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A Balloon Site, CoventryOil on canvas painting by Laura Knight, portraying a group of people – mainly women – launching a barrage balloon.
Allegory of Fortune Allegory of Fortune, sometimes also named
La Fortuna, is an oil painting on canvas that was created around 1658 or 1659 by the Italian baroque painter Salvator Rosa, which caused uproar when first exhibited publicly and almost got the painter jailed and excommunicated.
A MermaidPainting by John William Waterhouse, completed in 1900, now in the collection of the Royal Academy of Arts.
Amy Robsart (painting)Painting by the British artist William Frederick Yeames, depicting the suspicious death of Amy Robsart, wife of Robert Dudley, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I.
A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery1766 painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, depicting a lecturer giving a demonstration of an orrery.
A Winter Scene with Skaters Near a CastleOil-on-oak painting undertaken between 1608 and 1609 by the Dutch artist Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634).
BoreasOil painting by John William Waterhouse created in 1903, depicting the Greek god of the north wind.
CirceCirce is the title given to two oil on canvas sketches by the English artist John William Waterhouse; he worked on both during the final years of his career from 1911 to 1914.
Circe InvidiosaPainting by John William Waterhouse completed in 1892, his second depiction of the Greek mythological character Circe.
Circe Offering the Cup to UlyssesOil painting in the Pre-Raphaelite style by John William Waterhouse, created in 1891.
Cleopatra (painting)Painting by John William Waterhouse.
Consulting the OracleOil painting by John William Waterhouse, showing a priestess using a mummified head, a tephra, as an oracle.
Cymon and Iphigenia (painting)Undated oil on canvas painting by the English artist Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton.
Destiny (painting)Painting in the Pre-Raphaelite style by John William Waterhouse (1849–1917), his contribution to the Artists' War Fund in support of British troops fighting in the Boer War.
Fairy paintingGenre of art and illustration featuring small imaginary human-like creatures with magical powers, often with wings.
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May (1908)Painting in the Pre-Raphaelite style by John William Waterhouse (1849–1917), the first of two paintings he produced with the same title.
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May (1909)Painting in the Pre-Raphaelite style by John William Waterhouse (1849–1917), the second of two paintings he produced with the same title.
Genre paintingPaintings that depict scenes of ordinary people going about their everyday lives.
Gertrude Vernon, Lady Agnew of Lochnaw (1864–1932)Oil on canvas portrait of Lady Agnew by John Singer Sargent completed during 1892. Commissioned by her husband Sir Andrew Noel Agnew, 9th Baronet.
Girls Running, Walberswick PierOil on canvas painting by the English impressionist artist Philip Wilson Steer (1860–1942).
Hadleigh Castle (painting)Painting by John Constable.
Hermia and LysanderWatercolour painting created in 1870 by the English illustrator and miniature portrait painter John Simmons.
History paintingArtistic genre characterised by its depiction of a moment in a story usually taken from Greek or Roman mythology, or the Bible, in an elevated and morally edifying manner.
How They Met ThemselvesPainting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, in which a couple in medieval costume are confronted by their doubles.
Hylas and the NymphsPainting 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.
Isabella and the Pot of Basil (Holman Hunt)Oil painting by William Holman Hunt, depicting a story in Giovanni Boccaccio's
Decameron.
Isabella and the Pot of Basil (Waterhouse)Oil painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a story in Giovanni Boccaccio's
Decameron.
Manchester MadonnaUnfinished tempera on panel painting by Michelangelo.
MariamneOil painting by John William Waterhouse, the largest art work he ever produced.
MarianaPainting by the Pre-Raphealite John Everett Millais, depicting a character from William Shakespeare's
Measure for Measure.
Mariana in the SouthPainting in the Pre-Raphaelite style by John William Waterhouse (1849–1917).
Medea (Sandys painting)1868 oil painting by Frederick Sandys, controversially rejected for display in the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition that year.
Morgan le Fay (painting)1864 Pre-Raphaelite painting by Frederick Sandys, depicting the legendary witch and jealous half-sister of King Arthur.
Mrs Richard Brinsley Sheridan (painting)Oil on canvas portrait by the English artist Thomas Gainsborough, a close friend of the Linleys.
My First SermonFancy picture by the English artist John Everett Millais, created in 1863, depicting a young girl listening intently to a church sermon for the first time.
My Second SermonFancy picture by the English artist John Everett Millais, created in 1864, depicting a young girl who has fallen asleep while listening to a church sermon.
OpheliaSeries of three paintings by John William Waterhouse, reflecting his interpretation of Ophelia, a character from Shakespeare's Hamlet
Pandora (painting)Painting by John William Waterhouse.
Penelope and the SuitorsOil on canvas painting by the English artist John William Waterhouse, commissioned by the Aberdeen Art Gallery and completed in 1912.
