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Watson And The Shark, 18th Century JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY (1738-1815)

The Triumph Of Galatea, 19th Century follower of Scarsellino (1550-1620) Large 16th 17th Century Italian Old Master of the Triumph of Galatea, oil on canvas. Excellent quality and ...

The Battle Of Sluys (1340), oil on canvas, 16th/17th Century Rare account of the opening engagement of The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) Fine huge antique history painting depictin...

The Death Of Patroclus, 18th Century School of Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) 18th Century French Neo-Classical scene of the Death Of Patroclus, oil on panel. Excellent quality an...

Napoleons Retreat From Russia, 19th Century French School Large Napoleonic Wars Scene Large 19th Century French School Napoleonic Wars Scene of Napoleon retreating following the in...

dans legoût de Joseph Vernet (1714-1789) Huile sur sur panneau Dim sans cadre 28/21 cm Dim avec cadre 38/31 cm Ecole française Cadre doré Cette saisissante scène de tempête rend homm...

British Landscape and Marine Artist Robert Willoughby was a late 18th early 19th century British marine painter who specialized in large marine genre...

Circle of Dominic Serres British, (1722-1793) Attack of the Fire Ships Oil on canvas, indistinctly signed and dated 176(1)? Image size: 23.5 inches x 39.25 inches Size including fra...

Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1800, no. 93 What was happening in British history painting in around 1800? In recent discussions of the emergence of a British School of history painting following the foundation of the Royal Academy in 1768, this is a question which is rarely posed and one which is not easily answered. Examination of surviving Royal Academy exhibition catalogues reveals a profusion of artists’ names and titles, few of which remain immediately recognizable, whilst endeavours to explain the impact of exhibition culture on painting - such as the 2001 Courtauld show Art on the Line - have tended to focus on the first and second generation of Royal Academician, rather than young or aspiring artists in the early nineteenth century. This makes the discovery and identification of the work under discussion of exceptional importance in making sense of currents in English painting around 1800. Executed by Edward Dayes...