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Painting of Lambeth Palace gatehouse towers beside the Thames, with rowing boats, figures and a distant cityscape at dusk.

Lambeth Palace from the West

Daniel Turner, 1802

Oil sketch of two horsemen in top hats galloping on a dusty road, with a carriage in the distance under cloudy skies.

A Scene on the Road in France

Charles Cooper Henderson, 1835

Painting of a huge columned banquet hall with startled guests at a feast, a stormy sky with lightning, and a distant tower.

Belshazzar's Feast

John Martin, 1820

Painting of a brick church and a pyramid tomb on a green hill above a flat plain, with distant hills under a pale sky.

A View of the Church of S. Sabina and the Pyramid of Cestius, Rome

Charles Lock Eastlake, 1825

Painting of an armored knight with raised sword held back by a hooded woman, beside a seated old man in a cave of skeletons.

The Cave of Despair

Benjamin West, 1772

Painting of children playing with a hobby horse by classical columns, with a boy in red pulling the toy and women in dress ne

Children Playing with a Hobby Horse

Josef Frans Nollekens, 1741

Painting of a sleeping woman in a dark dress seated in a dim room beside a window showing a night city view.

Home Dreams

Charles West Cope, 1869

Three riders in red hunting coats and top hats on horseback, painted in loose brushwork against a muted landscape.

Studies of Riders in the Hunting Field

Benjamin Marshall, 1805

Painting of a dining party in an arched hall, a man pouring wine, peaches on a silver platter, and a servant boy.

The Sense of Taste

Philippe Mercier, 1744

Painting of milkmaids and cows in a London park with onlookers and Westminster Abbey's tower in the distance.

Milkmaids in St. James's Park, Westminster Abbey Beyond

Benjamin West, 1801

Painting of mounted soldiers and spectators before the Horse Guards building with its clock tower under a cloudy sky.

Trooping the Colour

Bernhard Sickert, 1897

Oil painting of elegant figures in a room by a fireplace, a child reaching toward a tabby cat while a man leans in.

The Sense of Touch

Philippe Mercier, 1744

Watercolor of a moorland with sheep, a mounted shepherd and dog under billowing clouds and rolling hills.

Claude Hayes, 1852-1922, Moorland with Sheep and Shepherd, undated

Claude Hayes, 1923

Hazy riverside scene with moored boats, brick buildings with chimneys, and a winding channel reflecting a pale sky.

The Fishmarket

Bernhard Sickert, 1917

Painting of figures around a map, using a magnifying glass, spyglass and mirror, beside a column under a cloudy sky.

The Sense of Sight

Philippe Mercier, 1744

Three-masted packet ship New York under full sail on choppy sea, with a rocky island on the horizon and gulls.

The Black Ball Line Packet Ship 'New York' off Ailsa Craig

William Clark, 1836

Painting of red-coated riders and hounds leaping a stone wall during a fox hunt across rolling English countryside.

The Berkeley Hunt, 1842: Full Cry

Francis Calcraft Turner, 1842

Four figures in a woodland setting: a hunter smelling a melon, a woman with melons, a man with blossom, and a seated woman in

The Sense of Smell

Philippe Mercier, 1744

Painting of a two-masted brig under full sail on a choppy sea, with smaller boats and seagulls under a cloudy sky.

The English Brig 'Norval' before the Wind

William Clark, 1833

Painting of a fox hunt in a wooded clearing, with riders in red coats, hounds around a fallen animal, and rolling hills beyon

The Berkeley Hunt, 1842: The Death

Francis Calcraft Turner, 1842

Painting of sailing ships and a rowing boat with three men on choppy water under a cloudy blue sky.

Dutch Shipping off the Low Countries

Adam Silo, 1750

Painting of a chestnut racehorse with a jockey in red silks, a groom in a top hat, and a van in a wide open landscape.

'Elis' at Doncaster, Ridden by John Day, with his Van in the Background

Abraham Cooper, 1836

Painting of a woman with flowered hair holding a fan, looking over a harbor with wooden boats under a pink sky.

The Balcony, Yokohama

Edward Atkinson Hornel, 1894

Painting of four musicians playing harpsichord, flute, violin and cello beside a stone arch under a blue sky.

The Sense of Hearing

Philippe Mercier, 1744

Panoramic 1847 painting of Edinburgh from the castle, with kilted soldiers and a cannon on the ramparts.

Edinburgh from the Castle

David Roberts, 1847

Sailing ship and small boats near white chalk cliffs and a sea arch under a soft, cloudy sky.

Off the Needles, Isle of Wight

Edward William Cooke, 1845

Oil painting of a river with sailing boats, a towpath figure, trees, and a white house under clouds.

View on the River Thames at Richmond

William Marlow, 1776

Painting of a Venetian lagoon with a domed church, palazzi, gondolas and sailing boats under a cloudy sky.

The Giudecca, Venice

David Roberts, 1854

Painting of bay, black and grey horses with two foals in a field, trees and a rider near a barn under a cloudy sky.

Horses Grazing: Mares and Foals in a Field

Francis Calcraft Turner, 1830

Painting of a busy 18th-century London street with carriages, horseback riders, workers, and classical buildings under clouds

Whitehall

William Marlow, 1775