Pre-Raphaelite BrotherhoodGroup of English artists formed in 1848 to counter what they saw as the corrupting influence of the late-Renaissance painter Raphael.
Preparing for a Fancy Dress BallOil on canvas painting by the English artist William Etty, first exhibited in 1853.
Priestess of Delphi (painting)Oil painting by John Collier (1850–1934), depicting a priestess at the Oracle of Delphi.
Psyche Entering Cupid’s GardenPainting in the Pre-Raphaelite style by John William Waterhouse (1849–1917), depicting Psyche attempting to catch a glimpse of her secretive lover
Queen Eleanor (painting)1858 oil painting by Frederick Sandys, depicting Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine on her way to kill her husband's mistress.
Sleep and his Half-Brother DeathOil on canvas painting completed by John William Waterhouse in 1874
The AlchymistOil painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, first exhibited in 1771.
The All-PervadingPainting by the English artist George Frederic Watts (1817–1904), depicting what he described as "the immeasurable expanse".
The Awakening ConscienceCreated by the English artist William Holman Hunt in 1853, the painting was for a time the most talked about of the century.
The Beguiling of MerlinPainting by Edward Burne-Jones created between 1873 and 1877, depicting the Lady of the Lake sending Merlin into a deep sleep.
The BouquetPainting in the Pre-Raphaelite style by John William Waterhouse (1849–1917), one of his series of "flower women" created between 1908 and 1914.
The Burning GiraffeOil painting by the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí, created in 1937.
The Clique (art group)Short-lived group of English artists active during the late 1830s, dissatisfied with the stuffy traditionalism of the Royal Academy.
The Crystal BallOil painting by John William Waterhouse, completed in 1902
The DanaidesOil on canvas painting by John William Waterhouse, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1906.
The Day DreamOil painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, which he considered to among the best of his work.
The Death of Cardinal Beaufort (1399–1447)Oil painting by Joshua Reynolds, illustrating a scene from Shakespeare's
Henry VI, Part II.
The Enchanted GardenOil painting by John William Waterhouse depicting a story in Boccaccio's
Decameron.
The Enigma of HitlerPainting by Salvador Dalí created in 1939, "celebrating" the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
The Fairy Feller’s Master-StrokePainting by the English artist Richard Dadd (1817–1886), considered to be his masterpiece.
The Ghost of a FleaOne of William Blake's strangest and most bizarre works.
The Incubus Leaving Two Young WomenOil painting by the Swiss-born Romantic artist Henry Fuseli, c. 1794, like much of his work exploring the relationship between sex and fear.
The Laboratory (painting)Painting by John Collier (1850–1934), depicting a young woman acquirig poison from an alchemist.
The Lady of ShalottOil painting by English artist John William Waterhouse; the first in his trilogy featuring The Lady of Shalott
The Love PotionOil painting by the English artist Evelyn de Morgan, created in 1903.
The Magic CircleOil painting by John William Waterhouse, one of his earliest depictions of a classical sorceress.
The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland WitchesOil painting by Henry Fuseli, illustrating a passage from John Milton's epic poem
Paradise Lost.
The NightmareOil painting by Henry Fuseli, depicting an ape-like incubus crouching on a sleeping woman, first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1782.
The Piazza at HavannaPainting by the French-born British artist Dominic Serres, depicting a scene from the British occupation of Havana in 1762.
The Quarrel of Oberon and TitaniaOil on canvas painting by the Scottish artist Sir Joseph Noel Paton.
The Singing ButlerPainting by the Scottish artist Jack Vettriano (1951–2025), reproductions of which make it the best-selling art print in the UK.
The SirenPainting by John William Waterhouse.
The Unwelcome Companion: A Street Scene in CairoEarly painting by John William Waterhouse, predating his adoption of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood‘s style and subject matter from the 1880s.
The Victory of Faith (painting)Painting by the Irish artist Saint George Hare, depicting two sleeping nude women, apparently Christian martyrs, sentenced to be devoured by beasts.
Victorian paintingDistinctive styles of painting in the United Kingdom during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837–1901).
Witches at their IncantationsPainting by the Italian Baroque artist Salvator Rosa, completed in about 1646.
Yard with LunaticsSmall oil-on-tinplate painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya, produced between 1793 and 1794.
Group of English artists formed in 1848 to counter what they saw as the corrupting influence of the late-Renaissance painter Raphael. artist Edward Burne-Jones (1833–1898). It was begun in 1876 and was exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1880.[1][2] It is one of many paintings Burnes-Jones sketched out in 1872 following a trip to Italy, and was finished in great haste in April 1880, just days before the Grovesnor Gallery exhibition was due to open.[3]
