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| Jean-François-Marie Bellier Nymphs Bathing ca. 1780 oil on canvas Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham |
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| Alexander Runciman Agrippina landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus 1781 oil on canvas Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
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| John Singleton Copley The Tribute Money 1782 oil on canvas Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Thomas Beach Portrait of William 'Memory' Woodfall 1782 oil on canvas Parliamentary Art Collection, London |
"Woodfall became known as the father of modern parliamentary reporting. He was the printer and editor of The Morning Chronicle, and then produced his own paper, The Diary. He undertook to write detailed accounts of the proceedings of parliament the same night, and his ability to remember information without the assistance of notes earned him the sobriquet of 'Memory'. Before Woodfall's revolutionary approach, parliamentary reporting had been irregular and often suspect."
– from curator's notes at the Parliamentary Art Collection
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| Giovanni Battista Cipriani Castor and Pollux, the Heavenly Twins 1783 oil on canvas National Trust, Castle Coole, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland |
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| George Michael Moser Hercules and the Hydra ca. 1783 oil on canvas Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| John Francis Rigaud Samson and Delilah ca. 1783 oil on canvas Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Pierre-Alexandre Wille Les étrennes de Julie (scene from La Nouvelle Héloïse by Jean-Jacques Rousseau) 1783 oil on canvas National Trust, Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire |
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| Joseph Wright of Derby Penelope unraveling her Web at the Bedside of Telemachus 1783-84 oil on canvas Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
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| John Opie Age and Infancy ca. 1786 oil on canvas Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| James Northcote Jael and Sisera 1787 oil on canvas Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| Gilbert Stuart Portrait of Sarah Siddons 1787 oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, London |
"Describing herself as "an ambitious candidate for fame," Siddons used portraiture for publicity. Even before Stuart's portrait was completed it had received glowing reviews for its "spirit and delicacy."
– from curator's notes at the National Portrait Gallery
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| George Romney Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Webster ca. 1788 oil on canvas Battle Abbey, Sussex |
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| Henry Fuseli Prospero (a fragment from Prospero, Miranda, and Caliban) 1789 oil on canvas York Art Gallery |
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| Joshua Reynolds Cupid and Psyche ca. 1789 oil on canvas Courtauld Gallery, London |
"This late work by Sir Joshua Reynolds shows the mortal Psyche discovering the identity of her sleeping lover, the god Cupid. Reynolds uses the subject to explore nocturnal lighting effects. The light and shadows appear more dramatic after recent conservation work which removed many layers of discoloured varnish."
– from curator's notes at the Courtauld Gallery