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Dusk scene of banyan trees, an elephant, robed figures and a bullock cart beside a river with arched buildings.

Moonlit Scene of Indian Figures and Elephants among Banyan Trees, Upper India (probably Lucknow)

Auguste Borget, 1787

Painting of a sailing smack in a light breeze on a calm river, with a small boat in the foreground and ships in the distance.

A Smack Under Sail in a Light Breeze in a River

Charles Brooking, 1756

Three riders in red hunting coats and top hats on horseback, painted in loose brushwork against a muted landscape.

Studies of Riders in the Hunting Field

Benjamin Marshall, 1805

Painting of a river bank with tall trees, a wooden fence, a rowing boat, and two bathing boys beside calm water.

Boys Bathing on the River Wensum, Norwich

John Crome, 1817

Oil painting of a river with sailing boats, a towpath figure, trees, and a white house under clouds.

View on the River Thames at Richmond

William Marlow, 1776

Painting of bay, black and grey horses with two foals in a field, trees and a rider near a barn under a cloudy sky.

Horses Grazing: Mares and Foals in a Field

Francis Calcraft Turner, 1830

Painting of Karnak temple pylons silhouetted at sunset along a river, with palm trees and distant mountains.

Pylons at Karnak, the Theban Mountains in the Distance

Edward William Cooke, 1873

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

Painting of a grey stallion and chestnut horse on a dirt path, with other horses grazing and drinking near trees under a clou

Horses Grazing: a Grey Stallion Grazing with Mares in a Meadow

Francis Calcraft Turner, 1830

Pale grey wash drawing of a milkmaid with a dog beside a gate, tall trees, a thatched cottage and fields.

Milkmaid and Dog in a Landscape

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

Watercolor of a rocky mountain stream flowing through a valley under cloudy skies with misty peaks.

Welsh Mountain Stream

David Cox Jr, 1850

Painting of a woodland clearing with a gnarled tree, dense foliage, a dirt path, and two rabbits on grass.

Woodland scene with rabbits

Hubert von Herkomer, 1862

Painting of a lake with cattle grazing under a large tree, mountains beyond, and a farmhouse on the right shore.

Lake Windermere

Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1801

Watercolor of two men working with a wheelbarrow and sifting frame beside a sandy path under trees and clouds.

Landscape with Men Sifting Sand

David Cox Jr, 1850

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

Landscape painting of figures picking apples beside a thatched cottage, with a river, footbridge and wooded hills.

An Autumn Landscape with Apple Pickers

George Smith, 1750

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

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

The Meadow

Thomas Stothard, 1820

Painting of a thatched cottage by a rushing stream under bare winter trees, with travelers and a donkey on a path.

Winter landscape

George Smith, 1750

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

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 river estuary under a dramatic storm sky, with rocky ground in the foreground and small sailboats on the water.

View of the River Severn, near King's Weston, Seat of Lord de Clifford

Benjamin Barker, 1809

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 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

Oil painting of a snowy winter village with bare trees, thatched cottages, small figures, and birds flying under a grey sky.

A Winter Landscape

George Smith, 1752

Stone cottages with gabled roofs reflected in a calm river, with an arched bridge and figures in the background.

Cottages by a River

William James Linton, 1845

Painting of a brown horse grazing under a tree beside a green hill with cypresses and pink clouds in a blue sky.

Landscape with a Grazing Horse

James Dickson Innes, 1912

Painting of ducks, lapwings and a kingfisher beside a stream with a tree, a distant town and birds flying in a cloudy sky.

Ducks and Other Birds about a Stream in an Italianate Landscape

Francis Barlow, 1671

Painting of shepherds washing sheep in a river beneath large trees, with wooden hurdles and a cloudy sky.

Sheep Washing at Postwick Grove, Norwich

James Stark, 1822

Landscape painting of two gnarled trees and two figures resting by a fallen log in an open field under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Figures

John Linnell, 1816

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

Painting of a river scene with moored sailing barges, riverside houses, a church tower, and a stone bridge under a golden sky

Lambeth from the River looking towards Westminster Bridge

James Stark, 1818

Painting of a gnarled tree over resting cattle and a standing herdsman beside a pond, under a cloudy sky.

