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Grey Arabian stallion, the property of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn

James Ward, 1817

Young rider in pink jacket galloping a dark bay horse across an open field with a white post and cloudy sky.

Borlase Cokayne as a Boy riding Sultana

Thomas Smith of Derby, 1751

Painting of a shipwrecked vessel in stormy waves under a fiery red sunset sky, with a rowboat of survivors nearby.

Shipwreck

Francis Danby, 1850

Dr. Syntax, a Bay Racehorse, Standing in a Coastal Landscape, an Estuary Beyond

James Ward, 1820

Painted officer in red coat on chestnut horse, surrounded by brown ink sketches of figures and horses on tan paper.

Studies for the Duke of Wellington

George Hayter, 1820

Painting of a riverbank with a wooden boat hull under construction, small boats on calm water, and a hazy hillside.

Boat Building near Dinan, Brittany

Francis Danby, 1838

Man in a red hunting coat on a bay horse overlooks a river valley where hunters and hounds gather.

John Levett Hunting at Wychnor, Staffordshire [alternate title: Theophilus Levett and a Favorite Hunter)

James Ward, 1814

Winter village scene with thatched cottages, snow, bare trees, and a woman in red walking near a picket fence.

A Winter Landscape

George Smith, 1770

Small painting of a red sunset over a dark sea with rocky cliffs and a pale figure standing at the shoreline.

Study for 'Calypso's Grotto'

Francis Danby, 1843

Man with a shotgun and top hat in a forest clearing, accompanied by hunting dogs beside large trees.

The Reverend Thomas Levett and favourite dogs, cock-shooting

James Ward, 1811

Painting of a lake at sunset framed by large trees, with resting figures in the foreground and hills beyond.

Lake Albano, Italy

Thomas Jones, 1777

Painting of a pastoral landscape with a large tree, figures on a path, grazing cattle, a cottage, and distant mountains at su

A Landscape with Figures

Nicholas Pocock, 1798

Ravager, One of the Lambton Hounds

James Ward, 1835

Painting of classical figures and dogs by a waterfall with a tree, stormy sky, and hilltop buildings beyond a lake.

An Imaginary Italianate Landscape with Classical Figures and a Waterfall

Thomas Jones, 1773

Painting of a hilly landscape with a walled town and castle towers beside a winding river under a cloudy sky.

Richmond Castle, Yorkshire

Alexander Keirincx, 1639

A Border Leicester Ewe

James Ward, 1795

Painted evening landscape with seated figures, a rider, a stone bridge, a ruin on a rock, and a glowing sunset sky.

An Imaginary Landscape with a Traveller and Figures Overlooking the Bay of Baiae

Thomas Jones, 1773

Painting of a thatched hut with a standing warrior in white and a round shield, goats nearby, under a cloudy sky.

View in Southern India, with a Warrior Outside his Hut

George Chinnery, 1815

Painting of a harvest field with reapers, sheaves of wheat, a woman on horseback, and a stormy sky over distant hills.

The Reapers

James Ward, 1800

Landscape painting of robed figures on a hillside overlooking distant hills, a lake, and a hazy plain under a cloudy sky.

View of the Campi Flegrei from the Camaldolese Convent near Naples

Thomas Jones, 1783

Painting of an Indian landscape with a domed temple beneath a large tree, rocks, distant pink mountains, and figures by water

Indian Landscape with Temple

George Chinnery, 1815

Painting of a stable interior with two horses on straw, a man bending over a basket and a woman in the doorway.

Interior of a Stable

James Ward, 1830

Evening river landscape with a sailing boat, a ruined domed temple on a hill, a horseman, and an ox cart.

An Imaginary Coast Scene, with the Temple of Venus at Baiae

Thomas Jones, 1773

Three men gamble on a cloth floor in a dim interior lit by a doorway, one standing and two seated.

Chinese Gamblers

George Chinnery, 1840

Hunters with dogs and a donkey in a snowy woodland, with game birds on the ground and children watching at a fence.

The Day's Sport

James Ward, 1826

Painting of a chestnut horse with a white blaze standing on a path before a wide landscape under a cloudy sky.

