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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

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 violet mountain peak above rolling green and orange hills under a pale cloudy sky.

Tour Madeloc in the Pyrenees

Derwent Lees, 1913

Painted interior of a paneled room with a fireplace, two women in period dress, and a mirror beside a curtain.

The Lady Betty Germain Bedroom at Knole, Kent

James Holland, 1845

Painting of a sunlit stone colonnade with coffered ceiling and figures in period dress walking along the paved walkway.

The Colonnade of Queen Mary's House, Greenwich

James Holland, 1833

Watercolor of a woman in a flower crown lying in a forest, with two grieving shepherds, one holding a shovel and one covering

Imogen and the Shepherds, from Cymbeline, Act IV, scene ii

James Smetham, 1874

Watercolor of a large tree and grazing deer in a park at dusk, with a man reading beside a woman in the lower left.

Lovers in Richmond Park (Windsor Park)

James Smetham, 1864

Painting of a shepherd piping beside resting sheep and a reclining figure under trees, with hills and a golden sunset beyond.

Evening Pasture

James Smetham, 1865

Stormy seascape of a tilted shipwreck near rocks, with crew in a lifeboat and debris in the surf.

Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast

Thomas Buttersworth, 1810

Painting of London Bridge on the Thames with St. Paul's Cathedral in the distance, sailing boats and warehouses in the foregr

London Bridge, with St. Paul's Cathedral in the distance

William Anderson, 1815

Painting of a rowing boat with passengers near the shore, with anchored sailing ships and cumulus clouds in a calm sea.

A Wherry Taking Passengers out to Two Anchored Packets

William Anderson, 1825

Crowded dockside with soldiers, horses, women in dresses and tall-masted ships flying red flags under a cloudy sky.

Hussars Embarking at Deptford The setting of this painting is Perry’s Brunswick Dock, Blackwall, London, during an em…

William Anderson, 1793

Painting of Dutch sailing boats and a three-masted ship on calm water under large clouds, with men in a rowboat.

Dutch Sailing Vessels

William Anderson, 1814

Oil painting of a bay horse standing in a grassy field beside a wooden fence and trees under a pale sky.

A Bay Horse in a Field

John Boultbee, 1778

Painting of a grey stallion on a rocky slope with palm trees and distant riders under a warm, cloudy sky.

A Grey Arab Stallion in a Desert Landscape

John Boultbee, 1790

Painting of a red-coated rider on a grey horse sounding a horn as a fox flees and hounds chase across an open landscape.

The Suffolk Hunt: Gone Away

Jr John Frederick Herring, 1833

Painting of a rider in a red coat leading horses along a path above a river valley, with seated women and a dog in the foregr

Exercising the Royal Horses

Jr John Frederick Herring, 1847

Two riders on horses gallop through rain toward a brick bridge, one in a red hunting coat, under a dark stormy sky.

Returning from the Hunt

Jr John Frederick Herring, 1855

Painting of a fox hunt with red-coated riders leaping a stream, hounds running in the foreground, and a bare tree at right.

The Suffolk Hunt : The Death

Jr John Frederick Herring, 1833

Harvest scene with grey horses pulling a hay cart, farm workers resting, and rolling fields under a dramatic sky.

The Harvest

Jr John Frederick Herring, 1857

Harvest scene with a hay wagon and grey horses in golden fields, workers resting on a bank, rolling hills under cloudy sky.

Harvest

Jr John Frederick Herring, 1857

A Bay Horse in a Field

Edmund Bristow, 1825

Dark bay horse beside a soldier and saddle outside a guard house, with a castle and trees in the background.

Outside the Guard House at Windsor

Edmund Bristow, 1850

Painting of a man in a top hat aiming a gun at a pheasant flying over woodland, with dogs near a stream.

Pheasant Shooting

Edward Duncan, 1830

Painting of a hunter in a top hat firing at partridges over a golden field, with a pointer dog and a wide landscape beyond.

Partridge Shooting

Edward Duncan, 1830

Eighteenth-century interior with gentlemen in wigs drinking wine around a green-draped table, attended by a servant and a dog

The Brothers Clarke with Other Gentlemen Taking Wine

Gawen Hamilton, 1730

Painting of two horses, a donkey and sheep on a hillside overlooking a distant valley and river under cloudy skies.

Morning: Landscape with Mares and Sheep

Sr George Barret, 1775

Group portrait of a family in an elegant interior with a seated table, servant, young girl, small dog and marble bust.

Group portrait, probably of the Raikes family

Gawen Hamilton, 1730

Painting of cattle resting under trees near a cottage, with a herdsman, sheep, a lake, and distant mountains under clouds.

Morning: Landscape with Cattle

Sr George Barret, 1775

Painting of cottagers walking a dirt road through rolling hills under a stormy sky, with a birch tree at right.

Landscape with Cottagers

Sr George Barret, 1775

Painting of a boy in red with a rod and dog on a rocky bank beneath tall trees, with a rustic hut at right.

