Tea 2020
Lindsey Mendick (b.1987)
Glazed ceramic
H 22 x W 30 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
Tea Circles 2015
Fouzia Zafar (b.1971)
Etching on paper
H 28 x W 34.5 cm
Scarborough Museums and Galleries
Frank Huddlestone Potter (1845–1887)
Oil on panel
H 71 x W 30 cm
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Tea Drinker 1950–1956
Marek Żuławski (1908–1985)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 64 cm
Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Galleries
Afternoon Tea 1895
Harry Brooker (1848–1940)
Oil on canvas
H 71.2 x W 92 cm
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Tea in the Garden (The Tea Table) 1902
Ethel Walker (1861–1951)
Oil on canvas
H 99 x W 74 cm
National Trust, Standen
B Ward, 64th British General Hospital, Second World War 1942
Bruno Frankewitz (1897–1982)
Oil on canvas
H 78 x W 118 cm
The Museum of Military Medicine
Tea Shop 1938
William Patrick Roberts (1895–1980)
Oil on canvas
H 82.5 x W 76.2 cm
Atkinson Art Gallery Collection
Ladies Taking Tea 1935
Marie-Louise Roosevelt Pierrepont (1889–1984)
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 80.5 cm
The Pierrepont Collection
Tea Drinking in Mytishchi (The Tea Drinkers) 1862
Vasily Perov (1834–1882) (copy of)
Oil on canvas
H 41.4 x W 48.8 cm
Dorich House Museum, Kingston University
Tea Room 1913
Stanley Cursiter (1887–1976)
Oil on canvas board
H 25.2 x W 35.2 cm
Museums & Galleries Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council
Alma Gogin (née Broadbridge) (1854–1948)
Oil on canvas
H 55.9 x W 86.4 cm
York Museums Trust
William Somerville Shanks (1864–1951)
Oil on canvas
H 35.5 x W 40.7 cm
The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
At the Tea Table 1948
Evan Walters (1893–1951)
Oil on canvas
H 40.5 x W 50.8 cm
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
The Tea Table 1920–1937
Mabel Frances Layng (1881–1937)
Oil on canvas
H 59.6 x W 75 cm
Silk Heritage Trust
David Comba Adamson (1859–1926)
Oil on canvas
H 73.7 x W 92.7 cm
Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)
Chinese Tea Garden, Peking 1938 or before
Ian Fairweather (1891–1974)
Oil on board
H 63.9 x W 81 cm
National Museums NI
A Ton of Tea 2007
Ai Weiwei (b.1957)
Pu-erh tea
H 100 x W 100 x D 100 cm
Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Harold Sandys Williamson (1892–1978) and Jordison & Co. Ltd (active c.1926–c.1957) and Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)
Lithograph on paper
H 102 x W 64 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
Suzanne O'Driscoll (b.1955)
Acrylic on canvas
H 121.7 x W 106 cm
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
Two Girls at Tea c.1760–1780
E. N. Waldron (active c.1760–1780)
Pastel on paper
H 62.5 x W 52.5 cm
Somerset County Council
Ian Rylatt
Ceramic
H 18.5 x W 27 x D 27 cm
University of South Wales Art Collection Museum
A Cup of Tea 1959
Peter de Francia (1921–2012)
Oil on canvas
H 67.3 x W 80 cm
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
A Tea Party 1862
Thomas George Webster (1800–1886)
Oil on panel
H 50.8 x W 61 cm
Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library
Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864–1933)
Oil on canvas
H 122 x W 152.5 cm
National Trust for Scotland, Broughton House & Garden
Old Woman Pouring Tea 19th C
British (English) School
Oil on canvas
H 30.5 x W 25.5 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
An Empire Tea Plantation 1926–1933
Harold Sandys Williamson (1892–1978) and Jordison & Co. Ltd (active c.1926–c.1957) and Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)
Lithograph on paper
H 102 x W 152.5 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
A Cup of Tea 1905
Walter Richard Sickert (1860–1942)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 40.6 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Marjorie Brooks (1904–1980)
