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Portrait of a bearded man in a dark gown and white ruff collar, seated beside a studded chair against a dark background.

Sir Francis Walsingham

John de Critz, 1585

Painting of a lake at sunset framed by large trees, with resting figures in the foreground and hills beyond.

Lake Albano, Italy

Thomas Jones, 1777

Painting of classical figures and dogs by a waterfall with a tree, stormy sky, and hilltop buildings beyond a lake.

An Imaginary Italianate Landscape with Classical Figures and a Waterfall

Thomas Jones, 1773

Painted evening landscape with seated figures, a rider, a stone bridge, a ruin on a rock, and a glowing sunset sky.

An Imaginary Landscape with a Traveller and Figures Overlooking the Bay of Baiae

Thomas Jones, 1773

Landscape painting of robed figures on a hillside overlooking distant hills, a lake, and a hazy plain under a cloudy sky.

View of the Campi Flegrei from the Camaldolese Convent near Naples

Thomas Jones, 1783

Evening river landscape with a sailing boat, a ruined domed temple on a hill, a horseman, and an ox cart.

An Imaginary Coast Scene, with the Temple of Venus at Baiae

Thomas Jones, 1773

Painted valley landscape with rolling hills, a winding path, and pink-lit clouds over a blue sky.

The Vale of Pencerrig

Thomas Jones, 1776

Painting of a pastoral landscape with a large tree, figures on a path, grazing cattle, a cottage, and distant mountains at su

A Landscape with Figures

Nicholas Pocock, 1798

Painting of a hilly landscape with a walled town and castle towers beside a winding river under a cloudy sky.

Richmond Castle, Yorkshire

Alexander Keirincx, 1639

Painting of a thatched hut with a standing warrior in white and a round shield, goats nearby, under a cloudy sky.

View in Southern India, with a Warrior Outside his Hut

George Chinnery, 1815

Painting of a barefoot man carrying a large bundle of sticks on his back along a hazy hillside path.

A Man Carrying Faggots

George Chinnery, 1799

Painting of an Indian landscape with a domed temple beneath a large tree, rocks, distant pink mountains, and figures by water

Indian Landscape with Temple

George Chinnery, 1815

Oil portrait of a seated man with curly dark hair playing a guitar beside red drapery and a sheet of music.

Portrait of a Man Playing a Guitar

George Chinnery, 1830

Three men gamble on a cloth floor in a dim interior lit by a doorway, one standing and two seated.

Chinese Gamblers

George Chinnery, 1840

A Man Called W. C. Hunter

George Chinnery, 1825

Painting of men gathered around a food vendor's stall beside a wall under a cloudy sky.

Coolies Round the Food Vendor's Stall

George Chinnery, 1825

Group portrait of a family in an interior with a red curtain, a seated woman in white, children, and a ship seen through a wi

An English Family in Macao

George Chinnery, 1835

Oil self-portrait of a young man with curly light hair holding a painter's palette against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

George Chinnery, 1800

Oil portrait of a man with dark curly hair in a dark coat and white collar, set against a muted blue-grey sky.

An Unknown Man

George Chinnery, 1835

Seated man in grey coat and white wig holding a small book, with leather-bound books and green drapery behind him.

Tobias Smollet

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1764

Four men in colorful 18th-century coats pose outdoors beside a tree, a carved urn, and ruins, with three dogs nearby.

James Grant of Grant, John Mytton, the Hon. Thomas Robinson, and Thomas Wynne

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1760

Man in brown coat playing a gilded harp, with a violin and music on a table and a painter with palette behind him.

Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti and Giovanni Battista Tempesti

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1759

Full-length portrait of an older man in brown coat and grey wig with a walking stick and spaniel beside an oak tree.

Thomas "Sense" Browne

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1775

Painting of a shaded tree-lined path with two seated women, a standing woman with a dog, and red-roofed buildings on a distan

View near Rome

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1754

Painting of a seated woman in a red dress and striped shawl holding a straw hat before a dark rocky cliff.

A Woman in a Landscape

Martin Archer Shee, 1840

Portrait of Major John Norton as Mohawk Chief Teyoninhokarawen

Mather Brown, 1805

Painting of armed figures climbing a rocky path in a shadowed mountain ravine beneath a glowing, cloud-filled sky.

