Sir William Beechey was a British portraitist during the golden age of British painting.
Sir William Beechey, self-portrait, c. 1800
Prince Ernest, later King of Hanover (1771–1851), by William Beechey, c. 1797–1802
King George III, by William Beechey, 1799–1800
Beechey's Victoria, Duchess of Kent with Princess Victoria at Kensington Palace, 1821
Art of the United Kingdom
The Art of the United Kingdom refers to all forms of visual art in or associated with the United Kingdom since the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 and encompasses English art, Scottish art, Welsh art and Irish art, and forms part of Western art history. During the 18th century, Britain began to reclaim the leading place England had previously played in European art during the Middle Ages, being especially strong in portraiture and landscape art.
Thomas Gainsborough, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Andrews, c. 1748–1750
Henry Moore, Large Reclining Figure, 1984
Unknown artist, Portrait of Elizabeth I, 1570s
William Hogarth, The Bench, 1758