A Man in a Black Cap 1545

John Bettes
A Man in a Black Cap (1545)
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Tracy Chevalier on John Bettes’s A Man in a Black Cap 1545

Author Tracey Chevalier discusses what draws her to this painting

The Cholmondeley Ladies c.1600–10

Unknown artist, Britain
The Cholmondeley Ladies (c.1600–10)
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Tracy Chevalier on The Cholmondeley Ladies c.1600–10

Author Tracey Chevalier considers who these women might have been

Portrait of a Young Girl c.1681

Fig.1 Mary Beale 1633‒1699 Portrait of a Young Girl c.1681 Oil paint on canvas 530 x 452 mm T06612

Mary Beale 

Portrait of a Young Girl 1633‒1699

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Martin Myrone on Mary Beale’s Portrait of a Young Girl c.1681

Curator Martin Myrone on Mary Beale’s career as an artist

O the Roast Beef of Old England 1748

Lubaina Himid on William Hogarth’s O the Roast Beef of Old England 1748

Artist Lubaina Himid explains why she loves this ‘nasty’ painting

Cock Match c.1784–6

Johan Zoffany
Colonel Mordaunt’s Cock Match (c.1784–6)
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Alice Procter on Johan Zoffany’s Colonel Modaunt's Cock Match c.1784–6

Art Historian Alice Procter describes who is present in this scene

The Death of Major Peirson 1783

John Singleton Copley
The Death of Major Peirson (1782–4)
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Lubaina Himid on John Singleton Copley’s The Death of Major Peirson 1783

Artist Lubaina Himid explores the detail of this painting

Flatford Mill 1816–7

John Constable
Flatford Mill (‘Scene on a Navigable River’) (1816–7)
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Martin Myrone on John Constable’s Flatford Mill 1816–7

Curator Martin Myrone considers what this landscape meant to Constable

The Field of Waterloo exhibited 1818

Joseph Mallord William Turner
The Field of Waterloo (exhibited 1818)
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Alice Procter on J.M.W Turner’s The Field of Waterloo exhibited 1818

Art Historian Alice Procter describes Turner’s take on the consequences of war

Head of a Man (?Ira Frederick Aldridge) exhibited 1827

John Simpson
Head of a Man, probably Ira Frederick Aldridge (exhibited 1827)
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Lubaina Himid on John Simpson’s Head of a Man (?Ira Frederick Aldridge) exhibited 1827

Artist Lubaina Himid on what does not appeal to her about this painting

Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose 1885–6

John Singer Sargent
Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose (1885–6)
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Minnie Scott on John Singer Sargent’s Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose 1885–6

Interpretation curator Minnie Scott considers the sensory qualities of Sargent’s work

The Flight out of Egypt 1849–50

Richard Dadd
The Flight out of Egypt (1849–50)
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Michelle Williams Gamaker on Richard Dadd’s The Flight out of Egypt 1849–50

Artist Michelle Williams Gamaker discusses this painting and Dadd's personal history

Bathing 1911

Painting of naked men swimming in a river

Duncan GrantBathing 1911

Purchased 1931© Tate

Richard Scott on Duncan Grant’s Bathing 1911

Poet Richard Scott tell us how this painting was based on the naked swimming in the Serpentine, London

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