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Brown wash drawing of a seated woman cleaning a shoe beside a bucket, with a standing man in a tricorn hat at left.

London Cries: Shoe Cleaner

Paul Sandby, 1759

Brown wash drawing of a wooded cliff above calm water, with a small sailboat on the distant horizon under a cloudy sky.

Coastal Scene with Wooded Cliff

Alexander Cozens, 1770

Engraving of a shepherd at a gate with sheep grazing beside a fence, large trees on the right, and a cloudy sky.

Changing Pasture

Edward Radclyffe

Hand-coloured print of a cottage with chimneys among tall trees and flowering shrubs, with verse and a small inset of the Mos

View of HRH the Princess Elizabeth's Cottage at Old Windsor with a View of the Moss House Below

James Clark, 1822

Pencil landscape drawing of a columned building beside a river, with trees, hills and distant mountains behind.

Buildings by a River with Hills in Background

Alexander Cozens, 1746

Hand-coloured print of labourers with a horse and cart on a wooded track, with a resting dog and a distant village.

Labourers

Richard Earlom, 1790

Engraving of Calais pier with figures in traditional dress, rough surf, seagulls, and small boats under a cloudy sky.

Calais Pier

Edward Radclyffe, 1832

Ink drawing of a ruined castle on a wooded hill above a lake, with rolling hills and open sky.

Castle in a Landscape

Alexander Cozens, 1770

Mezzotint of gentlemen in 18th-century dress gathered in a Royal Academy life drawing room around a nude male model.

Life School at the Royal Academy

Richard Earlom, 1773

Etching of a ploughman leading two oxen along a path at dusk, with a rising moon, dark hills and a cloudy sky.

The Weary Ploughman

Samuel Palmer, 1858

Brown ink and wash drawing of a shaded glade framed by trees, with a distant mountain and a small building on a rise.

The Glade

Alexander Cozens, 1750

Monochrome landscape with a herdsman driving cattle over an arched bridge, a ruined tower, and seated lovers in the foregroun

Wooded Landscape with Herdsman Driving Cattle over a Bridge, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Castle

Thomas Gainsborough, 1779

Engraved landscape of reapers harvesting grain under a crescent moon, with dark hills and a striated sky.

Harvest Under a Crescent Moon

Samuel Palmer, 1826

Christ standing with outstretched arms before kneeling apostles, rendered in brown and gold wash.

Christ Appearing to the Apostles after the Resurrection

William Blake, 1795

Etching of cows grazing beneath trees with a herdsman on a hill, a distant village, and a pale sky.

Wooded Landscape with Herdsman and Cows

Thomas Gainsborough, 1797

Etched rural village at dusk with thatched cottages, a walking figure, cattle, and a rising sun over hills.

The Bellman

Samuel Palmer, 1879

Hand-colored title page reading AMERICA PROPHECY with clouds, robed figures, and a fallen figure above dark waves.

America. A Prophecy, Plate 2, Title Page

William Blake, 1793

Pen and wash sketch of Karnak at dusk showing broken columns and a flat horizon under a pale sky.

Karnak, 10:00 pm, 22 January 1867 (213)

Edward Lear, 1867

Etching of a shepherd piping beside a tree as sheep gather at a wooden fold under a dramatic evening sky.

Opening the Fold

Samuel Palmer, 1880

Winged figure crouches head-bowed on a ledge beside a nude woman holding a child under a dark, fiery sky.

America. A Prophecy, Plate 1, Frontispiece

William Blake, 1793

Engraved print with two oval portraits of bearded men, a central lion with a globe, putti, and ornate scrollwork.

Paulus Pontius - Antonius Van Dyck Eques and Peter Paul Rubens Eques - Google Art Project

Paulus Pontius, 1618

Engraving of a fortune teller in a headscarf reading the palm of a seated woman in a feathered hat, with a girl beside her.

The Fortune Teller

John Keyse Sherwin, 1784

Hand-colored Blake plate: a nude man crouches amid dark flames beneath blue handwritten verse on a cream page.

