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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

Paul Nash

On May 11, 2025 - 20th Century, English, may 11

Paul Nash, British painter May 11, 1889 – July 11, 1946

Self-Portrait, 1923 Woodcut

Wire, 1918-1919 Watercolour, chalk, and ink on paper, 17.2 x 25 in // Imperial War Museum, London

The Ypres Salient at Night, 1918 Oil on panel, 28.1 x 36.2 in // Imperial War Museum, London

The Menin Road, 1919 Oil on canvas, 71.9 in x 10.4 ft // Imperial War Museum, London

We are Making a New World, 1918 Oil on canvas, 28 x 36 in // Imperial War Museum, London

Spring in the Trenches, Ridge Wood, 1917, 1918 Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 in // Imperial War Museum, London

David Cox Senior

On April 29, 2025 - 19th Century, april 29, English

David Cox Senior, English artist, 29 April 1783 – 7 June 1859

Shrewsbury Battlefield,1850 Watercolor

Rhyl Sands, circa 1854 Oil on canvas, 24.8 in x 17.8 in // Tate Britain, London

A Train on a Viaduct, unknown date Crayon and watercolor on paper, 3.3 x 4.5 in // Tate Britain, London

Travellers on a Path, brush and brown wash, over graphite

David Cox Senior, Windmill Watercolour on board, 9 x 6.25 Tate Britain, London

Windmill Watercolour on board, 9 x 6.25 in // Tate Britain, London

Calais: Hôtel de Guise, 1829 or 1832 Watercolour and graphite on paper // Tate Gallery, London

Naval Pensioner Watercolour and graphite on paper Tate, London

The Great Hall, Haddon Hall, 19th Century Watercolour over pencil on paper Birmingham Museums, United Kingdom

David Cox Senior, Place St. Barthélemy, Rouen, 1829 Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, 10 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT

Place St. Barthélemy, Rouen, 1829 Watercolor and graphite on cream wove paper, 10 3/8 x 8 1/2 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT

David Cox, Senior, The Old Bridge at Bridgnorth, Shropshire, 1809

The Old Bridge at Bridgnorth, Shropshire, 1809 Watercolor

Junction of the Severn and the Wye with a Rainbow, 1829

Joseph Mallord William Turner

On April 17, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, april 23, English

Joseph Mallord William Turner, English painter, April 23, 1775–December 19, 1851

Daguerrotype of JMW Turner, 1847

Death on a Pale Horse (?) c.1825–30 Oil paint on canvas, 23.5 x 29.8 in // Tate Gallery, London

San Giorgio Maggiore in the Morning, 1819 Watercolor on paper, 11 x 8.7 in // British Museum, London

Fishermen at Sea, 1796 Oil on canvas, 36 in x 48.1 in // Tate Britain, London

Peace – Burial at Sea,1842 Oil on canvas, 34 in × 34.1 in // Tate Britain, London

The Slave Ship, 1840 Oil on canvas, 35.7 in x 48.2 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Kenilworth Castle Date: c.1830 Watercolour, bodycolour and graphite on paper Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall, 1811 Oil on canvas, 35.3 in x 47.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Calais Pier, 1803 Oil on canvas, 67.7 in x 94.4 in // National Gallery, London

Fisherman's Cottage, Dover, circa 1790 Watercolor, 5.23 in x 7.87 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Norham Castle, Sunrise c.1845

Norham Castle, Sunrise c.1845 Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851 Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N01981

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Petworth House: The North Gallery at Night, with Figures Contemplating Flaxman’s Statue, ‘St Michael Overcoming Satan, 1827 Ink, watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 5.6 x 7.6 in Tate Britain, London

Petworth House: The North Gallery at Night, with Figures Contemplating Flaxman’s Statue, ‘St Michael Overcoming Satan, 1827 Ink, watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 5.6 x 7.6 in // Tate Britain, London

The Opening of the Wallhalla, 1842 Oil paint on mahogany, 44.4 x 79 in Tate Britain, London

Joseph Mallord William Turner, South view of Salisbury Cathedral from the Cloisters, 1802 Watercolour, 35.3 x 13.4 in (framed) Victoria & Albert Museum, London

South view of Salisbury Cathedral from the Cloisters, 1802 Watercolour, 35.3 x 13.4 in (framed) Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Salisbury Cathedral Interior, looking towards the North Transept c.1801–5 Watercolor, 26 x 20 in Salisbury Museum, UK

Salisbury Cathedral Interior, looking towards the North Transept c.1801–5 Watercolor, 26 x 20 in Salisbury Museum, UK

The Harbor of Dieppe, circa 1826 Oil on canvas, 68.3 x 88.7 in The Frick Collection, New York

The Shipwreck, 1805 Oil on canvas, 67.1 x 95 in // Tate Britain, London

Sun Rising through Vapour, 1807 Oil on canvas, 52.9 x 70.4 in // National Gallery, London

The Wreck Buoy, circa 1849 Oil on canvas, 36.5 in × 48.5 in // Sudley House, Liverpool

The Wreck of a Transport Ship, circa 1810 Oil on canvas, 68.1 x 96.4 in // Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon

Dort, or Dordrecht: The Dort Packet-Boat From Rotterdam Becalmed, 1818 Oil on canvas, 62 x 92 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Joseph Mallord William Turner, East Cowes Castle, the Seat of John Nash, Esq.; the Regatta Starting for their Moorings, 1827 Oil on canvas, 36.0 in × 48.5 in Victoria & Albert Museum, London

East Cowes Castle, the Seat of John Nash, Esq.; the Regatta Starting for their Moorings, 1827 Oil on canvas, 36.0 in × 48.5 in // Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ΩStaffa, Fingal's Cave, between 1831 and 1832 Oil on canvas, 35.74 x 47.75 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Staffa, Fingal's Cave, between 1831 and 1832 Oil on canvas, 35.74 x 47.75 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight, 1835 Oil on canvas, 36.33 x 48.34 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Venice: Looking East towards San Pietro di Castello - Early Morning, 1819 Watercolour on paper, 8.8 x 11.3 in Tate Gallery, London

Venice: Looking East towards San Pietro di Castello - Early Morning, 1819 Watercolour on paper, 8.8 x 11.3 in // Tate Gallery, London

Colour Beginning, 1819 Watercolor, 8.9 x 11.3 in // Tate Gallery, London

Sunset through Dark Clouds ? Over the Sea, c.1823–6 Watercolour on paper, 10.8 x 18.4 in // Tate Gallery, London

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