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Wood on the Downs

Artist: Paul Nash(11 May 1889 – 11 July 1946)

Landscape with a Tree in front of a Villa

Eduard Gaertner (German, Berlin 1801–1877 Zechlin)

Constable here sketched a curved path leading through trees whose branches have been trimmed or "pollarded," with thin shoots later growing from the pruned areas. John Constable (British, East Bergholt 1776–183... more

View of New York

J. Macarthy (British (?), active New York, 1801)

Lions Attacking Two Men and a Horse

Attributed to James Ward (British, London 1769–1859 Chestnut, Hertfordshire)

Coronation of the Czar Alexander I, Moscow, September 1801

Lieutenant-Captain Cheleyev (Russian, active early 19th century)

A Young Couple Viewing Ruins near Bingen

Christian Georg Schütz the Younger (German, Flörsheim 1758–1823 Frankfurt am Main)

Craig Goch, Moel Hebog, North Wales

Cornelius Varley (brother of the better-known watercolor teacher John Varley, whose distinguished pupils included John Linnell, David Cox, and William Turner of Oxford) took a bold approach to sketching in the ... more

Farm Building by a Pond

Attributed to John Sell Cotman (British, Norwich 1782–1842 London)

Hagen and the Nymphs of the Danube

Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London)

Ruined Castle

Attributed to John Sell Cotman (British, Norwich 1782–1842 London)

Study for Divine Justice

Barry's striking drawing presents groups of historical noteworthies attended by angels, and the imagery derives from "Elysium and Tartarus," one of six great murals he painted in the Great Room of the Society o... more

Birth and Baptismal Certificate

Made in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States

The Ruin of Liebenstein Castle near Bornhofen am Rhein, Seen from the ...

Christian Georg Schütz the Younger (German, Flörsheim 1758–1823 Frankfurt am Main)

The Progress of Love

Antoine Pierre Mongin (French, Paris 1761/62–1827 Versailles)

Two Equestrian Figures, Possibly a Study for "George IV, Prince of Wa...

John Singleton Copley (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1738–1815 London)

Angel of the Divine Presence Bringing Eve to Adam (The Creation of Eve...

Blake considered the Bible to be the supreme poetic work and here evocatively re-imagined the Old Testament theme of the creation of Eve. Instead of showing the first woman emerging from Adam’s side, Blake pres... more

The Barber's Shop

Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)

Memorial Picture

The inscription on this mourning picture was copied from the notice of Daniel Goodman’s death that appeared in the Philadelphia newspapers. The sad figures may be meant to portray Mrs. Phoebe Goodman and her fo... more

The Main Square in Andria (Bari)

Achille Vianelli (Viennelly) (Italian, Porto Maurizio di Imperia 1803–1894 Benevento)

Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire

Cotman helped to reshape British watercolor painting by demonstrating the medium's aesthetic and expressive potential. A native of Norwich, in Norfolk, he moved to London in 1798 and over the next eight years d... more

Man in a Nightshirt Reaching for a Bottle Labeled "Fountain of Youth"

J. J. Grandville (French, Nancy 1803–1847 Vanves)

Classical Landscape with a Shepherd

Jean Victor Bertin (French, Paris 1767–1842 Paris)

Piazza San Marco, Looking toward the Church of San Gemignano

This is one of a series of drawings, all in pen and ink, and gray wash, that formed part of an album housing forty-eight views of Venice and the surrounding islands. Recognizing the market incentive to produce... more

Travelers at the Rock Arch in the Limestone Mountains of the River Elb...

Johann Moritz Gottfried Jentzsch (German, Hinterjessen 1759–1826 Dresden)

Lady of the Court of Napoléon I

Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Isabey (French, Nancy 1767–1855 Paris)

Head of Bearded Old Man

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer (Austrian, Vienna 1733–1811 Vienna)

Chalice for the Coronation of Napoleon I

Chalice from a set of two design drawings for a communion service consisting of a ciborium and a cup. The foot and base of the two designs are the identical in their structure and decoration. The metal work is ... more

The Church and Convent of San Mattia di Murano

Giacomo Guardi (Italian, Venice (?) 1764–1835 Venice (?))

The Island of the Beata Vergine del Rosario

Giacomo Guardi (Italian, Venice (?) 1764–1835 Venice (?))

Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Looking Toward the Scuola di San Marco

This is one of a series of drawings, all in pen and ink, and gray wash, that formed part of an album housing forty-eight views of Venice and the surrounding islands. Recognizing the market incentive to produce... more

The Island of San Giorgio Maggiore

Giacomo Guardi (Italian, Venice (?) 1764–1835 Venice (?))

