Oliver Sherwill Franks, Baron Franks of Headington. Oil painting by Robert Norman Hepple R.A., 1990.

"Here is portrayed three Moods of the Sky and the effects on the Fish and Animals. Sharks and Turtles come to the Surface when it is Raining. Wallabies and Kangaroos are out feedin...

This canvas forms the pair to a painting in the Toledo Museum of Art entitled Blind Man’s Buff (Le Colin-Maillard). Both were in the collection of Baron Saint-Julien in Paris in wh...

Sailing Vessels moored near a Village is a mature work by Salomon Jacobsz. van Ruysdael, painted in the last decade of his life. During this period Ruysdael continued to paint the ...

Pierrot content is one of a group of early works by Watteau in which the artist developed the theme of the fête galante that would be so highly appreciated during the 18th century....