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Pen and ink drawing of a seated woman by a tree and basket of fruit, with a reclining figure and distant rural landscape.

Reclining Female Figure in an Italian Landscape

John Hamilton Mortimer

Brown ink and wash sketch of a sailing boat on water beside dark shoreline trees under a brightening sky, with birds.

Dawn

John Constable, 1831

Pen and ink drawing of classical figures: a seated woman with children, a standing woman holding a lyre, and a winged figure

To Phoebus at His Birth, From Aeschylus, Furies

John Flaxman Jr.

Graphite drawing of a reclining male nude draped over a cloth on rocky ground, with a sketched background.

An Academy

John Hamilton Mortimer, 1773

Pencil sketch of an open landscape with a path, trees on the right, and dark hatched clouds above.

Dedham Vale from Langham

John Constable, 1830

Pen drawing of tall cypress and leafy trees in a garden grove, with a small statue among the trunks, on tan paper.

Trees in the Villa Negroni Planted by M. Angelo

John Flaxman Jr.

Grey-brown wash drawing of a snowy alpine valley with conifers, boulders in the foreground and jagged peaks in mist.

Between Chamonix and Martigny / The Aiguille Verte

John Robert Cozens, 1776

Pencil and brown wash drawing of an uprooted tree with exposed roots and a small rider on horseback at right.

Helmingham: The Silent Pool

John Constable, 1800

Brown wash drawing of a ruined castle on a ridge above a wooded valley with a still pool in the foreground.

Castle in a Landscape

John Sell Cotman

Pencil sketch of a river with a sailing ship, rowboats, a wooden bridge and a town skyline under cloudy sky.

Southampton and Northam from the River Itchen

Jonathan Fisher

Watercolor of a sandy beach with beached sailing boats, walking figures, and a row of seafront buildings under a cloudy sky.

Brighton Beach Looking West

Pencil sketch of a thin greyhound with head lowered, ribs visible, standing on a faintly drawn landscape.

A Starved Greyhound

John Sell Cotman

Grey wash drawing of a Georgian house in a park, framed by large trees under a pale sky.

A Three Storied Georgian House in a Park

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1795

Brown wash drawing of a valley with a stream, dark trees and mountain slopes under a pale evening sky.

Borrowdale: Evening after a Fine Day, 1 October 1806

John Constable, 1806

Watercolor of a stone arched bridge over a river, with a classical building, dense trees, and blue hills beyond.

Chateau Navarre, near Evreux, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1830

Grey wash drawing of a church with a domed tower among trees and rolling hills under a pale sky.

A Church in Italy

Joseph Wright of Derby

Pencil sketch of a meadow with a distant cathedral spire, large trees at the sides, grazing cattle and a cloudy sky.

Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows

John Constable, 1829

Pencil drawing of Bamborough Castle ruins on a rocky headland under cloudy skies.

Bamborough Castle, Northumberland

John Sell Cotman, 1808

Pencil sketch page with loose marks suggesting sea and sky, and handwritten colour notes, from a Turner sketchbook.

The Channel Sketchbook

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1840

Pencil sketch of two sailing ships at anchor with masts and rigging, smaller boats fading into mist on the left.

Two Ships at Anchor

John Constable, 1803

Sepia watercolor of a ruined castle tower on a rocky coast, with boats at the shore and cliffs behind.

Coast Scene with a Castle

John Sell Cotman, 1827

Pencil sketch of storm clouds over a calm sea with two small sailboats near the horizon.

A Squall; verso: Staffage

Lionel Bicknell Constable

Pencil sketch of two figures by a river with a boat, trees on the bank, and a tall poplar under a pale sky.

Two Figures by a River

John Constable, 1807

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted stone crypt with an arched opening and a carved altar beneath a barred window.

Crypt of Saint Gervaise, Rouen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1817

Grey wash drawing of nude figures in dramatic poses before a dark tree, with a figure reaching outward in alarm.

Apollo and Daphne

Master of the Giants, 1770

Pencil drawing of an open plain seen from a grassy escarpment, with small figures in the foreground and clouds above.

Salisbury Plain from Old Sarum

John Constable, 1829

Pencil sketch of ruined castle towers on a rocky hill with two small seated figures in the foreground.

Beeston Castle, Cheshire: Entrance to the Castle

John Sell Cotman, 1814

Pencil drawing with red chalk of a nude woman reaching toward a draped male figure over a rocky shore and distant hills.

Allegorical Subject

Pencil and watercolor sketch of several people seated around a round table in a room, with a dog and a landscape view.

Mr. Hobson of Markfield and Family

John Constable, 1806

Watercolor caricature of two men with drawn swords on a city street, one in a blue coat and top hat, one in a red military ja

Caricature of Two Men with Drawn Swords (One of a Set of Three)

John Sell Cotman, 1799