Art for the Library

A dignified late 18th-century group portrait by Henry Raeburn, capturing a quiet moment between three figures.

A striking 18th-century pastel portrait of mathematician Leonhard Euler, featuring rich blue tones and a masterfully captured intelligent gaze.

This 18th-century portrait captures a jovial figure with a warm, atmospheric glow and classic character.

An elegant 18th-century French painting celebrating female artistic mastery through luminous color and sophisticated lighting.

An evocative 18th-century scene of a young artist absorbed in his craft within a shadow-filled studio.

This masterful Venetian capriccio captures the Enlightenment spirit of architectural study set against a dramatic backdrop of classical ruins.

This 1713 portrait by Marcellus Laroon the Younger depicts the celebrated English painter Sir James Thornhill in a dignified, classical pose.

An elegant 18th-century pastel portrait of Henry Hoare, known as 'The Magnificent', rendered in striking blues and golds.

An evocative 18th-century scene of an antiquities restorer's studio, teeming with classical marble statues and a scholarly atmosphere.

A majestic depiction of ancient Greek architecture paired with a lively scene of 18th-century local life.

This dignified 18th-century portrait captures Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson in full naval regalia.