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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

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

Oil portrait of a man in a brown coat resting his hand on a plaster bust of a bearded man, dark background.

Joseph Nollekens with His Bust of Laurence Sterne

John Francis Rigaud, 1772

Oil portrait of a young woman in a blue gown and red shawl within a carved oval frame, against a dark background.

Frances Hales

John Riley, 1685

Family group portrait in an interior: a seated man, a woman at a pianoforte, and girls in white dresses with dogs and a dove.

John Richard Comyns of Hylands, Essex, with His Daughters

John Greenwood, 1775

Evening landscape with a castle tower, grazing cattle, a village with church spire, and a winding river beneath clouds.

A View of Cessford and the Village of Caverton, Roxboroughshire in the Distance

Patrick Nasmyth, 1813

Painting of a sunlit country lane between pale eroded banks, with a horseman, a dog, and a manor house in the distance.

Penshurst Place, Kent

Patrick Nasmyth, 1824