Mountain Landscape with Banditti

Elias Martin, 1780

Oil portrait of an elderly man with grey hair holding a staff with oak leaves, wearing a patched coat against a dark backgrou

Man holding a staff

Thomas Barker, 1800

Oil portrait of a woman with short auburn hair in a pale dress with fur trim, leaning on a pedestal against dark drapery.

Mary Borden

Glyn Warren Philpot, 1920

Elderly man in dark coat seated beside a boy in green reading at a cluttered desk with books and an inkstand.

Francis Noel Clarke Mundy and His Grandson, William Mundy

Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1809

Man in dark coat examining feathers beside a large stuffed pheasant and other birds in a dim interior.

An Ornithologist, Probably John Latham?

Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1802

Painting of a dense woodland with a large spreading tree, a grassy path, and mossy boulders in the foreground.

A Wooded Landscape

Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1833

Full-length double portrait of a woman in white gown and a young man in blue coat beside red drapery and a landscape.

Margaret Callander and Her Son James Kearney

Jean-Laurent Mosnier, 1795

Painting of a domed hospital building seen across green trees and fields toward a distant city under cloudy skies.

Greenwich Hospital from the Observatory with a Distant View of London

Thomas Christopher Hofland, 1824

Portrait of a man in a blue naval-style coat and tricorn hat, with sailing ships visible through a cabin window behind him.

Captain William Locker

Dominic Serres, 1769

Oil painting of English sailing ships in choppy seas under a dramatic cloudy sky, with a British flag on the left.

English Ships Coming to Anchor in a Fresh Breeze

Dominic Serres, 1750

Painting of several sailing ships on rough green sea under a cloudy sky, one flying an English flag.

An English Two-Decker Lying Hove to, with Other Ships and Vessels in a Fresh Breeze

Dominic Serres, 1770

Oil painting of a red brick country house on a hill with grazing cattle, trees and farm buildings in the foreground.

Saint Vincents, near West Malling, Kent

Dominic Serres, 1779

Painting of a grassy park with grazing cows, walkers, and a view of brick buildings and church towers under a hazy sky.

A Western View of part of Westminster and Bird Cage Walk taken from the Mill House...,

George Arnald, 1808

Oil portrait of a young man with reddish-blond hair, hand raised to his cheek, dark coat, against a dark green oval backgroun

Self-Portrait

Richard Redgrave, 1832

Full-length portrait of a young boy holding a rifle beside a spaniel, with a classical column and sunset landscape behind him

John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett

John Closterman, 1680

Oval painting of a black horse fleeing a coiled snake beside a stream, with a rocky cliff and trees behind.

A Horse Frightened by a Snake

Sawrey Gilpin, 1792

Oil painting of three horses, two chestnut and one grey, on a path before rocky cliffs and trees.

Three Hunters in a Rocky Landscape

Sawrey Gilpin, 1775

Oil painting of two mares and two foals in an open field under a cloudy sky, by Sawrey Gilpin, 1790.

Mares and Foals, facing right

Sawrey Gilpin, 1790

Painting of two mares and two foals in a green meadow under a cloudy sky, with distant hills.

Mares and Foals, facing left

Sawrey Gilpin, 1790

Painting of a man in an orange coat gesturing to two horses on a path beside a rocky cliff under a stormy sky.

Gulliver Addressing the Houyhnhnms

Sawrey Gilpin, 1769

Oval painting of mares and foals grazing beneath a large tree under a pink evening sky.

Mares and Foals

Sawrey Gilpin, 1770

Horses on a rocky shore beside a sailing boat, with a barefoot man and a stormy dusk sky.

Gulliver Taking His Final Leave of the Land of the Houyhnhnms

Sawrey Gilpin, 1769

Painting of a seated woman examining lace while a man and boy stand beside a basket of goods near a cottage.

The Wandering Sailor

Henry Singleton, 1798

Venus leans over a golden-haired Cupid holding arrows, with a second Cupid seated at left and a mountain landscape behind.