A Wooded Landscape with Cattle and Herdsman

Gainsborough Dupont, 1796

Painting of a lake with hills and ruins, a woman in white and armored warriors in the foreground, and a tall pine tree at rig

Lake Avernus: Aeneas and the Cumaean Sybil

Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1814

Painted study of a large ash tree with dense foliage under a cloudy sky, with a smaller tree at the right edge.

Study of an Ash Tree

Lionel Bicknell Constable, 1851

Painting of rolling Surrey hills with figures picnicking, a man with a dog, and a horse-drawn hay cart in the valley.

Box Hill, Surrey, with Dorking in the distance

George Washington Lambert, 1733

Painting of a broad landscape with large trees on the right, distant hills, figures in a field, under a cloudy sky.

Bardon Hill, Coleorton Hall

John Constable, 1823

Oil sketch of a wheatfield under towering pink-lit clouds, with trees and cottages on the distant plain.

Landscape with Wheatfield

Lionel Bicknell Constable, 1850

Painted landscape with a stone bridge, large trees, billowing clouds, distant mountains, and small groups of figures on a pat

An Italianate Landscape

John White Abbott, 1800

Oil study of a tall ash tree with autumn orange foliage beside dark woodland under a pale blue sky.

Study of an Ash Tree

John Constable, 1801

Small landscape painting of green rolling hills, grazing sheep, a winding path, and cumulus clouds over a valley.

Landscape

Lionel Bicknell Constable, 1849

Landscape painting of a lake framed by trees, with hilltop buildings, grazing animals and figures in the foreground.

Lake Albano

George Washington Lambert, 1760

Small painted landscape of a shepherd and sheep in the foreground overlooking wooded hills and a hazy valley under pale sky.

A Shepherd in a Landscape looking across Dedham Vale towards Langham

John Constable, 1811

Oil landscape of an open field, a large tree on the right, distant hills and a church tower under pink-tinged clouds.

Landscape at Hampstead, with Harrow in the Distance

Lionel Bicknell Constable, 1849

Landscape painting of farmworkers among haystacks beside a cottage, with a river and hills in the distance.

Landscape with Farmworkers

George Washington Lambert, 1735

Painting of a stormy coastal sky with a small wooden lighthouse on the shore and sailing ships on the sea.

Harwich: The Low Lighthouse and Beacon Hill

John Constable, 1820

Small oil landscape of purple mountains, green hills, pine and birch trees, boulders, and a blue sky with clouds.

Mountain Landscape, possibly in the Lake District

Lionel Bicknell Constable, 1849

Watercolor of tall beech trees with autumn foliage, a man driving cattle and sheep along a bank, and distant woods.

Landscape with beech trees and man driving cattle and sheep

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 dirt path winding past pollarded willows and a wooden fence toward a pale distant horizon.

Bromley Hill

Peter De Wint, 1812

Watercolor of a flat-topped mountain in blue-grey washes under a cloudy sky, with distant hills receding to the horizon.

Welsh Mountain Study

Paul Sandby, 1800

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

Watercolor of two windmills beside a canal with a rider on a grey horse and a figure on a path under a pale sky.

Landscape with Windmills

Thomas Shotter Boys

Watercolor of a crowded river ferry with passengers, animals, and a pole-wielding ferryman against hills and trees.

River Ferry with Many Passengers and Animals

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

Landscape with Goatherd

Edward Lear, 1842

Evening painting of a crowded riverbank, boats on the River Cam, a stone bridge, and a gothic college chapel under a red sky.

Procession of Boats on the River Cam below Clare College, Cambridge

Richard Banks Harraden, 1850

Watercolor landscape of a towered castle on a crag, with peasants and a goat on a path beneath large trees.

Romantic Landscape - Peasants at the foot of a castle on a crag

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

The Forest of Valdoniello, Corsica

Edward Lear, 1869

Coastal dunes with a red ferry boat, a rider on a beach, an ox cart on the ridge, and large clouds above the sea.

Coastal Landscape with a Ferry Boat

Francis Bourgeois, 1796

Watercolor of trees over a footbridge, with a man in a wide-brimmed hat crossing toward the left.

