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Sepia drawing of a clergyman gesturing to children beside an open Holy Bible, with a guardian angel and a standing woman.

Study for a Monument to the Reverend John Clowes

John Flaxman Jr, 1820

Pen and wash drawing of a frontispiece cartouche with a winged cupid writing, an old man pointing, and an open book.

Design for a Frontispiece: Cupid Studying Nature

Pencil drawing of a church spire over trees with sailboat and rowboats on a calm river.

Fulham Church from across the River

John Constable, 1818

Grey wash drawing of a robed bearded figure gesturing toward a falling nude figure, with two draped figures at upper right.

Get Thee Behind Me, Satan

John Flaxman Jr, 1783

Pen and ink drawing of a crowd of caricatured faces around a horned devil, with a medallion portrait held above.

Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare

,John Hamilton Mortimer, 1776

Pencil sketch of a large tree, wooden gate and distant cottage in a wooded landscape.

Coombe Wood

John Constable, 1812

Pen drawing of a bearded pilgrim with a staff greeted by robed women at a house threshold, labeled Christian, Discretion, Cha

Illustration to Pilgrim's Progress

John Flaxman Jr, 1792

Pen and ink drawing of a robed preacher addressing a crowd beneath hovering angels, with head studies at right.

Saint Paul Preaching to the Britons

,John Hamilton Mortimer, 1775

Pencil sketch of a windmill with lattice sails beside a cottage and trees under a loosely drawn sky.

Landscape with Windmill

John Constable, 1825

Pen and grey wash drawing of a woman seen from behind with a child looking over her shoulder.

Back View of a Woman with Child Looking Over Her Shoulder

John Flaxman Jr

Pen and wash sketch of two men fighting with swords while a woman sits nearby at the left.

Two Men Fighting Before a Woman

,John Hamilton Mortimer, 1771

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

Portrait of William Blake

John Flaxman Jr, 1804

Watercolor of two white oxen with floral head ornaments pulling an ornate gilded cart with a red canopy.

A Turkish Araba Drawn by Two White Oxen, ConstantinopleТурецкая араба, запряженная двумя белыми волами, Константинополь

John Frederick Lewis, 1841

Watercolor sketch of a pointed stone archway opening onto a shaded woodland path with tall trees.

East Bergholt Church, Looking Out the South Archway of the Ruined Tower

John Constable, 1806

Pencil sheet of loose figure studies for The Odyssey, with a nude figure beside a tree and groups of sketched figures.

Sheet of Figure Studies for The Odyssey

John Flaxman Jr

Pen and ink caricature of a choir with exaggerated faces at a music stand and a row of wigged onlookers below.

Choir and Orchestra (A Choral Band)

,John Hamilton Mortimer, 1776

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

Pencil drawing of three tall lampstands with finials, two with twisted shafts and tripod or round bases, signed lower right.

Study of Three Lampstands

John Flaxman Jr

Pen and ink drawing of a man kneeling with bowed head and arms outstretched, wearing a draped robe and sandals.

A Man Kneeling

,John Hamilton Mortimer, 1770

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

Grey wash drawing of nude figures with outstretched arms rising through a dark starry sky.

The Creation of the Heavens

John Flaxman Jr, 1790

Brown ink drawing of a man with curly hair and a high-collared shirt, with handwritten inscriptions above and below.

Portrait of John Saxby

,John Hamilton Mortimer

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

Grey wash drawing of a seated Virgin holding the infant Christ, with a kneeling man bowing beside a ewer.

Adoration of the Magi

John Flaxman Jr

Studies of Academics

,John Hamilton Mortimer

Graphite sketch of flowers in a faceted pitcher with handwritten plant notes along the bottom edge.

Flowers in a Pitcher

Pencil drawing of a female charioteer driving three horses, with attendant women in classical dress beside the chariot.

The Morn, All Beauteous to Behold, from Aeschylus, The Persians

John Flaxman Jr

Two Heads in a Roundel

,John Hamilton Mortimer

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