British’s work is defined by its 18th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

The Birth of Bacchus
Artist unknown (British, active 18th century)

Family in a Room
Artist unknown (British, active 18th century)

Portrait of a Lady, Possibly of the Stanley Family
Artist unknown (British, active 18th century)

Portrait of a Mother and Child
Artist unknown (British, 18th century)

Fashionable Figures, with Two Women Holding Fans
Artist unknown (British, active 18th century)

Double Portrait: Two Women
Artist unknown (British, active 19th century)

Articulated Dragon
Myochin School Japanese, active late 19th century

Fashionable Figures, with a Man in Turkish Costume
Artist unknown (British, active 18th century)

The Arms of the Family Kress von Kressenstein
Nuremberg School German, 16th century

Architectural Landscape with Belisarius Receiving Alms
Artist unknown (French, active 18th century)

Portrait of an Artist
Artist unknown (French, active 18th century)

Portrait of a Lady
Artist unknown (French or Swiss, active 18th century)

Triptych Window from the Coonley Playhouse, Riverside, Illinois
Frank Lloyd Wright American, 1867-1959

Backplate
Northern Italian

Side Chair
Netherlands

Still Life with Eggs and a Leg of Mutton
Artist unknown (French, active 18th century)

The Battle of St. James The Greater at Clavijo
school of Martin Schongauer German, c. 1430/50-1491

Shôki the Demon Queller, from an album of paintings of Shôki, Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist unknown Japanese

Joseph Brenneman Elementary School, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective Sketch
Bertrand Goldberg American, 1913–1997

Glaive
Italian, possibly Brescia