Period: 18th century / Genre: literary theme / Image Available: Available

George Stubbs, 1724–1806, British

The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

1786

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William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British

The Beggar's Opera

1729

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William Artaud, 1763–1823, British

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

1788 to 1790

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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

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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

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

Rinaldo and Armida

1771

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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

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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

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

Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

ca. 1755

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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