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Painting of a multi-arched stone bridge lined with houses over a river, with small boats and church towers under a cloudy sky

View of London Bridge

Claude de Jongh, 1632

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

Painting of a Venetian lagoon with a domed church, palazzi, gondolas and sailing boats under a cloudy sky.

The Giudecca, Venice

David Roberts, 1854

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

Loose oil sketch of layered pink and grey clouds over a flat landscape with shrubs and a distant horizon.

Cloud Study, Early Morning, Looking East from Hampstead

John Constable, 1821

Painting of jockeys in colourful silks racing horses across a green field under a cloudy sky, with a starter at left.

Silks and Satins of the Turf

Benjamin Herring II, 1865

Painting of men in 18th-century dress among many hounds in a brick kennel yard beside a thatched building.

Learning about the Hounds

Thomas Butler of Pall Mall, 1750

Watercolor of the Philae temple on an island in the Nile, with palm trees, granite boulders and hazy mountains under a pale s

Philae, Egypt

Edward Lear, 1863

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

Five jockeys on horses at the start of a steeplechase, with a flag and open countryside behind them.

Steeplechasing: At the Start

William Shayer, 1869

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

Painting of Westminster Abbey and a stone bridge over the Thames at dusk, with boats and a horse cart on the shore.

A View of Westminster Bridge and the Abbey from the South Side

William Anderson, 1818

Painting of four jockeys racing steeplechase horses over a rustic fence, with a grey horse galloping in front.

Steeplechasing: The Brook

William Shayer, 1869

Painting of a river at sunset with moored boats, wooded banks, a distant church tower, and a glowing orange sky.

Whitlingham, Norfolk

Frederick Sandys, 1860

Painting of red-coated riders and hounds galloping across rolling hills during a foxhunt, with a country road on the right.

Foxhunting: The Few Not Funkers

Richard Barrett Davis, 1840

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

Painting of several sailing ships and a small rowing boat on a calm sea under a cloudy sky, in a gilded frame.

Sailing Ship

Richard Dadd, 1861

Brown wash drawing of a formal garden terrace with a fountain, stone urns, figures, and a town skyline with towers and a chur

Warwick: The Town and Castle from the Priory Gardens

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 sleeping man beside a ladder with angels climbing toward a light-filled sky among trees.

Jacob's Dream

James Thornhill, 1705

Watercolor and pen sketch of a ruined stone temple with doorways beside a river, with palms and a pink horizon.

Amada, 9:30 am, 12 February 1867

Edward Lear, 1867

Painting of riders in red hunting coats and top hats galloping over rolling hills during a foxhunt, 1840.

Foxhunting: Road Riders or Funkers

Richard Barrett Davis, 1840

Oil sketch of a valley with cattle on a dirt road, a distant town and smoke plumes under a cloudy sky.

Landscape near Swansea, South Wales

James Ward, 1805

Painted mural design of a stylized coastal landscape with two sailing ships, hills, a large tree and small dogs.

Design for Deer Hunting Mural in the Cabaret Theatre Club

Spencer Gore, 1912

Three oval portrait studies of men in top hats in a gilt frame, labeled Lord Douglas, Lord Stradbroke and Lord Eglinton.

Studies for the Portraits of Lord Eglinton, Lord Douglas and Lord Stradbroke in `The Waterloo Cup Coursing Meeting' (…

Richard Ansdell, 1841

Painting of rocky sea stacks and cliffs reflected in calm tidal water under a stormy sky, with seagulls in flight.

Seascape

John Brett, 1887

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

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

Painting of a bay with white chalk cliffs, a rowboat and two figures on a sandy shore, under a pink-tinged cloudy sky.

Man of War Rocks, Coast of Dorset

John Brett, 1884

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