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Painting commissioned by Queen Charlotte in 1772. Depicts a number of artworks in the Medici collection and a number of famous men including, Charles Loraine Smith, Richard Edgcumbe, 2nd Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, George Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl…

There are nine panels on the ceiling. The painting commemorates the achievements of James I, the father of Charles I.

Multiple gold-framed drawings and paintings are arranged in a collage on a pink wall.

Art and nature are combined in this unusual painting on stone. The artist transformed the natural pattern into banks of clouds by the addition of painted figures of God and the angels. He used a vivid passage of coloring on the stone to suggest rays…

Frank Bowling created his paintings as “controlled accidents” and would let paint drip down the canvas or let paint cans rest on the canvas creating unpredictable shapes and scenes. “Remember Thine Eyes” is colorful and might depict a waterfall with…

This painting is a realisation of the tragic scene which concludes Alfred Tennyson’s poem The Lady of Shalott. Having defied the terms of her confinement, the heroine sets sail for Camelot and certain death. The picture may also have been intended as…

This surrealistic photograph was taken in a studio where the actress Diana Churchill posed on a stage with the background already made up. The photograph is just as the scene was in real life. There were no touch ups made to create the fantasy scene.…

Rachel’s Kneebone’s “399 days” is so titled because it took her that long to complete the massive statue with such detailed layers. The porcelain figures stick out from every angle and pile on top of each other to create a scene of chaotic unity.…

Epstein had originally set a plaster figure of this piece on top of a real industrial rock drill, creating a robot with a machine-like element. This piece at the time was a symbol of the new age dawning. This is what Epstein was going for but when he…

This piece of work is a collaboration of sorts with Frank Bowling's friend and fellow artist Arlington Weithers. Weithers gave Bowling one of his artworks and Bowling used it to bisect one of his own paintings by stitching it in the middle. This form…