Wooded Landscape with a Boy and his Dog

Sr George Barret, 1770

Painting of a calm river at dusk with a ruined tower, fishermen, a sailboat, and tall trees framing the scene.

River Landscape

Sr George Barret, 1773

Oil landscape of a classical country house with grazing cattle and sheep, two riders in the foreground, and a conical mountai

Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland

Sr George Barret, 1760

Painting of a sea strait with a steamship, sailing boats, a glowing pink rock, and figures on a rocky path under a hazy sky.

The Entrance to the Menai Straits

James Baker Pyne, 1847

Painted view of Florence's skyline with a large cathedral dome, bell tower, and rooftops under a hazy sky.

Florence

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1880

Muted painting of a rural cottage with a veiled woman, a cloaked man and a child, beside a path and distant trees.

Mary and Joseph Outside the Inn

John Runciman, 1763

Portrait of a seated man in green hunting coat with a flintlock gun, a spaniel beside him and game birds at his feet.

Windham Quin of Adare, Co. Limerick, Ireland

Stephen Slaughter, 1745

Painting of a rider, sheep and cattle on a riverside track, with sailing boats and a farmhouse under a golden evening sky.

Buckenham Ferry, on the River Yare, Norfolk

Joseph Stannard, 1826

Painting of a fishing smack and other sailing vessels battling choppy waves under a dramatic brown cloudy sky.

Fishing Smack and Other Vessels in a Strong Breeze

Joseph Stannard, 1830

Children wade through shallow tidal water toward a row of seaside houses under a soft grey sky.

Ebbing Tide

James Whitelaw Hamilton, 1896

Oil sketch of an open landscape with trees framing distant hills, a small lake, and figures with a horse in the foreground.

Landscape with Figures in the Foreground

George Beaumont, 7th Baronet, 1800

Painting of red-coated riders with horses on a woodland path, with hounds chasing a fox in the background.

Foxhunting Scene

Benjamin Marshall, 1808

Bay racehorse with jockey in grey silks and cream cap standing in open field under cloudy sky, by Benjamin Marshall, 1799.

Diamond, with Dennis Fitzpatrick Up

Benjamin Marshall, 1799

Painting of a bay broodmare and foal with a terrier in a field beside tall trees under a cloudy sky.

Broodmare with Foal, and a Terrier

Benjamin Marshall, 1822

Chestnut horse led by a groom beside a stable, with three men in top hats talking on an open field under clouds.

Mully Moloch

Benjamin Marshall, 1803

Oil painting of a man in red hunting coat on a chestnut horse with a groom, hounds and riders in an open field.

George, Marquess of Huntly (later 5th Duke of Gordon), on Tiny

Benjamin Marshall, 1806

Painting of a wooded landscape with a woman in red and a child walking a dirt road under a pink-gold sky.

Wooded Landscape with Woman and Child Walking Down a Road

Robert Ladbrooke, 1820

Painting of a sailboat battling rough waves near a harbour pier and lighthouse under a dark stormy sky.

Port on a Stormy Day

George Chambers, 1835

Painting of a seated man in a red coat with two women in a dim stone room, one standing behind him and one seated at a table.

Captain Macheath Upbraided by Polly and Lucy in the 'Beggar's Opera', 1826

Gilbert Stuart Newton, 1826

Painting of a ruined abbey, country house and distant town across rolling green hills, framed by trees.

Easby Hall and Easby Abbey with Richmond, Yorkshire in the Background

George Cuitt, 1800

Painting of a huntsman in a yellow coat on a chestnut horse with hounds running through a grassy landscape.

Huntsman and Hounds

John Nost Sartorius, 1809

Painting of a hunting party in red coats with hounds and horses on a hillside under a cloudy sky.

Lord Glamis and his Staghounds

Dean Wolstenholme the elder, 1823

Painting of a leafy tree beside a still river, with a rainbow arching over a meadow and grazing cattle under a grey sky.

The Rainbow, near Salisbury

John Dunthorne, 1829

Still life painting of pink roses, a carnation and primulas in a blue and white jar on a wooden table, dark background.

Flowers in a Delft Jar

Alexander Marshal, 1663

Panoramic 1699 painting of Hampton Court with formal gardens, parkland, wooded hills and a tree-lined avenue.

The North Prospect of Hampton Court, Herefordshire

Leonard Knijff, 1699

Painting of black grouse, rabbits and swallows in a wooded park with a castle on a hill at dusk.

Black Game, Rabbits, and Swallows in a Park

Leonard Knijff, 1700

Painting of Hampton Court in Herefordshire with formal gardens, parkland, and rolling hills under a golden sky.

The Southeast Prospect of Hampton Court, Herefordshire

Leonard Knijff, 1699

Painting of a family picnic under trees, with figures turning toward a man swinging in the background.

'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. I, Chap. VIII: Dining in the Hayfields' (Surprised by Mr. Thornhill's Chaplain)

Charles Reuben Ryley, 1786