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Watercolor of two men working with a wheelbarrow and sifting frame beside a sandy path under trees and clouds.

Landscape with Men Sifting Sand

David Cox Jr, 1850

Painting of a violent sea battle with smoke-filled skies, burning ships, soldiers in boats and sailors struggling in the wate

The Battle of La Hogue

Benjamin West, 1778

An Unfinished Study of the Head of James Thomson

William Aikman, 1725

Painting of Trajan's Column and ancient columns in Rome, with a domed church, riders, carts and street figures in sunlight.

A View of Trajan's Forum, Rome

Charles Lock Eastlake, 1821

Painting of a woman in black mourning with a boy in a railway carriage, surrounded by luggage and emigration posters.

Second Class - The Parting

Abraham Solomon, 1855

Group portrait of a seated woman in blue silk, a standing man in a gray coat and wig, and a boy in a red waistcoat outdoors.

Sir Robert and Lady Smyth with Their Son, Hervey

Andrea Soldi, 1738

Painting of a Nelson memorial with allegorical figures, cherubs, a laurel wreath, flags and sailors beneath a classical plaqu

The Apotheosis of Nelson

Benjamin West, 1807

Woman in green dress praying at a window, with city rooftops, chimneys and a church spire at sunset.

"For Only One Short Hour"

Anna Blunden, 1854

Portrait of a bald man in red attire pointing beside a terracotta Hercules statue on a pedestal, holding gold calipers.

John Michael Rysbrack Modelling His Terra-Cotta Statue of Hercules

Andrea Soldi, 1753

Painting of jockeys in colourful silks racing horses across a green field under a cloudy sky, with a starter at left.

Silks and Satins of the Turf

Benjamin Herring II, 1865

Painting of a dim attic bedroom with a yellow-draped canopy bed, a reclining figure, and light from a leaded window.

The Death of Buckingham

Oil portrait of a woman in black dress, white ruff and pearl necklace against a dark brown background, dated 1601.

Portrait of a Woman, probably Mary, Lady Scudamore

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1601

Painting of a woodland clearing with a gnarled tree, dense foliage, a dirt path, and two rabbits on grass.

Woodland scene with rabbits

Hubert von Herkomer, 1862

Painting of a ruined red sandstone gateway with arches, fortress walls and three horsemen riding across rubble at sunset.

Inside the Main Entrance of the Purana Qila, Delhi

Robert Smith, 1823

Portrait of a woman in a black embroidered gown with a white ruff, gold chains, and a carnation and snake at her arm.

A Woman Called Lady Elizabeth Knightley

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1591

Painting of cattle on a riverside path, tall trees, a stone arched bridge over the Thames, and rowboats under a warm sky.

A View of Richmond Bridge, on the Thames

Augustus Wall Callcott, 1807

Painting of a woman with a tennis racket on a sunlit grass court, with a row of trees behind in soft green tones.

Tennis at Hertingfordbury

Spencer Gore, 1910

Oval portrait of a woman in a sheer veil, lace collar and red gown, with a gold inscription dated 1614.

Catherine Killigrew, Lady Jermyn

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1614

Painting of a sunlit caravanserai courtyard with camels, riders, robed figures and pigeons flying over a red-tiled roof.

Caravanserai at Mylasa in Asia Minor

Richard Dadd, 1845

Painting of crowds, tents and vendors on a frozen river with ship masts and city buildings in hazy winter light.

Frost on the Thames

? - Samuel Collings, 1788

Portrait of a young woman in a red velvet gown with gold embroidery and a jeweled pendant before green drapery.

Portrait of a woman, aged sixteen, previously identified as Mary Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk, 1565

Hans Eworth, 1565

Hunter with gun and spaniels on a path as two pheasants fly up, with another shooter behind a fence under autumn trees.

Pheasant Shooting

Samuel John Egbert Jones, 1850

Painting of a startled rural household reacting to a soldier seated at a table as another soldier appears in the doorway.

The Deserter's Home

Richard Redgrave, 1847

Portrait of a woman in black velvet and white fur with a small brown dog on a green table, dated 1562.

Portrait of a Woman, probably Catherine Carey, Lady Knollys

Steven van der Meulen, 1562

Watercolor of a stone church with a square tower, a gnarled tree, and a river under a cloudy sky.

Stoke Poges Church

John Constable, 1834

Painting of women and a child with water jugs on a rocky hillside under a pale blue sky, with a stone hut behind.

Negation

Richard Dadd, 1860

Oil portrait of a man in a red and white embroidered doublet, plumed cap and gold chain, one hand on his hip.

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

Steven van der Meulen, 1560

Oil sketch of a British officer in red coat receiving two kneeling boys before a crowd in a dim interior.

The Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, Being Handed over as Hostages to General Cornwallis

Robert Smirke, 1792

Painting of a domed Indian mosque with arched gateways, ruined stone walls, and riders on elephants in the foreground.

The Kila Kona Masjid, Purana Qila, Delhi

Robert Smith, 1823

Oil portrait of a young girl in a red dress with a lace ruff, pearl headdress and feather plume against a dark background.

A Young Girl

Paul van Somer I, 1615