A Winter Scene with Skaters Near a Castle
An oil-on-oak painting undertaken between 1608 and 1609 by the Dutch artist Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634).
A Balloon Site, Coventry
Oil on canvas painting by Laura Knight, portraying a group of people – mainly women – launching a barrage balloon.
Hylas and the Nymphs
Hylas and the Nymphs is a painting by the English artist John William Waterhouse, exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1897. It shows the Greek hero Hylas being enticed to his death into a pool of water by a group of nymphs.
Yard with Lunatics
Yard with Lunatics is a small oil-on-tinplate painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya, produced between 1793 and 1794.
The Alchymist
The Alchymist is an oil painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, first exhibited in 1771.
Fancy picture
A fancy picture is an 18th-century genre of painting, characteristically portraying an individual or group of individuals engaged in some everyday pursuit.
A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery
A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery is a 1766 painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, depicting a lecturer giving a demonstration of an orrery.
Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro, literally light-dark in Italian, is a technique used in the visual arts that makes use of light and shadow to define three-dimensional objects and surfaces.
The Nightmare
The Nightmare is an oil painting by Henry Fuseli, depicting an ape-like incubus crouching on a sleeping woman. It was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1782.
The Crystal Ball
The Crystal Ball (1902) is an oil painting by John William Waterhouse.