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William Hodges

On October 16, 2025 - 18th Century, English, october 28

William Hodges, English painter, October 28, 1744 - March 6, 1797

Waterfall in Dusky Bay, New Zealand, 1775 Oil on canvas, 53.5 x 76 in // Royal Museums Greenwich

Oaitepeha Bay, Tahiti, 1776 Oil on canvas, 36.5 x 54.5 in // Royal Museums Greenwich

View from Point Venus, Island of Tahiti, late 1770s Oil on canvas, 9.45 x 18.5 in // Royal Museums Greenwich

View of Part of Fare Harbor, Island of Huahine, 1774 Oil on canvas, 19.3 x 30.7 in // Royal Museums Greenwich

View of Part of the Island of Raiatea, 1773 Oil on canvas, 19.9 x 24 in // Royal Museums Greenwich

William Hodges, View of the Province of Pare, Island of Tahiti, with part of the Island of Moorea, circa 1776 Oil on canvas, 30.2 x 48.5 in Royal Museums Greenwich

View of the Province of Pare, Island of Tahiti, with part of the Island of Moorea, circa 1776 Oil on canvas, 30.2 x 48.5 in Royal Museums Greenwich

Man of Easter Island, 1777 Engraving British Museum, London

Woman of Easter Island, 1777 Engraving British Museum, London

A View of Part of the City of Oud, 1785 Coloured etching Wellcome Collection

Northern view of Chunar from the Ganges, Uttar Pradesh, 1785 Coloured etching Wellcome Collection

Chunar seen from the Ganges, Uttar Pradesh, 1785 Coloured etching Wellcome Collection

Gateway to the caravanserai at Rajmahal, Bihar Coloured etching Wellcome Collection

Tilly Kettle

On October 12, 2025 - 18th Century, English, nbd

Tilly Kettle, English painter, 1734-1786

Self-Portrait, 1762 Oil on canvas, 29.2 x 24.4 in // Private collection

Shuja al-Daula, Nawab of Awadh, 1772 Oil on canvas, 50 × 40 in // Yale Center for British Art

A Woman Holding a Hookah at Faizabad, India, 1772 Oil on canvas, 76 3/4 × 47 3/4 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Arcot Princes, c 1770 Oil on canvas, 50 x 38 in // Private collection

Indian Dancers, 18th century Oil on canvas, 63.5 x 51.96 in // National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

Muhammad Ali Khan, the Nawab of Arcot Oil on canvas, 42.9 x 35 in // Norfolk Museums Collections, Norwich, UK

Portrait of Two Children in Eastern Costumes, c 1765 Oil on canvas, 50.7 x 40 in // Private collection

Tilly Kettle, Major William Davy, Bengal Army, Persian Secretary to the Governor-General, in Persian Dress, c 1780 Oil on canvas, 13.7 x 11.8 in National Army Museum, London

Major William Davy, Bengal Army, Persian Secretary to the Governor-General, in Persian Dress, c 1780 Oil on canvas, 13.7 x 11.8 in // National Army Museum, London

Mrs Yates as Mandane in ‘The Orphan of China’, exhibited 1765 Oil on canvas, 50.9 x 75.7 in // Tate Britain, London

Portrait of Anne Howard-Vyse, 1780 Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in // Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, New Zealand

Sarah Judith de Castro, from 1770 until 1771 Oil on canvas, 36.3 x 30.9 in // Jewish Museum, London

Daniel de Castro, 1770–1771 Oil on canvas, 29.7 x 25 in // Jewish Museum, London

Alexander Davidson, Governor of Madras, 1770 Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 24 in // Christ Church, Oxford University, UK

David Scott, Merchant and Director of the East India Company, c 1775 Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in // National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

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William Blake

On August 7, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, English, november 28

William Blake, English artist, November 28, 1757-August 12, 1827

The Ancient of Days, 1794 Colour relief etching and white-line etching in blue, black, red and yellow; with added hand colouring

The Inscription over the Gate, 1824–7 Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper, 20.7 x 14.7 in // Tate Gallery, London

William Blake, The Angel Michael Binding Satan, c 1805 Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on off-white wove paper, 14 1/8 x 12 13/16 in Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum

The Angel Michael Binding Satan, c 1805 Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on off-white wove paper, 14 1/8 x 12 13/16 in // Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum

The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve, circa 1826 Tempera, gold and mahogany wood, 17 x 12.7 in // Tate Gallery, London

