I hear, that the young Lady of Darby wearing about her neck, in her bosom, a picture which was in a dainty tablet...

- The Earl of Shrewsbury, 1602

SAMUEL SHELLEY (1750-1808)

A Young Lady, c.1780

JEAN-URBAIN GUÉRIN (1760-1836) 

George-Fréderic Bapst, c.1785

JEREMIAH MEYER (1735-89)

A Naval Officer, probably Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, c.1781

FRENCH SCHOOL (circa 1805-08)

An Officer of the ‘d'ordonnance de l'Empereur’ (Orderly officer to the Emperor)

NOAH SEAMAN (fl.1724-1741)

A Professional, c.1730

HENRY SPICER (1743-1804) 

An Infantry Officer, c.1785

GERMAN SCHOOL

Two Still-Lives, mid-18th-century

CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH ZINCKE (c.1683-1767) 

A Lady, c.1735

JEAN DANIEL WELPER (1729-1780)

Louis, duc de Bourgogne, dauphin of France, c.1760

JOHN SMART (1741-1811)

A Lady, 1769

DUTCH OR ENGLISH SCHOOL

A Gentleman, traditionally called Andrew Marvell, c.1650

JOHN HOSKINS THE YOUNGER (1620s-after 1703)

A Gentleman, 1652

RICHARD COSWAY (1742-1821)

Study of a Vestal Virgin, c.1790s

JOHN SMART (1741-1811)

A Gentleman, c. 1775

JOHN SMART (1741-1811)

A Lady, 1768

ATTRIBUTED TO ANNE CHÉRON (c.1663-1718)

Prince of Wales, ‘The Old Pretender’, c.1702

NATHANIEL HONE (1718-1784)

Rear-Admiral Richard Tyrell, 1766

RICHARD GIBSON (1615-1690)

A Nobleman, c.1660-65

JEAN-BAPTISTE ISABEY (1767-1855)

Charles Victor, Vicomte d’Arlincourt, c.1824-25

CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH ZINCKE (1683/84-1767) 

Possibly Isabella Fitzroy, Duchess of Grafton.

CHARLES HAYTER (1761-1835)

An Officer called William Read, c.1813-15

FRENCH SCHOOL

A Lady and her Daughter, c.1740-50

RICHARD GIBSON (1615-1690)

A Lady

SUSANNAH-PENELOPE ROSSE (C.1655-1700) 

A Gentleman, c.1674

JEAN BAPTISE SINGRY (1782-1824)

Probably the Artist’s Wife, 1818

HENRY SPICER (1743-1804) 

A Gentleman, c.1790

THOMAS FLATMAN (1635-1688)

A Young Gentleman, 1688

MATHEW SNELLING (c.1621-1678)

King Charles II

PROVINCIAL SCHOOL

A Young Lady, c.1630

NICHOLAS DIXON (c.1645-1708)  

Probably Sir Kenrick Eyton (c.1607-1681)

ENGLISH SCHOOL

A Gentleman, possibly a member of the Ernle family, c.1650