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Half-length portrait of a man in an embroidered gold coat with lace cuffs and a lavender cravat against a dark background.

Sir John Corbet of Adderley

John Michael Wright, 1676

Half-length oil portrait of a man with curly light hair, white collar and dark coat against a brown background.

Self-Portrait

David Wilkie, 1840

Grey wash drawing of sailing ships and crowded boats by a rocky shore with a castle on a cliff at right.

Ships and Militia by a Rocky Shore

Willem van de Velde the Elder, 1680

Painting of a ruined priory tower behind dark trees and rolling hills under a warm evening sky, with cattle in a meadow.

Guisborough Priory

Thomas Girtin, 1800

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair and dark jacket against a dark brown background.

Self-Portrait at the Age of 83

William Powell Frith, 1901

Oval portrait of a woman in a white lace bonnet and black lace shawl seated in a red chair.

Portrait of a Lady

John Peter Russell, 1768

Painting of a river at sunset with moored boats, wooded banks, a distant church tower, and a glowing orange sky.

Whitlingham, Norfolk

Frederick Sandys, 1860

Painting of a woman with dark hair arranging pink roses in a green glass vase, with gold jewelry and roses around her.

Grace Rose

Frederick Sandys, 1866

Portrait of an older man in a red military coat, black plumed hat, and sword, against a dark misty landscape.

Colonel Donald MacLeod of St Kilda Former Title: An Officer in the East India Uniform of the 74th (Highland) Regiment…

John Opie, 1796

Oil portrait of a young man with long brown hair in a brown coat and striped green waistcoat, leaning on a ledge.

Thomas Abraham of Gurrington, Devon

John Opie, 1784

Oil portrait of a young man with curly brown hair and open collar against green foliage.

Portrait of a young man with open collar

Henry Scott Tuke, 1885

Woman and girl with flowers beside a stile under a tree, with a view of sea and white cliffs beyond.

Mother and Child by a Stile, with Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight, in the Distance

James Collinson, 1849

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a black coat and cravat, seated before red drapery and a cloudy sky.

Portrait of Charles Frederick Schlaberg, London, 1827

Thomas Phillips, 1827

Portrait of a seated woman in a black dress with sheer sleeves, red chair, and tree-filled garden background.

Elizabeth Howard

Thomas Phillips, 1835

Portrait of a seated young man in dark attire holding a small book with red string, beside a red drape.

Cosmo Richard Howard

Thomas Phillips, 1835

Painting of several wooden drainage windmills on flat fen land under a stormy sky, with two figures in the foreground.

Drainage Mills in the Fens, Croyland, Lincolnshire

John Sell Cotman, 1835

Painting of a decaying timber-framed house propped by beams, with three figures in coats on sandy ground.

Ruined House

John Sell Cotman, 1807

Full-length portrait of a young woman in a blue riding habit with gold braid, black hat, before a dusky landscape.

Princess Amelia Sophia Eleonore of Great Britain

Thomas Hudson, 1745

Group portrait of a standing man, a seated woman and two girls in 18th-century dress before a tree and sky backdrop.

The Thistlethwayte Family

Thomas Hudson, 1758

Two young women in silk gowns stand and sit beside a lamb under a tree, with a pastoral landscape behind them.

Young Women with a Lamb

Thomas Hudson, 1745

Portrait of a woman in a silver silk gown with blue sleeves, holding pearls, beside red drapery, in a carved gilt frame.

Portrait of a Woman, Probably Elizabeth Aislabie, of Studley Royal, Yorkshire

Thomas Hudson, 1749

Oil portrait of a seated man in a white wig and gold-trimmed coat, holding a folded letter beside a gilt table.

Charles Pinfold

Thomas Hudson, 1756

Oil portrait of a young man in a tall brown hat and white collar, gazing to the side against a dark background.

Augustus Egg

Richard Dadd, 1838

Oil painting of a woman in a red gown and white headdress and a young man in a dark cloak, both startled, in a dim interior.

Hamlet and his Mother; The Closet Scene

Richard Dadd, 1846

Painting of several sailing ships and a small rowing boat on a calm sea under a cloudy sky, in a gilded frame.

Sailing Ship

Richard Dadd, 1861

Painting of two women and an elderly man hackling flax on a wooden board before a log cabin wall.

Hackling flax

Hubert von Herkomer, 1881

Painting of a red macaw, parrots, ducks and other birds gathered in a landscape beside a tree trunk and cottage.

A Macaw, Ducks, Parrots and Other Birds in a Landscape

Jakob Bogdani, 1708

Small round portrait of a young woman with a green leaf wreath and red garment against a pink background, in a black frame.

A Bacchante

Hubert von Herkomer, 1897

Painting of a peacock, peahen, parrots, pigeons and other birds in a garden with an urn and classical building.

Peacock, peahen, parrots, canary, and other birds in a park

Jakob Bogdani, 1708

Painting of a standing woman in white drapery and a seated man in orange tunic beside a pillar, with a wooded landscape behin

Venus and Anchises

Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1826