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View of a Venetian canal with a bell tower, gondolas, and workers among stone blocks under a cloudy sky.

Venice: Saint Vidal Square and Santa Maria Della Carità Church

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1725

Portrait of a woman with three young sons, one infant in her lap, with a red macaw on a pedestal and red drapery behind.

Lady Cockburn and her Three Eldest Sons

Joshua Reynolds, 1773

Candlelit scene of a scientist demonstrating an air pump experiment on a bird in a glass globe, watched by an attentive group

An Experiment on a Bird in an Air Pump by Joseph Wright 'of Derby', 1768. The original is in The National Gallery, Lo…

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1768

Painting of Eton College's Gothic chapel across a river, with figures on the bank and a rowing boat in the foreground.

Eton College

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1746

Three women in period dress garland a classical bust with flowers beside a gilded urn in a wooded setting.

Three Ladies Adorning a Herm of Hymen

Joshua Reynolds, 1773

Pastel portrait of a young girl in a blue dress holding a grey kitten against a blue background.

A Girl with a Kitten

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, 1743

Hogarth interior with four figures, a seated gentleman, a standing woman in black and red, a man in brown, a girl, and skelet

Marriage A-la-Mode: 3, The Inspection

William Hogarth, 1743

Man in black cloak holds lamp and covers his mouth, startled by shadowy horse-like forms in a dark room.

The Bewitched Man

Francisco Goya, 1798

Chestnut horse rearing on hind legs against a plain olive background, with a flowing pale tail and mane.

Whistlejacket

George Stubbs, 1762

Interior scene of an 18th-century aristocratic morning reception with musicians, a hairdresser, and elegantly dressed figures

Marriage A-la-Mode: 4, The Toilette

William Hogarth, 1743

Painting of a man reading a scroll to a laurel-crowned ruler while a swooning woman is supported in a columned Roman hall.

Virgil reading the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia

Jean-Joseph Taillasson, 1787

Painting of a crowd hauling a large white wooden horse on wheels through a city with stone walls and classical buildings.

The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1760

Hogarth interior scene: a woman slumps in a chair with a child, attended by men and an old woman, a dog at a table by a windo

Marriage à la Mode, Plate 6, (The Death of the Countess)

William Hogarth, 1743

Portrait of a standing man and seated woman in a landscape with an oak tree, wheat sheaves and a dog beside them.

Mr. und Mrs. Andrews

Thomas Gainsborough, 1750

Painting of peers in red robes crowding around a collapsed man in a dim, ornate chamber with a canopied throne.

The Collapse of the Earl of Chatham in the House of Lords, 7 April 1778

John Singleton Copley, 1779

Painting of a fashionable couple in a disordered drawing room, with a man by the fireplace and a woman at a tea table.

Marriage A-la-Mode: 2, The Tête à Tête

William Hogarth, 1743

Painting of a wooded landscape with tall trees, a dirt path, small figures resting, and a stormy grey sky.

Cornard Wood, near Sudbury, Suffolk

Thomas Gainsborough, 1748

View through a stone arch of Venice's Piazza San Marco with the basilica, bell tower and strolling figures.

Venice: Piazza San Marco

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1758

Loose painted portrait of a smiling young woman in a wide-brimmed hat and white bonnet, with a shawl.

The Shrimp Girl

William Hogarth, 1740

Couple walking a woodland path with a white dog; the woman wears a large black feathered hat and pale gown.

Mr and Mrs William Hallett ('The Morning Walk')

Thomas Gainsborough, 1785

Painting of a crowded regatta on the Venice Grand Canal, with gondolas, decorated boats and palazzi lined with spectators.

Venice: A Regatta on the Grand Canal

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1735

Hogarth's 1743 interior scene of gentlemen and a woman at a table with papers, dogs and gilt-framed paintings on the wall.

Marriage A-la-Mode: 1, The Marriage Settlement

William Hogarth, 1743

Watteau painting of a man playing lute beside a seated woman reading sheet music in a wooded garden with a bust.

The Scale of Love

Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1717

Painting of a festive regatta on a broad canal lined with palaces, with gondolas, decorated boats and crowds of spectators.

A Regatta on the Grand Canal

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1740

Dimly lit interior with a kneeling woman, a wounded man clutching his side, a dropped sword, and a lantern-bearing figure at

Marriage A-la-Mode: 5, The Bagnio

William Hogarth, 1743

Oil portrait of a woman in a straw hat with flowers and feathers, holding a painter's palette against a blue sky.

Self Portrait in a Straw Hat

Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, 1782

Painting of fashionable visitors in an ornate circular rotunda with a central pavilion, chandeliers and a musicians' gallery.

London: Interior of the Rotunda at Ranelagh

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1754

Painting of a brick city gate with soldiers, a friar carrying a large beef joint, and ragged figures in a crowded street.

The Roast Beef of Old England, also called The Gate of Calais, was painted by Hogarth in 1748

William Hogarth, 1748

Painting of women in a colonnaded hall, one raising a sword as a bearded man points, with a helmet and lyre on the floor.

Achilles discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes - Angelica Kauffmann (National Gallery NG6710)

Angelica Kauffmann, 1787

Painting of Venice's Piazza San Marco with St Mark's Basilica, a tall campanile, arcade and elegantly dressed figures.

Venice: The Piazza San Marco

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1756

Dark painting of a nude woman embracing a man with a donkey head, surrounded by fairies and winged spirits.