Trees, with a Man Crossing a Footbridge

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

Grey painting of a riverside industrial works with tall chimneys, a crane at left, and water in the foreground.

Landscape with Industrial Buildings by a River

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon

Watercolor of a gnarled old tree with a man playing a pipe, two women and a dog beside a river.

Landscape with a man playing a pipe under an old tree

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

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

Watercolor study of a gnarled oak tree with spreading branches, grey-blue foliage highlighted in ochre, above rocks.

Study of a Tree

Paul Sandby, 1780

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

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

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

Painting of a wide landscape with dark trees, a stormy cloudy sky, a distant plain, and two small figures in the foreground.

Landscape, Possibly the Isle of Wight or Richmond Hill

John Martin, 1815

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

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

Dark landscape painting of a ruined castle on a hill above wooded slopes, with small travelers on a path under stormy clouds.

Landscape with a Castle

John Martin, 1815

Painting of a wooded lane with tall trees, a sandy path, and a small figure in red walking under a cloudy sky.

A Wooded Lane

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1825

Half-length portrait of a woman with short auburn hair in a red satin jacket and white lace blouse against a dark background.

Evelyn Marshall Field (Mrs. Marshall Field III)

William Orpen, 1921

Painting of a river with a stone bridge, ruined arches, figures on the bank, boats, and a hazy distant landscape.

Italian Landscape (Morning)

Richard Wilson, 1760

Painting of horses by a fence on a riverbank with sailing boats on the water under a sunlit, cloudy sky.

Landscape near Quilleboeuf, France

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1824

Painting of many horses in a pasture by a pond, with grooms in the foreground, tall trees at left and farm buildings at right

Lord Rivers's Stud Farm, Stratfield Saye

Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1807

Painting of a red macaw, parrots, ducks and other birds gathered in a landscape beside a tree trunk and cottage.

A Macaw, Ducks, Parrots and Other Birds in a Landscape

Jakob Bogdani, 1708

Painting of fishermen in a boat on a lake at sunset, with stone buildings, a tall cliff, and a tree in the foreground.

Landscape with Fishermen on a Lake

William Hodges, 1790

Painting of nine greyhounds in a clearing beneath oak trees, with a rider on horseback in the distant landscape.

Nine Greyhounds in a Landscape

Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1807

Painting of a river with large trees on the left, riverside houses and laundry on the right, under a cloudy sky.

The River Wensum, Norwich

John Crome, 1814

Painting of a stone bridge over rushing river rapids, with stone buildings on the left and a rainbow over hills.

Otley Bridge on the River Wharfe

William Hodges, 1783

Painting of a river at sunset with swirling clouds, a wooded hill, dark trees in the foreground and small figures with cattle

A River Landscape, Sunset

John Linnell, 1860

Painting of a gnarled oak and a sunlit forest path under a cloudy sky, in muted browns and greens.

Woodland Landscape near Norwich

John Crome, 1810

Snowy winter scene with thatched cottage, bare tree, frozen pond, figures, donkeys and dog under a grey sky.

Winter Landscape with Figures

George Morland, 1785

Painting of thatched cottages, a rider on a white horse on a dirt road, and a wide plain under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Cottages

James Ward, 1802

Painting of Westminster Abbey's towers over rooftops, with trees on the left, two boys by a footbridge, and a horse cart.

Westminster Abbey from Tothill Fields

John Varley, 1832

Snowy winter landscape with a thatched cottage, bare trees, two horses, and villagers in the foreground.

Winter Landscape

George Morland, 1790

A Hunter in a Landscape

James Ward, 1810

Painting of a sunlit wooded gorge with a rushing stream, boulders, and two small figures resting on rocks at right.

The Mountain Torrent

Francis Danby, 1820

Painting of two men riding a white horse along a rocky riverside path below wooded cliffs and clouds.

Rocky Landscape with Two Men on a Horse

George Morland, 1791

Painting of a large spreading oak with cattle grazing in a meadow and woodland beyond under a cloudy sky.

Landscape with Deer under "The Beggar's Oak", Dagot's Park...

James Ward, 1820

Painting of a lake beneath steep mountains with a rowboat, sailboat, and figures on a grassy shore under a pale sky.

End of Lake Geneva

Francis Danby, 1835