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Pen and wash drawing of a young woman carrying a tray of food on her head while walking past a stone pillar.

London Cries: A Girl with a Basket on Her Head (

Paul Sandby, 1759

Anatomical drawing of a standing human figure seen from behind, with red and grey lines showing muscles and blood vessels.

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with That of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Human…

George Stubbs, 1795

Pen and grey wash drawing of a canal townscape with a church, bell tower, arched bridge and small figures.

Architectural Capriccio Alternative title(s): Venetian Fantasy

Giovanni Antonio Canal

Brown wash drawing of a ragged street seller with a paper, a walking man behind him, and a crowd near a gallows.

London Cries: Last Dying Speech and Confession

Paul Sandby, 1759

Pen drawing of a leopard in side view, showing anatomical muscle detail on a pale toned background.

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Leopar…

George Stubbs, 1795

Sepia wash drawing of two women in classical dress embracing on the ground before a shadowed rocky landscape.

Celadon and Amelia from Thomson's 'The Seasons'

Alexander Runciman

Brown ink and wash drawing of a man holding a pole with hanging lace, with a young woman in an apron beside him.

London Cries: A Lace Seller

Paul Sandby, 1759

Pencil anatomical drawing of a fowl skeleton in side view with handwritten labels for neck and leg muscles.

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Fowl B…

George Stubbs, 1795

Pen and grey wash drawing of a river with stone and timber bridges, boats, figures and a large tree on the bank.

Old Walton Bridge seen from the Middlesex Shore

Canaletto, 1755

Brown wash drawing of a street vendor balancing a basket on his head, with pots and pans on a pole and a city skyline behind

London Cries: A Man with a Basket (Man Selling Pots and Pans)

Red chalk drawing of a horse rearing on its hind legs, facing right, with a flowing tail and hatched shading.

A Prancing Horse, Facing Right

George Stubbs, 1790

Pale wash drawing of the Thames with boats, a tall obelisk on the right, and Westminster Abbey's towers in the distance.

The City of Westminster from Near the York Water Gate

Canaletto, 1746

Brown wash drawing of a standing man in a tricorn hat and long coat, holding a walking stick.

London Cries: All Fire and No Smoke

Paul Sandby, 1759

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl: Tiger…

George Stubbs, 1795

Watercolor drawing of three women in period bonnets and dresses talking before a stone pedestal.

Group of Three Ladies

Anthony Highmore

Brown wash drawing of a street seller in a tricorn hat carrying a sack of brushes over his shoulder.

London Cries: Small Coal or Brushes

Paul Sandby, 1759

Red chalk drawing of a galloping racehorse with muscles shown in anatomical detail, facing left.

Study of a Racehorse in Action: Galloping to Left, a Semi-Anatomical Study, with Skin Flayed to Show Action of Muscles

Pale watercolor of women in 18th-century bonnets and cloaks standing beside a column and archway.

Ladies Beside a Column and Arcade

Anthony Highmore

Ink and wash drawing of a milkmaid with a yoke handing a pail to an elderly woman in a doorway, with metal milk cans.

London Cries: A Milkmaid

Paul Sandby, 1759

Ink drawing of a landscape with a curving lake, framing trees, classical ruins, and a distant mountain under a pale sky.

Landscape with a Lake and Distant Mountain

Alexander Cozens, 1750

Pencil and wash drawing of a small sailing ship on a calm sea beneath heavy grey clouds at evening.

Evening at Sea

Alfred Abram Constable

Pen and wash drawing of a street vendor holding a bundled cloth aloft as women and a child watch on a city street.

London Cries: Fun upon Fun

Paul Sandby, 1759

Brown wash drawing of a sailboat on a calm river with dark trees on the right bank and hills beyond.

River and Boat

Alexander Cozens, 1770

Engraving of a night murder scene with a dead woman on the ground, a standing man, alarmed onlookers, and a lantern under a c

The Third Stage of Cruelty: Cruelty in Perfection - The Murder

William Hogarth, 1751

Brown ink and wash drawing of a man in a tricorn hat carrying a large bundle and a walking stick.

London Cries: A Man with a Bundle, Old Clothes

Monochrome drawing of a rocky wooded island with a small tower in calm sea under an empty pale sky.

Fantastic Landscape

Alexander Cozens, 1780

Mezzotint of Cupid leaning over the sleeping Psyche beside a large tree in a wooded landscape.

Cupid and Psyche

Bernard Lens III, 1690

Brown wash drawing of a man in a tricorn hat and long coat holding a bottle, standing against a shaded background.

London Cries: A Man with a Bottle

Paul Sandby, 1759

Brown ink drawing of two trees, one leafy and one wind-swept, above rolling hills and grass.

Study of Two Willows

Alexander Cozens, 1760

Engraving of a Welsh funeral procession of mourners walking past a stone wall beneath a steep hillside and trees.

A Welsh Funeral

Edward Radclyffe