Hunter in a landscape

James Ward, 1810

Eagle, a Celebrated Stallion

James Ward, 1809

Dark oil sketch of a steep limestone ravine with a waterfall, moonlit clouds, and cattle near a pool.

Sketch for 'Gordale Scar'

James Ward, 1812

Painted valley landscape with rolling hills, a winding path, and pink-lit clouds over a blue sky.

The Vale of Pencerrig

Thomas Jones, 1776

Four men in colorful 18th-century coats pose outdoors beside a tree, a carved urn, and ruins, with three dogs nearby.

James Grant of Grant, John Mytton, the Hon. Thomas Robinson, and Thomas Wynne

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1760

Painting of a shaded tree-lined path with two seated women, a standing woman with a dog, and red-roofed buildings on a distan

View near Rome

Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1754

Elderly man in dark coat seated beside a boy in green reading at a cluttered desk with books and an inkstand.

Francis Noel Clarke Mundy and His Grandson, William Mundy

Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1809

Painting of a domed hospital building seen across green trees and fields toward a distant city under cloudy skies.

Greenwich Hospital from the Observatory with a Distant View of London

Thomas Christopher Hofland, 1824

Oil painting of English sailing ships in choppy seas under a dramatic cloudy sky, with a British flag on the left.

English Ships Coming to Anchor in a Fresh Breeze

Dominic Serres, 1750

Painting of several sailing ships on rough green sea under a cloudy sky, one flying an English flag.

An English Two-Decker Lying Hove to, with Other Ships and Vessels in a Fresh Breeze

Dominic Serres, 1770

Oil painting of a red brick country house on a hill with grazing cattle, trees and farm buildings in the foreground.

Saint Vincents, near West Malling, Kent

Dominic Serres, 1779

Painting of a grassy park with grazing cows, walkers, and a view of brick buildings and church towers under a hazy sky.

A Western View of part of Westminster and Bird Cage Walk taken from the Mill House...,

George Arnald, 1808

Oval painting of a black horse fleeing a coiled snake beside a stream, with a rocky cliff and trees behind.

A Horse Frightened by a Snake

Sawrey Gilpin, 1792

Oil painting of three horses, two chestnut and one grey, on a path before rocky cliffs and trees.

Three Hunters in a Rocky Landscape

Sawrey Gilpin, 1775

Oil painting of two mares and two foals in an open field under a cloudy sky, by Sawrey Gilpin, 1790.

Mares and Foals, facing right

Sawrey Gilpin, 1790

Painting of two mares and two foals in a green meadow under a cloudy sky, with distant hills.

Mares and Foals, facing left

Sawrey Gilpin, 1790

Painting of a man in an orange coat gesturing to two horses on a path beside a rocky cliff under a stormy sky.

Gulliver Addressing the Houyhnhnms

Sawrey Gilpin, 1769

Horses on a rocky shore beside a sailing boat, with a barefoot man and a stormy dusk sky.

Gulliver Taking His Final Leave of the Land of the Houyhnhnms

Sawrey Gilpin, 1769

Hazy seascape with white surf in the foreground, distant sailboats on the horizon, and a pale cloudy sky.

Seascape

George Grosvenor Thomas, 1890

Oil painting of large British warships and a sloop on choppy grey-green water under a cloudy sky, with rowing boats nearby.

British Men-of-War and a Sloop

Peter Monamy, 1720

Painting of a yellow royal yacht with flags on a calm sea, with rowing boats, fishermen and distant ships under cloudy sky.

An English Royal Yacht Standing Offshore in a Calm

Peter Monamy, 1730

Painting of a tall lighthouse on a rock with rowboats and sailing ships on calm grey water under a cloudy sky.

The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

Peter Monamy, 1703

Painting of a large sailing ship and smaller sailboats on calm water under a cloudy sky, with a rowboat in the foreground.

An Evening Calm

Painting of a gilded royal yacht becalmed at anchor, with rowing boats and distant ships on calm water under clouds.

Royal Yacht Becalmed at Anchor

Peter Monamy, 1710

Hunters with spears and hounds on a riverbank pursue an otter in the water under a cloudy sky.

Spearing the Otter

Philip Reinagle, 1805

Family group portrait in an interior: a seated man, a woman at a pianoforte, and girls in white dresses with dogs and a dove.

