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Painted valley landscape with rolling hills, a winding path, and pink-lit clouds over a blue sky.

The Vale of Pencerrig

Thomas Jones, 1776

Portrait of a Lady

Painting of a pastoral landscape with a large tree, figures on a path, grazing cattle, a cottage, and distant mountains at su

A Landscape with Figures

Nicholas Pocock, 1798

Painting of a hilly landscape with a walled town and castle towers beside a winding river under a cloudy sky.

Richmond Castle, Yorkshire

Alexander Keirincx, 1639

Painting of a thatched hut with a standing warrior in white and a round shield, goats nearby, under a cloudy sky.

View in Southern India, with a Warrior Outside his Hut

George Chinnery, 1815

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with curly brown hair, dark blue coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman Called Michael Thomas Sadler

George Chinnery

Painting of a barefoot man carrying a large bundle of sticks on his back along a hazy hillside path.

A Man Carrying Faggots

George Chinnery, 1799

John Lyon

George Chinnery, 1812

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with curly dark hair, dark coat, red lapel and white ruffled cravat, against a blue sk

Portrait of a Gentleman

George Chinnery, 1800

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly auburn hair in a dark coat and white cravat, in a black frame.

A Gentleman with Auburn Hair

George Chinnery

Painting of an Indian landscape with a domed temple beneath a large tree, rocks, distant pink mountains, and figures by water

Indian Landscape with Temple

George Chinnery, 1815

Oil portrait of a seated man with curly dark hair playing a guitar beside red drapery and a sheet of music.

Portrait of a Man Playing a Guitar

George Chinnery, 1830

Three men gamble on a cloth floor in a dim interior lit by a doorway, one standing and two seated.

Chinese Gamblers

George Chinnery, 1840

A Man Called W. C. Hunter

George Chinnery, 1825

Painting of men gathered around a food vendor's stall beside a wall under a cloudy sky.

Coolies Round the Food Vendor's Stall

George Chinnery, 1825

Group portrait of a family in an interior with a red curtain, a seated woman in white, children, and a ship seen through a wi

An English Family in Macao

George Chinnery, 1835

Oil self-portrait of a young man with curly light hair holding a painter's palette against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

George Chinnery, 1800

Oil portrait of a man with dark curly hair in a dark coat and white collar, set against a muted blue-grey sky.

An Unknown Man

George Chinnery, 1835

Seated man in grey coat and white wig holding a small book, with leather-bound books and green drapery behind him.

Tobias Smollet

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1764

Four men in colorful 18th-century coats pose outdoors beside a tree, a carved urn, and ruins, with three dogs nearby.

James Grant of Grant, John Mytton, the Hon. Thomas Robinson, and Thomas Wynne

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1760

Man in brown coat playing a gilded harp, with a violin and music on a table and a painter with palette behind him.

Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti and Giovanni Battista Tempesti

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1759

Full-length portrait of an older man in brown coat and grey wig with a walking stick and spaniel beside an oak tree.

Thomas "Sense" Browne

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1775

Painting of a shaded tree-lined path with two seated women, a standing woman with a dog, and red-roofed buildings on a distan

View near Rome

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1754

Painting of a seated woman in a red dress and striped shawl holding a straw hat before a dark rocky cliff.

A Woman in a Landscape

Martin Archer Shee, 1840

Portrait of Major John Norton as Mohawk Chief Teyoninhokarawen

Mather Brown, 1805

Painting of armed figures climbing a rocky path in a shadowed mountain ravine beneath a glowing, cloud-filled sky.

Mountain Landscape with Banditti

Elias Martin, 1780

Oil portrait of an elderly man with grey hair holding a staff with oak leaves, wearing a patched coat against a dark backgrou

Man holding a staff

Thomas Barker, 1800

Oil portrait of a woman with short auburn hair in a pale dress with fur trim, leaning on a pedestal against dark drapery.

Mary Borden

Glyn Warren Philpot, 1920

Elderly man in dark coat seated beside a boy in green reading at a cluttered desk with books and an inkstand.

Francis Noel Clarke Mundy and His Grandson, William Mundy

Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1809

Man in dark coat examining feathers beside a large stuffed pheasant and other birds in a dim interior.

An Ornithologist, Probably John Latham?

Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1802

Painting of a dense woodland with a large spreading tree, a grassy path, and mossy boulders in the foreground.

A Wooded Landscape

Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1833

Full-length double portrait of a woman in white gown and a young man in blue coat beside red drapery and a landscape.

Margaret Callander and Her Son James Kearney

Jean Laurent Mosnier, 1795

Painting of a domed hospital building seen across green trees and fields toward a distant city under cloudy skies.

Greenwich Hospital from the Observatory with a Distant View of London

Thomas Christopher Hofland, 1824

Portrait of a man in a blue naval-style coat and tricorn hat, with sailing ships visible through a cabin window behind him.

Captain William Locker

Dominic Serres, 1769

Oil painting of English sailing ships in choppy seas under a dramatic cloudy sky, with a British flag on the left.

