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Oil sketch of ruined brick arches and a church with a bell tower in Rome, with a fallen column in the foreground.

Temple of Venus and Rome, Rome

Edward Lear, 1840

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

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

Haloed figure rising above a table as two men lean toward it in a dark, dramatically lit scene.

Christ Disappearing at Emmaus

Henry Fuseli, 1792

Painting of a standing woman in white drapery and a seated man in orange tunic beside a pillar, with a wooded landscape behin

Venus and Anchises

Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1826

Nude woman seen from behind rising from a couch beside two swans, with a red drape and a stormy landscape behind her.

Venus Rising from her Couch

James Ward, 1828

Oil sketch of a winged angel reaching toward a seated woman holding an infant, with a cloaked figure in shadow at right.

The Angel of Mercy

Joseph Highmore, 1746

Evening river landscape with a sailing boat, a ruined domed temple on a hill, a horseman, and an ox cart.

An Imaginary Coast Scene, with the Temple of Venus at Baiae

Thomas Jones, 1773

Oil painting of a red brick country house on a hill with grazing cattle, trees and farm buildings in the foreground.

Saint Vincents, near West Malling, Kent

Dominic Serres, 1779

Venus leans over a golden-haired Cupid holding arrows, with a second Cupid seated at left and a mountain landscape behind.

Venus and Cupid

Henry Howard, 1809

Mezzotint of Cupid leaning over the sleeping Psyche beside a large tree in a wooded landscape.

Cupid and Psyche

Bernard Lens III, 1690

Christ standing with outstretched arms before kneeling apostles, rendered in brown and gold wash.

Christ Appearing to the Apostles after the Resurrection

William Blake, 1795

Pen and ink study with green wash of a bound nude male figure with arms raised, beside a draped cloaked figure.

Study for Saint Sebastian

Grey wash drawing of a bound nude figure on the left and a seated couple with onlookers on the right.

Illustration to Milton's Paradise Lost: Adam and Eve Guarded by the Angels

John Flaxman Jr

Pen and wash drawing of a frontispiece cartouche with a winged cupid writing, an old man pointing, and an open book.

Design for a Frontispiece: Cupid Studying Nature

Pen and ink drawing of a robed preacher addressing a crowd beneath hovering angels, with head studies at right.

Saint Paul Preaching to the Britons

,John Hamilton Mortimer, 1775

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted stone crypt with an arched opening and a carved altar beneath a barred window.

Crypt of Saint Gervaise, Rouen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1817

Grey wash drawing of nude figures in dramatic poses before a dark tree, with a figure reaching outward in alarm.

Apollo and Daphne

Master of the Giants, 1770

Pen and brown ink drawing of Venus and Mars embracing beneath a canopy, with a sleeping cupid and armor in the foreground.

Venus and Mars

Richard Cosway, 1790

Sepia drawing of a stone church with a tall tower and pointed roof beside a dirt road, with trees and a small figure.

Church of Yainville, near Saint Georges de Bocherville, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Pencil drawing of Christ Church, Blackfriars, showing a tall clock tower, arched windows and a pitched roof, with trees at le

Christ Church, Blackfriars, London

Thomas Girtin, 1792

Graphite drawing of Christ blessing children, with a haloed figure and reaching hands among a crowd of people.

Christ Blessing Little Children

Watercolor of three Romanesque arches with carved columns and two standing figures, cloister of Saint Georges de Bocherville.

Arches in the West Side of the Cloister of Saint. Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Pencil and blue-tinted drawing of an inverted nude male figure with arms raised, on cream paper.

An Angel with a Trumpet

William Blake, 1805

Pencil sketch of a winged angel pointing at a kneeling warrior in a plumed helmet, with tents and hills behind them.

Joshua and the Angel (Joshua 5:13)

Richard Westall, 1835

Pencil and brown wash drawing of a Gothic church east end with arches and pinnacles, with a pack animal and figures on a stre

East End of Saint Jacques at Dieppe, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1819

Drawing of carved Romanesque capitals and two bas-relief panels showing knights, religious figures, and animals, by John Sell

Capitals and A & B Bas-Reliefs in the Abbey Church of Saint Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Pencil sketch of Christ standing among a crowd beside a bier, with a veiled woman kneeling in the foreground.

Christ Raising the Widow's Son (Luke 7:13-16)

Richard Westall, 1836

Grey wash drawing of a Romanesque church interior showing stacked arcades, columns with carved capitals, and ribbed vaults.

Perspective Elevation of Part of the Abbey Church of Saint Stephen at Caen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Ink and wash drawing of a Romanesque church interior with rounded arches, columns with carved capitals, and a vaulted apse.

Interior of the Chapel of Saint Julien, near Rouen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1818