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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

Full-length portrait of a woman in a brown embroidered gown with lace ruff, holding a green parrot beside a velvet chair.

Elizabeth, Countess of Kellie

Paul van Somer I, 1619

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

Full-length portrait of a grey-haired man in black with a walking stick, standing in a garden setting.

Colonel Alexander Popham, of Littlecote, Wiltshire

Abraham Staphorst, 1660

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

Painting of Greenwich seen from the river, with a domed white building, a hill behind, and many boats in the water at sunset.

A view of Greenwich from the River with many Boats

Jan Griffier, 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

Portrait of a woman in black gown with lace ruff and sleeves, a small dog beside her, coat of arms at upper right.

Frances, Lady Brydges (ca. 1553-1623) (current title) Dorothy Bray, Baroness Chandos (d. 1605) (former title)

George Gower, 1579

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

Seated man in a wig and gold-red robe gestures beside an open book on a lectern in a library with bookshelves.

Benjamin Moreland, High Master of St. Paul's School

John Smibert, 1724

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

Portrait of a seated man in a red cap pointing to an open handwritten ledger, with stacked books and a coat of arms.

Sir John Rushout, Bt.

John Smibert, 1726

Full-length portrait of a young man in black with white collar and sash, against a stormy seascape with ships and a coastal t

Portrait of Anthony Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu

Robert Peake the Elder, 1590

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

Full-length portrait of a boy on a bay horse in a red coat and a girl in a blue dress with a spotted dog.

John Gubbins Newton and His Sister, Mary Newton

Robert Burnard, 1833

Oil sketch of a candlelit supper party in a dark garden, with figures in period dress around a table beside a fountain.

The Supper by the Fountain

Thomas Stothard, 1820

Painting of nymphs bathing in a cave grotto beside a carved basin, with a figure pulling back red drapery at left.

Diana and Actaeon

Full-length painting of a man in a feathered hat, cream cloak, green sash and sword, before red drapery.

Henry Woodward as Petruchio in Catherine and Petruchio, a version by Garrick of "The Taming of the Shrew"

Benjamin Vandergucht, 1773

Small painting of elegantly dressed figures in a garden with a tiered fountain, deer, dogs and rabbits.

The Meadow

Thomas Stothard, 1820

Oil painting of a seated officer on a smoky warship deck, surrounded by shouting sailors, cannon, and rigging.

The Earl of Sandwich Refusing to Abandon His Ship during the Battle of Solebay

Robert Smirke, 1793

Painting of a wooded landscape with tall trees, a muddy path, a stream with rocks, and a fence under a cloudy sky.

A Landscape at Wick, Gloucestershire, 'Below the Rocks'

Benjamin Barker, 1824

Small painting of women in flowing dresses gathering flowers in a garden framed by tall trees and stone urns.

The Garden

Thomas Stothard, 1820

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

Full-length portrait of a young man in a green coat and cream waistcoat standing on a country path before a landscape.

George Biggin

Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1783