Venus and Cupid

Henry Howard, 1809

Hazy seascape with white surf in the foreground, distant sailboats on the horizon, and a pale cloudy sky.

Seascape

George Grosvenor Thomas, 1890

Oil painting of large British warships and a sloop on choppy grey-green water under a cloudy sky, with rowing boats nearby.

British Men-of-War and a Sloop

Peter Monamy, 1720

Painting of a yellow royal yacht with flags on a calm sea, with rowing boats, fishermen and distant ships under cloudy sky.

An English Royal Yacht Standing Offshore in a Calm

Peter Monamy, 1730

Painting of a tall lighthouse on a rock with rowboats and sailing ships on calm grey water under a cloudy sky.

The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

Peter Monamy, 1703

Painting of a large sailing ship and smaller sailboats on calm water under a cloudy sky, with a rowboat in the foreground.

An Evening Calm

Painting of a three-masted ship with red pennants on a calm sea, with a rowing boat and distant vessels.

Shipping in a Calm

Peter Monamy, 1700

Painting of a gilded royal yacht becalmed at anchor, with rowing boats and distant ships on calm water under clouds.

Royal Yacht Becalmed at Anchor

Peter Monamy, 1710

Portrait of a seated woman with curled hair, pearls and a red brooch, beside a vase of flowers, by Simon Pietersz Verelst.

Mary of Modena

Simon Pietersz Verelst, 1680

Hunters with spears and hounds on a riverbank pursue an otter in the water under a cloudy sky.

Spearing the Otter

Philip Reinagle, 1805

Oval painting of three people in a hot air balloon basket against a blue sky, one man raising a hat.

Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Mrs. Letitia Anne Sage, in a Balloon

John Francis Rigaud, 1785

Seated man in green coat and yellow waistcoat sketching in a book beside a tree, with hills and sunset behind him.

George Robertson

John Francis Rigaud, 1776

Oil portrait of a man in a brown coat resting his hand on a plaster bust of a bearded man, dark background.

Joseph Nollekens with His Bust of Laurence Sterne

John Francis Rigaud, 1772

Oil portrait of a young woman in a blue gown and red shawl within a carved oval frame, against a dark background.

Frances Hales

John Riley, 1685

Family group portrait in an interior: a seated man, a woman at a pianoforte, and girls in white dresses with dogs and a dove.

John Richard Comyns of Hylands, Essex, with His Daughters

John Greenwood, 1775

Evening landscape with a castle tower, grazing cattle, a village with church spire, and a winding river beneath clouds.

A View of Cessford and the Village of Caverton, Roxboroughshire in the Distance

Patrick Nasmyth, 1813

Painting of a sunlit country lane between pale eroded banks, with a horseman, a dog, and a manor house in the distance.

Penshurst Place, Kent

Patrick Nasmyth, 1824

Landscape with a large tree at right, wooded valley, cliffs, and a distant city and castle under cumulus clouds.

Edinburgh from the Braids

Patrick Nasmyth, 1812

Two young boys in satin garments stand beside a tree with a parrot, a spaniel and a greyhound in a landscape.

Lord John Hay and Charles, Master of Yester (later 3rd Marquis of Tweeddale)

Gerard Soest, 1670

Oval oil portrait of a man in a curled periwig, dark coat and white lace cravat against a brown background.

Samuel Butler

Gerard Soest, 1675

Portrait of a seated man in a blue coat beside a desk of books, with a red curtain and classical building visible through a w

Thomas Graham

Thomas Hickey, 1790

Panoramic 1775 painting of Florence seen from a hillside, with a large tree, goats, and strolling figures in the foreground.

A Panoramic View of Florence from Bellosguardo

Thomas Patch, 1775

Portrait of a man in a gold robe and green turban holding a scroll, with a classical column and seated figure behind him.

Purniya, Chief Minister of Mysore

Thomas Hickey, 1801

Painting of a waterfall cascading past a hilltop town with stone buildings and a bell tower, with figures on the rocks.

A View of Tivoli

Thomas Patch, 1750

Eighteenth-century interior with gentlemen dining and toasting, a fireworks painting on the wall, and a checkered floor.

