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Watercolor of tall beech trees with autumn foliage, a man driving cattle and sheep along a bank, and distant woods.

Landscape with beech trees and man driving cattle and sheep

Portrait of a woman in a black embroidered gown with a white ruff, gold chains, and a carnation and snake at her arm.

A Woman Called Lady Elizabeth Knightley

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1591

Oil portrait of a woman in a white lace bonnet, lace collar and dark dress, set against a brown background with a column.

Portrait of Mrs. Ben Marshall

Lambert Marshall, 1826

Watercolor landscape of a towered castle on a crag, with peasants and a goat on a path beneath large trees.

Romantic Landscape - Peasants at the foot of a castle on a crag

Oval portrait of a woman in a sheer veil, lace collar and red gown, with a gold inscription dated 1614.

Catherine Killigrew, Lady Jermyn

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1614

Two grey wood pigeons with iridescent neck patches perch on a branch beside a tree trunk, painted on a pale background.

Two Wood Pigeons

Charles Collins, 1736

Watercolor of trees over a footbridge, with a man in a wide-brimmed hat crossing toward the left.

Trees, with a Man Crossing a Footbridge

Portrait of a young woman in a red velvet gown with gold embroidery and a jeweled pendant before green drapery.

Portrait of a woman, aged sixteen, previously identified as Mary Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk, 1565

Hans Eworth, 1565

Walter Crane watercolor of a woman in a blue patterned robe and white cap standing before a flower garden.

Woman in a Kimono

Walter Crane, 1910

Watercolor of a gnarled old tree with a man playing a pipe, two women and a dog beside a river.

Landscape with a man playing a pipe under an old tree

Portrait of a woman in black velvet and white fur with a small brown dog on a green table, dated 1562.

Portrait of a Woman, probably Catherine Carey, Lady Knollys

Steven van der Meulen, 1562

Painting of a blue passion flower vine with white blooms, green leaves, tendrils and a small fruit before a column.

Blue Passion Flower, for the "Temple of Flora" by Robert Thornton

Philip Reinagle, 1800

Woman in blue dress holds an infant and looks upward in a simple room with bread, newspapers and a fireplace.

"Lord, Thy Will Be Done"

Philip Hermogenes Calderon, 1855

Oil portrait of a man in a red and white embroidered doublet, plumed cap and gold chain, one hand on his hip.

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

Steven van der Meulen, 1560

Woman in straw hat seated among cabbages, onions and asparagus at a market stall, with a classical building behind.

Vegetable Seller, Covent Garden

Pieter Angillis, 1726

Dark painting of fleeing figures on rocky ground with a glowing crack opening beneath them, under a smoky sky.

The Judgement of Korah, Dathan and Abiram

Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia Cosway, 1801

Oil portrait of a young girl in a red dress with a lace ruff, pearl headdress and feather plume against a dark background.

A Young Girl

Paul van Somer I, 1615

Group portrait in a studio: a painter with palette, a girl, a seated cellist playing, and an elderly man in a blue coat.

Self-Portrait with His Daughter Maria Theresa, James Cervetto, and Giacobbe Cervetto

Johann Zoffany, 1780

Painting of a large brown hare in grass in the foreground, with a distant hunter and dog on a hill under a cloudy sky.

Hare Hunting

Philip Reinagle, 1810

Full-length portrait of a woman in a brown embroidered gown with lace ruff, holding a green parrot beside a velvet chair.

Elizabeth, Countess of Kellie

Paul van Somer I, 1619

Painting of a thatched cottage with a white chimney beside a dirt lane, a woman hanging laundry, and a cart under cloudy skie

Cottage by a country lane

Augustus Wall Callcott, 1820

Painting of a large brown hare running through grass, with a distant hunter and hound on a hill under a cloudy sky.

Hare Coursing

Philip Reinagle, 1810

Full-length portrait of a grey-haired man in black with a walking stick, standing in a garden setting.

Colonel Alexander Popham, of Littlecote, Wiltshire

Abraham Staphorst, 1660

Painting of a white hydrangea flower cluster with green leaves against a dark background.

White Hydrangea

Stuart Park, 1890

Painting of a man in a red headscarf tending a wounded man beneath a large tree, with a donkey and distant figures in the lan

The Good Samaritan

Francis Hayman, 1751

Portrait of a woman in black gown with lace ruff and sleeves, a small dog beside her, coat of arms at upper right.

Frances, Lady Brydges (ca. 1553-1623) (current title) Dorothy Bray, Baroness Chandos (d. 1605) (former title)

George Gower, 1579

Seated man in a wig and gold-red robe gestures beside an open book on a lectern in a library with bookshelves.

Benjamin Moreland, High Master of St. Paul's School

John Smibert, 1724

Portrait of an older naval officer with white hair in dark uniform, gesturing toward a ship in harbor.

Admiral Alexander Hood, 1726-1814, 1st Viscount Bridport

Lemuel Francis Abbott, 1795

Full-length portrait of a boy on a bay horse in a red coat and a girl in a blue dress with a spotted dog.

John Gubbins Newton and His Sister, Mary Newton

Robert Burnard, 1833

Portrait of a seated man in a red cap pointing to an open handwritten ledger, with stacked books and a coat of arms.

Sir John Rushout, Bt.

John Smibert, 1726

Portrait of a young boy in a brown jacket and hood with a black and white spaniel beside him, holding a stick.

