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Oil portrait of a seated family with a man, a woman in a white cap, three children, and skulls on a pedestal.

Portrait of a Family, Probably that of Richard Streatfeild

William Dobson, 1645

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

Self portrait

Daniel Stringer

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…

David Wilkie, 1850

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

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

Bay racehorse with a jockey in striped silks in a pasture, beside a wooden judges' stand under a cloudy sky.

Portrait of a Racehorse, Possibly Disguise, the Property of the Duke of Hamilton, with Jockey Up

George Garrard, 1786

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

Oil portrait of a woman in a white lace bonnet, lace collar and dark dress, set against a brown background with a column.

Portrait of Mrs. Ben Marshall

Lambert Marshall, 1826

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

Group portrait in a studio: a painter with palette, a girl, a seated cellist playing, and an elderly man in a blue coat.

Self-Portrait with His Daughter Maria Theresa, James Cervetto, and Giacobbe Cervetto

Johann Zoffany, 1780

An Unfinished Study of the Head of James Thomson

William Aikman, 1725

Oil portrait of a woman in black dress, white ruff and pearl necklace against a dark brown background, dated 1601.

Portrait of a Woman, probably Mary, Lady Scudamore

Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, 1601

Portrait of a young woman in a red velvet gown with gold embroidery and a jeweled pendant before green drapery.

Portrait of a woman, aged sixteen, previously identified as Mary Fitzalan, Duchess of Norfolk, 1565

Hans Eworth, 1565

Portrait of a woman in black velvet and white fur with a small brown dog on a green table, dated 1562.

Portrait of a Woman, probably Catherine Carey, Lady Knollys

Steven van der Meulen, 1562

Oil portrait of a woman in a wide hat and white satin dress, holding a flower-wrapped staff against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman

George Knapton, 1735

Self-portrait of a man in a white wig and brown coat, holding a painter's palette against a brown background.

Self-portrait

William Hogarth, 1735

Oval portrait of a smiling woman in a white turban with gold trim, white blouse and green shawl, dark background.

Portrait of a woman, traditionally identified as Lady Hervey

Angelica Kauffmann, 1770

Full-length portrait of a man in green braided jacket and white turban, leaning on a tree, with a ship at sea behind.

Portrait of a Man, Known as the "Indian Captain

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1767

Oil painting of a family in an elegant 18th-century room with a fireplace, tea table, card table, and dogs.

Portrait of a Family

William Hogarth, 1735

Oval half-length self-portrait of a heavyset man with dark hair in a tan coat against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

George Stubbs, 1759

Oval half-length portrait of a man in a wide black hat and tan coat, looking directly at the viewer against a dark background

Self-Portrait

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1780

Man in white tunic points from inside a cage among a tiger, leopard, lioness and lion, with a newspaper on the floor.

Portrait of Mr. Van Amburgh, As He Appeared with His Animals at the London Theatres

Edwin Landseer, 1846

Oval portrait of a young woman in a blue dress with white lace, holding her hair and a veil against a dark background.

Portrait of a Woman, traditionally identified as Margaret Stuart, Lady Hippisley

Pompeo Batoni, 1785

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 portrait of a boy with brown hair and a white ruffled collar, holding an open book against a dark background.

Portrait of a Boy

William Beechey, 1790

Half-length oil portrait of a man with curly light hair, white collar and dark coat against a brown background.

Self-Portrait

David Wilkie, 1840

Oil portrait of an elderly bearded man with white hair and dark jacket against a dark brown background.

Self-Portrait at the Age of 83

William Powell Frith, 1901

Oil portrait of a young girl in a white dress and blue sash holding wildflowers, set against a stormy landscape.

Portrait of a girl

William Beechey, 1790

Oval portrait of a woman in a white lace bonnet and black lace shawl seated in a red chair.

Portrait of a Lady

John Peter Russell, 1768

Oil portrait of a young man with curly brown hair and open collar against green foliage.

Portrait of a young man with open collar

Henry Scott Tuke, 1885