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Family Group

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a family group (father, mother, son and daughter) seated indoors, but the family are unknown. The two children are holding books which might be prayer books ...

Farmer and his Prize Heifer

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting Henry Hamilton, a servant of farmer Ralph Walker, holding the rope of a prize heifer. It was painted by an artist of the English Provincial School about 1844. ...

Feline Friends

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting two cats and was painted by the English Provincial School about 1870. At this time, paintings of horses and hounds were more usually by professional artists, ...

Frogs

This is a watercolour, pen and ink on paper picture of two frogs sitting either side of a stream in a wood. It was painted by James Lloyd in 1960 and is inscribed 'J. Lloyd'. Lloyd began painting because ...

Garner's (The Marine Library), High Street, Margate

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting Garner's The Marine Library, High Street, Margate, Kent. This view of Margate's High Street was very popular during the 19th century, and artists often worked ...

George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such... , frontispiece with portrait

George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) was a local authoress based in the Coventry and Nuneaton district, from 1819-1880. An original engraving of this portrait is held by the National Portrait Gallery, ...

George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such..., - portrait

George Eliots' portrait and title page of 'Impressions of Theophrastus Such'. The watercolour drawing by Caroline Bray, (1814-1905) dates to around 1842. The original is in the collections of the National ...

Girl with Cherries

This is an oil painting on canvas of a young girl holding a bunch of cherries and a sprig of red flowers. Cherries are tradtionally held in the hand of the infant Christ and religous overtones like this ...

Great Northern Railway

This is an oil painting on canvas dated 1881 depicting a Great Northern Railway (GNR) locomotive within a simplistic landscape. The locomotive is seen side-on and is a 4-2-2 Express Passenger locomotive ...

Great Northern Railway - detail

This is an oil painting on canvas dated 1881 depicting a Great Northern Railway (GNR) locomotive within a simplistic landscape. The locomotive is seen side-on and is a 4-2-2 Express Passenger locomotive ...

High Street, Musselburgh, Scotland

This is an oil painting on paper which is lined (backed) onto canvas and depicts a view of the High Street in Musselburgh, Scotland. There is a signature and date in the bottom right corner of the canvas ...

In the Lion's Den

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a circus trainer in a travelling cage with a lion, a tiger and three liger cubs. Ligers are the offspring of lions and tigers, which only mate together in captivity. ...

Kirkdale Cave, Yorkshire

This is a watercolour of an important archaeological excavation at Kirkdale Cave in Yorkshire. It is by an artist of the English School and dates from about 1824. On the reverse an inscription reads 'The ...

Leamington Spa. Graham Studios portrait

Portrait of a man with the surname Fenwich. 1879

Leamington Spa. Museum & Art Gallery

Hanging an exhibition of local artists in January 1937.

List Of Subjects

A subject list for a set of wood engravings. 445mm x 570mm

Master George

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting the horse Master George. It was painted in 1870 by an artist from the English School. A painted inscription along the bottom reads 'MASTER GEORGE, 12 HANDS ...

Monks Kirby. Newnham Paddox

Works of art being removed from Newnham Paddox, Monks Kirby, prior to its demolition in 1952. Newnham Paddox was the home of the Earls of Denbigh. See - Victoria County History of Warwickshire, Volume ...