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George Stubbs, 1724–1806, British

The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

1786

Not on view

William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British

The Beggar's Opera

1729

Not on view

William Artaud, 1763–1823, British

'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy'

1788 to 1790

Not on view

Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798, British

'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. II, Chap. III: The Return of Olivia

1786

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Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798, British

'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. I, Chap. VIII: Dining in the Hayfields' (Surprised by Mr. Thornhill's Chaplain)

1786

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Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760)

Edward Shuter, John Beard, and John Dunstall in Isaac Bickerton's "Love in a Village"

1767

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Benjamin van der Gucht, 1753–1794, British

Henry Woodward as Petruchio in Catherine and Petruchio, a version by Garrick of "The Taming of the Shrew"

between 1773 and 1774

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Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797, British, active in Italy (1773–75)

Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus

1779

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John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815, American, active in Britain (from 1776)

Study for 'The Red Cross Knight'

ca. 1793

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Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807, British

Gulliver Taking His Final Leave of the Land of the Houyhnhnms

1769

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Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807, British

Gulliver Addressing the Houyhnhnms

1769

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Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764, Dutch, active in Britain (from 1723)

Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

1755

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Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British

Valentine rescuing Silvia from Proteus, from Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act V, Scene 4, the Outlaws' Cave

1792

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Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)

The Cave of Despair

1772

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Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)

Cymon and Iphigenia

ca. 1766

Not on view

William Hamilton, 1751–1801, British

The revelation of Olivia's betrothal, from "Twelfth Night," Act V, Scene i

ca. 1790

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John Downman, 1750–1824, British

The Ghost of Clytemnestra Awakening the Furies

1781

Not on view

Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807, Swiss, active in Britain (1766–81)

Rinaldo and Armida

1771

Not on view

Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772, British

Scene from Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part I"

1746

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Adrien Carpentiers, active 1739–1778, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1739)

Louis-Francois Roubiliac Modelling His Monument to Shakespeare

between 1760 and 1761

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Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780, British

The Harlowe Family, from Samuel Richardson's "Clarissa"

between 1745 and 1747

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Landscape by William Hodges, 1744–1797, British

Jaques and the Wounded Stag: 'As You Like It,' Act II, Scene I

1790

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Attributed to Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812, French, active in Britain (from 1771)

Falstaff with the Body of Hotspur

ca. 1786

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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834, British

The Return of Othello, 'Othello,' Act II, Scene II

ca. 1799

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unknown artist, eighteenth century

Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest"

ca. 1780

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unknown artist, eighteenth century

Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent, from Shakespeare's "King Lear," I, i

between 1770 and 1780

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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834, British

Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii

ca. 1799

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Benjamin Wilson, 1721–1788, British

David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in "Romeo and Juliet", Act V, Scene iii

1753

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Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840, German, active in Britain (1781–88)

Olivia, Maria and Malvolio from "Twelfth Night," Act III, Scene iv

1789

Not on view

Herbert Stoppelaer, active 1730–1775, Irish

Shylock and Tubal from "The Merchant of Venice"

1767 to 1769

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Edward Alcock, active 1750–ca. 1778, British

Portia and Shylock, from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", IV, i

ca. 1778

Not on view

Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764, Dutch, active in Britain (from 1723)

Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

ca. 1755

Not on view

George Stubbs, 1724–1806, British

The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

1788

William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British

Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard the Third - "Richard III," Act V, Scene VII

1746

William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British

Hudibras Vanquished by Trulla

William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British

Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

1746