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Painting of two veiled women in white head wraps, one in pink and one in teal, in a dark doorway setting.

A Turkish Lady Going with her Slave to the Bath

Francis Smith, 1760

Painting of a sandy coast with fishing boats, figures on the beach, dunes and a cloudy sky.

The Coast near Scheveningen with Fishing Pinks on the Shore

Charles Brooking, 1755

Loose oil sketch of British officers in red coats and Indian nobles in robes meeting amid smoke and ships.

The Surrender of the Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, to Sir David Baird

Henry Singleton, 1800

Painting of a brown horse grazing under a tree beside a green hill with cypresses and pink clouds in a blue sky.

Landscape with a Grazing Horse

James Dickson Innes, 1912

Painting of English ships sailing through rough green waves under a stormy, cloud-filled sky.

English Ships Running before a Gale

Charles Brooking, 1759

Watercolor of an old fisherwoman with a basket and stick, with two figures digging on the shore behind her.

An Old Fisherwoman with Two Women Digging for Bait

Francis Wheatley

Painting of shepherds washing sheep in a river beneath large trees, with wooden hurdles and a cloudy sky.

Sheep Washing at Postwick Grove, Norwich

James Stark, 1822

Oil painting of peacocks, turkeys, doves, chickens and ducks gathered before a classical ruin with a landscape beyond.

Peacocks, Doves, Turkeys, Chickens and Ducks by a Classical Ruin

Marmaduke Cradock, 1700

Woman peeling potatoes in a dim cottage kitchen beside a hearth, with window light falling on a wooden table.

Peeling Potatoes

Francis Montague Holl, 1880

Watercolor sketch of fisherfolk with baskets and nets beside a moored wooden boat on a coast.

Fisherfolk with Baskets and Nets

Francis Wheatley

Painting of a young man lying dead on a bed in a dim attic, with torn papers on the floor and a window behind him.

The Death of Chatterton

Henry Wallis, 1856

Painting of a seated Ottoman official receiving a kneeling European envoy amid robed attendants in an ornate interior.

The Grand Vizier giving Audience to the English Ambassador

Francis Smith, 1760

Oil seascape of a three-masted British man-of-war with a white ensign among small sailing craft under a cloudy sky.

A Seascape with Men-of-War and Small Craft

Francis Holman, 1780

Oil painting of a young man in a blue coat and tricorn hat riding a chestnut horse, with another rider behind him.

A Young Gentleman Riding a Schooled Horse

John Vanderbank, 1728

Painting of a standing man in a white turban and fur-trimmed blue cloak, gesturing in a tiled interior with figures behind.

Kisler Aga, Chief of the Black Eunuchs and First Keeper of the Serraglio

Francis Smith, 1763

Riders in red coats and top hats gather with hounds on a hillside meet in a rolling English landscape.

The Berkeley Hunt, 1842: The Meet

Francis Calcraft Turner, 1842

Painting of a seated woman in white satin with attendants, a crouching small figure, a red chair and gold drapery behind.

A Scene from Don Quixote (Vol.II, Ch.XXIII)

John Vanderbank, 1730

Painting of dark mountain peaks under a purple and pale yellow dusk sky, with a green hill and red slopes in the foreground.

The Moelwyns from Llan Ffestiniog

James Dickson Innes, 1912

Painting of a pale-gowned woman reclining in a wooden boat on a misty river lined with trees and reeds.

The Lady of Shalott

John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1875

Full-length portrait of a man in gold-trimmed blue coat and red breeches with a greyhound in a wooded landscape.

John Dodd, of Swallowfield, Berkshire

John Vanderbank, 1739

Painting of a becalmed sailing ship near shore, with a small boat and two men hauling ropes in shallow water.

An English Sloop Becalmed near the Shore

Francis Swaine, 1750

Painting of a red-coated rider leaping a stream by willows while a hunt gallops across a field toward a village.

The Suffolk Hunt: Full Cry

Sr John Frederick Herring, 1833

Unfinished brown-toned painting of a seated nude woman holding hands with a standing youth, with cherubs and a landscape.

An Unfinished Study of Venus and Adonis

Thomas Stothard, 1800

Painting of an English sloop and frigate under sail on choppy water, with a fortified coastline and cloudy sky behind.

An English Sloop and a Frigate in a Light Breeze

Oil landscape of grazing sheep, trees, and a distant bay with sailboats and a steamship beneath a pale sky.

Southampton Water, near Hamble

Frederick Richard Lee, 1837

Painting of a bearded old man and a young woman looking up at a glowing airborne figure in rose robes with winged spirits.

Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii

Thomas Stothard, 1799

Painting of a crowded ceremonial hall with red-robed figures, a canopied throne, arched windows and officials in black gowns.

The Passing of the Great Emancipation Act

George Jones, 1829

Painting of racehorses at exercise, some galloping with riders and others led by grooms across green fields under a pale sky.

Sir Charles Warre Malet's String of Racehorses at Exercise

Francis Sartorius, 1800

Painting of an armored man greeting a woman in white as a page and spear-carrying guards stand nearby.

The Return of Othello, from "Othello," Act II, Scene ii

Thomas Stothard, 1799

Oil sketch of a red-coated soldier supporting a seated officer in a dark blue coat with gold braid.

A Highlander, Black Watch attending a General of Hussars, possibly Lord Uxbridge: a study for 'The Battle of Waterloo'

George Jones, 1815

Bay racehorse with a jockey in striped silks in a pasture, beside a wooden judges' stand under a cloudy sky.

