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Beckett dates the present painting to c. 1646 when the sitter would have been aged twenty-eight. Philip, 3rd Earl of Leicester succeeded Robert, the 2nd Earl of Salisbury. He was...

Lord William Campbell was the fourth son of John, 4th Duke of Argyll, and his wife the Hon. Mary Kerr, daughter of John, 2nd Lord Bellenden. He served in the...

Willielma, Viscountess Glenorchy (1741-1786), was the daughter of William Maxwell (died 1741), a medical practitioner in Kirkcudbright, and his wife, Elizabeth Hairstanes (died circa 1806) of Craig. At the age...

Roberts returned to England from his extensive and arduous tour of Egypt, Palestine and Syria in July 1839 with his collection of 272 watercolour sketches, ‘one of the richest folios...

This painting is in remarkable condition having been kept behind glass since Lear painted it. The picture was commissioned by Lady Ashburton , one of Lear’s patrons and it has...

Lespinasse, whose precision and finesse as a topographical draftsman are unmatched in the eighteenth century, executed highly finished watercolours representing the important architectural sights of the day. He produced this...

A painter, draftsman, and writer, Edward Lear is well known for the superb topographical landscapes he executed over the course of a lifetime of travel throughout Europe, the Near East,...

Francis Towne’s distinctive style began to evolve in the 1770s, but it was not until his visit to Italy in 1780-1 – when he was already forty – that it...

Martin produced many works in sepia or grey wash in his early career. This corresponds closely with the finished oil of 1812 (shown at the RA in 1813, no. 211)....

Thomas Daniell and his nephew were undoubtedly the most important European landscape artists working in India towards the end of the eighteenth century, and created a vogue in England for...

This work is from the celebrated series of watercolours painted for the brothers William and James Fraser in India from 1815 onwards. The paintings of the Fraser Album are acknowledged...

In July 1842, while he was still a student at the Royal Academy Schools, Richard Dadd left England to accompany Sir Thomas Phillips on a ten month tour through Europe...

This radiant view of Jerusalem, bathed in warm light from the western sun, has been protected in an album for most if not all of its existence and has thus...

The emergence of a hitherto unrecorded early work by Thomas Girtin, in perfect condition and with its original signed mount, adds significantly to our understanding of the precocious development of...

Thomas Hearne, along with Paul Sandby, was one of the great topographical artists working in England at the end of the 18th century. Hearne began his artistic training under the...

Beccles lies just inside the county of Suffolk, near the Norfolk border. The river from which the view of St Michael’s Church is taken is the Waveney. Cotman was commissioned...

This watercolour was painted around 1854. Cox had visited Rhyl in the August of that year and produced a number of sketches there. He painted an oil, signed and dated...

This elaborate sepia watercolour by John Martin appears to illustrate the story of Adonis who was wounded by a wild boar whilst out hunting and bled to death in the...

This sheet came to light in an album of around fifty hitherto unknown drawings by Fuseli, covering most of his career and including a wide range of subjects, assembled by...

Jean-Guillaume Moitte was born in Paris to an artist father, Pierre-Etienne Moitte, who was an Academician and professional engraver. From 1761 to 1764 he trained under the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle...

James Dunthorne junior is best remembered for his drawings of fashionable parties which he exhibited at the Royal Academy in the 1780s and also for his work with Thomas Rowlandson....

This work is from the celebrated series of watercolours painted for the brothers William and James Fraser in India from 1815 onwards. The paintings of the Fraser Album are acknowledged...

John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost, composed c.1650-60 and first published in 1667, was a work concerned with rebellion, and Milton himself had been a republican, writing at a time...

This is one of a group of toilette scenes by Rossetti dating to the 1860s and demonstrating the influence of Titian's 'Woman with a Mirror'. Beginning in 1859 with 'Bocca...

Fanny Cornforth (1826-1906), whose real name was Sarah Cox, entered Rossetti's life in the late 1850s. She herself, in one of two contradictory accounts, dated their meeting to 1856 during...

This powerful single figure by Burne-Jones is a study, with minor differences, for Cupid in The Car of Love at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The triumphal procession of Love...

Isabey’s work, particularly in oil-sketches such as this and in watercolour, shows the profound influence of British Romantic landscape painters – particularly that of Bonington and Constable – on a...

Lewin sailed to Tahiti aboard the Norfolk in November 1801: his intention was to collect insects and, he hoped, to find gold, while the rest of the party was there...

Lewin sailed to Tahiti aboard the Norfolk in November 1801: his intention was to collect insects and, he hoped, to find gold, while the rest of the party was there...

This exuberant painting, overflowing with fecundity and energy, visually describes the atmosphere and activities of the rainy months of Sravana (July-August) and Bhadon (August-September), both of which are named in...

This painting is from an important series known as the 'Large Basohli Bhagavata Purana' or the 'Fifth Basohli Bhagavata Purana' series. Finely executed and in remarkably good condition, it is...

In the Austrian Tyrol was painted in Southern Tyrol at Kolfuschg (modern day Colfosco), then situated in Austria, at the very beginning of the First World War. The...

Capturing a warm and soft naturalistic light, which stands out from that of her classical counterparts Augustus John and Charles Sims, Knight’s watercolour has a freshness of palette and atmosphere....