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Painting of a seated goatherd with white goats on a hillside overlooking a distant hilltop town and mountains.

Landscape with Goatherd

Edward Lear, 1842

Oval portrait of a smiling woman in a white turban with gold trim, white blouse and green shawl, dark background.

Portrait of a woman, traditionally identified as Lady Hervey

Angelica Kauffmann, 1770

Oil sketch of a dense tree line under a warm, cloudy sky, with a path winding through a meadow in the foreground.

View Towards the Rectory, East Bergholt

John Constable, 1813

Painting of pale marble cliffs closing in on a still river, with small bathing figures at lower right under a lavender sky.

The Marble Rocks - Nerbudda Jubbolpore

Edward Lear, 1882

Woman with green parasol sits in a golden meadow beneath rolling hills and scattered trees.

Sunny Days

Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1874

Painting of a large autumn tree with orange foliage over a field, a wooden fence, and a pale cloudy sky.

An Autumnal Landscape at East Bergholt

John Constable, 1805

Watercolor of a wide plain, blue lake and snowy mountains, seen from rocks where two figures sit beside spiky plants.

Butrinto, Albania

Edward Lear, 1861

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig, fur-trimmed robe, sash and star medal, gesturing with one hand against a dark backgr

Sir James Gray

Anton Raphael Mengs, 1761

Painting of rolling heathland under stormy clouds, with cows grazing by a pool and a figure beneath a tree.

Hampstead Heath

John Constable, 1825

Painting of snow-capped Himalayan peaks over a misty valley, with trees, tree ferns and travelers on a path in the foreground

Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling

Edward Lear, 1879

Half-length portrait of a man with brown hair in a blue coat with red collar and white cravat, dark background.

George, 3rd Earl Cowper (1738-1789)

Anton Raphael Mengs, 1769

Painting of a river with a mill, fishermen on a wooden sluice, a rowing boat and billowing clouds over willow trees.

Stratford Mill

John Constable, 1819

Painting of a shaded road under large trees, with robed figures, a wooden cross, a small chapel, and rocky mountains beyond.

Between Olavano L'Civitella

Edward Lear, 1842

Two women in red robes in a dim interior; one wears a crown and holds a thread, beside shelves of glass vessels.

Fair Rosamund and Queen Eleanor

Edward Burne-Jones, 1861

Loose oil sketch of tall trees along a dirt lane, a seated figure on the left, and a cloudy sky above.

Fen Lane, East Bergholt

John Constable, 1811

Painting of olive trees on a path overlooking a calm sea, a small island, and snowy mountains, with figures walking in the fo

Corfu from Santa Decca

Edward Lear, 1862

Painting of a nude woman embracing a clinging child against a dark background, by Henry Fuseli, 1800.

Tekemessa and Eurysakes

Henry Fuseli, 1800

Oil portrait of a man in a red military coat with green collar and silver epaulettes, holding a sword, against a stormy sky.

Captain Richard Gubbins

John Constable, 1804

Painting of a fortified island town across a bay, snow-capped mountains behind, with a shepherd and sheep under olive trees.

Corfu from Ascension

Edward Lear, 1862

Haloed figure rising above a table as two men lean toward it in a dark, dramatically lit scene.

Christ Disappearing at Emmaus

Henry Fuseli, 1792

Loose oil sketch of grey storm clouds over a flat field and a dark line of distant trees on the horizon.

Extensive Landscape with Grey Clouds

John Constable, 1821

Painting of olive trees, grazing goats, ruins and a fortress on a sunlit coast with snowy mountains beyond the blue sea.

Corfu from Ascension

Edward Lear, 1860

Painting of a reclining nude woman on a red-draped couch with a winged figure descending above her in dramatic light.

Dido

Henry Fuseli, 1781

Painting of a hillside road with a carriage and cottage, looking over a hazy city with a domed church under clouds.

Sir Richard Steele's Cottage, Hampstead

John Constable, 1831

Painting of snowy Kinchinjunga peaks above a misty forested valley with tree ferns and a small path with figures.

Kinchinjunga

Edward Lear, 1877

Painting of a rocky cave opening framing a calm sea, distant mountain, and small tower under a pale sky.

Cavern, near Naples

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1774

Loose oil sketch of an open heath with bonfire smoke, small figures, a distant house, trees, and a cloudy sky.

Hampstead Heath, with a Bonfire

John Constable, 1822

Landscape of tall pines, rocky ground, figures with sheep, and snowy mountains under a cloudy sky.

The Forest of Valdoniello, Corsica

Edward Lear, 1869

Oval portrait of an older man in a white wig, brown coat and cream waistcoat against a dark brown background.

Dr. Richard Wright

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1785

Loose oil sketch of the Thames with a stone terrace, small boats, and a distant domed building under cloudy skies.

Somerset House Terrace from Waterloo Bridge

John Constable, 1819

Study of ferns in greens, ochre and peach tones on grey paper, with handwritten inscription reading Civitella, Oct. 15, 1842.