Titania and Bottom

Henry Fuseli, 1790

Painting of the Venetian Grand Canal with gondolas, a pink church facade on the right, and domed buildings under a cloudy sky

Venice: The Grand Canal facing Santa Croce

Bernardo Bellotto, 1738

Crowded Venetian square with canvas awnings, a classical church facade, figures in red robes, and paintings for sale.

Venice: The Feast Day of Saint Roch

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1735

Painting of a knight raising a sword beside a woman in white, with a hooded figure and glowing faces in the dark background.

Percival Delivering Belisane from the Enchantment of Urma

Henry Fuseli, 1783

Full-length portrait of a seated woman in a pale blue gown beside a window opening onto a wooded landscape.

Portrait of Queen Charlotte (1744-1818)

Thomas Lawrence, 1789

Painting of a busy Venetian canal with gondolas, domed church and palace facades under a pale sky.

Venice: The Grand Canal with S. Simeone Piccolo

Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1740

Painting of a harbour with a lighthouse, a sailing ship, elegant figures on rocks and washerwomen at the shore under clouds.

A Sea-shore

Joseph Vernet, 1776

Half-length portrait of an older man with white hair in a dark green coat, set against a dark background with red drapery.

John Julius Angerstein, aged about 55

Thomas Lawrence, 1790

Painting of a man and woman riding in a green phaeton pulled by two black horses along a tree-lined road.

Dame und Herr in einem Phaeton

George Stubbs, 1787

Painting of a winged Time with an hourglass directing an old woman toward a young woman in pink drapery.

Time orders Old Age to destroy Beauty

Pompeo Batoni, 1746

Half-length portrait of a young woman with grey hair, pansies, a white veil, blue silk drape and a pink rose at her chest.

Portrait of Manon Balletti

Jean-Marc Nattier, 1757

Stubbs painting of a carriage, a rider on a bay horse, a standing man with grey horses, and a dog under a large tree.

The Milbanke and Melbourne Families

George Stubbs, 1769

Full-length portrait of a young man in grey silk and a fur-lined red cloak, pointing to a map beside a marble bust.

Portrait of Richard Milles (1735-1820)

Pompeo Batoni, 1758

Interior scene with three women, a seated man in a brown coat, a servant with a tray, and a framed portrait on the wall.

Familie

Pietro Longhi, 1746

Seated young woman in a silk dress pours tea from a brass pot at a small blue table in a warm, sunlit room.

Dutch Girl at Breakfast

Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1756

Seated man in blue coat and white stockings leaning against a tree beside a spotted dog, with sea and ships behind.

Joseph Greenway

Jens Juel, 1788

Seated woman in blue silk gown and black shawl holding a straw hat, leaning against a large tree beside a rocky landscape.

Mrs. Oswald

Johann Zoffany, 1763

Painting of the Nativity with the Virgin, infant Christ, Saint Joseph, God the Father, a dove and cherubs in clouds.

The Nativity with God the Father and the Holy Ghost

Giambattista Pittoni, 1740

Painting of Bacchus approaching sleeping Ariadne in a wooded landscape with satyrs, putti, a tiger and a flying cupid.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Sebastiano Ricci, 1713

Group portrait of a family with musical instruments, a white dog, and a river view with a church tower behind them.

The Sharp Family by Johann Zoffany

Johann Zoffany, 1779

Workmen with axes build a large white wooden horse on scaffolding beside a city wall, while two onlookers gesture toward it.

Building of the Troyan Horse

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1760

Painting of a crowned king extending a scepter to a kneeling woman before guards in a columned hall with red drapery.

Esther vor dem persischen König Ahasver

Sebastiano Ricci, 1733

Painting of a hero in gold armour lifting a golden fleece in a tree beside a serpent, with a woman in white and soldiers near

The Capture of the Golden Fleece

Jean-François de Troy, 1742

Painting of a tied bundle of white and green asparagus resting on a ledge against a dark background.

Still Life of Asparagus

Adriaen Coorte, 1703

Painting of a woman in blue leaning on a stone urn at a well, with a bearded man, a camel and a cloudy sky behind.

Rebecca at the Well

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1708

Painting of Jason in a helmet bending toward Medea beside a pedestal, with cupids flying overhead in a dark forest.

Jason swearing eternal affection to Medea

Jean-François de Troy, 1742

Still life painting of oranges, walnuts, a melon, clay jars, a wooden barrel and boxes on a table, dated 1772.

Luis Egidio Meléndez - Still-Life with Oranges and Walnuts, 1772

Luis Egidio Meléndez, 1772

Full-length portrait of a young man in a blue embroidered coat pointing to a map beside a gilt armchair and armor.

Le Comte de Vaudreuil

François-Hubert Drouais, 1758

Painted scene of classical gods gathered among clouds, with an enthroned figure, cherubs with trumpets, and a horse-drawn cha

Götterversammlung im Olymp

James Thornhill, 1730

Painting of Diana leaning over the sleeping Endymion in a dark forest, with cupids above and hunting dogs resting nearby.

Diana and Endymion

Pierre Subleyras, 1740

Painting of a violinist and bagpiper at a tavern archway, with a child and a second piper behind them.

The Wandering Musicians

Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, 1745

Man in blue coat stands in doorway as woman in black dress writes with quill at round table in panelled room.

I: Mr B. Finds Pamela Writing

Joseph Highmore, 1743

Painting of a crowded Paris street where two performers duel on a wooden stage beneath tall trees and townhouses.

A Street Show in Paris

Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin, 1760

Seated man in grey coat and red waistcoat beside a marble fireplace, surrounded by framed paintings and porcelain.

The Baron de Besenval in his Salon de Compagnie

Henri-Pierre Danloux, 1791