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. 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 ...
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 ...
Arbury Hall. Portrait of George Eliot
Portrait of George Eliot. 1900s
Birbank The Artist
John Burgess (Junior) (1813-1874) Birbank The Artist Pencil, charcoal and crayon on paper 185mm x 285mm Portrait of a man drawing in a book. This is one of many drawings collected in a large scrapbook....
Canine Friends
This is an oil painting on canvas of two dogs and was painted by the English Provincial School about 1870. At this time, paintings of horses and hounds were more usually by professional artists, and paintings ...
Charles Hennell from a sketch by Mrs Bray.
Charles Hennell from a watercolour sketch by Mrs Bray.
Charles was the younger brother of Sara Hennell. He was, at the time Mary Ann knew him, a London merchant. He had studied deeply and was a Unitarian.
George ...
Colliss Sketchbook - Introduction
This is the introduction to a portfolio containing 41 pages of sketches and watercolour paintings by William Colliss (d.1926). It was bought by Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum at an auction held in ...
Colliss Sketchbook - Outline Map
William Colliss (d.1926) Outline Map This drawing is from a portfolio containing 41 pages of sketches and watercolour paintings. It was bought by Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum at an auction held ...
Colliss Sketchbook - Scenes From Warwick Castle
William Colliss (d.1926) Guy of Warwick (After Cruikshank) & No Sketching Allowed Here This drawing is from a portfolio containing 41 pages of sketches and watercolour paintings. It was bought by Leamington ...
Colliss Sketchbook - Title Page
William Colliss (d.1926) Title Page This drawing is from a portfolio containing 41 pages of sketches and watercolour paintings. It was bought by Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum at an auction held ...
Compass
This is a metal drawing compass with a caliper.
Compass
This metal drawing compass has one leg missing.