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A Midsummer Night's Dream

This is an oil painting on canvas dating from about 1860 depicting a scene from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The artist was W. Balls, and his signature is in the bottom left hand ...

A Morning's Tally

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a dog which has caught three rats. There is a painted inscription which reads BOXER 1836. On the right of the painting is a house, and it is likely that this ...

A Pair of Pigs

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting two prize pigs. During the 19th century paintings of farm animals became a recognised genre, as, in an attempt to produce bigger and better livestock, itinerant ...

A Surprising Incident

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a surprising incident which occurred during an attempt to slaughter a horse in July 1811. The caption at the bottom of the picture describes this as 'An Instance ...

A Terrible Shipwreck

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting the shipwreck of several ships in a fierce storm and was painted by T.L Morilyan R.N. in 1870. Local people can be seen on the beach watching the activity and ...

A Venetian Canal

W. Knox A Venetian Canal, 1919 Watercolour on paper 255mm x 360mm This painting depicts a scene along a canal in Venice, Italy. In the centre a figure is steering a gondola down the canal.

A Visit from the Doctor

Caspar Netscher (After) (1639-1684 A Visit from the Doctor, 1775-1800 Oil on panel 255mm x 330mm The German artist Caspar Netscher began his training at an early age in Arnhem, under the direction ...

A Warwickshire Beacon, Burton Dassett

Frederick William Newton Whitehead (1853-1938) A Warwickshire Beacon, Burton Dassett Oil on canvas 500mm x 750mm A landscape scene looking up a slight hill towards a windmill. There is a cart and two ...

A Warwickshire Scene

Charles Thomas Burt (1823-1902) A Warwickshire Scene Oil on canvas 495mm x 750mm A harvest scene, two men are cutting corn and piling it into bundles.

A Worcestershire Scene

Thomas Baker (1808-1864) A Worcestershire Scene, 1836 Watercolour on paper 185mm x 260mm A view of thatched cottages in Worcestershire.

A. Marshall, Dyer and Scourer

This is an oil painting depicting the premises of A. Marshall, Dyer and Scourer in St Ann's Street in Nottingham and which was painted by Arthur Goodwin in 1898. In the lower right corner is inscribed ...

Abraham Offering Up His Son Issac

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a story from the Old Testament in which Abraham offers up his son Isaac to be sacrificed when an angel, seen in the top left corner of the painting, appears ...

Accident on the Road to Inverness

This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a carriage accident on the road to Inverness in Scotland. In the background is Castle Stuart near Inverness. From this landmark it is possible to work out that ...

Adelaide Bridge, Leamington Spa

A watercolour painting of Adelaide Bridge in Leamington Spa by William W. Quatremain.

Admiral Lord Exmouth

This is an ink, watercolour and gouache on paper portrait of Admiral Lord Exmouth, and a painted inscription along the bottom reads 'The Appearanc [sic] of Admirll [sic] Lord Exmouth from his Hedgecumb ...

Alfriston

Edith C. Reynolds (fl. 1909-1937) Alfriston Watercolour and pencil on paper 250mm x 365mm This painting depicts a view of the village of Alfriston in East Sussex.

Alma Ramsey

Alma Ramsey (1907-1993) Alma Ramsey, May 1937 Charcoal and watercolour on paper 220mm x 380mm This is a portrait of Alma Ramsey's first child, Simon Hosking. Simon was born in December 1936 and according ...

Amsterdam

Elizabeth Whitehead (1854-1934) Amsterdam Watercolour on paper 400mm x 295mm A view of the waterfront at Amsterdam, Holland. Elizabeth and her brother Frederick studied art under the direction of ...