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Explorable Archive of Art from the Romantic Era

Section Editors: Theresa M. Kelley
, Jacob Leveton
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Ships and Boat on Sea

William Anderson

William Anderson's Frigate is an example of many marine images which portrayed British ships simply existing on the sea. The British flags prominently displayed on both frigates ensure that the observer realizes the connection between this scene and the British nation.

A Frigate Awaiting a Pilot

A woman carries pots on her head

William Daniell

In this engraving, which depicts a woman in relief against distant temple spires, William Daniell combines techniques of the picturesque with elements of erotic Indian art to produce an image that is at once a site of the sacred and of the profane.

A Hindoo Female

Aerial view of Mount Vesuvius

John Richardson Auldjo

This portrayal of Mount Vesuvius’ previous lava flow hints that Romantic culture was cultivating a new interest in volcanism, bolstered by scientific advancements.

A Map of Vesuvius

A nobleman listening to music

Unknown

The art historian Pramod Chandra describes this miniature as follows:

A Nobleman Listening to Music

A portrait of a man painting

Unknown

The art historian Pramod Chandra describes the subject of this image as follows:

A Painter at Work

A Picturesque Dairy [Plate XI]

John Buonarotti Papworth

The work depicts a “building designed in imitation of the ruins of a church or chapel…intended to be placed, as those houses generally are, by the side of a piece of still water…or built by the side of a river… in a retired part of a gentleman’s estate, who farms his own land, and has an extensive

A Picturesque Dairy [Plate XI]

Spectators at an art exhibition

Isaac Cruikshank, George Cruikshank
In collaboration with Pierce Egan

This image depicts Tom and Jerry—the two main characters from Pierce Egan's popular journal, Life in London—attending the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Academy.

A SHILLING WELL LAID OUT. Tom and Jerry at the Exhibition of Pictures at the Royal Academy

View from a balloon at it's highest point

James Heath

In this "View from the Balloon at its Greatest Elevation," the town of Chester (where Baldwin's aerial voyage began) and the River Dee can be glimpsed far below us, through an opening in the clouds.

A View from the Balloon at its Greatest Elevation

View of Abergavenny Castle

William Gilpin

The image depicts a broad, flat plain, interrupted at its further end by a grey body of water. In the distance, a low mountain range looms in vague, dark contours against the sky, nearly touching the cloud formations above.

Abergavenny Castle

Three Angels and Abraham

John Skippe

John Skippe was better known as a collector than as an artist, and he is generally considered an amateur with regard to both his woodcuts and his later paintings (Burch 78).

Abraham and the Angels

George IV outside building

George Cruikshank

George IV, pictured as a guard, stands before a door, holding a pole with an evidence bag which reads "BEWARE of the Report of a BAD HOUSE." From the house's open window, Queen Caroline holds a torch, labeled “DEFENCE,” to the bag.

Accusation

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Alaric A. Watts, “You Ask Me for My Pledge, Love,” in The Literary Souvenir; or, Cabinet of Poetry and Romance, ed. Alaric A. Watts. London: Longman, Rees, Orne, Brown, and Greene, 1828.

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