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Night view of a stone arch bridge over a moonlit river with moored boats and riverside buildings.

Railway Bridge over the River Cart, Paisley

Waller Paton, 1857

Painting of a wide Oxford street with classical stone buildings, a Gothic spire, a red carriage and pedestrians under a cloud

High Street, Oxford

Thomas Malton, 1798

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 painting of the Thames with a sailing barge, rowing boats, a pink house by trees, and a distant bridge at sunset.

The Thames at Chelsea

Thomas Whitcombe, 1784

Oil painting of women attacking a man beside a gnarled tree, with a river and sunset landscape behind them.

The Death of Orpheus

Thomas Jones, 1770

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 a steeplechase at Aintree with jockeys jumping a stone wall, a crowded grandstand, and spectators in the foregrou

The Liverpool and National Steeplechase at Aintree, 1843

William Tasker, 1843

Painting of a shaded wooded landscape with a pond, a classical statue at left, and small figures resting by the water.

Classical Landscape

William Taverner, 1760

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

Winter landscape with skaters on a frozen river, a food stall, and a couple on a grey horse under a sunset sky.

Frost Scene

William Collins, 1827

Painting of men in a fishing lodge with rods on the ceiling, a salmon in a basket, and a servant holding a tray.

Discussing a Catch of Salmon in a Scottish Fishing-Lodge

William Shiels, 1840

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

Woman nursing a baby beside a dead soldier in red coat, with a cannon and distant troops in a rosy landscape.

The Dead Soldier

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1789

Small painting of a thatched barn by a river with swans, trees and a boat under a pale evening sky.

On the Kennet, Reading

William Havell, 1807

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

Painting of a crowded 1839 horse race at Chester, with jockeys, a grandstand, carriages and spectators under a cloudy sky.

Lord Westminster's Cardinal Puff, with Sam Darling Up, Winning the Tradesman's Plate, Chester

William Tasker, 1839

Painting of a river view of a spired city skyline under dramatic clouds, with a rowing boat and grazing horses on the bank.

Oxford from the River with Christ Church in the Foreground

William Turner, 1820

Painting of three large sailing warships on rough dark seas under cloudy skies, with a rowing boat of men in the foreground.

The Victory Returning from Trafalgar, in Three Positions

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1806

Sketch of a crowded room where a man reads a document at a table while onlookers and a woman in black gather around.

Sketch for 'The Reading of a Will'

David Wilkie, 1820

Painting of Dover's castle on cliffs above a coastal town, with sailing ships on calm water under a cloudy sky.

Dover

Richard Wilson, 1746

Night landscape of a glowing limekiln with an arched opening, bare trees, figures and a cart beside a pool.

Limekiln at Coalbrookdale

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1797

Oil painting of a red-coated rider leaping a horse over a brook during a fox hunt, with a hound swimming below.

Foxhunting: Clearing a Brook

William Shayer, 1863

Sepia river scene with sailing barges, a stone arched bridge and a Gothic abbey tower under a hazy sky.

Westminster Bridge and Abbey

William Daniell, 1813

Hazy morning view of a golden hillside above a calm loch, with a pier and pale blue distant shore under a luminous sky.

Inverary Pier, Loch Fyne: Morning

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1845

Harvest workers rest among wheat sheaves in an open field, with a woman holding an infant under a cloudy sky.

Mid-Day Rest, Harvest

William Frederick Witherington, 1840

Painting of a rural farmyard with a horseman, a group of tenants and children, thatched cottages and a large tree.

The Severe Steward, or Unfortunate Tenant

William Redmore Bigg, 1800

Painting of a stone arch bridge over a rushing river below stormy mountains, with cattle and figures in the foreground.

Tummel Bridge, Perthshire

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1802

Oil painting of jockeys on horseback jumping a water hurdle in a steeplechase across a hilly green landscape.

Steeplechasing: The Hurdle

William Shayer, 1869

Group of figures in white and period dress gathered around a christening scene in a room with red drapes and windows.

Christening of the Heir

William Redmore Bigg, 1799

Landscape painting of an Alpine valley with a seated woman on a wall, a hilltop castle, mountains and clouds.

Chateau de St. Michael, Bonneville, Savoy

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1802