Watercolor Illustration to Milton's Paradise Lost, 1807

William Blake, Antaeus setting down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of Hell, between 1824 and 1827 Pen, ink and watercolor, 20.70 x 14.72 in National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Antaeus Setting Down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of Hell, between 1824 and 1827 Pen, ink and watercolor, 20.70 x 14.72 in // National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

William Blake, When the Morning Stars Sang Together, 1804/1807 Pen and black ink, watercolor, over traces of graphite, 7 x 11 in The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

When the Morning Stars Sang Together, 1804/1807 Pen and black ink, watercolor, over traces of graphite, 7 x 11 in // The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea, 1805 Pen and watercolor, 15.7 × 14 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

William Blake, The Youthful Poet's Dream, Illustration to Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, between 1816 and 1820 Watercolor The Morgan Library, New York

The Youthful Poet's Dream, Illustration to Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, between 1816 and 1820 Watercolor The Morgan Library, New York

The Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun, circa 1803 Watercolor, ink and graphite on paper, 17.2 x 13.7 in // Brooklyn Museum

Mirth, Illustration to Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, between 1816 and 1820 Watercolor The Morgan Library, New York

William Blake, Let the Day Perish Wherein I Was Born (The Book of Job), 1821 Watercolor, black ink and graphite on cream laid paper, 8 7/8 x 10 5/8 in Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Let the Day Perish Wherein I Was Born (The Book of Job), 1821 Watercolor, black ink and graphite on cream laid paper, 8 7/8 x 10 5/8 in // Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

William Blake, Dante and Virgil Approaching the Angel Who Guards the Entrance of Purgatory, 1824–7 Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper, 20.7 x 14.7 in Tate Gallery, London

Dante and Virgil Approaching the Angel Who Guards the Entrance of Purgatory, 1824–7 Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper, 20.7 x 14.7 in // Tate Gallery, London

William Blake, The Stygian Lake, with the Ireful Sinners Fighting, 1824 - 1827 Pen, ink and watercolour over pencil National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

The Stygian Lake, with the Ireful Sinners Fighting, 1824 - 1827 Pen, ink and watercolour over pencil National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Job's Comforters, 1805 Pen and black ink, gray wash, and watercolour, over traces of graphite The Morgan Library, New York

David Delivered out of Many Waters, c.1805 Ink and watercolour on paper, 16.3 x 13.7 in // Tate Gallery

Cerberus, Part of Illustrations to Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper, 14.6 x 20.8 in // Tate Gallery, London

William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Tyger, 1795 Relief and white-line etching with hand coloring, 7.7 x 5.4 in The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, Pasadena

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Tyger, 1795 Relief and white-line etching with hand coloring, 7.7 x 5.4 in // The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, Pasadena

Jacob's Ladder, 1805 Pen and ink and water color, 14.5 x 11.4 in // British Museum, London

Newton, circa 1804-05 Monotype print, 18.1 x 23.6 in // Tate Britain, London

The Last Trumpet, 1780–85 Pen and ink, 8 1/16 x 8 3/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

William Blake, The Lovers' Whirlwind, Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta, between 1824 and 1827 Pen, ink and watercolor Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK

The Lovers' Whirlwind, Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta, between 1824 and 1827 Pen, ink and watercolor Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK

William Blake, ‘A Rolling Stone is ever Bare of Moss,' Illustrations to Robert John Thornton, ‘The Pastorals of Virgil’ Wood engraving on paper, 1.3 x 3 in Tate Gallery, London

‘A Rolling Stone is ever Bare of Moss,' Illustrations to Robert John Thornton, ‘The Pastorals of Virgil’ Wood engraving on paper, 1.3 x 3 in // Tate Gallery, London

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The Canterbury Pilgrims, c 1810-1820 Etching and engraving, 13.9 x 37 in British Museum, London

William Blake, Jerusalem, Plate 51, between 1804 and 1820 Relief etching printed in black with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, 8.85 x 6.37 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Jerusalem, Plate 51, between 1804 and 1820 Relief etching printed in black with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, 8.85 x 6.37 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

William Blake, Jerusalem, Plate 1, Frontispiece, 1804 to 1820 Relief etching printed in orange with pen and black ink, watercolor, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, 8.77 x 6.37 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Jerusalem, Plate 1, Frontispiece, 1804 to 1820 Relief etching printed in orange with pen and black ink, watercolor, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, 8.77 x 6.37 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

