Sir William Quiller Orchardson

Sir William Quiller Orchardson (1832-1910) was a Scottish artist who specialized in genre scenes and portraits.

 Dolce Far Niente (1872)

["dolce far niente" is Italian for "pleasant idleness"]

 

 Enigma (1891)

[presumably another of those "women are a huge mystery" paintings]

 

 Her First Dance (1884)

 

 Her Mother's Voice (exhibited 1888)

 

 Master Baby (1886)

 

 'Music when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory' (Shelley)

 

 Napoleon on Board the Bellerophon (1880)

 

 Rejected (1881)

 The First Cloud (1887)

 

 The Story of a Life (1866)

 

 The Young Duke (1889)

 

Wishart's Last Exhortation (1853)

The Stones

Frank and Marcus, not Rolling...these two were father and son.

 Frank Stone: Friendship Endangered (1858)

 Frank Stone: Plotting Mischief

 

 Marcus Stone: A Stolen Kiss (1894)

 Marcus Stone: An Appeal for Mercy, 1793 (1876)

[this appears to portray an incident in the French Revolution]
 

 Marcus Stone: Married for Love (1882)
 

 Marcus Stone: My Lady is a Widow and Childless

 Marcus Stone: On The Road From Waterloo To Paris (1863)
  

 Marcus Stone: Reading Outdoors with Dog (1900)

 Marcus Stone: The Awakening (1882)

Marcus Stone: The Royal Nursery, 1538

Henry Ryland

Henry Ryland (1856-1924) was a painter and illustrator.

 Allegory of Music (1905)

 At the Fountain

 

 Conversation at the Well

 Dorothea and the Roses

 La Primavera

 

 Maiden with a Laurel Wreath

 Pensive (1897)

 Purity (A Woman and Child Making Wreaths)

 

 Rachel at the Well

 Serenity

 

 The Captive's Return

 

 The Love Story

 

 Two Classical Figures Reclining

 

Two Classical Maidens and a Swan

Robert Walker MacBeth

A few more from Robert Walker MacBeth, who has been featured here before.

 Faire Pledges of a Fruitful Tree

 Mother and Daughter on a Swing (Happy Times) (1895)

 The Ballad Seller (1902)

 The Ferry (1881)

The Lass that a Sailor Loves (1903)

Alfred Joseph Woolmer

Alfred Joseph Woolmer (1805-1892) was a genre painter.

 Before the Ball

 Cymbeline, act II scene III

[a scene from Shakespeare, natch! here is said scene]

 

 Figures in a Park

 Girl Seated Beside a Woodland Pool

Innocence

 

 Lady Godiva

 Portrait of a Lady Holding a Fan

 Susannah at a Stream

 The Broken Necklace

Three Women in a Park