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Painting of a seated woman darning beside a round green-covered table with white flowers in a striped interior.

Sylvia Darning

Harold Gilman, 1917

Painting of a thatched water mill beside a stream, with a large oak, a grey horse, sheep and figures crossing the water.

The Old Water Mill

George Morland, 1790

Painting of a ruined castle on a cliff above a river gorge, with trees and three small figures on the riverbank.

Hawthornden Castle, near Edinburgh

Alexander Nasmyth, 1820

Painting of a centaur gesturing beside a statue as a seated nude figure plays a lyre in a forest.

The Education of Achilles

James Barry, 1772

Painting of a white horse and brown horse in a straw-filled stable with a sleeping spotted dog.

Old horses with a dog in a stable

George Morland, 1791

Painting of a lake under cloudy sky with mountains, trees, figures and a horse on a path in the foreground.

Loch Awe, Argyllshire

Alexander Nasmyth, 1785

Painting of a man in a blue embroidered coat and a woman in a silver gown holding a black mask in a gilded interior.

David Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard in Benjamin Hoadley's "The Suspicious Husband

Francis Hayman, 1747

Painting of a fashionable party fishing from a rowboat beneath trees, with a woman in pink and men with nets and rods.

A Party Angling

George Morland, 1789

Loose oil sketch of foresters with a white horse and hounds in a woodland, with deer near a stream at right.

?A Sketch for `Foresters Stalking Deer'

John Frederick Lewis, 1824

Eighteenth-century group portrait of gentlemen at a dining table, with the artist sketching at lower left.

Portrait of a Group of Gentleman, with the Artist

Francis Hayman, 1740

Two travelers walk a snowy path past a bare tree and cottages, one in a red coat, one in blue carrying a rifle.

A Soldier's Return

George Morland, 1750

Painting of a lavish Oriental interior with a woman in red, reclining figures, visitors by a pool, and a gazelle.

A Lady Receiving Visitors (The Reception)

John Frederick Lewis, 1873

Painting of a large bristled pig in a countryside setting with a farmhouse, farmer and piglets behind it.

Gloucestershire Old Spot

James Ward, 1800

Oval painting of a uniformed soldier, children, a woman in a black hat, a dog and a table with mugs under trees.

St. James's Park

George Morland, 1788

Painting of saddled camels, a rider and ducks on a grassy Nile riverbank under a blue sky with clouds.

On the Banks of the Nile, Upper Egypt

John Frederick Lewis, 1876

Studies of Jacky Turner and the Reverend Charles Hope's Gardener

James Ward, 1800

Painting of a red-coated rider leaping a grey horse beside a cliff, with hounds, a bridge, and a distant hunt in a hilly vall

Foxhunting in Hilly Country

George Morland, 1792

Painting of a woman in classical dress collapsing as armed men react, one raising a dagger, in a dim interior.

The Death of Lucretia

Gavin Hamilton, 1763

Painting of a nude man struggling with a boa constrictor coiled around his arm, lying against a green background.

Man Struggling with a Boa Constrictor, Study for "Liboya Serpent Seizing its Prey

James Ward, 1803

Painting of a red-coated hunter on horseback aiming a gun, with dogs, a groom, a grey horse and a thatched cottage under an o

Partridge Shooting

George Morland, 1790

Oil sketch of a winged angel reaching toward a seated woman holding an infant, with a cloaked figure in shadow at right.

The Angel of Mercy

Joseph Highmore, 1746

Three cream-colored sheep stand on a dirt path under a cloudy sky, with trees and a pond behind them.

Ryelands Sheep, the King's Ram, the King's Ewe and Lord Somerville's Wether

James Ward, 1801

Painting of two hunters firing guns in a wooded landscape, with dogs running and a pheasant flying from the trees.

Pheasant Shooting

George Morland, 1790

Oil painting of elegantly dressed figures conversing on a stone terrace before an arcaded building and garden.

A Family Conversation Piece

Joseph Highmore, 1730

Painting of two horned oxen, one black and white and one brown and white, standing in a stone arched interior.

Portraits of two extraordinary oxen, the property of the Earl of Powis

James Ward, 1814

Snowy winter landscape with a thatched cottage, bare trees, two horses, and villagers in the foreground.

Winter Landscape

George Morland, 1790

Painting of a standing man gesturing before seated figures in 18th-century dress in a wood-paneled room.

The Harlowe Family, from Samuel Richardson's "Clarissa

Joseph Highmore, 1745

Painting of cattle beside a reflective pool at sunrise, with a classical building and trees under a streaked golden sky.

Cattle at a Pool at Sunrise

James Ward, 1827

Painting of two men riding a white horse along a rocky riverside path below wooded cliffs and clouds.

Rocky Landscape with Two Men on a Horse

George Morland, 1791

Oil sketch of eight men in powdered wigs and dark coats gathered around a red-draped table in an interior.

Study for a Group Portrait

Joseph Highmore, 1729