John Richard Comyns of Hylands, Essex, with His Daughters

John Greenwood, 1775

Evening landscape with a castle tower, grazing cattle, a village with church spire, and a winding river beneath clouds.

A View of Cessford and the Village of Caverton, Roxboroughshire in the Distance

Patrick Nasmyth, 1813

Painting of a sunlit country lane between pale eroded banks, with a horseman, a dog, and a manor house in the distance.

Penshurst Place, Kent

Patrick Nasmyth, 1824

Landscape with a large tree at right, wooded valley, cliffs, and a distant city and castle under cumulus clouds.

Edinburgh from the Braids

Patrick Nasmyth, 1812

Panoramic 1775 painting of Florence seen from a hillside, with a large tree, goats, and strolling figures in the foreground.

A Panoramic View of Florence from Bellosguardo

Thomas Patch, 1775

Painting of a waterfall cascading past a hilltop town with stone buildings and a bell tower, with figures on the rocks.

A View of Tivoli

Thomas Patch, 1750

Eighteenth-century interior with gentlemen dining and toasting, a fireworks painting on the wall, and a checkered floor.

British Gentlemen at Sir Horace Mann's Home in Florence

Thomas Patch, 1763

Painting of a brown and white hound and a shaggy dark dog resting on a plaid cloth beside red fabric.

A Hound and a Bearded Collie seated on a Hunting Coat

Sr John Frederick Herring, 1855

Painting of a red-coated rider on a galloping bay horse waving his cap, with two hounds running across an open field.

Foxhunting: Encouraging Hounds

Sr John Frederick Herring, 1839

Painting of a red-coated rider leaping a ditch on a bay horse, with hounds running below and a wide landscape behind.

Foxhunting: Clearing a Ditch

Sr John Frederick Herring, 1839

Painting of a red-coated rider on a grey horse leading hounds through autumn woods, with distant riders in an open field.

The Suffolk Hunt: Going to Cover near Herringswell

Sr John Frederick Herring, 1833

Oil painting of a chestnut racehorse with jockey in green silks standing in an open field under cloudy sky.

'Margrave' with James Robinson Up

Sr John Frederick Herring, 1833

Painting of a bay Clydesdale stallion standing beside a gnarled tree in an open pastoral landscape under clouds.

A Clydesdale Stallion

Sr John Frederick Herring, 1820

Bay racehorse with jockey in striped silks on a racecourse, with a white grandstand and crowds in the background.

Memnon, with William Scott Up

Sr John Frederick Herring, 1825

Painting of three jockeys in red, black and blue silks riding horses across a sandy field, with a fourth rider behind.

Steeplechase cracks: Allen McDonough on Brunette, Tom Oliver on Discount, and Jem Mason on Lottery

Sr John Frederick Herring, 1847

Two grey carriage horses in harness stand in a brick coachyard beside stable doors, with a carriage at right.

Grey carriage horses in the coachyard at Putteridge Bury, Hertfordshire

Sr John Frederick Herring, 1838

Seventeenth-century seascape of a warship under sail in choppy grey waters, with a rowing boat and clouds overhead.

Men of War in a Stiff Breeze

Jan Theunisz. Blanckerhoff, 1650

Man in blue coat and tricorn hat rides a grey horse beside a hound, with a stone pedestal and parkland behind.

Sir Roger Burgoyne Riding 'Badger'

James Seymour, 1740

Painting of a bay racehorse with a jockey in blue coat and black cap, crossing an open landscape under a cloudy sky.

A Bay Racehorse with Jockey Up

James Seymour, 1730

Painted stable interior with two horses in blankets, a groom in a red coat, and a hound on a brick floor.

The Stables and Two Famous Running Horses belonging to His Grace, the Duke of Bolton

James Seymour, 1747

Painting of a bay horse with a saddle held by a groom in blue coat beside a stone column in an open landscape.

The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers

James Seymour, 1742

Painting of a saddled chestnut horse held by a groom in a brown coat, with a cloudy sky and rolling landscape behind.

Old Fox held by a Groom

James Seymour, 1721

Painting of a violet mountain peak above rolling green and orange hills under a pale cloudy sky.

