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| Studio of Marco Ricci Lord Halifax's Cascade, Bushy Park Water Gardens c. 1715 |
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| Thomas Gainsborough Diana and Acteon 1785-88 |
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| John Vanderbank George I 1726 |
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| Johan Zoffany Princess Charlotte and Prince Willliam c. 1770 |
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| Benjamin West Children of George III 1778 |
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| Buckingham Palace Picture Gallery 1843 |
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| George Dawe Chalrotte, Empress of Russia c. 1821 |
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| David Wilkie Defense of Saragossa 1828 |
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| Buckingham Palace Prince Albert's Swiss Cottage in the Gardens 1847 |
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| William Wyld Manchester from Kersal Moor 1852 |
To me, the Manchester landscape of 1852 (above) is the single most enthralling object in this group of Georgian and Victorian canvases from the Royal Collection. Queen Victoria personally commissioned this view of Manchester with its innumerable factory smokestacks, primal source of modern air pollution. In the 19th century, such mechanical progress could apparently still be viewed with happy innocence from the perspective of a convenient green hilltop.
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| Sir Edwin Landseer Queen Victoria in Ball Costume 1845 |