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Studies of carrier pigeon

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

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

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

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

Ambleside

Francis Towne, 1786

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

Portrait of Samuel Palmer, Head and Shoulders

George Richmond, 1830

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 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

Samuel Palmer

George Richmond, 1830

Grey wash drawing of a path winding through a grove of large trees with sunlit foliage and a cloudy sky.

The Chestnut Grove, Near Rocca del Papa Near Lake Albano

Francis Towne, 1781

Pencil anatomical drawing of a standing human figure, front view, showing skull, ribs, muscles and limbs in outline.

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

George Stubbs, 1795

Pencil portrait of a man with curly hair and a mustache, signed Samuel Palmer, on a cream-colored sheet.

Portrait of Samuel Palmer, February 5, 1828

George Richmond, 1828

Watercolor of a stone arch bridge over a wooded ravine, with slender trees in the foreground and a stream below.

Devil's Bridge

Francis Towne, 1810

Pencil anatomical drawing of a fowl in side view, showing exposed muscles, wing bones and vessels on pale paper.

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

George Stubbs, 1795

Pen and wash drawing of a street vendor in a feathered hat holding a cane and broom, with figures in a doorway behind him.

My Pretty Little Ginny Tarters for a Ha'penny a Stick or a Penny a Stick, or a Stick to Beat Your Wives or Dust Your…

Paul Sandby, 1759

Pen and wash drawing of a shadowed rock passage with a winding road, a tall tree, and small figures near a distant building.

Entrance to the Grotto at Posilippo, Naples

Francis Towne, 1781

Pencil drawing of a standing human skeleton seen from the front, with numbered labels on the bones.

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

George Stubbs, 1795

Pen and watercolor drawing of a muffin seller with a basket on a street, while women watch from a window above.

London Cries: A Muffin Man

Paul Sandby, 1759

Pen and grey wash drawing of a canal townscape with a church, bell tower, arched bridge and small figures.

Architectural Capriccio Alternative title(s): Venetian Fantasy

Giovanni Antonio Canal

Pen drawing of a fowl in side view with a long neck, stippled plumage, and detailed scaly legs and talons.

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

George Stubbs, 1795

Watercolor of a woman with a basket and a man smoking a pipe holding a pewter pot on a street.

London Cries:

Paul Sandby, 1759

Watercolor drawing of three women in period bonnets and dresses talking before a stone pedestal.

Group of Three Ladies

Anthony Highmore

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

George Stubbs, 1795

Watercolor street scene of a fishmonger with a red cap, a woman in a black cloak, a child with a greyhound, and fish on a tab

London Cries: A Fishmonger

Paul Sandby, 1759

Pale watercolor of women in 18th-century bonnets and cloaks standing beside a column and archway.

Ladies Beside a Column and Arcade

Anthony Highmore

Pencil outline drawing of a standing human skeleton seen from behind, with nerves and vessels traced along the legs.

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

George Stubbs, 1795

Brown wash drawing of a woman in an apron pointing with a stick, with a handwritten caption about ha'pennies below.

London Cries: Throws for a Ha'penny Have You a Ha'penny

Engraving of a night murder scene with a dead woman on the ground, a standing man, alarmed onlookers, and a lantern under a c

The Third Stage of Cruelty: Cruelty in Perfection - The Murder

William Hogarth, 1751