Alexander Nasmyth occupies a unique place in the story of British art. While he is often remembered as Scotland's foremost landscape painter of the late 18th...
Born in Cheltenham and later active in Manchester, William Edward Webb was an accomplished British marine and coastal painter who developed a highly personal...
Frederick Victor Bailey was an English still life painter who devoted his career to the revival of Dutch Old Master painting at a time when much of twentieth...
Cosmo Alexander was a renowned Scottish portrait painter, active across Europe and the American colonies. He was born into an artistic and intellectual Aberd...
Samuel Spode was an English artist known predominantly as a painter of animals, particularly horses, and sporting scenes. Born in Stoke-on-Trent in 1798, he ...
Henry Harris Lines was an English landscape painter and draughtsman who emerged as one of the most accomplished yet under-recorded interpreters of the natura...
Joseph Highmore was an English artist and writer, known primarily for portraiture. He's regarded as one of the most intellectually rigorous figures in 18th-c...
Thomas Gainsborough was one of the most naturally gifted painters of the 18th century and a defining voice within British art. Where Reynolds constructed his...
Sir Joshua Reynolds was the defining force of 18th-century British portraiture and one of the most influential figures in the history of European painting. A...
