'Grafton' (1750); 'Somerset' (1748); 'Northumberland' (1750); 'Orford' (1749); 'Swiftsure' (1750); 'Vanguard' (1748); 'Buckingham' (1751)

Portrait of John Sheffield. The British poet and statesman is presented here as a frontal chest. His head is slightly tilted, but he patterns the viewer from two differently design...

Canaletto visited England in 1746, arriving there in the spring. The celebrated Venetian artist travelled with a letter of recommendation from one of his most important protectors,...

The drawing shows part of the twelfth-century Norman arcade in the old chancel (now ruinous) at St Bartholomew's church in Orford....

Two boys sit before a grassy bank on which rests a red velvet cap decorated with a silver bow and large orange and white feathers. The elder boy is dressed in a blue doublet with s...