Tour Madeloc in the Pyrenees

Derwent Lees, 1913

Painted interior of a paneled room with a fireplace, two women in period dress, and a mirror beside a curtain.

The Lady Betty Germain Bedroom at Knole, Kent

James Holland, 1845

Painting of a sunlit stone colonnade with coffered ceiling and figures in period dress walking along the paved walkway.

The Colonnade of Queen Mary's House, Greenwich

James Holland, 1833

Watercolor of a woman in a flower crown lying in a forest, with two grieving shepherds, one holding a shovel and one covering

Imogen and the Shepherds, from Cymbeline, Act IV, scene ii

James Smetham, 1874

Watercolor of a large tree and grazing deer in a park at dusk, with a man reading beside a woman in the lower left.

Lovers in Richmond Park (Windsor Park)

James Smetham, 1864

Painting of a shepherd piping beside resting sheep and a reclining figure under trees, with hills and a golden sunset beyond.

Evening Pasture

James Smetham, 1865

Stormy seascape of a tilted shipwreck near rocks, with crew in a lifeboat and debris in the surf.

Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast

Thomas Buttersworth, 1810

Painting of London Bridge on the Thames with St. Paul's Cathedral in the distance, sailing boats and warehouses in the foregr

London Bridge, with St. Paul's Cathedral in the distance

William Anderson, 1815

Painting of a rowing boat with passengers near the shore, with anchored sailing ships and cumulus clouds in a calm sea.

A Wherry Taking Passengers out to Two Anchored Packets

William Anderson, 1825

Crowded dockside with soldiers, horses, women in dresses and tall-masted ships flying red flags under a cloudy sky.

Hussars Embarking at Deptford The setting of this painting is Perry’s Brunswick Dock, Blackwall, London, during an em…

William Anderson, 1793

Painting of Dutch sailing boats and a three-masted ship on calm water under large clouds, with men in a rowboat.

Dutch Sailing Vessels

William Anderson, 1814

Oil painting of a bay horse standing in a grassy field beside a wooden fence and trees under a pale sky.

A Bay Horse in a Field

John Boultbee, 1778

Painting of a grey stallion on a rocky slope with palm trees and distant riders under a warm, cloudy sky.

A Grey Arab Stallion in a Desert Landscape

John Boultbee, 1790

Painting of a red-coated rider on a grey horse sounding a horn as a fox flees and hounds chase across an open landscape.

The Suffolk Hunt: Gone Away

Jr John Frederick Herring, 1833

Painting of a rider in a red coat leading horses along a path above a river valley, with seated women and a dog in the foregr

Exercising the Royal Horses

Jr John Frederick Herring, 1847

Two riders on horses gallop through rain toward a brick bridge, one in a red hunting coat, under a dark stormy sky.

Returning from the Hunt

Jr John Frederick Herring, 1855

Painting of a fox hunt with red-coated riders leaping a stream, hounds running in the foreground, and a bare tree at right.

The Suffolk Hunt : The Death

Jr John Frederick Herring, 1833

Harvest scene with grey horses pulling a hay cart, farm workers resting, and rolling fields under a dramatic sky.

The Harvest

Jr John Frederick Herring, 1857

Harvest scene with a hay wagon and grey horses in golden fields, workers resting on a bank, rolling hills under cloudy sky.

Harvest

Jr John Frederick Herring, 1857

A Bay Horse in a Field

Edmund Bristow, 1825

Dark bay horse beside a soldier and saddle outside a guard house, with a castle and trees in the background.

Outside the Guard House at Windsor

Edmund Bristow, 1850

Painting of a man in a top hat aiming a gun at a pheasant flying over woodland, with dogs near a stream.

Pheasant Shooting

Edward Duncan, 1830

Painting of a hunter in a top hat firing at partridges over a golden field, with a pointer dog and a wide landscape beyond.

Partridge Shooting

Edward Duncan, 1830

Eighteenth-century interior with gentlemen in wigs drinking wine around a green-draped table, attended by a servant and a dog

The Brothers Clarke with Other Gentlemen Taking Wine

Gawen Hamilton, 1730