Art for the Library

A dignified genre scene capturing a moment of quiet camaraderie among retired officers.

An elegant 19th-century portrait of a young boy set against a scenic, misty mountain landscape.

A dignified 19th-century oil portrait of Thomas Francis Kennedy by master painter George Hayter.

An elegant 18th-century genre scene capturing the collaborative spirit of a musical rehearsal.

An 18th-century architectural view capturing the grand stonework and daily life at Windsor's Queen Elizabeth Gate.

A masterfully detailed late 19th-century still life of scholarly objects and musical instruments.

A poignant and detailed realist portrait of a village tailor absorbed in his craft.

A captivating Pre-Raphaelite scene depicting a mystical encounter within a shadowed, scholarly interior.

A spirited 19th-century genre painting capturing a moment of camaraderie between two retired sailors in a detailed rustic interior.

This historic landscape depicts the imposing stone ramparts and gabled roofs of Akershus Fortress under a vast, atmospheric sky.

A classic 19th-century sporting scene depicting the quiet success of a day's hunt in a moody marshland.

An evocative 19th-century Orientalist scene capturing the quiet atmosphere of a café in Constantine.