America. A Prophecy, Plate 12,

William Blake, 1793

Engraved portrait of a bearded man with curly hair in a dark cloak and lace collar, hand on chest, with Latin inscription bel

D. Petrus Paulus Rubbens Eques

Paulus Pontius, 1630

Engraved portrait of a bearded man in a cap and cloak, seated beside a drape, with Latin inscription below.

Icones Principum Virorum

Robert van Voerst, 1630

Engraving of the Good Samaritan tending a wounded man beside a white horse, dog and rocky wooded landscape.

The Good Samaritan

Simon François Ravenet, 1772

Engraved reproduction of an ornate allegorical ceiling with a central oval of cherubs and winged figures, framed by smaller p

From the Painting of the Ceiling in the Banqueting House at White-Hall in the Year 1720

Simon Gribelin, 1720

Etching of Whitehall Palace seen from the Thames, with rowing boats and a barge on the water in the foreground.

Palatium Regis Prope Londinum, Vulgo Whitehall

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1647

Engraving of Christ at the Pool of Bethesda with an angel above, surrounded by sick figures beneath trees and an arcade.

The Pool of Bethesda

Simon François Ravenet, 1772

Engraved oval portrait of Charles I in armour with long hair, white collar and chain, against draped fabric.

Charles I

William Faithorne the Younger, 1658

Engraving of William Hogarth seated at an easel, palette in hand, painting a sketch of the Comic Muse beside a column.

Hogarth Painting the Comic Muse

William Hogarth, 1764

Engraved view of a crowded city lane with brick houses, tall chimneys, figures and a railway viaduct under smoke.

YCBA London a Pilgrimage 06

Gustave Doré, 1872

Pencil sketch of an old wooden alms box with iron bands and a pitched roof on a stone base, drawn on tan paper.

An Ancient Alms Box, Walsingham Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1805

Engraving of a London street where a coachman whips a fallen horse beside a carriage, sheep and onlookers.

The Second Stage of Cruelty: Coachman Beating a Fallen Horse

William Hogarth, 1751

Engraving of a hooded figure on a rocky ledge overlooking a river and a moonlit city skyline with domed buildings.

YCBA London a Pilgrimage 07

Gustave Doré, 1872

Pencil drawing of a church spire rising above riverside cottages, with a moored boat and trees along the water.

Great Marlow Church, Buckinghamshire

Thomas Girtin, 1795

Engraving of boys torturing animals in a city street, with a crowd watching and a church spire behind the buildings.

The First Stage of Cruelty: Children Torturing Animals

William Hogarth, 1751

Engraved view of a crowded brick city street with chimneys, rooftops, barrels, and a smoky viaduct in the distance.

YCBA London a Pilgrimage 06 (cropped)

Gustave Doré, 1872

Grey wash drawing of a village with a church steeple below steep, wooded mountains and patchwork fields in a valley.

Bagneres-de-Bigorre, France

Henry Swinburne

Engraving of a public dissection with surgeons, spectators, skeletons, a dog and a corpse on a round table.

The Fourth Stage of Cruelty: The Reward of Cruelty

William Hogarth, 1751

Five Classical Heads

Inigo Jones, 1630

Hooded figure in a cloak points a staff toward distant mountains and sea under a pale, cloudy sky.

A Peasant of Mount Erix

Henry Tresham, 1783

Grey wash drawing of Ingham church in Norfolk with a tall crenellated tower, Gothic windows and trees in the foreground.

Ingham Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1815

Ink and wash drawing of a temporary arch with putti and two allegorical figures, one with a lute and one armored.

Design for a Temporary Arch Ornamented with Putti and Allegorical Figures of Music and War

Inigo Jones, 1622

Grey ink and wash drawing of men crouching and playing dice on steps inside an arched, columned interior.

Playing at Dice, Trepani

Henry Tresham, 1780

Pen and wash drawing of a couple fighting in a room while two onlookers watch, with a Broughton medallion on the wall.