Young Mariner and Dog

Emma Soyer, 1833

Full-length painting of a man in a feathered hat, cream cloak, green sash and sword, before red drapery.

Henry Woodward as Petruchio in Catherine and Petruchio, a version by Garrick of "The Taming of the Shrew"

Benjamin Vandergucht, 1773

Full-length portrait of a young man in a green coat and cream waistcoat standing on a country path before a landscape.

George Biggin

Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1783

Painting of a rooster, hens, chicks and pigeons in a garden park beneath an apple tree, with a bullfinch on a branch.

Domestic cock, hens, and chicks in a park

Pieter Casteels II, 1730

Full-length portrait of a man in black and gold armour beside a helmet and gauntlets, with a landscape behind him.

Sir William Drury, of Hawstead, Suffolk

Daniël van den Queborn, 1587

Painting of a waterfall tumbling between rocks, with bathers in a pool below and a mountain in the distance.

A Waterfall with Bathers

Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1811

Portrait of a seated woman in a white satin gown with lace trim, leaning on a table beside red drapery.

Mrs. Wardle

Thomas Frye (, 1742

Oil portrait of a woman in a wide hat and white satin dress, holding a flower-wrapped staff against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman

George Knapton, 1735

Painting of a jay in flight, a woodpecker on a tree trunk, two pigeons on the ground, and a redstart in branches.

Jay, Green Woodpecker, Pigeons, and Redstart

Francis Barlow, 1650

Oil painting of a young man in a blue coat and tricorn hat riding a chestnut horse, with another rider behind him.

A Young Gentleman Riding a Schooled Horse

John Vanderbank, 1728

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, both with golden halos, against a dark starry sky.

Virgin and Child

William Blake, 1825

Oval portrait of a man in a red cap and blue coat with white cravat against a dark background, by William Hogarth.

John Palmer, Barrister of the Inner Temple

William Hogarth, 1749

Painting of a seated woman in white satin with attendants, a crouching small figure, a red chair and gold drapery behind.

A Scene from Don Quixote (Vol.II, Ch.XXIII)

John Vanderbank, 1730

Pen and wash drawing of a white horse beside a standing woman and a kneeling child beneath tall trees.

The Horse

William Blake, 1805

Portrait of a young woman in a gray dress and white bonnet with a spotted dog, standing before trees and a cottage.

Miss Wood

William Hogarth, 1730

Full-length portrait of a man in gold-trimmed blue coat and red breeches with a greyhound in a wooded landscape.

John Dodd, of Swallowfield, Berkshire

John Vanderbank, 1739

Portrait of a young woman with short dark curls in a white dress, hands resting on red drapery against a dark background.

Mary Freer

John Constable, 1809

Oil portrait of a young boy in a red coat and blue sash on a terrace, with a guard and flag behind him.

William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

William Hogarth, 1732

Painting of a deep rocky gorge with a hilltop village at left and small figures in red caps on a stone terrace in the foregro

Zagori, Greece

Edward Lear, 1860

Oil study of a tall ash tree with autumn orange foliage beside dark woodland under a pale blue sky.

Study of an Ash Tree

John Constable, 1801

Mary Hogarth

William Hogarth, 1740

Painting of pale marble cliffs closing in on a still river, with small bathing figures at lower right under a lavender sky.

The Marble Rocks - Nerbudda Jubbolpore

Edward Lear, 1882

Loose oil sketch of tall trees along a dirt lane, a seated figure on the left, and a cloudy sky above.

Fen Lane, East Bergholt

John Constable, 1811

Oval portrait of a young man in a powdered wig, grey coat with gold embroidery, and lace cravat against a dark sky.

William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, Later 4th Duke of Devonshire

William Hogarth, 1741

Oval portrait of an older man in a powdered white wig and brown coat with gold buttons, in a gilded laurel frame.

A Man Called Sir Robert Hervey

Angelica Kauffmann, 1780

Oil portrait of a man in a red military coat with green collar and silver epaulettes, holding a sword, against a stormy sky.

Captain Richard Gubbins

John Constable, 1804

Ann Hogarth

William Hogarth, 1740

Oval portrait of a smiling woman in a white turban with gold trim, white blouse and green shawl, dark background.

Portrait of a woman, traditionally identified as Lady Hervey

Angelica Kauffmann, 1770

Oil sketch of a dirt road past a brick wall and trees, with a church spire and billowing clouds above.

East Bergholt Church

John Constable, 1809

Oval bust portrait of a man in a white wig and black clerical gown with white bands against a dark brown background.

The Reverend Dr. John Lloyd, Curate of St. Mildred's Church, Broad Street

William Hogarth, 1738

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, fur-trimmed robe, sash and star medal, gesturing with one hand against a dark backgr

Sir James Gray

Anton Raphael Mengs, 1761

Two women in red robes in a dim interior; one wears a crown and holds a thread, beside shelves of glass vessels.

Fair Rosamund and Queen Eleanor

Edward Burne-Jones, 1861

Painting of a nude woman embracing a clinging child against a dark background, by Henry Fuseli, 1800.

Tekemessa and Eurysakes

Henry Fuseli, 1800

Half-length portrait of a man with brown hair in a blue coat with red collar and white cravat, dark background.

George, 3rd Earl Cowper (1738-1789)

Anton Raphael Mengs, 1769