British Gentlemen at Sir Horace Mann's Home in Florence

Thomas Patch, 1763

Painting of a brown and white hound and a shaggy dark dog resting on a plaid cloth beside red fabric.

A Hound and a Bearded Collie seated on a Hunting Coat

Sr. John Frederick Herring, 1855

Painting of a red-coated rider on a galloping bay horse waving his cap, with two hounds running across an open field.

Foxhunting: Encouraging Hounds

Sr. John Frederick Herring, 1839

Painting of a red-coated rider leaping a ditch on a bay horse, with hounds running below and a wide landscape behind.

Foxhunting: Clearing a Ditch

Sr. John Frederick Herring, 1839

Painting of a red-coated rider on a grey horse leading hounds through autumn woods, with distant riders in an open field.

The Suffolk Hunt: Going to Cover near Herringswell

Sr. John Frederick Herring, 1833

Fighting Cocks: a Pale-Breasted Fighting Cock, Facing Rght

Sr. John Frederick Herring, 1829

Painting of a standing fighting cock with green tail feathers, red neck hackles, and spurs on a sandy ground.

Fighting Cocks: a Dark-Breasted Fighting Cock, Facing Left

Sr. John Frederick Herring, 1829

Oil painting of a chestnut racehorse with jockey in green silks standing in an open field under cloudy sky.

'Margrave' with James Robinson Up

Sr. John Frederick Herring, 1833

Painting of a bay Clydesdale stallion standing beside a gnarled tree in an open pastoral landscape under clouds.

A Clydesdale Stallion

Sr. John Frederick Herring, 1820

Bay racehorse with jockey in striped silks on a racecourse, with a white grandstand and crowds in the background.

Memnon, with William Scott Up

Sr. John Frederick Herring, 1825

Painting of three jockeys in red, black and blue silks riding horses across a sandy field, with a fourth rider behind.

Steeplechase cracks: Allen McDonough on Brunette, Tom Oliver on Discount, and Jem Mason on Lottery

Sr. John Frederick Herring, 1847

Two grey carriage horses in harness stand in a brick coachyard beside stable doors, with a carriage at right.

Grey carriage horses in the coachyard at Putteridge Bury, Hertfordshire

Sr. John Frederick Herring, 1838

Painting of a red mail coach with four men on top pulled by two horses along a sandy road beside dunes.

The Royal Mail Coach on the Road

Sr. John Frederick Herring, 1841

Oil portrait of a seated woman in a gold-embroidered white gown beside a green sofa and a mandolin.

Eleanor Francis Grant, of Arndilly

Tilly Kettle, 1764

Seventeenth-century seascape of a warship under sail in choppy grey waters, with a rowing boat and clouds overhead.

Men of War in a Stiff Breeze

Jan Theunisz. Blanckerhoff, 1650

Man in blue coat and tricorn hat rides a grey horse beside a hound, with a stone pedestal and parkland behind.

Sir Roger Burgoyne Riding 'Badger'

James Seymour, 1740

Painting of a bay racehorse with a jockey in blue coat and black cap, crossing an open landscape under a cloudy sky.

A Bay Racehorse with Jockey Up

James Seymour, 1730

Painted stable interior with two horses in blankets, a groom in a red coat, and a hound on a brick floor.

The Stables and Two Famous Running Horses belonging to His Grace, the Duke of Bolton

James Seymour, 1747

Painting of a bay horse with a saddle held by a groom in blue coat beside a stone column in an open landscape.

The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers

James Seymour, 1742

Painting of a saddled chestnut horse held by a groom in a brown coat, with a cloudy sky and rolling landscape behind.

Old Fox held by a Groom

James Seymour, 1721

Painting of a weathered broken tree trunk and boulders, one mossy, under a grey sky with a distant green tree.

Study of Rocks and Branches

George Augustus Wallis, 1795

Seated woman in a silver satin gown and lace cap holds an open book beside a stone balustrade in a garden.

A Lady with a Book

Bartholomew Dandridge, 1735

Oil portrait of a young girl in a grey gown with a greyhound, a page holding fruit, and a stone urn behind them.

A Young Girl with a Dog and a Page

Bartholomew Dandridge, 1725