George Washington is a sculpture by Jean Antoine Houdon from 1790 CE. In the sculpture, Washington is
Charles I Triple Portrait
George Washington is a sculpture by Jean Antoine Houdon from 1790 CE. In the sculpture, Washington is dressed in contemporary clothing which not only displays his status as a general but also as a plantation owner. After the successful conclusion of the American Revolutionary war, many governments commissioned portraits of heroes to commemorate the occasion. Given his critical role in Virginia and the colonial cause, it is no surprise that Washington was a prime candidate for these commemorative portraits which communicate notions of freedom.
Death of Marat
The Death of Marat is an oil painting by Jacques Louis David from 1793 CE. This painting was completed during the French Revolution, after the radical Jacobins had taken control of the French government. The subject, Marat, was a violent man and a fiery orator who strongly supported the radical groups in power. This painting shows how gruesome revolution can be and the lengths to which people will go for their freedom.
And there's nothing to be done
And there's nothing to be done is an etching by Francisco Goya from 1810 CE. This etching is one of a series of 82 images depicting the horrors of the Napoleonic Wars in Spain. These were wars in which Napoleon Bonaparte of France put his own brother in charge of Spain, causing violence throughout the country. This piece shows that war and revolution are horrid and destitute, and have lasting effects on the people.
Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi
Flatford Mill (Scene on a Navigable River) is an oil painting by English artist John Constable, painted in 1816. It is Constable's largest exhibition canvas to be painted mainly outdoors, the first of his large "six-foot" paintings [more]
The Fighting Temeraire
The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil painting by the English artist J. M. W. Turner. HMS Temeraire was one of the last second-rate ships of the line to have played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. [more]
Liberty Leading the People
Liberty Leading the People is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France. [more]
Ophelia
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. [more]