Portrait of a Racehorse, Possibly Disguise, the Property of the Duke of Hamilton, with Jockey Up

George Garrard, 1786

Watercolor of Oberon and Titania reaching toward each other in golden light, with fairy attendants around them.

Oberon and Titania from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Act IV, Scene i

Thomas Stothard, 1806

Portrait of a boy in a green waistcoat holding a cricket bat against a cloudy sky, painted in 1766.

Charles Collyer as a Boy, with a Cricket Bat

Francis Cotes, 1766

Bay horse in a landscape approached by a stable-lad in red coat carrying food and a halter, with a small dog.

A Bay Horse Approached by a Stable-Lad with Food and a Halter

George Garrard, 1789

Landscape painting of riders and hounds on a hillside overlooking a lake with wooded islands and distant hills under a pale s

Lough Erne from Knock Ninney, with Bellisle in the distance, County Fermanagh, Ireland

Thomas Roberts, 1771

Oil painting of a man in a blue coat riding a grey horse beside two hounds, with a tree and distant hills behind.

George Morland on his Hunter

Thomas Hand, 1794

Painting of a frigate at anchor with sails furled, surrounded by small boats and a distant town with windmills.

The Frigate 'Surprise' at Anchor off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Francis Holman, 1778

Landscape painting of a lake with sailing boats, rolling hills, grazing sheep, and two figures walking in the foreground.

Knock Ninney and Lough Erne from Bellisle, County Fermanagh, Ireland

Thomas Roberts, 1771

Loose oil sketch of a smoky battlefield with cavalry, soldiers, horses and flags under a heavy brown sky.

Study for 'Battle of Waterloo'

George Jones, 1815

Golden autumn avenue with bare trees, a stone wall, a brick house, and a woman with a basket walking in misty light.

Evening Glow

John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1884

Oil painting of an English flagship with sails and flags sailing with other ships over choppy sea under cloudy sky.

An English Flagship Under Easy Sail in a Moderate Breeze

Charles Brooking, 1750

Painted study of military saddles, bridles, sabres, fur headdresses and a crowned pouch on a brown ground.

Studies of Military Accoutrements: a study for `The Battle of Waterloo'

George Jones, 1815

Landscape painting of two gnarled trees and two figures resting by a fallen log in an open field under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Figures

John Linnell, 1816

Oil painting of sailing warships in rough sea with cannon smoke on the left under a cloudy sky.

The Capture of the "Marquis d'Antin" and the "Louis Erasme

Charles Brooking, 1745

Oil study of two officers in dark braided hussar jacket and red tunic with feathered shako, on brown ground.

Studies of Royal Horse Artillery Uniform, and of an A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief: a study for 'The Battle of Wate…

George Jones, 1815

Painting of a river with sailing ships, a castle and cathedral on the far bank, and a stone bridge under a cloudy sky.

Rochester Cathedral and Castle

Frederick Nash, 1825

Painting of a nude figure on a sphere above a crowd scrambling for falling coins on a bridge, with a gallows at right.

Allegory of Fortune

Balthazar Nebot, 1730

Painting of fishing boats with tan sails at a sandy harbor, fishermen and a white horse with baskets, under a cloudy sky.

A Harbor Scene in the Isle of Wight, Looking Towards the Needles

George Vincent, 1824

Painting of Warwick Castle across a river with strollers, a rowing boat and a stone bridge in the foreground.

Warwick Castle

Francis Harding, 1764

Painting of a cutter sailing close-hauled in rough sea beside a British warship under stormy clouds.

Cutter Close Hauled in a Fresh Breeze, with Other Shipping

Charles Brooking, 1750

Painting of a river scene with moored sailing barges, riverside houses, a church tower, and a stone bridge under a golden sky

Lambeth from the River looking towards Westminster Bridge

James Stark, 1818

Turk, a greyhound, the property of George Lane Fox

George Garrard, 1822

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, both with golden halos, against a dark starry sky.

Virgin and Child

William Blake, 1825

Three riders in blue coats with horses and hounds in an open green landscape beneath a cloudy evening sky.

John Corbet, Sir Robert Leighton and John Kynaston with their Horses and Hounds

Francis Sartorius, 1779

One of George Lane Fox's Winning Greyhounds: the Black and White Greyhound Bitch, Juno, also called Elizabeth

George Garrard, 1822

Pen and wash drawing of a white horse beside a standing woman and a kneeling child beneath tall trees.

The Horse

William Blake, 1805

Painting of a gnarled tree over resting cattle and a standing herdsman beside a pond, under a cloudy sky.

A Wooded Landscape with Cattle and Herdsman

Gainsborough Dupont, 1796

Painting of three striped marmosets with white ear tufts posed on tree branches against a leafy landscape and cloudy sky.

A Marmoset in Three Attitudes

George Garrard, 1793

Dusky river scene with a barge at a lock, leaning trees, and ruined abbey silhouetted under a gold sunset sky.

Newark Abbey

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1806

Watercolor of two ruined fluted columns, a shepherd with sheep, a bare tree, and a distant city across water.

Remains of the Temple of Olypian Jove with a View of Ortygia, Syracuse

Ranger, a setter, the property of Elizabeth Gray

George Garrard, 1797

Painting of a stormy sea with waves breaking on a shore under a hazy, luminous sky.

Stormy Sea Breaking on a Shore

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1840

Painted study of a large ash tree with dense foliage under a cloudy sky, with a smaller tree at the right edge.

Study of an Ash Tree

Lionel Bicknell Constable, 1851

Bay horse standing in a field beside a stable, with a man in a green coat and top hat and a boy at the doorway.

'Sultan' at the Marquess of Exeter's Stud, Burghley House

Lambert Marshall, 1826