George Sidney Shepherd (1784–1862)
This view of the old medieval bridge at Rochester was likely painted by George Sidney Sheperd, just a few years after it was renovated in 1824. Gas streetlights line the…
William Macduff ARSA (1824-1881)
Watercolour (and Gouache) on Card This intelligent and closely-painted view of Windsor Castle was painted by the Scottish artist William Macduff in 1863. The castle is seen in the early…
Keith Henderson (1883-1982 )
Charcoal on Paper This unusual study of an exploding shell would have been made on the spot, when the artist was with the XV Corps in 1917. A similarly spontaneous…
The Demolition of Widey Court, 1954
Though first recorded in the Doomsday Book of 1086, Widey House became prominent during the English Civil War, when Prince Maurice and the Royalist army were stationed there. The historian…
John A. Drexel – Mariette Leslie Cotton (1866-1947)
Mariette Leslie Cotton (1866-1947) was a portrait painter, whose talent and status encouraged commissions from affluent circles on both sides of the Atlantic. Her similarities to John Singer Sargeant are…
Unknown Gentleman – Unknown Limner (1660-1680)
This unusual miniature, painted during the Restoration of Charles II, uses a blue background that was already many decades out of date. By contrast the frame is typical of the…
James Francis Edward Stuart (1688-1766) – After Alexis Simon Belle
Likely painted after the Jacobite uprising of 1715, this miniature takes its composition from a full-length painting in the Museo San Carlos in Mexico City. Likely the work of Alexis…
Capture of La Virginie by HMS Indefatigable – Thomas Luny (1759-1837)
A turning point in the wars of the 1st Coalition, the year of 1796 saw the early successes of the allies undone by Napoleon’s ingenuity in Italy and the resolve…
Portrait of the Artist’s Daughter Daphne – Frank Jameson (1898-1968)
This portrait of the artist’s daughter Daphne was likely painted in 1953, when the sitter would have been fourteen. Visibly embarrassed at the idea of sitting for her own painting,…
Comical Sketch – Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968)
Cornelis Theodorus Maria van Dongen, better known as Kees van Dongen was a Dutch painter and founding member of the 'Fauvist' movement. Born in Rotterdam in 1877, he moved to…
Arab Elder – Diego Marin Lopez (1856-1917)
This arresting study was painted by the obscure Spanish orientalist, Diego Marin Lopez (1856-1917) on one of his frequent trips across the Straits of Gibraltar.Little is known of his life,…
Portrait of Humphry Repton (1752-1818)
Humphry Repton (1752 – 1818) was an English landscape designer of the late Georgian period and widely regaded as the heir to the great Capability Brown.Here, Repton is depicted as…