San Pietro di Castello

This is one of a series of drawings, all in pen and ink, and gray wash, that formed part of an album housing forty-eight views of Venice and the surrounding islands. Recognizing the market incentive to produce... more

Piazza San Marco, Looking toward the Basilica

This is one of a series of drawings, all in pen and ink, and gray wash, that formed part of an album housing forty-eight views of Venice and the surrounding islands. Recognizing the market incentive to produce... more

A Medal Cabinet for Napoleon

Jean Guillaume Moitte (French, Paris 1746–1810 Paris)

The Church of the Redentore from the Giudecca Canal

Giacomo Guardi (Italian, Venice (?) 1764–1835 Venice (?))

The Rio dei Mendicanti

Giacomo Guardi (Italian, Venice (?) 1764–1835 Venice (?))

The Punta di Santa Marta, Opposite the Giudecca

Giacomo Guardi (Italian, Venice (?) 1764–1835 Venice (?))

The Rio dei Greci, with the Ponte della Pieta in the Distance

Giacomo Guardi (Italian, Venice (?) 1764–1835 Venice (?))

View of Murano

This is one of a series of drawings, all in pen and ink, and gray wash, that formed part of an album housing forty-eight views of Venice and the surrounding islands. Recognizing the market incentive to produce... more

The Invention of the Art of Drawing (the daughter of Butades of Sicyon...

(Johann Heinrich) Ferdinand Olivier (German, Dessau 1785–1841 Munich)

The Church of the Zitelle on the Giudecca

Giacomo Guardi (Italian, Venice (?) 1764–1835 Venice (?))

Ciborium for the Coronation of Napoleon I

Ciborium from a set of two design drawings for a communion service consisting of a ciborium and a cup. The foot and base of the two designs are the identical in their structure and decoration. The metal work is... more

The Island of the Beata Vergine delle Grazie

Giacomo Guardi (Italian, Venice (?) 1764–1835 Venice (?))

The Porto di Lido, with the Fortezza Sant'Andrea on the Left

Giacomo Guardi (Italian, Venice (?) 1764–1835 Venice (?))

The Punta di San Giobbe, with the Island of San Secondo in the Distanc...

Giacomo Guardi (Italian, Venice (?) 1764–1835 Venice (?))

The Island of L'Anconetta, on the Way to Mestre, with the Church of La...

This is one of series of drawings, all in pen and ink, and gray wash, that formed part of an album housing forty-eight views of Venice and the surrounding islands. Recognizing the market incentive to produce r... more

The Island of San Francesco del Deserto

Giacomo Guardi (Italian, Venice (?) 1764–1835 Venice (?))

Riverside Scene (Old Mill)

Peter De Wint (British, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent 1784–1849 London)

Standing Female Nude (after the Medici Venus)

Christian Daniel Rauch (German, Arolsen 1777–1857 Dresden)

Family Gathered Before a Monument in a Landscape with a Waterfall

Johann Heinrich Meyer (Swiss, Zurich 1755–1829)

Sketch of Seated Female Figure with Foliate Decoration

William Pitts (British, London 1790–1840 London)

Sketch of Two Children

William Pitts (British, London 1790–1840 London)

Head of Bearded Old Man

Jakob Matthias Schmutzer (Austrian, Vienna 1733–1811 Vienna)

Group of Sea Nymphs

William Pitts (British, London 1790–1840 London)

The Sword of Damocles; verso: Sketches of Man's Head and of a Figure w...

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen)

Sketch of a Child Riding a Dog

William Pitts (British, London 1790–1840 London)

Design for Ornamental Frieze with Shell, Foliage and Satyr's Head (rec...

William Pitts (British, London 1790–1840 London)

Sketch of a Putto Holding an Open Book

William Pitts (British, London 1790–1840 London)

Design with Dancing Figures

William Pitts (British, London 1790–1840 London)

Designs for Gothic tracery

Anonymous

Illustration for Reinecke Fuchs: Tomcat Hinz being hit instead of Rein...

Wilhelm von Kaulbach (German, Arolsen 1804–1874 Munich)

Detail of Foliate Decorative Element

William Pitts (British, London 1790–1840 London)

Sketches of Miscellaneous Egyptian Details and Figures (recto and vers...

William Pitts (British, London 1790–1840 London)

Robert Shurlock (1772–1847)

Attributed to William Russell (British, London 1784–1870 Highgate)

Design for a Throne (recto); Recumbent Figure (verso)

William Pitts (British, London 1790–1840 London)

Scene with Classical Figures

William Pitts (British, London 1790–1840 London)

Sketch of Foliate Decoration

William Pitts (British, London 1790–1840 London)

Design for Bed Alcove (recto); Studies for Statues and Carvings on Bed...

William Pitts (British, London 1790–1840 London)

Cave of Pan, near Sunium, Greece

In 1801 the Irish archeologist Edward Dodwell hired the Italian painter Simone Pomardi to accompany him to Greece. Their purpose was, "to explore [the country's] antiquities, to compare its past with its presen... more