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  European painting to 1900 in London's National Gallery
 Britain's Royal Academy 1768
 
 Goya marries the daughter of Francisco Bayeu, the leading artist at the Spanish court 1773
 
 Gainsborough moves to London 1774 Gainsborough The Morning Walk (detail), c.1785
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 Goya designs tapestries 1775 Goya A Picnic (detail) c.1790
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 Vigée-Lebrun succeeds as portrait painter 1778 Vigée Le Brun Self Portrait (detail) c.1783
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 Thomas Jones moves briefly to Naples 1780 Jones A Wall in Naples (detail) c.1782
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 Gainsborough holds London exhibition of his landscapes 1780 Gainsborough The Market Cart (detail) 1786
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 David in French academy 1783
 
 Goya established as leading portrait painter 1783 Goya Doņa Isabel de Porcel (detail) 1803
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Gainsborough depicts a fashionable morning walk c. 1785
 
 Goya employed by Spanish king 1786
 
 David sketches in tennis court 1789
 
 21-year-old Lawrence commissioned to paint the queen 1789 Lawrence Queen Charlotte (detail)
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 Vigée-Lebrun escapes from France, where she is in danger from her royal connections 1789
 
 Goya retained at court 1789
 
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  1790 David Jacobus Blauw (detail) c.1795
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 15-year-old Turner in Royal Academy 1790
 
 Goya becomes deaf, after which fantasy becomes an important part of his subject matter 1792 Goya El Hechizado por Fuerza (detail) 1798
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 Turner, aged 21, exhibits an oil at the Royal Academy 1796 Turner Sun rising through Vapour (detail) c.1806
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 David paints heroic exploits of Napoleon 1801
 
 Constable acquires a studio close to his home in Suffolk 1802 Constable The Corn Field (detail) 1826
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 Turner begins to paint landscapes in the classic manner, consciously modelling himself on Claude Lorraine c. 1803 Turner Dido building Carthage (detail) 1815
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 Ingres moves to Rome 1806 Ingres Monsieur de Norvins (detail) 1812
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 Friedrich works for the first time in oils 1807 Friedrich Winter Landscape (detail) 1811
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 Peninsular War begins 1808
 
 Goya becomes embroiled in war 1808 Goya Duke of Wellington (detail) 1812
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 Vigée-Lebrun returns to Paris 1809
 
 Gericault makes his debut in Paris 1812 Gericault Horse frightened by Lightning (detail) c.1814
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 David moves his studio Brussels 1815 David Comtesse Vilain XIIII and her Daughter (detail) 1816
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Constable marries Maria Bicknell and they honeymoon in Dorset 1816