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

Mares and Foals

Sawrey Gilpin, 1770

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sr. John Frederick Herring, 1829

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

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

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

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

Painting of a tall white baroque tower over a busy street market with vendors, fish baskets and umbrellas under blue sky.

Torre Dos Clerigos, Oporto, Portugal

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

Portrait of a man in a gold-braided coat and brocade waistcoat holding spectacles beside a writing desk with books.

John Quick as Tony Allspice

Samuel de Wilde, 1796

Full-length portrait of a man in a green coat and riding breeches with a spaniel, against a landscape and cloudy sky.

Portrait of a man

William Owen, 1815

Oil portrait of a man with a long curled brown wig, white lace collar and dark coat against a dark background.

Thomas Weedon

John Greenhill, 1675

Oval portrait of a man in a powdered wig, white cravat, green coat and cream waistcoat against a brown background.

William Shuttlewood

Samuel de Wilde, 1788

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and grey coat holding a palette and brushes, with a lion's head below.

Self-Portrait

Charles Catton, 1769

Three boys in a rural yard by a thatched cottage, one with a black cat, another pointing at a rat trap on the ground.

The Rat Trap

Full-length painting of a man in yellow coat and tricorn hat holding a fan, with scattered clothes and an umbrella on the flo

Samuel Thomas Russell in Samuel Foote's "The Mayor of Garratt

Samuel de Wilde, 1810

Painting of horses and cattle grazing by a rocky river beneath large trees, with hills and a pink evening sky behind.

Horses and Cattle by a River

Sr. George Barret, 1777

Small painting of a horseback rider talking with a shepherd on a grey horse, with hounds, a willow, and a stormy sky.

A Traveller and a Shepherd in a Landscape

Edmund Bristow, 1825