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
Portrait of a Lady, Possibly of the Stanley Family
Portrait of a Mother and Child
Artist unknown (British, 18th century)
Fashionable Figures, with Two Women Holding Fans
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
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
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
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
Glaive
Italian, possibly Brescia
Triple-Combed Burgonet
South German; Augsburg
Saint Gregory as Author
Scriptorium of Weingarten Abbey South German (Swabia); founded 1056