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Painted study of two red poppy flowers on slender stems with grey-green leaves against a warm brown background.

Study of Poppies

James Inskipp, 1832

Painting of a rider on a grey horse, a man in yellow robe, and a led chestnut stallion before pyramids and palms.

Mameluke purchasing an Arabian stallion

George Henry Laporte, 1835

Night scene of Lambeth Palace towers beside a moonlit river, with rowboats on the embankment and a sailing boat.

Lambeth Palace

Henry Pether, 1858

Night painting of a moonlit river with a castle ruin, brick buildings, moored boats and two figures on a stony shore.

Upnor Castle, Kent

Henry Pether, 1850

Painting of sheep on a dirt lane between sandy banks, a seated boy on a fallen log, and gnarled trees under a cloudy sky.

Crown Point, Whitlingham, near Norwich

John Berney Ladbrooke, 1855

Man in red hunting coat and top hat on a brown horse, seen from behind, holding a riding crop against a grey background.

Portrait of Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Lord Delamere, on His Hunter (study for "The Cheshire Hunt at Tatton Park")

Henry Calvert, 1839

Children in costume perform a play in a crowded room with pink curtains, a crowned girl and a boy in a fur robe.

Children acting the 'Play Scene' from "Hamlet," Act II, Scene ii

Charles Hunt, 1863

Oil painting of a wooded stream with rocks, tall trees and grassy meadow under a cloudy blue sky.

View on the River Sid, near Sidmouth

Lionel Bicknell Constable, 1852

Painting of a weathered thatched barn with red tiled sections, a white fence, trees, and a pond beside a dirt path under clou

Old barn

Lionel Bicknell Constable, 1855

Painting of a stone bridge over a river under a cloudy sky with a rainbow, trees, a distant tower and a cart.

A Rainbow - View of the Stour

Lionel Bicknell Constable, 1845

Oil painting of Orleans House beside a river, with a sailing boat, rowing boats, trees and a warm evening sky.

Orleans House, Twickenham

Joseph Nickolls, 1750

Painting of a white classical villa beside a river with rowing boats, a sailing boat, swans, and trees under a cloudy sky.

Pope's Villa, Twickenham

Joseph Nickolls, 1755

Painting of a city square with an equestrian statue, brick townhouses, a clock tower, carriages and crowds of pedestrians.

Charing Cross, with the Statue of King Charles I and Northumberland House

Joseph Nickolls, 1750

Panoramic 1730 painting of a harbour town by the sea with ships, rolling green hills, grazing animals and figures in the fore

Whitehaven, Cumbria, Showing Flatt Hall

Matthias Read, 1730

Groom holds a dappled grey hunter while riders and hounds gallop across a open landscape under a cloudy sky.

Scipio, a spotted hunter, the property of Colonel Roche

Thomas Spencer, 1750

Landscape painting with a stone bridge, cattle by a river, two figures on a bank, and distant ruins under a blue sky.

A Landscape with Distant Classical Ruins, a Bridge, Figures, and Cattle

William Smith, 1752

Painting of two jockeys on bay racehorses racing across a track toward a post, with hills and cloudy sky behind.

The Match between Aaron and Driver at Maidenhead, Aug. 1754: Aaron winning the Second Heat, c. 1754

Richard Roper, 1754

Bay stallion led by a groom across a green landscape under a blue sky, with horses in the distance.

The Duke of Ancaster's Bay Stallion, Blank, Walking Towards a Mare

William Shaw, 1770

Three riders on horses with hounds in a wooded landscape, one in a red coat, beside a rocky hillside and trees.

Lord Bulkeley and his Harriers, his Huntsman John Wells and Whipper-In R. Jennings

Thomas Stringer, 1773

Painting of a domed mausoleum with arched colonnades and a golden finial, set among trees beside a river.

Mausoleum at Outatori near Trichinopoly

Francis Swain Ward, 1788

Oval landscape painting of a stone arched bridge over a river below wooded cliffs, with a ruined castle and grazing cattle.

A Bridge Over the River Wye

John Taylor, 1776

Oval portrait of a heavyset bald man with powdered hair in a grey coat, resting his hand on a ledge.

George Stubbs

William H. Craft, 1775

Oval portrait of a man in a navy coat with red collar, holding a folded letter, against a dark background.

William Wheatley

Francis Alleyne, 1786

Painting of a riverside quay with a stone archway, moored sailing boats, rowing boats and tall terraced buildings under a clo

York Water-Gate and the Adelphi

Daniel Turner, 1800

Oval portrait of a seated woman in a white gown, lace cap and powdered hair, holding a pearl strand against a grey background

Margot Wheatley

Francis Alleyne, 1786

Woman in plumed hat and riding coat holds a shotgun beside an oak tree with two dogs, in a landscape.

The Countess of Effingham with Gun and Shooting Dogs

George Haugh, 1787

Painting of a gentleman beside two bay horses harnessed to a yellow curricle on a country road, 1806.

A Gentleman with His Pair of Bays Harnessed to a Curricle

John Cordrey, 1806

Painting of a four-horse stagecoach with passengers on a dirt road under cloudy skies, 1814.

J. & W. Chaplin's Dover-London Stage on the Road

John Cordrey, 1814

Calm harbour scene with sailing ships and a rowboat under grey clouds, figures working on a shore at left.

Warships Lying Offshore, the Commanding Admiral Being Rowed out to Join the Flagship, Her Sails Illuminated by a Brea…

Charles Martin Powell, 1850

Painting of a white horse and a dark horse running on sand under a dark stormy sky with trees.

Horses in a Thunderstorm

Thomas Woodward, 1823