Matrimonial Fisticuffs, with a Portrait of the Pugilist John Broughton, in the background

Hubert François Gravelot

Brown ink drawing of a plumed horse rearing up, with a rider in the saddle and a flowing tail.

A Plumed Saddle-Horse

Inigo Jones, 1640

Pen sketch of hills, a cave mouth among trees, and ruins by a lake, labeled Lake Avernus and the Cumean Sybil's cave.

The Cave of the Cumean Sybil on the Shore of the Lake Avernus

James Barry, 1740

Pen and ink drawing of a man in a powdered wig seen from behind, holding a quill beside a handwritten letter.

Self-portrait

James Jefferys, 1771

Ink and wash drawing of a muscular man with raised arms beside a skull and winged witch-like figures.

Macbeth and the Witches

James Northcote, 1777

Pen and ink study with green wash of a bound nude male figure with arms raised, beside a draped cloaked figure.

Study for Saint Sebastian

Pen and wash drawing of agitated figures in a classical colonnade, with raised arms and a central standing man in a toga.

The Body of Lucretia Exposed to the Romans

James Jefferys, 1777

Pen and brown wash study of a striped tiger with sketches of climbing monkeys beside it on pale paper.

Study for a Tiger and Monkeys

James Northcote

Graphite drawing of a nude man seen from behind with both arms spread wide, on toned brown paper.

Male with Arms Spread Wide Seen from Behind

Brown ink and wash design of classical gods and cherubs among clouds above columns and a cornice, for a ceiling.

A Design for a Ceiling

James Thornhill

Pencil and brown wash sketch of a church tower and riverside buildings with moored boats and trees.

Fullham Church

James Stark, 1804

Pen and grey wash drawing of the Arch of Constantine in Rome with surrounding ancient ruins and small figures.

Rome, A View of the Arch of Constantine with Other Ruins

Pen and wash design of a classical staircase wall with columns, relief panels and an allegorical painted ceiling above.

Design for Ceiling Walls and Staircase

James Thornhill, 1712

Graphite sketch of a reclining figure draped in cloth on a couch, with soft shading against a dark background.

Study of the Hermaphrodite

Ink and wash drawing of a colonnaded vestibule with vaulted ceilings, a horseman, courtiers and armed guards.

Somerset House, the Strand Vestibule

Louis Jean Desprez

Watercolor of a black and white pointer dog walking across a grassy field with rolling hills and trees behind it.

The Spanish Pointer

John Buckler, 1799

Studies of Rows of Spectators

Pencil and wash drawing of a thatched cottage with a brick chimney among trees, with a wooden gate in front.

Cottage among Trees

John Constable, 1795

Pencil and wash drawing of several nude male figures tangled together in a vertical struggle, with an inscription below.

But Deliver Us From Evil

John Flaxman Jr., 1805

Grey wash drawing of a woman with a fan and bonnet facing a servant in a white headscarf with scissors at her waist.

A Roman Lady with a Duenna

John Brown, 1775

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a top hat on a slope, with a dog on a distant rise under an open sky.

Hampstead Heath

John Constable, 1820

Pen and ink sketch of a standing man in a plumed hat and long cloak, turned toward a smaller seated figure.

Study of a Gentleman, called Dr. Johnson

John Flaxman Jr.

Grey wash drawing of several men leaning over a table with a map and globe, one pointing at the chart.

The Geographers

Pencil sketch of four sailing ships with rigging at anchor on calm water, with a distant shoreline and handwritten ship names

Four East Indiamen at Archor

John Constable, 1803

Grey wash drawing of a bound nude figure on the left and a seated couple with onlookers on the right.

Illustration to Milton's Paradise Lost: Adam and Eve Guarded by the Angels

John Flaxman Jr.

Pencil sketch of a curved wall and colonnade with a cypress tree and building beyond, pale sky above.

View from Behind the Colonnade, Piazza San Pietro, Rome

John Brown, 1772

Pencil sketch of a rolling rural landscape with trees, a winding path, and a faint distant horizon under an empty sky.

