This is a portrait of Fergusson's wife Margaret Morris who the artist met in Paris in 1913. Margaret was an important dancer and artist and the two worked on many dance projects together. They moved ...

The Casino was built by Sir William Chambers in 1769 in the grounds of the first Earl of Charlemont's villa of Marino at Clontarf on the outskirts of Dublin. Chambers had built the Earl's town house ...

The Galloway (standing) Mazer or drinking vessel. The maplewood bowl rests on a collar over a baluster stem chased with acanthus fronds on tooled ground and a compressed knop. The circular foot is ...

An example of Lucie Rie's earliest work, c. 1936, before she had arrived in Britain during the war. The design is very modest, and influenced by the work of Joseph Hoffmann.

The idea must date from the artist's trip to Naples in October 1774, when he could have climbed the hill above the city to see the tomb of Virgil. Signed and dated 'I. Wright Pinx./ 1782'.

Relief of St Jerome, beneath which are the arms and initials of Alvise Lando, Venetian Governor of Trogit from 1440-1472. Also possibly attributed to Niccolo di Giovanni.

This work is one of a series illustrating episodes from the folk tale 'Beauty and the Beast' and has strong colouring and a good decorative effect. Southall was heavily influenced by Italian ...

Frederic Leighton was one of the most feted and highly respected artists of his generation and became the first British artist ever to have been raised to the peerage. He had two sisters, Alexandra, ...