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

Diana and Actaeon

Oil painting of a village wake with a dancing boy, a man in a red coat, a striped tent, and onlookers before a church spire.

Hob Selling Beer at the Wake

John Laguerre, 1725

Hazy golden painting of Windsor Castle on a hill above the Thames, with moored boats and riverside houses in the foreground.

Windsor Castle from the Thames

William Daniell, 1825

Painting of a ruined Gothic abbey with a tall tower beside a river, a waterfall, trees and a seated figure in the foreground.

Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire

George Washington Lambert, 1747

Painting of a lively village street with a dancing man, a woman in pink, a tavern, and a church spire behind.

Hob Continues Dancing in Spite of his Father

John Laguerre, 1725

Seated young woman in green cloak and bonnet beside a basket of hens, with a rural valley and church spire behind her.

The Market Girl (The Silver Age)

Henry Walton, 1776

Painting of a man and woman in 18th-century dress seated together under a tree in a landscape, the woman in a pink gown.

Lovers in a landscape

Petrus Johannes van Reysschoot, 1740

Painting of an outdoor brawl with men in 18th-century dress, a fallen man, a tent, and two women watching from a garden wall.

Hob's Defence

John Laguerre, 1725

Watercolor of two women in 18th-century dress outdoors, one writing at a desk and one seated by trees.

Lady Francis Scott and Lady Elliot

Paul Sandby, 1770

Painted landscape with a rocky cliff, cattle and sheep, a waterfall, large trees, and distant mountains under a warm sky.

Landscape with Distant Mountains

Adriaen van Diest, 1698

Figures beside a well with sheep and cattle, a cottage and a church spire in the distance, painted in warm earth tones.

Hob Taken Out of Ye Well

John Laguerre, 1720

Watercolor of Oberon and Titania reaching toward each other in golden light, with fairy attendants around them.

Oberon and Titania from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Act IV, Scene i

Thomas Stothard, 1806

Self-portrait of a man in a white wig and brown coat, holding a painter's palette against a brown background.

Self-portrait

William Hogarth, 1735

Loose oil sketch of a river lock with a seated figure, tall poplars and trees under a grey cloudy sky.

Flatford Lock

John Constable, 1810

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

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

Loose oil sketch of a stone gatehouse arch beside a large tree, with a church spire in the distance under a cloudy sky.

Harnham Gate, Salisbury

John Constable, 1820

Small round portrait of a young woman with a green leaf wreath and red garment against a pink background, in a black frame.

A Bacchante

Hubert von Herkomer, 1897

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 bearded man gesturing before Roman soldiers and seated rulers under a classical colonnade and arch.

St. Paul before Agrippa

James Thornhill, 1710

Seated young woman with long dark hair in a pink-striped wrap, resting among rocks and foliage in a dim landscape.

Indian girl

George Morland, 1793

Group portrait of three figures under a large tree: a man with a rifle and game bird, and two women in pink and grey silk dre

George Rogers and His Wife, Margaret, and His Sister, Margaret Rogers

Francis Hayman, 1748

Oil portrait study of a young girl in a white lace cap with pink ribbons and a blue dress, against a brown background.

Sketch of a Young Girl

Joseph Highmore, 1735

Man in dark coat examining feathers beside a large stuffed pheasant and other birds in a dim interior.

An Ornithologist, Probably John Latham?

Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1802

Oil portrait of a young girl in a grey gown with a greyhound, a page holding fruit, and a stone urn behind them.

A Young Girl with a Dog and a Page

Bartholomew Dandridge, 1725

Oil portrait of a young boy with curled hair, white cravat and red coat, gazing forward against a dark background.

The Head of a Young Boy

Joseph Highmore, 1735

Woman in white gown and blue cloak walks through a stormy landscape with a companion and rustic figures.

Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

Peter van Bleeck, 1755

Painting of a woman and a man on horseback in a park, with a country house in the distance, dated 1782.

Marcia Pitt and Her Brother George Pitt, Later 2nd Baron Rivers, Riding in the Park at Stratfield Saye House, Hampshire

Thomas Gooch, 1782

Pencil drawing of a seated man in a striped hood, head bowed, hands clasped, before a faint arched architectural background.

Dante in Meditation Holding a Pomegranate

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1852

Pen and grey wash drawing of a mountain valley with a winding river and dark trees on the right.

On the Side of the Rhine near the Source, Light Coming from the Right

Red chalk drawing of a horse rearing on its hind legs, facing right, with a flowing tail and hatched shading.

A Prancing Horse, Facing Right

George Stubbs, 1790

Loose graphite sketch of robed figures, a hooded woman leaning over a young man, by George Romney.

Canidia and the Youth

Hand-coloured print of a cottage with chimneys among tall trees and flowering shrubs, with verse and a small inset of the Mos

View of HRH the Princess Elizabeth's Cottage at Old Windsor with a View of the Moss House Below

James Clark, 1822

Engraving of a fortune teller in a headscarf reading the palm of a seated woman in a feathered hat, with a girl beside her.

The Fortune Teller

John Keyse Sherwin, 1784

Pencil sketch of a curved wall and colonnade with a cypress tree and building beyond, pale sky above.

View from Behind the Colonnade, Piazza San Pietro, Rome

John Brown, 1772

Pencil sketch of a pond landscape with a seated figure, trees, and a distant church tower, with a smaller church study at low

Two Studies of Dedham Church from the East

John Constable, 1806

Two Heads in a Roundel

,John Hamilton Mortimer

Grey wash drawing of nude figures with outstretched arms rising through a dark starry sky.

The Creation of the Heavens

John Flaxman Jr, 1790

Pencil drawing of ruined Caister Castle walls with arched windows, a shrub, and a thatched cottage on the right.

Caister Castle, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman

Pen and ink drawing of three armoured soldiers on stone blocks beside a tree, one pointing toward the upper left.

Three Soldiers in Armour Sitting on Stone Blocks

,John Hamilton Mortimer

Ink and wash drawing of a winged armored warrior with spear and shield beside a nude woman and coiled serpents under a dark s

Classical Figures in Battle

Brown wash drawing of two classically dressed men beside a cave and tree, one pointing and holding a shovel.

Alcibiades and Timon

Richard Westall

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a seated woman in a bonnet milking a horned cow beside a pail.

Mrs. Cosway as the Milkmaid

Charcoal and chalk study of two girls holding bundles of sticks, one seated and one standing, on tan paper.

Studies of Girls Carrying Faggots

Thomas Gainsborough, 1780

Grotesque Male Head

William Hogarth

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a saddled brown horse with a man in a wide-brimmed hat holding its reins behind it.

A Man and a Saddled Horse

Pen and ink sketch of a bearded man in a lace collar and period dress, with a second figure at upper right.

Study of a Gentleman in 17th Century Costume, After Van Dyck

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1827

Pen and ink wash drawing of a seated man in a buttoned coat smoking a pipe beside a table with a glass and decanter.

Benjamin Read

William Hogarth, 1757

Profile Study of a Young Man