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John Ruskin

On January 11, 2026 - 19th Century, English, february 8

John Ruskin, English art critic and artist, February 8, 1819 – January 20, 1900

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Henry Fuseli

On January 11, 2026 - 18th Century, 19th Century, English, february 7

Henry Fuseli, Swiss-English Artist, February 7, 1741 - April 17, 1825

Henry Fuseli (aged 63) by Edward Hodges Baily, 1824. National Gallery, London

Thor's Fight Against the Midgard Serpent, 1788 Oil on canvas, 51.5 x 35.8 in // Royal Academy of Arts, London

The Nightmare, c 1781 Oil on canvas, 40 × 50 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

The Artist Moved by the Grandeur of Antique Fragments, between 1778 and 1779 Red chalk on sepia wash, 16.33 x 13.97 in // Kunsthaus Zürich

Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers, 1812 Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in // Tate Britain, London

Henry Fuseli, Ariel, From Act V, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, c 1800–1810 Oil on canvas, 36.4 x 28.1 in Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

Ariel, From Act V, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, c 1800–1810 Oil on canvas, 36.4 x 28.1 in // Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

Falstaff in the Laundry Basket, 1792 Oil on canvas, 53.9 x 66.9 in // Kunsthaus Zürich

Titania and Bottom, c 1790 Oil on canvas, 85.5 x 108.5 in // Tate Britain, London

Henry Fuseli, The Two Murderers of the Duke of Clarence, From Act I, Scene 4 of William Shakespeare's Richard III, between 1780 and 1782 Oil on canvas, 27 x 20.9 in Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

The Two Murderers of the Duke of Clarence, From Act I, Scene 4 of William Shakespeare's Richard III, between 1780 and 1782 Oil on canvas, 27 x 20.9 in // Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

Portrait of Anna Magdalene Schweizer, née Hess, 1779 Zentralbibliothek Zürich

Thetis Mourning the Death of Achilles, 1780 Tempera on cardboard, 16.4 x 21.9 in // Art Institute of Chicago

The Creation of Eve, 1793 Oil on canvas, 10 ft x 81.4 in // Kunsthalle Hamburg

Henry Fuseli, Macbeth Consulting the Vision of the Armed Head, From Act IV, Scene 1 of Macbeth, 1793 Oil on canvas, 66 x 52.8 in Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

Macbeth Consulting the Vision of the Armed Head, From Act IV, Scene 1 of Macbeth, 1793 Oil on canvas, 66 x 52.8 in // Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

George Romney

On December 26, 2025 - 18th Century, december 26, English

George Romney, English painter, December 26, 1734 – November 15, 1802

Self-portrait, 1795

Lady Hamilton as Circe, circa 1782 Oil on canvas, 19.4 × 20.9 in // Tate Britain, London

Emma Hart, Lady Hamilton as Circe, 1782 Oil on canvas, 94.5 x 58.5 // Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, UK

Portrait of Mrs. Tickell, between 1791 and 1792 Oil on canvas, 24 x 20.1 in // Philadelphia Art Museum

Anne, Lady de la Pole, 1786 Oil on canvas, 94.8 x 58.6 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant), 1776 Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in // National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, between 1790 and 1792 Oil on canvas, 60.3 x 48.7 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Thomas Greene, Undated Oil on canvas, 16.7 x 14.4 in // National Portrait Gallery, London

Portrait of Elizabeth Ramus, from 1777 until 1778 Oil on canvas, 30 x 25.1 in Private collection

The Demon Asmath from Henry VI

Charlotte Turner Smith, 1792

George Romney, Carriage on Country Road, Undated Brown ink on medium slightly textured blued white laid paper, 4.37 x 7.51 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

Carriage on Country Road, Undated Brown ink on medium slightly textured blued white laid paper, 4.37 x 7.51 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

George Romney, "Lear in the Storm," King Lear, Act III, Scene II, Undated Bistre ink on medium slightly textured cream laid paper, 7.75 x 6.25 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

"Lear in the Storm," King Lear, Act III, Scene II, Undated Bistre ink on medium slightly textured cream laid paper, 7.75 x 6.25 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

A Conversation (The Artist's Brothers, Peter and James Romney), 1766 Oil on canvas, 43.50 x 34.48 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

George Romney, A Procession of the Damned: Study for the Damned in Dante's "Inferno," Undated Brown ink and brown wash on thickness, texture, beige, laid paper, 6.25 x 10.39 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

A Procession of the Damned: Study for the Damned in Dante's "Inferno," Undated Brown ink and brown wash on thickness, texture, beige, laid paper, 6.25 x 10.39 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

John Crome

On December 12, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, december 22, English

John Crome, English painter, December 22, 1768 – April 22, 1821

Michael William Sharp Portrait of John Crome Norfolk Museums Collections

Boys Bathing on the River Wensum, Norwich, 1817 Oil on panel, 19 X 14.1 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

Demolition of Norfolk Cathedral Infirmary, c 1804 Watercolor Norwich Castle Art Gallery, UK

Shepherds on Mousehold Heath, Norwich Oil on canvas, 21.8 x 36 in // Government Art Collection, UK

A Sandy Bank, c 1820 Oil on canvas, 14.4 x 20.6 in // National Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh

Moonrise on the Yare, between 1811 and 1816 Oil on canvas, 43.7 x 27.9 in // Tate Gallery, London

Sailing Barges Oil on canvas, 30.5 x 27.3 in // The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, Scotland

Slate Quarries, between 1802 and 1805 Oil on canvas, 62.4 x 48.7 in // Tate Gallery, London

