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Interior scene of two women embracing by a doorway, an older seated man gesturing, and a servant woman by a hearth.

'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. II, Chap. III: The Return of Olivia

Charles Reuben Ryley, 1786

Painting of a dark bay carriage horse in harness beside a stone building, with a small terrier and wooded landscape behind.

Lord Abergavenny's Dark Bay Carriage Horse with a Terrier

Thomas Gooch, 1785

Painting of a wooded landscape with tall trees, a calm lake, a stone bridge, a house, grazing sheep and hills under clouds.

Wooded hilly landscape

Abraham Pether, 1785

Painting of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome with figures in period dress walking along a dirt road by a stone wall.

Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome

John Inigo Richards, 1776

Painting of the Colosseum and Arch of Constantine in Rome at dusk, with small figures in 18th-century dress on the ground.

The Colosseum

John Inigo Richards, 1776

Night landscape of a ruined stone castle tower on a grassy hill, with small figures on the path below under clouds.

Corfe Castle, Dorset

John Inigo Richards, 1764

Painting of a village street with a water mill, waterwheel, timber-framed house and a man in white under a stormy sky.

A Scene from 'The Maid of the Mill'

John Inigo Richards, 1765

River landscape with a rowing boat, swans, a large tree, brick houses and a church spire under a cloudy sky.

A River Landscape, possibly a View from the West End of Rochester Bridge

John Inigo Richards, 1805

Painting of a calm lake with fishermen on the shore, a large tree at left, and a distant castle on a hill under cloudy skies.

A View of a Lake with Fishermen

William Groombridge, 1788

Painting of two rowing crews racing on a river with spectators on the bank, sailboats, and distant church towers.

A Boat Race on the River Isis, Oxford

John Whessell, 1822

Painting of a plasterer in a red waistcoat repairing a brick wall in a dim interior beside a ladder and bucket.

Plasterer

John Cranch, 1807

Oil painting of a Chorley street with townspeople, a rider, a carriage, and a country house on the hill beyond.

Street Scene in Chorley, Lancashire, with a view of Chorley Hall

John Bird, 1795

Painting of a sportsman with a rifle, a saddled bay horse and two gun dogs on a track under a stormy sky.

A Sportsman with Shooting Pony and Gun Dogs

Edwin Cooper, 1815

Two foxhounds and a white terrier in a stable beside a red hunting coat, boots, and a top hat.

A Couple of Foxhounds with a Terrier, the property of Lord Henry Bentinck

William Barraud, 1845

Painting of a man in red coat with horses, a woman in black riding habit on horseback, and two dogs on a gravel path.

Lord and Lady Twemlow

William Barraud, 1840

Painting of three llamas and a fox in a grassy clearing beneath large trees, with a magpie perched above.

Llamas and a fox in a wooded landscape

Thomas Weaver, 1828

Painting of two prize cattle, a white speckled cow and a brown and white cow, in a green landscape framed by trees.

Prize Cattle in a Landscape

Thomas Weaver, 1833

Painting of a red-walled gallery crowded with framed pictures, a gilt chandelier, and two women in period dress near an easel

Lord Northwick's Picture Gallery at Thirlestaine House

Robert Huskisson, 1846

Painting of a large spreading tree over a calm river with water lilies, reeds, and a seated figure by the bank.

On the Isis, Waterperry, Oxfordshire

William Alfred Delamotte, 1805

Painting of a large tree leaning over a calm river with water lilies, willows and a cloudy sky beyond.

On the Isis, Waterperry, Oxfordshire

William Alfred Delamotte, 1806

Painting of a two-storey house behind a brick wall and iron gate, surrounded by trees under a blue sky.

House in Woodbridge, Suffolk

Thomas Churchyard, 1859

Painting of a church spire among trees at sunset, with sheep resting in a meadow in the foreground.

Stoke Poges Church (recto)

Thomas Churchyard, 1840

Painting of Chichester Cathedral seen across a meadow with grazing animals, framed by large oak trees and a man with a wheelb

Chichester Cathedral

Joseph Francis Gilbert, 1833

Painting of a red-coated rider in a top hat jumping a bank on a bay horse, with a second rider behind a fence.

Foxhunting: Clearing a Bank

John Dalby, 1840

Painting of a pack of running beagles on a muddy path beneath a gnarled tree and a pink evening sky.

Beagles in Full Cry

John Dalby, 1845

Riders in red coats gallop across a field over a hedge during a fox hunt, under a pale cloudy sky.

The Quorn Hunt in Full Cry: Second Horses, after Henry Alken

John Dalby, 1835

Painting of two greyhounds in a countryside landscape, one standing brown and white, one lying white, under a cloudy sky.

Two Greyhounds in a Landscape

Charles Hancock, 1830

Painting of a chestnut horse harnessed to a black cabriolet, with a man in a top hat beside brick gate pillars.

Gentlemen's Carriages: A Cabriolet

Charles Hancock, 1820

Dim vaulted ironworks interior with workers, a large wheel machine, and a glowing furnace in the background.

Interior of an ironworks

Godfrey Sykes, 1850

Grey mare and chestnut foal with figures, a hound, a pyramid and ruins in a sunset desert landscape.

Grey Arabian mare and foal, with a family

George Henry Laporte, 1835

Painting of a rider on a grey horse, a man in yellow robe, and a led chestnut stallion before pyramids and palms.

Mameluke purchasing an Arabian stallion

George Henry Laporte, 1835

Night scene of Lambeth Palace towers beside a moonlit river, with rowboats on the embankment and a sailing boat.

Lambeth Palace

Henry Pether, 1858

Night painting of a moonlit river with a castle ruin, brick buildings, moored boats and two figures on a stony shore.

