Yard with Lunatics
Small oil-on-tinplate painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya, produced between 1793 and 1794.
The Alchymist
Oil painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, first exhibited in 1771.
Fancy picture
18th-century genre of painting, characteristically portraying an individual or group of individuals engaged in some everyday pursuit.
A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery
1766 painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, depicting a lecturer giving a demonstration of an orrery.
Chiaroscuro
Technique used in the visual arts that makes use of light and shadow to define three-dimensional objects and surfaces.
The Nightmare
Oil painting by Henry Fuseli, depicting an ape-like incubus crouching on a sleeping woman, first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1782.
The Crystal Ball
Oil painting by John William Waterhouse, completed in 1902
Victorian painting
Victorian painting refers to the distinctive styles of painting in the United Kingdom during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901).
Ophelia
Series of three paintings by John William Waterhouse, reflecting his interpretation of Ophelia, a character from Shakespeare’s Hamlet
The Lady of Shalott
Oil painting by English artist John William Waterhouse; the first in his trilogy featuring The Lady of Shalott