John Harris III was an engraver working in the 19th century. He reproduced the works of many popular animal and sporting artists of the time. He also execute...
18th-century author Thomas Bankes often used images to supplement the texts he published whilst resonating their themes and messages.
A reverend vicar in Dix...
Canvases saturated in gorgeous colour and covered in evocative depictions of the Scottish landscape grace the oeuvre of Scottish artist Allan Ramsay.
Ramsay ...
Ships set sail atop tumultuous scenes and below overcast skies in the dramatic works of marine artist Thomas Buttersworth.
Buttersworth’s affinity with the s...
Pioneering watercolourist William Henry Hunt was one of the most influential artists of the 19th century. Hunt contributed to the elevation of watercolour pa...
British artist George Vicat Cole produced some of the finest examples of landscape art during the 19th century. Cole was an artist with the ability to marry ...
British artist Edwin Long turned his artistic fortunes around with the production of dramatic yet sophisticated history paintings. Scenes of the story of Chr...
With a discerning eye and a ‘delicacy of tint and touch,’ Brighton-based artist Eleanor Brace carved for herself a determined and praiseworthy place in the B...
Dame Laura Knight is one of the most celebrated artists of 20th-century Britain. With her extremely vivid paintings, alight with colour, personality, and mea...