St Benet's Abbey, Norfolk Oil on canvas, 20.2 x 27.2 in // Leeds Art Gallery, UK

The Bell Inn, c 1805 Oil on canvas, 31.4 x 23.6 in // National Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh

The Steam Packet, between c 1813 and c 1817 Oil on panel, 20.2 x 16.6 in // Manchester Art Gallery, UK

The Windmill Oil on canvas, 29.2 x 24.2 in // Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust, UK

Yarmouth Water Frolic – Evening; Boats Assembling Previous to the Rowing Match, 1821 Oil on canvas, 41.7 x 67.7 in // Kenwood House, London

John White

On December 11, 2025 - 16th Century, English

John White, English explorer, artist, and cartographer, c 1539-c 1593

Dancing Secotan Indians in North Carolina, 1585 Watercolor British Museum, London

Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh), c 1585 Watercolor on vellum mounted on board, 1.8 x 1.4 in // National Portrait Gallery, London

Village of the Secotan, 1585 Watercolor British Museum, London

Clay Pot of North Carolina Algonquins Used for Boiling, 1585 Watercolor British Museum, London

Equipment for Curing Fish Used by the North Carolina Algonquins Watercolor British Museum, London

Woman of the Secotan Indians in North Carolina, 1585 Watercolor British Museum, London

"The Flyer," Man of the Secotan Indians in North Carolina, 1585 Watercolor British Museum, London

Mother and Child of the Secotan Indians in North Carolina, 1585 Watercolor British Museum, London

Warrior of the Secotan Indians in North Carolina, 1585 Watercolor British Museum, London

Ceremony of Secotan Warriors in North Carolina, 1585 Watercolor British Museum, London

Painting of a Flying Fish, between 1585 and 1593 Watercolor British Museum, London

Arnaq and her Son Nutaaq (Inuit from Frobisher Bay), 1589 Watercolor British Museum, London

Lucian Freud

On November 29, 2025 - 20th Century, december 8, English

Lucian Freud, British painter, December 8, 1922 - July 20, 2011

Girl with a White Dog, 1951–1952 Oil paint on canvas, 30 x 40 in Tate Gallery, London

Girl in a Striped Nightshirt, 1983–5 Oil paint on canvas, 12 x 10 in Tate Gallery, London

The Painter’s Mother IV, 1973 Oil paint on canvas, 10.75 x 7.3 in // Tate Gallery, London

Last Portrait, 1976 - 1977 Oil and pencil on canvas, 24 x 24 in // Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Lucian Freud, Naked Girl Asleep II, 1968 Oil on canvas Private Collection, 22 x 22 in

Naked Girl Asleep II, 1968 Oil on canvas, , 22 x 22 in // Private Collection

Large Interior, Paddington, 1968 - 1969 Oil on canvas, 48 x 72 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain

Queen Elizabeth II, 2000 - 2001 Oil on canvas // Royal Collection (Buckingham Palace), London, UK

Red Haired Man on a Chair, 1962 - 1963 Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 in

A Man and his Daughter, 1963 - 1964 Oil on canvas, 24 x 24 in // Private Collection

Cyclamen, 1964 Oil on canvas, 19.4 x 18 in // Private Collection

Frank Auerbach, 1975 - 1976 Oil on canvas, 10.4 x 15.75 in // Private Collection

Head of a Girl, 1975 - 1976 Oil on canvas, 28 x 28 in // Private Collection

William Daniell

On November 1, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, English

William Daniell, English painter, 1769 – August 16, 1837

William Daniell, Perspective View of the Mosque at Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, 1789 Pencil and wash drawing Royal Institute of British Architects, London

Perspective View of the Mosque at Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, 1789 Pencil and wash drawing Royal Institute of British Architects, London

William Daniell, Madras, or Fort St. George, in the Bay of Bengal — A Squall Passing Off, 1833 Oil on canvas, 27 x 42 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Madras, or Fort St. George, in the Bay of Bengal — A Squall Passing Off, 1833 Oil on canvas, 27 x 42 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Castle Broichin on the Isle of Raasay, 1819

View of the Canton Factories, 1805–10 Oil on canvas, 37 x 71.65 in // National Maritime Museum, London

The European Factories, Canton, 1806 Oil on canvas, 34 x 50 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

View in China: Cultivating the Tea Plant, c 1810 Oil on canvas, 48.50 x 72.79 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

Coast Scene, Madeira (?), 1810 Oil on canvas, 5.9 x 7.9 in // Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

William Daniell, Action Between a Fleet of East Indiamen, Commanded by Commodore Nathaniel Dance, and a French Squadron, Commanded by Rear Admiral Comte de Linois, off Pulo Aor in the Straits of Malacca, 1804 Oil on canvas, 36.5 x 78 in Christ's Hospital, Horsham, UK

Action Between a Fleet of East Indiamen, Commanded by Commodore Nathaniel Dance, and a French Squadron, Commanded by Rear Admiral Comte de Linois, off Pulo Aor in the Straits of Malacca, 1804 Oil on canvas, 36.5 x 78 in // Christ's Hospital, Horsham, UK

A Caparisoned Elephant – Scene near Delhi, 1832 Oil on canvas, 8.4 x 11.4 in // Sir John Soane's Museum, London

The Hirkarrah Camel (A Scene in the East Indies), 1832 Oil on canvas, 8.4 x 11.4 in // Sir John Soane's Museum, London

Scene in the Himalayas Oil on canvas, 31.9 x 39.4 in // Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, UK

Eddystone Lighthouse, During a Storm Oil on canvas, 34.6 x 52.7 in // The Box, Plymouth, UK

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

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