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Painting of a meadow with cattle and figures, with Windsor Castle in the distance under a stormy sky with light breaking thro

Windsor from Eton

Augustus Wall Callcott, 1808

Painting of fishwomen in striped skirts and white caps beside baskets of fish and coins, with a sailing boat and sea behind.

Fish Market by the Sea

Richard Dadd, 1860

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

Painting of a shaded riverbank with a leaning willow, dense foliage, calm brown water, moorhens, and a stormy sky.

The Moorhen's Haunt

Richard Redgrave, 1846

Painting of a winged angel on stone steps beside a pool, with sick men resting under a shelter at left.

The Pool of Bethesda

Robert Bateman, 1877

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

English Ships Running before a Gale

Charles Brooking, 1759

Painting of a crowded city gateway with an elephant, mounted riders, soldiers in red coats, and a domed building beyond.

East Gateway, Patna

Sir Charles D'Oyly, 7th Baronet, 1825

Moonlit river scene with a round-towered cottage, distant castle, fishermen in a boat, and trees under a cloudy night sky.

River Scene

Sebastian Pether, 1840

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

Watercolor of a paper mill beside a reflective millpond, with a willow tree, timber buildings and thatched cottages.

The Paper Mill at Rickmansworth

Oil sketch of eight small genre scenes in gilt frames hanging on a wall, including interiors with figures and a bagpiper.

The Only Child; The Jew's Harp; The Cut Finger; Blind Man's Buff; The Rent Day; The Scotch Piper; The Prieu-Dieu; and…

David Wilkie, 1850

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

Dim vaulted prison hall with a seated prisoner in a red cloak by a candle and sleeping guards on the floor.

The Liberation of St Peter

Hendrik van Steenwijk II, 1617

Painting of a white and brown setter dog standing on a path at the edge of a dark wood under a cloudy sky.

A Setter at the Edge of a Wood

Sawrey Gilpin, 1775

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 a wrecked East Indiaman ship grounded in stormy surf under dark clouds, with figures on the shore and small boats

The Wreck of the Dutton, An East Indiaman

Samuel Prout, 1815

Painting of a nude woman reclining over rocks beneath gnarled trees in a dark wooded landscape with distant hills.

Woman Sleeping in the Nude in a Wooded Landscape

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

Soldiers and townspeople gather outside a tavern on a street, with a mounted rider and a church tower in the background.

Chelsea Pensioners Receiving the Gazette Announcing the Battle of Waterloo

David Wilkie, 1819

Painting of a seated nude figure beneath a tree in a wooded landscape with distant hills.

Figure Study of a Nude Woman in a Wooded Landscape

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 crowded 1820 schoolroom with a seated master reading and children gathered around the warm-lit interior.

A Study of 'The Schoolroom'

Thomas F Webster, 1820

Night street scene of a lit tavern with a tiled roof, a glowing gas lamp, and a lone pedestrian on the road.

The Black Lion, Chelsea by Night

Walter Greaves, 1890

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

Painting of men in 18th-century dress among many hounds in a brick kennel yard beside a thatched building.

Learning about the Hounds

Thomas Butler of Pall Mall, 1750

Painting of a sloop under sail near a stone jetty with masted ships, beside a rocky cliff under a stormy sky.

A Ship Running into Harbour with Other Craft at a Jetty

Thomas Whitcombe, 1788

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

Painting of King's Parade in Cambridge with Gothic chapel spires, a carriage, riders, pedestrians and a classical building at

King's Parade, Cambridge

Thomas Malton, 1798

Children dance in a linked circle in a dim interior while a seated man plays flute and a woman in a headscarf watches.

Ring O' Roses

Thomas F Webster, 1850

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