Upnor Castle, Kent

Henry Pether, 1850

Painting of sheep on a dirt lane between sandy banks, a seated boy on a fallen log, and gnarled trees under a cloudy sky.

Crown Point, Whitlingham, near Norwich

John Berney Ladbrooke, 1855

Children in costume perform a play in a crowded room with pink curtains, a crowned girl and a boy in a fur robe.

Children acting the 'Play Scene' from "Hamlet," Act II, Scene ii

Charles Hunt, 1863

Oil painting of a wooded stream with rocks, tall trees and grassy meadow under a cloudy blue sky.

View on the River Sid, near Sidmouth

Lionel Bicknell Constable, 1852

Painting of a weathered thatched barn with red tiled sections, a white fence, trees, and a pond beside a dirt path under clou

Old barn

Lionel Bicknell Constable, 1855

Painting of a stone bridge over a river under a cloudy sky with a rainbow, trees, a distant tower and a cart.

A Rainbow - View of the Stour

Lionel Bicknell Constable, 1845

Oil painting of Orleans House beside a river, with a sailing boat, rowing boats, trees and a warm evening sky.

Orleans House, Twickenham

Joseph Nickolls, 1750

Painting of a white classical villa beside a river with rowing boats, a sailing boat, swans, and trees under a cloudy sky.

Pope's Villa, Twickenham

Joseph Nickolls, 1755

Painting of a city square with an equestrian statue, brick townhouses, a clock tower, carriages and crowds of pedestrians.

Charing Cross, with the Statue of King Charles I and Northumberland House

Joseph Nickolls, 1750

Panoramic 1730 painting of a harbour town by the sea with ships, rolling green hills, grazing animals and figures in the fore

Whitehaven, Cumbria, Showing Flatt Hall

Matthias Read, 1730

Groom holds a dappled grey hunter while riders and hounds gallop across a open landscape under a cloudy sky.

Scipio, a spotted hunter, the property of Colonel Roche

Thomas Spencer, 1750

Landscape painting with a stone bridge, cattle by a river, two figures on a bank, and distant ruins under a blue sky.

A Landscape with Distant Classical Ruins, a Bridge, Figures, and Cattle

William Smith, 1752

Painting of two jockeys on bay racehorses racing across a track toward a post, with hills and cloudy sky behind.

The Match between Aaron and Driver at Maidenhead, Aug. 1754: Aaron winning the Second Heat, c. 1754

Richard Roper, 1754

Bay stallion led by a groom across a green landscape under a blue sky, with horses in the distance.

The Duke of Ancaster's Bay Stallion, Blank, Walking Towards a Mare

William Shaw, 1770

Three riders on horses with hounds in a wooded landscape, one in a red coat, beside a rocky hillside and trees.

Lord Bulkeley and his Harriers, his Huntsman John Wells and Whipper-In R. Jennings

Thomas Stringer, 1773

Painting of a domed mausoleum with arched colonnades and a golden finial, set among trees beside a river.

Mausoleum at Outatori near Trichinopoly

Francis Swain Ward, 1788

Oval landscape painting of a stone arched bridge over a river below wooded cliffs, with a ruined castle and grazing cattle.

A Bridge Over the River Wye

John Taylor, 1776

Painting of a riverside quay with a stone archway, moored sailing boats, rowing boats and tall terraced buildings under a clo

York Water-Gate and the Adelphi

Daniel Turner, 1800

Painting of a gentleman beside two bay horses harnessed to a yellow curricle on a country road, 1806.

A Gentleman with His Pair of Bays Harnessed to a Curricle

John Cordrey, 1806

Painting of a four-horse stagecoach with passengers on a dirt road under cloudy skies, 1814.

J. & W. Chaplin's Dover-London Stage on the Road

John Cordrey, 1814

Calm harbour scene with sailing ships and a rowboat under grey clouds, figures working on a shore at left.

Warships Lying Offshore, the Commanding Admiral Being Rowed out to Join the Flagship, Her Sails Illuminated by a Brea…

Charles Martin Powell, 1850

Painting of a white horse and a dark horse running on sand under a dark stormy sky with trees.

Horses in a Thunderstorm

Thomas Woodward, 1823

Grey pony with saddle rears beside a seated groom in a top hat and a dog, with a shooter near a fence under a cloudy sky.

Grey Shooting Pony, Probably the Property of Johnston King, with a Groom

Thomas Woodward, 1835

Painting of rolling countryside with a rain shower, a large oak, a pine grove, and figures with a dog in the foreground.

Landscape with Figures

Thomas Hastings, 1822

Workmen excavating a canal trench beside brick buildings, a church steeple and poplar trees under a pale cloudy sky.

Excavating the Regent's Canal, with a View of Marylebone Chapel

John Seguier, 1812

Painting of two tigers resting on grass in front of a dark rocky cave with foliage.

Tigers

Charles Towne, 1800

Painting of three horses running across a grassy field under a dramatic stormy sky with clouds and trees.

Three Horses in a Stormy Landscape

Charles Towne, 1836

Old Billy, a Draught Horse, Aged 62

Charles Towne, 1823

Pastoral landscape with horses, sheep, a shepherd and dog beside a stream, under a large tree and cloudy sky.

Landscape with a Shepherd

Charles Towne, 1800

A Dandie Dinmont Terrier

John Ferneley, 1848

Painting of two fishing boats by reedy inland water under a dark stormy sky with a thatched cottage on the bank.

Two Fishing Boats on the Banks of Inland Waters

George Chambers, 1831

Painting of a large perch and two smaller coarse fish on sand beside a fishing rod and reeds.

An Angler's Catch of Coarse Fish

Dean Wolstenholme the younger, 1850