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Through Art Detective anyone can help public art collections across the country to make new discoveries

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HSW_GMM_GM2007_32

Photo credit: : Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust and the University of Worcester

Subject or sitter Dress and Textiles, London: Artists and Subjects, Portraits: British 18th C, West Midlands: Artists and Subjects 80 comments

Could anyone provide information about the sitter, Dr Andrew Knox-Blackall? Could we identify the artist?

Last comment by Osmund Bullock
3 hours ago

Anais Goorriah

Anais Goorriah, 5 Dec 2019

DEV_RAMM_362

Photo credit: : Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Subject or sitter Dress and Textiles, Portraits: British 18th C 61 comments

Who is the sitter in 'Portrait of an African' attributed to Allan Ramsay?

Last comment by Brycchan Carey
10 hours ago

Lydia Figes

Lydia Figes, 1 Nov 2019 Art UK

NTV_PH_8

Photo credit: : Preston Park Museum & Grounds

Artist British 18th C, except portraits, Maritime Subjects, South West England: Artists and Subjects 2 comments

Forward Can anyone identify the painter of this maritime scene with the Eddystone Lighthouse?

Last comment by Rick Smallman
15 hours ago

Preston Park Museum & Grounds

Preston Park Museum & Grounds, 13 Dec 2019 Collections

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Discoveries

Art Detective has made hundreds of discoveries since its launch – from identifying sitters to deciphering artist signatures. You can read more about some of them in our Stories section.

28 March 2019 — News

A ‘Carelli’ painting of a Middle Eastern Scene, but which Carelli?

Middle-Eastern Scene

Middle-Eastern Scene, drawing and watercolour on paper by Gabriel Carelli (1820–1900)
Photo credit: : Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

6 March 2019 — News

Justo Ruiz Luna confirmed as artist of ancient harbour view

Reconstruction of the Ancient Port of Rome

Reconstruction of the Ancient Port of Rome, late 19th C, oil on canvas by Justo Ruiz Luna (1865–1926)
Photo credit: : Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council

21 February 2019 — News

On the trail of Harry Clifford Pilsbury’s portraits

Daniel Henry Redhead (b.1837), JP, Mayor of Peterborough (1895 & 1905)

Daniel Henry Redhead (b.1837), JP, Mayor of Peterborough (1895 & 1905), oil on canvas, attributed to Harry Clifford Pilsbury (1870–1925)
Photo credit: : Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery

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Image credits

John Wesley (1703–1791), Preaching in Old Cripplegate Church, London, oil on canvas, attributed to Francis Hayman (1708–1776) Photo credit: : Dr Johnson's House

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