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Oil portrait of a man in grey wig, grey velvet coat and gold-embroidered blue waistcoat, hand resting on a table.

The Rt. Honorable Stephen Poyntz, of Midgeham, Berkshire

Jean-Baptiste van Loo, 1740

Two boys fishing at dusk on a riverbank with a dog, a village and pink clouds in the background.

The Young Anglers

Edmund Bristow, 1845

Oil portrait of a young boy in a red jacket and blue cravat, set in an oval frame against a dusky landscape.

Nathaniel Seymour

Jonathan Richardson, 1730

Painting of a grieving man beside a seated woman in white holding out a dagger, with a classical bust behind them.

Paetus and Arria

Benjamin West, 1766

X-radiograph of a self portrait by Daniel Stringer showing canvas texture and faint underlying figure shapes.

Self portrait

Daniel Stringer

Portrait of a seated man in a brown coat, grey wig and lace cuffs, in a red armchair against a dark background.

Francis, 2nd Earl of Godolphin

Jonathan Richardson, 1725

Full-length painting of a woman in red and gold costume with a white dog, fruit basket and ruins behind her.

A Whole Length of a Lady of Petrella, in the Kingdom of Naples

Painting of a governess in black standing before a seated woman in red velvet with children playing in an elegant room.

The Governess

Emily Mary Osborn, 1860

Oil portrait of a man in a brown cloak and blue collar holding a letter, set against dark trees and a garden.

Alexander Pope

Jonathan Richardson, 1738

Seated woman in red embroidered dress with green parasol, beside a barefoot girl holding a basket of shells by the sea.

A Whole Length of a Lady of Neturrio, a Sea Port in the Pope's Territories

Painting of a crowded Nagasaki flower market with women in kimono holding parasols beside potted flowers and stalls.

Flower Market, Nagasaki

Edward Atkinson Hornel, 1894

Dim studio with students gathered around a lamplit draped model on a platform, one man in red sketching.

Academy by Lamplight

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1770

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

Painting of women in kimono with parasols walking a sunlit street lined with tall flags and banners.

Street Scene, Tokyo

Edward Atkinson Hornel, 1894

Reclining nude woman with a serpent coiled on her arm, against red drapery, in a 1674 painting by Benedetto Gennari II.

Cleopatra

Benedetto Gennari II, 1674

Painted interior of Westminster Abbey with a crowded audience in Gothic galleries and a performance platform before a stained

Interior View of Westminster Abbey on the Commemoration of Handel, Taken from the Manager's Box

Edward Edwards, 1790

Painting of a bearded man in dark dress holding a document beside a woman in a red gown and powdered wig.

Portia and Shylock, from Shakespeare's

Edward Alcock, 1778

Oil portrait of two boys in 18th-century dress, one standing with a raised arm beside a green chair, one kneeling in a hat.

Portrait of Two Boys, probably Joseph and John Joseph Nollekens

Josef Frans Nollekens, 1745

Painting of an English ship heeling in a gale on rough seas, with a second ship struggling behind it under dark clouds.

An English Ship at Sea Running In a Gale

Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1700

Painting of Trajan's Column and ancient columns in Rome, with a domed church, riders, carts and street figures in sunlight.

A View of Trajan's Forum, Rome

Charles Lock Eastlake, 1821

Family group in fashionable 18th-century dress before a classical columned portico, with a white dog and garden fountain beyo

Portrait of a Family

Josef Frans Nollekens, 1740

Painting of a Nelson memorial with allegorical figures, cherubs, a laurel wreath, flags and sailors beneath a classical plaqu

The Apotheosis of Nelson

Benjamin West, 1807

Woman in green dress praying at a window, with city rooftops, chimneys and a church spire at sunset.

"For Only One Short Hour"

Anna Blunden, 1854

Two children play with playing cards at a red table beside a drum, in a room with a red curtain and a landscape painting.

Children at Play, Probably the Artist's Son Jacobus and Daughter Maria Joanna Sophia

Josef Frans Nollekens, 1745

Watercolor of a stone church with a square tower, a gnarled tree, and a river under a cloudy sky.

Stoke Poges Church

John Constable, 1834

Painting of women and a child with water jugs on a rocky hillside under a pale blue sky, with a stone hut behind.

Negation

Richard Dadd, 1860

Full-length portrait of a young man in a green coat holding a flintlock gun, with a hunting dog and pond in a wooded landscap

Gilbert McHutchin

William Williams, 1780

Oil sketch of a British officer in red coat receiving two kneeling boys before a crowd in a dim interior.

The Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, Being Handed over as Hostages to General Cornwallis

Robert Smirke, 1792

Full-length portrait of a young man in black with white collar and sash, against a stormy seascape with ships and a coastal t

Portrait of Anthony Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu

Robert Peake the Elder, 1590

Oil portrait of a man with powdered hair in a blue coat and lace cravat, holding a violin beside a music stand.

Portrait of a Man, Probably a Self-Portrait

Hugh Barron, 1768