The Chesterfield portrait of William Shakespeare
This portrait, once owned by the Earl of Chesterfield, is perhaps the most Baroque of all interpretations of the poet, with its flamboyant and expressive gesture.
Shakespeare's head is clearly modelled ...
The Connoisseur
Henry Hoyland (1894-1948) The Connoisseur, 1918 Oil on canvas 755mm x 630mm Portrait of a seated man holding a picture in his left hand and a folio in his right. A collection of ceramics and other objects ...
The Consultation
John Burgess (Junior) (1813-1874) The Consultation Pencil and charcoal on paper 300mm x 420mm This is one of many drawings collected in a large scrapbook.
The Cottage Window
Sir William Rothenstein (1872-1945)
The Cottage Window, 1931
Pastel on paper
300mm x 350mm
A portrait of a woman with long blonde hair sitting in a window reading a book.
© Estate of the artist
The Critics
Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929)The Critics, 1927 Oil on board 412mm x 514mm A founder member of the Newlyn School in Cornwall, Tuke subsequently moved to Falmouth, further up the coast. This painting shows ...
The Crochet Lesson
John Burgess (Junior) (1813-1874) The Crochet Lesson Pencil and charcoal on paper 250mm x 290mm Two girls are learning how to crochet. This is one of many drawings collected in a large scrapbook.
The Cronies
William Conor (1881-1968) The Cronies Oil on canvas 500mm x 390mm A critic once referred to Conor’s ability to record people as being equivalent to writing folk songs. Conor was appointed a war artist ...
The Dentist
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a dentist extracting a tooth.
There is a painted inscription in the bottom right which reads 'Haas 1792' although it is thought this was painted by John Collier, ...
The Eagle Tavern, Hammersmith
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting an exterior view of The Eagle Tavern public house in Hammersmith, London. It is signed and dated 'J. Chalmers 1857' in the bottom left. A sign on the left reads ...
The Fancy Dress Party
Margo Singer (fl. 1973) The Fancy Dress Party Oil on canvas 750mm x 495mm Scene at a fancy dress party, with four children in their costumes.
The Farewell
Frederick Cayley Robinson (18th August 1862 - 4th January 1927) The Farewell, 1907 Mixed media on board 145mm x 200mm Cayley Robinson’s work owes much to the work of the later Pre-Raphaelite period. The ...
The Foundling
Frederick Cayley Robinson (18th August 1862 - 4th January 1927) The Foundling, 1896 Oil on canvas 635mm x 760mm Scene with a young girl asleep infront of a fire, a woman in the background is preparing ...
The Good Work
Keith Henderson (1883 - 1982) The Good Work Oil on canvas 1000mm x 1510mm Educated in Paris and at the Slade School of Art, London, Keith Henderson is best known as an author and illustrator. He designed ...
The Gossips
Frank George Jackson (1831-1905) The Gossips, 1884 Oil on canvas 690mm x 520mm Rural scene with a young boy talking to a lady in a white dress over a stone wall, the lady is pumping water from a well.
The Gower Memorial - front
Gower donated his memorial to the town of Stratford-upon-Avon. The monument was moved to its present site on the Bancroft Gardens with the building of the existing Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 1933.
The ...
The Graphic: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper - front cover
Front cover of 'The Graphic: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper,' from 16 February 1895.
The illustration shows the lavish costume ball, Bal Poudre, hosted that year by the Countess of Warwick, Frances ...
The Graphic: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper - illustration
Scenes from the powder ball (or 'bal poudre') at Warwick Castle, held in 1895.
The hostess, Frances Evelyn Brooke (the Countess of Warwick, also known as 'Daisy') was well known for staging such lavish ...
The Guardian, Gungarden, Rye
George Percy Jacomb-Hood (1857-1929)
The Guardian, Gungarden, Rye
Watercolour on paper
250mm x 175mm
A man with a walking stick is sitting on a wall, with fields beyond, at Rye, Sussex.