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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

An Unfinished Study of the Head of James Thomson

William Aikman, 1725

Oil sketch of eight small genre scenes in gilt frames hanging on a wall, including interiors with figures and a bagpiper.

The Only Child; The Jew's Harp; The Cut Finger; Blind Man's Buff; The Rent Day; The Scotch Piper; The Prieu-Dieu; and…

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

Unfinished brown-toned painting of a seated nude woman holding hands with a standing youth, with cherubs and a landscape.

An Unfinished Study of Venus and Adonis

Thomas Stothard, 1800

Oil sketch of a crowded 1820 schoolroom with a seated master reading and children gathered around the warm-lit interior.

A Study of 'The Schoolroom'

Thomas F Webster, 1820

Sketch of a crowded room where a man reads a document at a table while onlookers and a woman in black gather around.

Sketch for 'The Reading of a Will'

David Wilkie, 1820

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

Brown wash study of a standing young man seen from behind, arms raised against a dark background, wearing tall boots.

Study of a Groom, Seen from Behind

William Havell, 1820

Oil sketch of a red-coated soldier supporting a seated officer in a dark blue coat with gold braid.

A Highlander, Black Watch attending a General of Hussars, possibly Lord Uxbridge: a study for 'The Battle of Waterloo'

George Jones, 1815

Loose oil study of billowing grey storm clouds above a dark tree line and open field at the horizon.

Study of a Cloudy Sky

John Constable, 1825

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

Loose oil sketch of a smoky battlefield with cavalry, soldiers, horses and flags under a heavy brown sky.

Study for 'Battle of Waterloo'

George Jones, 1815

Loose oil sketch of a cottage, large tree, river with figures and a sail under a cloudy sky.

Sketch for "The Haywain

John Constable, 1820

Loose oil study of white cumulus clouds against a blue and grey sky with dark storm clouds at upper left.

Cloud Study

Lionel Bicknell Constable, 1849

Painted study of military saddles, bridles, sabres, fur headdresses and a crowned pouch on a brown ground.

Studies of Military Accoutrements: a study for `The Battle of Waterloo'

George Jones, 1815

Loose oil study of white and grey cumulus clouds drifting across a pale blue sky above a flat horizon.

Cloud Study

John Constable, 1822

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

Oil study of two officers in dark braided hussar jacket and red tunic with feathered shako, on brown ground.

Studies of Royal Horse Artillery Uniform, and of an A.D.C. to the Commander-in-Chief: a study for 'The Battle of Wate…

George Jones, 1815

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

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

Small oil sketch of dark and light cumulus clouds against a pale blue sky, painted in loose, scumbled brushwork.

Sky Study

Lionel Bicknell Constable, 1822

Study of ferns in greens, ochre and peach tones on grey paper, with handwritten inscription reading Civitella, Oct. 15, 1842.

A Study of Ferns, Civitella

Edward Lear, 1842

Studies of a Classical Bust

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1774

Painting of a grey saddled horse with a man in yellow coat leaning on it, two hounds, and a tree in a landscape.

Studies for or after "The 3rd Duke of Richmond with the Charleton Hunt

George Stubbs, 1750

Study of a Dog Lying Down

Edwin Landseer, 1860

Painting of an apocalyptic landscape with a glowing chasm, streaking stars, classical buildings and crowds of small figures.

The Last Judgement (study)

John Martin, 1851

Small oil sketch of a wooded clearing with a leaning birch, resting cattle, a shepherd with a staff, and a wooden fence.

Sketch from Nature in Sion Park

Samuel Palmer, 1819

Painted studies of a fox, two barn owls, a white bird, and a young man's head on a brown ground.

Studies of a Fox, a Barn Owl, a Peahen, and the Head of a Young Man

Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1815

Oil sketch of the Last Supper with Christ and apostles at a table in a colonnaded hall, within a gilded arched frame.

Sketch for 'The Last Supper,' St. Mary's, Weymouth

James Thornhill, 1719