Dedham Vale from Langham

John Constable, 1803

Sepia drawing of a clergyman gesturing to children beside an open Holy Bible, with a guardian angel and a standing woman.

Study for a Monument to the Reverend John Clowes

John Flaxman Jr., 1820

Pen and wash drawing of a frontispiece cartouche with a winged cupid writing, an old man pointing, and an open book.

Design for a Frontispiece: Cupid Studying Nature

Pencil drawing of a church spire over trees with sailboat and rowboats on a calm river.

Fulham Church from across the River

John Constable, 1818

Grey wash drawing of a robed bearded figure gesturing toward a falling nude figure, with two draped figures at upper right.

Get Thee Behind Me, Satan

John Flaxman Jr., 1783

Pen and ink drawing of a crowd of caricatured faces around a horned devil, with a medallion portrait held above.

Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare

,John Hamilton Mortimer, 1776

Pencil sketch of a large tree, wooden gate and distant cottage in a wooded landscape.

Coombe Wood

John Constable, 1812

Pen drawing of a bearded pilgrim with a staff greeted by robed women at a house threshold, labeled Christian, Discretion, Cha

Illustration to Pilgrim's Progress

John Flaxman Jr., 1792

Pen and ink drawing of a robed preacher addressing a crowd beneath hovering angels, with head studies at right.

Saint Paul Preaching to the Britons

,John Hamilton Mortimer, 1775

Pencil sketch of a windmill with lattice sails beside a cottage and trees under a loosely drawn sky.

Landscape with Windmill

John Constable, 1825

Pen and grey wash drawing of a woman seen from behind with a child looking over her shoulder.

Back View of a Woman with Child Looking Over Her Shoulder

John Flaxman Jr.

Pen and wash sketch of two men fighting with swords while a woman sits nearby at the left.

Two Men Fighting Before a Woman

,John Hamilton Mortimer, 1771

Brown ink and wash sketch of a sailing boat on water beside dark shoreline trees under a brightening sky, with birds.

Dawn

John Constable, 1831

Portrait of William Blake

John Flaxman Jr., 1804

Watercolor of two white oxen with floral head ornaments pulling an ornate gilded cart with a red canopy.

A Turkish Araba Drawn by Two White Oxen, ConstantinopleТурецкая араба, запряженная двумя белыми волами, Константинополь

John Frederick Lewis, 1841

Watercolor sketch of a pointed stone archway opening onto a shaded woodland path with tall trees.

East Bergholt Church, Looking Out the South Archway of the Ruined Tower

John Constable, 1806

Pencil sheet of loose figure studies for The Odyssey, with a nude figure beside a tree and groups of sketched figures.

Sheet of Figure Studies for The Odyssey

John Flaxman Jr.

Pen and ink caricature of a choir with exaggerated faces at a music stand and a row of wigged onlookers below.

Choir and Orchestra (A Choral Band)

,John Hamilton Mortimer, 1776

Pencil sketch of an open landscape with a path, trees on the right, and dark hatched clouds above.

Dedham Vale from Langham

John Constable, 1830

Pencil drawing of three tall lampstands with finials, two with twisted shafts and tripod or round bases, signed lower right.

Study of Three Lampstands

John Flaxman Jr.

Pen and ink drawing of a man kneeling with bowed head and arms outstretched, wearing a draped robe and sandals.

A Man Kneeling

,John Hamilton Mortimer, 1770

Pencil and brown wash drawing of an uprooted tree with exposed roots and a small rider on horseback at right.

Helmingham: The Silent Pool

John Constable, 1800

Grey wash drawing of nude figures with outstretched arms rising through a dark starry sky.

The Creation of the Heavens

John Flaxman Jr., 1790

Brown ink drawing of a man with curly hair and a high-collared shirt, with handwritten inscriptions above and below.

Portrait of John Saxby

,John Hamilton Mortimer

Watercolor of a sandy beach with beached sailing boats, walking figures, and a row of seafront buildings under a cloudy sky.

Brighton Beach Looking West