# 18th-century Britain

Time and place · hang 749 · 42 works

Works made in Britain in the 18th century.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## First room, north wall

1. [Two Studies of a Right Hand](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/two-studies-of-a-right-hand-aic-249662), Thomas Lawrence, July 26, 1800. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain/two-studies-of-a-right-hand-aic-249662?hang=749)
2. [July, from Twelve Months of Flowers](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/july-from-twelve-months-of-flowers-aic-127986), Henry Fletcher, n.d.. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain/july-from-twelve-months-of-flowers-aic-127986?hang=749)
3. [Angel of the Revelation (Book of Revelation, chapter 10)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/angel-of-the-revelation-book-of-revelation-chapter-10-met-340852), William Blake, ca. 1803–5. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain/angel-of-the-revelation-book-of-revelation-chapter-10-met-340852?hang=749)
4. [Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/georgiana-duchess-of-devonshire-nga-52263), Gainsborough Dupont, c. 1787/1796. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain/georgiana-duchess-of-devonshire-nga-52263?hang=749)

## First room, south wall

5. [John Johnstone, Betty Johnstone, and Miss Wedderburn](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/john-johnstone-betty-johnstone-and-miss-wedderburn-nga-32580), Sir Henry Raeburn, c. 1790/1795. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain/john-johnstone-betty-johnstone-and-miss-wedderburn-nga-32580?hang=749)
6. [Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/self-portrait-in-a-fur-cap-aic-76295), Joseph Wright of Derby, 1765/68. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain/self-portrait-in-a-fur-cap-aic-76295?hang=749)
7. [Portrait of Catherine Grey, Lady Manners](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-catherine-grey-lady-manners-cma-136682), Thomas Lawrence, 1794. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain/portrait-of-catherine-grey-lady-manners-cma-136682?hang=749)

## Second room, south wall

8. [Heroic Landscape with Fisherman, Cows, and Horsemen](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/heroic-landscape-with-fisherman-cows-and-horsemen-nga-131866), John Baptist Jackson, 1744. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain/heroic-landscape-with-fisherman-cows-and-horsemen-nga-131866?hang=749)
9. [Small Landscape](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/small-landscape-si-saam-1956-11-20), Unrecorded British maker, ca. 1750-1800. Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain/small-landscape-si-saam-1956-11-20?hang=749)
10. [Athena and the Winds](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/athena-and-the-winds-aic-77249), John Flaxman, n.d.. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain/athena-and-the-winds-aic-77249?hang=749)

## Second room, north wall

11. [Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/virgil-s-tomb-by-moonlight-with-silius-italicus-declaiming-met-441769), Joseph Wright of Derby, 1779. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain/virgil-s-tomb-by-moonlight-with-silius-italicus-declaiming-met-441769?hang=749)
12. [Portrait of the Ladies Amabel and Mary Jemima Yorke](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-the-ladies-amabel-and-mary-jemima-yorke-cma-122349), Joshua Reynolds, c. 1761. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain/portrait-of-the-ladies-amabel-and-mary-jemima-yorke-cma-122349?hang=749)

## Third room, north wall

13. [Lindisfarne Castle, Holy Island, Northumberland](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/lindisfarne-castle-holy-island-northumberland-met-341793), Thomas Girtin, 1796–97. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain/lindisfarne-castle-holy-island-northumberland-met-341793?hang=749)
14. [The Dutton Family in the Drawing Room of Sherborne Park, Gloucestershire](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-dutton-family-in-the-drawing-room-of-sherborne-park-glou-cma-543981), Johann Zoffany, c. 1772. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain/the-dutton-family-in-the-drawing-room-of-sherborne-park-glou-cma-543981?hang=749)

## Third room, south wall

15. [Recovery Document (Land Title Grant)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/recovery-document-land-title-grant-aic-136136), Unrecorded British maker, 1702/14 (Queen Anne period). Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain/recovery-document-land-title-grant-aic-136136?hang=749)
16. [Theophilia Gwatkin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/theophilia-gwatkin-aic-251126), Joshua Reynolds, 1776–81. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain/theophilia-gwatkin-aic-251126?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More by Joshua Reynolds](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/joshua-reynolds?hang=749&via=continue) (5 works)
- [More Georgian Britain](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/georgian-britain?hang=749&via=continue) (63 works)
- [18th-century Britain, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoidjFDb0xsS2sifQ)