaced by a red-robed winged devil with a hook, flames and demons behind, after Dante's Inf

The Circle of the Corrupt Officials; the Devils Tormenting Ciampolo. Inferno, canto XXII

William Blake, 1827, printed c. 1892

Hand-colored print of Dante and Virgil standing over souls trapped in icy water beneath a dark, fiery sky.

The Circle of the Traitors; Dante's Foot Striking Bocca degli Abbate. Inferno, canto XXXII

William Blake, 1827, printed c. 1892

Engraved portrait of a seated bearded man in a tall hat, lace collar and dark cloak, with the caption King Charles the First.

King Charles I. Engraving by B. Reading after E. Bower

Plates in an old book showing the solar corona around the dark disk of a total solar eclipse, with compass directions marked.

Corona bij volledige zonsverduistering

John Adams Whipple, 1869

Great American Cock

William Home Lizars after John James Audubon, 1827

Hand-colored plate of two yellow-billed cuckoos on branches with leaves, fruit, and a swallowtail butterfly.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

William Home Lizars after John James Audubon, 1827

Hand-colored print of a female wild turkey with several young chicks among grasses and wildflowers.

Great American Hen and Young

William Home Lizars after John James Audubon, 1827

Hand-coloured print of two purple grackles, one male and one female, perched among corn leaves and ears of Indian corn.

Purple Grackle

William Home Lizars after John James Audubon, 1827