A Study of Ferns, Civitella

Edward Lear, 1842

Dusk landscape of a calm lake with a small boat, a hilltop building on the left, and a large tree on the right.

Lake Nemi

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1790

Oil sketch of a dirt road past a brick wall and trees, with a church spire and billowing clouds above.

East Bergholt Church

John Constable, 1809

Portrait of a young woman with dark curly hair in a red shawl holding a blue cornflower against a red background.

The Irish Girl

Ford Madox Brown, 1860

Painting of a sailing boat moored inside a dark grotto, with bright sunset light and sea visible through the arched opening.

A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1780

Full-length portrait of a young man in a dark coat leaning on a red draped pedestal before a cloudy sky.

Lord Granville Leveson-Gower, later 1st Earl Granville

Thomas Lawrence, 1804

Painting of a white and black hound sniffing the ground beside trees, with a distant sea and pink sky at right.

Foxhound

George Stubbs, 1760

Candlelit painting of a lecturer and onlookers gathered around a glowing orrery, with two children leaning in to watch.

Philosopher giving a lecture on the orrery

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1768

Oil portrait of a grey-haired man in a navy naval coat with gold buttons and white collar, before a dark stormy sky.

Admiral John Markham

Thomas Lawrence, 1793

Oval painting of reapers binding wheat sheaves in a field, with a mounted rider, a dog and a woman in a bonnet.

Reapers

George Stubbs, 1795

Seated couple under a green parasol with a greyhound, in a wooded landscape, painted in 1786 by Joseph Wright of Derby.

The Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Gisborne, of Yoxhall Lodge, Leicestershire

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1786

Oil portrait of a man with white hair in a dark coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Samuel Lysons

Thomas Lawrence, 1799

Oval half-length self-portrait of a heavyset man with dark hair in a tan coat against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

George Stubbs, 1759

Dark vaulted stone interior with a barred window letting in light and a small seated figure on the floor.

The Prisoner

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1787

Portrait of a seated bald older man in a dark robe beside a red draped table, with a column and painting behind him.

Benjamin West, P.R.A.

Thomas Lawrence, 1810

Man in a brown coat holds a dying doe as a hound leaps beside him in a dark wooded clearing, with a rifle on the ground.

Freeman, the Earl of Clarendon's gamekeeper, with a dying doe and hound

George Stubbs, 1800

Painting of a lake under stormy clouds with a dark mountain, a sunlit cliff on the right, and small figures on the shore.

Derwent Water, with Skiddaw in the distance

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1795

Portrait of a seated man in a red fur-trimmed velvet coat, hand raised to his head, beside a draped writing table.

George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, later 1st Lord Dover

Thomas Lawrence, 1823

Woman in blue riding habit on a chestnut horse with a small dog, in an open green parkland landscape.

The Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt

George Stubbs, 1760

Studies of a Classical Bust

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1774

Study of a Dog Lying Down

Edwin Landseer, 1860

Painting of a lion pinning a stag to the grass, with the stag's head thrown back against a dark background.

A Lion Attacking a Stag

George Stubbs, 1765

Full-length portrait of a man in green braided jacket and white turban, leaning on a tree, with a ship at sea behind.

Portrait of a Man, Known as the "Indian Captain

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1767

Oil sketch of a brown and white spaniel lying down with its head resting low, on a warm brown background.

A Spaniel Lying Down

Edwin Landseer, 1860

Water Spaniel

George Stubbs, 1769

Painting of a wooded valley with a river, rocky cliffs on the left, a tall tree on the right, and distant hills under evening

Matlock Dale, looking toward Black Rock Escarpment

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1780

Painting of a seated man in Highland tartan dress with a bonnet, accompanied by three dogs against a dark rocky background.

Donald McIntyre

Edwin Landseer, 1830

Painting of a snarling lioness facing a maned male lion before a dark rocky background.

Lion and Lioness

George Stubbs, 1770

Night landscape with a burning cottage at right, a full moon through trees at left, and a figure on a hill.

Cottage on fire at night

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1785

Painting of a grey horse with a saddle beside two dogs and perched hawks in a stone courtyard with an arched doorway.

Favourites, the Property of H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge

Edwin Landseer, 1834

Oval portrait of a man with grey powdered wig and grey coat against a dark background, in a gilt-ribboned wooden frame.

Mr. Hospey (?)Walker

George Stubbs, 1783

Painting of a calm lake under a tall pine tree, with a small boat, cliffs on the right, and distant hazy mountains.

Lake Albano

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1790

Man in white tunic points from inside a cage among a tiger, leopard, lioness and lion, with a newspaper on the floor.

Portrait of Mr. Van Amburgh, As He Appeared with His Animals at the London Theatres

Edwin Landseer, 1846

Oval painting of a sleeping spotted leopard curled among rocks and leaves against a dark background.

Sleeping Leopard

George Stubbs, 1777

Oil landscape of a lake framed by trees and rocky banks, with mountains in the distance and a small boat on the water.

