18th Century and Earlier Paintings

Antique Original Oil Painting A portly man full of character with swept-back hair and a full chinstrap beard. A well-executed portrait by a talented hand. There is some wear to th...

An exquisite sweeping view of a vast English countryside, this fine landscape painting by George Smith of Chichester captures three traveler...

View over Lambeth Palace to river with ships at left, bridge beyond, Westminster Cathedral at left and St Paul's in the distance at right, the spires of London over the buildings between. 1795 hand-coloured aquatin. Editorial: Pub. By J & J Boydell, Shakspeare Gallery, Pall-Mall, and N. 90, Cheapside,, London, 1795 The Original is in the British Museum London Boydell's Thames hand-coloured copper engraving with aquatint. A view from St Mary Lambeth's tower looking across the Thames to Westminster Abbey, and up the river to the City of London. Westminster Bridge is in the centre, and Lambeth Palace, seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to the right.From the second volume of Farington's 'History of the River Thames', (London: J. & J. Boydell, 1794). The work, issued with plates either printed in sepia or coloured, contained two double-page spreads of London, this view from the west and a companion view from the Royal Observatory in the east. Joseph Farington wrote in his diary, on 17 August 1794: "Went to the top of Lambeth steeple to look at the view of London...