William Blake, The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 67, "The Fatal Sisters," between 1797 and 1798 Watercolor, pen, black ink and graphite on cream-colored paper, 16.49 x 12.75 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 67, "The Fatal Sisters," between 1797 and 1798 Watercolor, pen, black ink and graphite on cream-colored paper, 16.49 x 12.75 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

William Henry Fox Talbot

On July 7, 2025 - 19th Century, English, february 11

William Henry Fox Talbot, British photographer, February 11, 1800 - September 17, 1877

Daguerreotype portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot by Antoine Claudet, ca. 1844

Window in the South Gallery of Lacock Abbey Made From the Oldest Photographic Negative in Existence, August 1835

Miss Horatia Feilding, Half Sister of W. H. F. Talbot, Circa 1842 A "Calotype", a kind of early photograph

London Street, Reading, c. 1845 Modern positive from Talbot's original calotype negative

Sir Joshua Reynolds

On July 4, 2025 - 18th Century, English, july 16

Sir Joshua Reynolds, July 16, 1723 – February 23, 1792

Miss Theodosia Magill, afterwards Countess of Clanwilliam, 1765 Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in // Ulster Museum, Belfast

Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse, 1789 Oil on canvas, 94.37 x 58.11 in // Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

Portrait of Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1782 Oil on canvas, 92.9 x 57 in // National Gallery, London

Gwen John

On June 27, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, English, june 26

Gwen John, Welsh painter, June 22, 1876 – September 18, 1939

Self-portrait, 1902 Oil on canvas, 17.6 x 13.7 in // Tate Britain, London

Portrait of Chloë Boughton-Leigh, between 1904 and 1908 Oil on canvas, 23 × 15 in // Tate Britain, London

Self-portrait, 1902 Oil on canvas, 17.6 x 13.7 in // Tate Britain, London

Girl Holding a Rose, 1915 to 1925 Oil on canvas, 17 7/8 × 14 5/8 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Richard Parkes Bonington

On June 27, 2025 - 19th Century, English, october 25

Richard Parkes Bonington, English painter, October 25, 1802 – September 23, 1828

Margaret Sarah Carpenter, Portrait of Bonington

Rouen, 1825 Watercolor, 7.08 x 9.25 in // The Wallace Collection, London

Venice: the Piazza San Marco, 1828 Oil on canvas, 39.1 x 31.6 in // The Wallace Collection, London

On the Adriatic, circa 1826 Oil on cardboard, 11.8 x 16.9 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Richard Parkes Bonington, Landscape near Quilleboeuf, France, between 1824 and 1825 Oil on canvas, 16.73 x 20.98 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Landscape near Quilleboeuf, France, between 1824 and 1825 Oil on canvas, 16.73 x 20.98 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

On the Coast of Picardy, 1826 Oil on canvas,14.5 x 20 in // The Wallace Collection, London

The Giudecca in Venice, 1826 Oil on board, 9.8 x 12.5 in // Fondation Custodia, Paris

Richard Parkes Bonington, Beached Vessels and a Wagon, near Trouville, France, circa 1825 Oil on canvas, 20.39 x 26.37 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

Beached Vessels and a Wagon, near Trouville, France, circa 1825 Oil on canvas, 20.39 x 26.37 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

The Doge's Palace, Venice, 1826 Oil on millboard, 21 1/16 x 24 // Cleveland Museum of Art

Quentin Durward at Liège, Belgium, c 1827–1828 Oil on canvas, 24.8 x 20.3 in // Nottingham City Museums & Galleries, UK

Grand Canal, Venice, 1826 Graphite and gouache on paper, 8.1 x 11.4 in // Tate Britain, London

The Salt Marshes Near Trouville, 1826 Watercolor over graphite, 4.25 x 8.74 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Cutter and Other Shipping in a Breeze, from 1827 until 1828 Watercolor, 5.86 x 7.75 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

Richard Parkes Bonington, Abbey St-Amand, Rouen Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, cream, slightly textured wove paper, 7.51 x 5 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

Abbey St-Amand, Rouen Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, cream, slightly textured wove paper, 7.51 x 5 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

At the English Coast, 1825 Watercolor on paper, 5.51 x 8.93 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

In the Forest of Fontainebleau, circa 1825 Oil on millboard, 16.61 x 13.62 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

