| | To face |
| | page |
| Marianne and Amelia | Hoppner | [Frontispiece] |
| Mrs. Inchbald | Romney | [4] |
| Robert Mayne, M.P. for Upper Gatton | Reynolds | [10] |
| Beppo | Reynolds | [12] |
| Peg Woffington | Hogarth | [16] |
| Children Playing at Soldiers | G. Morland | [18] |
| The Apple-Stealers | G. Morland | [20] |
| The Fortune-teller | Reynolds | [22] |
| Mousehold Heath | Cotman | [56] |
| Lewis the Actor | Gainsborough | [76] |
| Approach to Venice | Turner | [80] |
| Miss Ridge | Reynolds | [82] |
| Sir Joshua Reynolds | Reynolds | [84] |
| The Green Room at Drury Lane | Hogarth | [88] |
| The Leslie Boy | Raeburn | [92] |
| The Cottage by the Wood | Nasmyth | [96] |
| On the Seashore | Bonington | [154] |
| The Fish Market, Boulogne | Bonington | [180] |
| Miss Ross | Raeburn | [198] |
| Lady Crosbie | Reynolds | [214] |
| Dolorès | Reynolds | [222] |