Gallery

John Cousen, Joseph Mallord William Turner

The sea helps to expand the horizon of this image, increasing the territory offered to Christ by Satan, and thus increasing the potency of the temptation. The open water here creates a "stage" effect which Turner used in some of his other works: the "stage" created suggests future action.

Unknown

A man, imprisoned, sits in the corner of a cell next to a barred window through which two figures stare. The captive wears a large brimmed hat, long curled wig, and cravat, which date the sitter to the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century.

Samuel Hibbert, Charlotte Hibbert-Ware

This topographical portrayal of the Eifel mountain range suggests that Romantic culture was developing a more scientific interest in volcanism.

George Cruikshank
In collaboration with Pierce Egan

This image depicts the characters of Egan's Life in London—Corinthian Tom, Corinthian Kate, Sue, Jerry Hawthorn, and Bob Logic—touring Carlton House.

Joseph Wilkinson
In collaboration with William Frederick Wells

Samuel Mitan, William Marshall Craig, Thomas Sutherland

This image depicts the interior of Thomas Gwennap’s “Oplotheca” (derived from the Greek term hoplothêkê, meaning armory) at no. 20, Lower Brook St., London, as it was arranged in 1816.

William Gilpin

This image depicts the ruins of Tintern Abbey, which dates back to the twelfth century and is located on the the banks of the River Wye, in Monmouthshire, Wales.