Laura Knight

On June 21, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, august 4, English

Laura Knight, English painter, August 4, 1877 – July 7, 1970

Laura Knight, Self Portrait aka The Model, 1913 Oil on canvas, National Portrait Gallery, London

Self Portrait aka The Model, 1913 Oil on canvas, 60 x 50.2 in National Portrait Gallery, London

The Fishing Fleet, c. 1900 Oil on Canvas, 48.4 x 33.1 in // Bolton Museum & Art Gallery, UK

Ethel Bartlett, 1926 Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in // Atkinson Art Gallery, Bensenville, Illinois

The Last Act, 1929 Oil on canvas, 55 x 42 in // Dundee Art Galleries and Museums, Scotland

Walter Richard Sickert

On May 31, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, English, may 31

Walter Richard Sickert, English painter, May 31, 1860 – January 22, 1942

Sickert, 1911

The Acting Manager or Rehearsal: The End of the Act, circa 1885-1886 Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in // Private Collection

Miss Earhart’s Arrival, 1932 Oil paint on canvas, 28.2 x 74 in // Tate Gallery, London

Walter Richard Sickert, The Cafe Suisse, or Cafe des Arcades, Dieppe Oil on canvas, 21 x 15 in Leeds Museum, UK

The Cafe Suisse, or Cafe des Arcades, Dieppe, 1914 Oil on canvas, 21 x 15 in // Leeds Museum, UK

Walter Richard Sickert, A Red Sky at Night, 1896 Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in Southampton City Art Gallery

A Red Sky at Night, 1896 Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 in // Southampton City Art Gallery, UK

The Open Window, 1939 Oil on canvas, 34 x 26 in // Leeds Art Gallery, UK

The Brighton Pierrots, 1915 Oil on canvas, 25.2 x 30.2 in // Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Pimlico, London, c.1937 Oil on canvas, 24 x 29 in // Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, Scotland

Ennui, 1914 Oil on canvas, 44.2 x 60 in // Tate Britain, London

Thomas Gainsborough

On May 14, 2025 - 18th Century, English, may 14

Thomas Gainsborough, English painter, 14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788

Self-portrait, circa 1758-1759 Oil on canvas, 30 in x 25 in // National Portrait Gallery, London

Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough, 1778 Oil on canvas, 30.2 × 25.1 in // Courtauld Institute of Art, London

Road from Market, between 1767 and 1768 Oil on canvas, 47.75 in x 67 in // Toledo Museum of Art

Thomas Gainsborough, Cattle Watering by a Stream Watercolor and gouache with black chalk over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, 11.61 in x 14.25 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Cattle Watering by a Stream Watercolor and gouache with black chalk over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, 11.61 in x 14.25 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Madame Lebrun, 1780 Oil on canvas, 5 in x 4.03 in // Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Mary Little, Later Lady Carr, circa 1763 Oil on canvas, 50 in x 40 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven,Connecticut

Thomas Gainsborough, Portrait of Margaret Burr, Mrs Thomas Gainsborough, early 1770s Pastel over pencil heightened with white, varnished, laid paper, 9.40 in x 7.48 in Private collection

Portrait of Margaret Burr, Mrs Thomas Gainsborough, early 1770s Pastel over pencil heightened with white, varnished, laid paper, 9.40 in x 7.48 in // Private collection

The Market Cart, 1786-1787 Oil on canvas, 72.4 in x 60.2 in // Tate Britain, London

Thomas Gainsborough, Landscape with Stream and Weir, between 1750 and 1753 Oil on canvas, 31.49 in x 37.24 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Landscape with Stream and Weir, between 1750 and 1753 Oil on canvas, 31.49 in x 37.24 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Thomas Gainsborough, #ImaginaryMuseum **Artist’s Birthday** Thomas Gainsborough, English painter, May 14, 1727 (baptised) – August 2, 1788 Landscape in Suffolk, between circa 1746 and circa 1750 Oil on canvas, 25.98 in x 37.40 in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Landscape in Suffolk, between circa 1746 and circa 1750 Oil on canvas, 25.98 in x 37.40 in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The lawyer Joshua Grigby III, circa 1760/1765 Oil on canvas, 50.1 in x 40.2 in // Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Ignatius Sancho, 1768 Oil on canvas, 29 in x 24.4 in // National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

David Garrick, 1770 Oil on canvas, 29.7 in x 24.8 in // National Portrait Gallery, London

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