English Ships Coming to Anchor in a Fresh Breeze

Dominic Serres, 1750

Painting of several sailing ships on rough green sea under a cloudy sky, one flying an English flag.

An English Two-Decker Lying Hove to, with Other Ships and Vessels in a Fresh Breeze

Dominic Serres, 1770

Oil painting of a red brick country house on a hill with grazing cattle, trees and farm buildings in the foreground.

Saint Vincents, near West Malling, Kent

Dominic Serres, 1779

Painting of a grassy park with grazing cows, walkers, and a view of brick buildings and church towers under a hazy sky.

A Western View of part of Westminster and Bird Cage Walk taken from the Mill House...,

George Arnald, 1808

Oil portrait of a young man with reddish-blond hair, hand raised to his cheek, dark coat, against a dark green oval backgroun

Self-Portrait

Richard Redgrave, 1832

Oval miniature portrait of a man with grey hair in a blue coat and white cravat against a red background.

Robert Cathcart, Esq.

Henry Bone, 1798

Oval miniature portrait of a man with gray powdered hair in a red double-breasted coat and white cravat, in a jeweled frame.

Sir Charles Blunt, fourth Baronet

Henry Bone, 1799

Oval miniature portrait of a man with light hair, dark coat and white cravat, in a leather case.

Portrait of Samuel Lyons

Henry Bone, 1803

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with curled hair, pearl necklace, white dress and blue sash, in a gold frame.

Young Woman

Henry Bone, 1790

Full-length portrait of a young boy holding a rifle beside a spaniel, with a classical column and sunset landscape behind him

John Poulett, 1st Earl Poulett

John Closterman, 1680

Oval painting of a black horse fleeing a coiled snake beside a stream, with a rocky cliff and trees behind.

A Horse Frightened by a Snake

Sawrey Gilpin, 1792

Oil painting of three horses, two chestnut and one grey, on a path before rocky cliffs and trees.

Three Hunters in a Rocky Landscape

Sawrey Gilpin, 1775

Oil painting of two mares and two foals in an open field under a cloudy sky, by Sawrey Gilpin, 1790.

Mares and Foals, facing right

Sawrey Gilpin, 1790

Painting of two mares and two foals in a green meadow under a cloudy sky, with distant hills.

Mares and Foals, facing left

Sawrey Gilpin, 1790

Painting of a man in an orange coat gesturing to two horses on a path beside a rocky cliff under a stormy sky.

Gulliver Addressing the Houyhnhnms

Sawrey Gilpin, 1769

Oval painting of mares and foals grazing beneath a large tree under a pink evening sky.

Mares and Foals

Sawrey Gilpin, 1770

Horses on a rocky shore beside a sailing boat, with a barefoot man and a stormy dusk sky.

Gulliver Taking His Final Leave of the Land of the Houyhnhnms

Sawrey Gilpin, 1769

Painting of a seated woman examining lace while a man and boy stand beside a basket of goods near a cottage.

The Wandering Sailor

Henry Singleton, 1798

Venus leans over a golden-haired Cupid holding arrows, with a second Cupid seated at left and a mountain landscape behind.

Venus and Cupid

Henry Howard, 1809

Hazy seascape with white surf in the foreground, distant sailboats on the horizon, and a pale cloudy sky.

Seascape

George Grosvenor Thomas, 1890

Oil painting of large British warships and a sloop on choppy grey-green water under a cloudy sky, with rowing boats nearby.

British Men-of-War and a Sloop

Peter Monamy, 1720

Painting of a yellow royal yacht with flags on a calm sea, with rowing boats, fishermen and distant ships under cloudy sky.

An English Royal Yacht Standing Offshore in a Calm

Peter Monamy, 1730

Painting of a tall lighthouse on a rock with rowboats and sailing ships on calm grey water under a cloudy sky.

The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

Peter Monamy, 1703

Painting of a large sailing ship and smaller sailboats on calm water under a cloudy sky, with a rowboat in the foreground.

An Evening Calm

Painting of a three-masted ship with red pennants on a calm sea, with a rowing boat and distant vessels.

Shipping in a Calm

Peter Monamy, 1700

Painting of a gilded royal yacht becalmed at anchor, with rowing boats and distant ships on calm water under clouds.

Royal Yacht Becalmed at Anchor

Peter Monamy, 1710

Portrait of a seated woman with curled hair, pearls and a red brooch, beside a vase of flowers, by Simon Pietersz Verelst.

Mary of Modena

Simon Pietersz Verelst, 1680

Hunters with spears and hounds on a riverbank pursue an otter in the water under a cloudy sky.

Spearing the Otter

Philip Reinagle, 1805

Oval painting of three people in a hot air balloon basket against a blue sky, one man raising a hat.

Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Mrs. Letitia Anne Sage, in a Balloon

John Francis Rigaud, 1785

Seated man in green coat and yellow waistcoat sketching in a book beside a tree, with hills and sunset behind him.

George Robertson

John Francis Rigaud, 1776