Lake Scene

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1790

Painting of a stormy highland landscape with a river, golden moorland, bare trees and dark mountains under clouds.

A Highland Landscape

Edwin Landseer, 1830

Painting of a chestnut horse beside a young stable boy in a red jacket, with trees and a river behind them.

Pumpkin with a Stable-lad

George Stubbs, 1774

Painting of a wooded river valley with a waterfall, swans, and a rowing boat beneath trees.

Dovedale

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1786

Portrait of a seated woman in a lilac ruffled gown and pearl jewelry, with powdered hair and a crown at left.

Queen Charlotte

Benjamin West, 1777

Oval painting of four labourers with a horse and cart beneath trees, a dog resting in front, and a country house at right.

Labourers

George Stubbs, 1781

Oval half-length portrait of a man in a wide black hat and tan coat, looking directly at the viewer against a dark background

Self-Portrait

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1780

Portrait of a seated white-haired man in a dark coat beside papers, with an allegorical painting behind him.

John Eardley Wilmot

Benjamin West, 1812

Chestnut horse with white socks held by a groom in a tan coat on a grassy field with trees and cloudy sky.

Lustre, held by a Groom

George Stubbs, 1762

Night landscape with a full moon over a lake, a sailing boat, a dark mountain, and a figure in the foreground.

A Lake by Moonlight

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1780

Oval portrait of a man in a green fur-collared coat holding a drawing board, with a young boy leaning on his shoulder.

The Artist and His Son Raphael

Benjamin West, 1773

Painting of a grey saddled horse with a man in yellow coat leaning on it, two hounds, and a tree in a landscape.

Studies for or after "The 3rd Duke of Richmond with the Charleton Hunt

George Stubbs, 1750

Painting of a pale ghostly woman in a shroud pointing toward a startled man in a canopied bed beside a moonlit Gothic window.

William and Margaret from Percy's 'Reliques of Ancient English Poetry'

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1785

Oval painting of a woman in a red turban and green shawl embracing a young boy in a white shirt against a dark background.

The Artist's Wife Elizabeth and Their Son Raphael

Benjamin West, 1773

Painting of a white Greenland falcon with dark barred wings standing on a perch against a dark wooded landscape.

Greenland Falcon

George Stubbs, 1780

Night view of a bay with a glowing erupting volcano, a full moon, a rowboat, and a sailing ship under a red sky.

Vesuvius from Posillipo

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1788

Oval portrait of an older man with white powdered hair in a red-brown coat and white cravat against a dark background.

Colonel Isaac Barre

Gilbert Stuart, 1785

Brown and white curly-coated spaniel standing in a landscape with a willow tree, water, and wildflowers under a cloudy sky.

Brown and White Norfolk or Water Spaniel

George Stubbs, 1778

Moonlit valley with a steep cliff, a glowing river, and a rider on a white horse in the foreground.

Matlock Tor by Moonlight

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1777

Oval half-length portrait of a man in a blue naval-style coat with gold braid and a powdered white wig against a stormy sky.

Captain John MacBride

Gilbert Stuart, 1788

Painting of a gabled brick rubbing-down house on open grassy heath with distant trees under a cloudy sky.

Newmarket Heath, with a Rubbing-down House

George Stubbs, 1765

Painting of a stone bridge over a rushing river beneath a rainbow in a dark sky, framed by trees.

Landscape with a Rainbow

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1793

Painting of beached sailing boats and a horse-drawn wagon on a sandy shore under a cloudy sky.

Beached Vessels and a Wagon, near Trouville, France

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1825

White horse rearing as a brown lion attacks its hindquarters against a dark rocky background.

Horse Attacked by a Lion (Episode C)

George Stubbs, 1768

Portrait of a young man in green coat with gold braid, leaning on a ledge before a painted classical ruin.

James Caulfeild, 4th Viscount Charlemont (Later 1st Earl of Charlemont)

Pompeo Batoni, 1753

Loose oil sketch of rocky cliffs and tall trees under a pale sky, with sunlit sandstone on the right.

In the Forest of Fontainebleau

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1825

Painting of two cream ponies pulling a blue phaeton while a stable-lad holds the reins beside a dog in a wooded landscape.

Phaeton with a Pair of Cream Ponies and a Stable-Lad

George Stubbs, 1780

Oval portrait of a young woman in a blue dress with white lace, holding her hair and a veil against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman, traditionally identified as Margaret Stuart, Lady Hippisley

Pompeo Batoni, 1785

Painting of a seated man in a white turban and dark robe on a carpet, with a red drape and sword behind him.

Seated Turk

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1826

Painting of a tan bull and a white bull locking horns on grass in front of dark trees and a cloudy sky.

Bulls Fighting

George Stubbs, 1786

Portrait of a young man in a blue coat with red collar, holding a sword and hat, beside a classical landscape painting.

William Weddell

Pompeo Batoni, 1765

Painting of moored sailing barges with orange sails on a river, with trees, a windmill and a cloudy sky.

Barges on a River

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1826