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A man in a white shirt raises his arms before a firing squad at night as bodies lie nearby.

The Third of May 1808

Francisco de Goya, 1814

Museo Nacional del Prado

A woman carrying the French tricolor leads armed citizens forward across a barricade.

Liberty Leading the People

Eugène Delacroix, 1830

Musée du Louvre

A dark steam tug tows a pale sailing warship across calm water beneath a glowing sunset.

The Fighting Temeraire

J. M. W. Turner, 1839

The National Gallery

A horse-drawn wagon crosses a shallow river beside a cottage beneath a broad cloud-filled sky.

The Hay Wain

John Constable, 1821

The National Gallery