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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 a wooded landscape with large trees, a small figure on a dirt path, and a pink sky over distant hills.

Landscape with Trees and a Figure (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

Painted study of two red poppy flowers on slender stems with grey-green leaves against a warm brown background.

Study of Poppies

James Inskipp, 1832

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

Man in red hunting coat and top hat on a brown horse, seen from behind, holding a riding crop against a grey background.

Portrait of Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Lord Delamere, on His Hunter (study for "The Cheshire Hunt at Tatton Park")

Henry Calvert, 1839

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

Oval portrait of a heavyset bald man with powdered hair in a grey coat, resting his hand on a ledge.

George Stubbs

William H. Craft, 1775

Oval portrait of a man in a navy coat with red collar, holding a folded letter, against a dark background.

William Wheatley

Francis Alleyne, 1786

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

Oval portrait of a seated woman in a white gown, lace cap and powdered hair, holding a pearl strand against a grey background

Margot Wheatley

Francis Alleyne, 1786

Woman in plumed hat and riding coat holds a shotgun beside an oak tree with two dogs, in a landscape.

The Countess of Effingham with Gun and Shooting Dogs

George Haugh, 1787

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 a bearded man in antlers embracing a woman beneath an oak tree at night, with another woman watching nearby.

Falstaff at Herne's Oak, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act V, Scene v

James Stephanoff, 1832

Head of a Grey Arabian Horse

Martin Ward, 1820

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

Studies of carrier pigeon

Dean Wolstenholme the younger, 1837

Painting of a red pied carrier pigeon standing on grass with distant hills and a cloudy sky behind it.

Red pied carrier

Dean Wolstenholme the younger, 1837

Full-length portrait of a man in tartan dress holding a longbow, with a castle and archery target in the landscape behind him

Dr. John Logan Campbell

Mungo Burton, 1838

Painting of a street scene where a man pours a drink for a child seated on church steps, with onlookers and tin cups nearby.

Refreshing the Weary

Robert Hannah, 1847

Girl with a basket on a woodland path beside a large gnarled tree, with ferns and open fields beyond.

Hayes Common

William Henry Millais, 1852

Graphite sketch of a reclining nude woman resting her head on her arm, with a drapery study at right.

Reclining Nude

Pencil study of a bare arm raised and bent at the elbow, with the hand turned inward, on pale paper.

Study for Thermaie Antoniniane

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1899

Pencil drawing of Aylmerton church in Norfolk with a round crenellated tower, pointed windows, and gravestones in the churchy

Aylmerton Church; Norfolk, from the South-West

John Sell Cotman, 1816

Pen and ink sketch of a standing figure and a reclining figure beside a gothic arched window, with dark wash shading.

Study of Figures in a Dramatic Scene

Benjamin Robert Haydon

Sepia ink and wash drawing of a road winding through rocky mountains, with large trees on the right side.

A Road in a Mountain Landscape with Trees to the Right

Alexander Cozens, 1780

Pen and watercolor drawing of a Gothic stone piscina with tracery canopy and basin in a church wall.

A Piscina in Blickling Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1814

Pencil drawing of a seated man in a striped hood, head bowed, hands clasped, before a faint arched architectural background.

Dante in Meditation Holding a Pomegranate

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1852

Brown ink sketch of a crowd of men gathered outdoors around a table, with a rider on horseback and trees behind.

The Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch

David Wilkie, 1822

Pencil drawing of a stone church with a crenellated tower, pitched roofs and Gothic windows over grassy ground.

Brampton Church, Norfolk, from the South-East

John Sell Cotman, 1816

Pen and wash drawing of a crowded ballroom with a central waltzing couple, onlookers, and rules posted on the walls.

Preparatory drawing for The Waltz

Edward Francis Burney, 1820

Pencil sketch of Knowsley Hall with battlemented towers, a columned portico and a lawn framed by trees.

Knowsley Hall

Grey-toned drawing of a striped tiger prowling forward on bare ground, looking toward the viewer against a dark background.

A Prowling Tiger

Elizabeth Pringle, 1800

Pen and wash drawing of a stout man at a table in a passage boat, roused by two waiters gesturing toward the windows.

John Gilpin in the Uxbridge Passage Boat

Edward Francis Burney, 1820

Pencil and brown wash sketch of a country house with chimneys, surrounded by trees, shrubs and a garden path.

A Country House

Edward Lear, 1834

Graphite drawing of a striped tiger lying at the mouth of a dark cave, framed by trees and rocks.

A Tiger Lying in the Entrance of a Cave

Elizabeth Pringle, 1796

Watercolor of Ambleside showing a village with figures on a path below layered, hazy mountains and green valley fields.

Ambleside

Francis Towne, 1786

Pencil sketch of Villa d'Este with a leaning tree on the left, cypresses on the right and a multi-storey villa behind.

Villa d'Este

Edward Lear, 1866

Anterior view anatomical drawing of a standing male figure showing bones, muscles and blood vessels in grey pencil.

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with That of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Human…

George Stubbs, 1795

Watercolor of a row of pale buildings by a lake with steep sunlit mountains rising behind and small figures at left.

The Grange at the Head of Keswick Lake

Francis Towne, 1786

Pencil and watercolor sketch of Karnak temple ruins with an obelisk and palm tree under a pale sky.

Karnak, 24 February 1867 (545)

Edward Lear, 1867

Pencil drawing of a human skeleton in front view with faint muscle outlines and small lettered labels on toned paper.

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Human…

George Stubbs, 1795

Watercolor landscape of a large tree beside a road, with walkers, a lake, and mountains under a cloudy sky.

The Road to the Lake

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a Nile river view with a sailing boat, desert cliffs, and robed figures.

Just above Ekhmim

Edward Lear, 1867

Pencil drawing of a human skeleton in side view, crouched forward in a crawling posture on a pale sheet.

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Human…

George Stubbs, 1795

Watercolor of white houses on a wooded hillside above a river, framed by trees, with a wooden jetty in the foreground.

Houses near Plymouth

Francis Towne, 1810