Oil on canvas
H 60.8 x W 76.2 cm
Brighton & Hove Museums
Suzanne O'Driscoll (b.1955)
Acrylic on canvas
H 121 x W 244 cm
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
William Hogarth (1697–1764)
Oil on canvas
H 64.3 x W 76.5 cm
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
Andrew Young (1854–1925)
Oil on panel
H 29.9 x W 23.5 cm
Museums & Galleries Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council
The Slade Tea Party 1924
Seóirse Macantsionnaigh (1902–1997)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 101.6 cm
UCL Culture
Philip John Ouless (1817–1885)
Oil on canvas
H 53.5 x W 84 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich
Tea and Poker Break 1984
Susan Henderson (active 1979–1985)
Oil on paper
H 41.9 x W 49.1 cm
Parliamentary Art Collection
A Tea Party 1730s
Gawen Hamilton (1697–1737) (attributed to)
Oil on canvas
H 53 x W 41.5 cm
Stratford-upon-Avon Town Hall
Chinese Tea-Taster late 18th C
unknown artist
Brick & tile
H 126.5 x W 80 x D 54 cm
Staffordshire Museum & Art Collection
The Tea Shop 1946 or before
Ruskin Spear (1911–1990)
Oil on panel
H 42.3 x W 49.5 cm
Leicester Museums and Galleries
Tea Drinking Nude 1936
Leslie Cole (1910–1976)
Lithograph on paper
H 17.5 x W 11.5 cm
Museum & Art Swindon
The Tea Table 1885
James Pittendrigh MacGillivray (1856–1938)
Oil on canvas
H 38.2 x W 46.3 cm
Museums & Galleries Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council
Harold Sandys Williamson (1892–1978) and Jordison & Co. Ltd (active c.1926–c.1957) and Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)
Lithograph on paper
H 102 x W 64 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
Henry Tonks (1862–1937)
Oil on canvas
H 40.5 x W 55.8 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Harry Berstecher (1893–1983)
Oil on canvas
H 97 x W 157 cm
Scottish Fisheries Museum
The Tea Party 1893
Albert Starling (1858–1947)
Oil on canvas
H 94 x W 132 cm
National Trust, Killerton
The Brown Tea Pot 1915–1916
Gwen John (1876–1939)
Oil on canvas
H 33.5 x W 23.2 cm
Yale Center for British Art
Tea in the Park 1987
Lucinda Denning (b.1962)
Oil on canvas
H 175 x W 170 cm
St George's, University of London
The Tea Table early 1940s
Ruskin Spear (1911–1990)
Oil on canvas
H 63 x W 43 cm
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Tea in the Conservatory (Near Neighbours) 1892
Henry 'Harry' Edward John Browne (1859–1917)
Oil on canvas
H 92 x W 122.5 cm
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum
A Tea Party 1719–1721
Joseph van Aken (c.1699–1749)
Oil on canvas
H 37.4 x W 45.7 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
The Tea Table 1920
Harold Charles Harvey (1874–1941)
Oil on canvas
H 75 x W 59.5 cm
Royal Institution of Cornwall
Victor Pasmore (1908–1998)
Oil on canvas
H 44 x W 59.5 cm
Bury Art Museum
Harold Sandys Williamson (1892–1978) and Jordison & Co. Ltd (active c.1926–c.1957) and Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)
Lithograph on paper
Manchester Art Gallery
Tea Break – Etna Tip 1988
Joseph Chesters (b.1946)
Oil on canvas
H 71.5 x W 91 cm
Flintshire Museums Service
A Lady Taking Tea 1735
Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1699–1779)
Oil on canvas
H 81 x W 99 cm
The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
John Fraser (1858–1927)
Oil on canvas on board
H 45.5 x W 78.4 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich
F. I. Sorenson (active late 19th C)
Oil on board
H 30.5 x W 48.3 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich
Rita Greig (1918–2011)
Oil on canvas
H 21 x W 23 cm
RWA (Royal West of England Academy)
Filling Tea Urns 1927–1932
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 105 x W 185 cm
National Trust, Sandham Memorial Chapel
Afternoon Tea in Holland c.1720
Matthijs Naiveu (1647–1726)
Oil on canvas
H 88.9 x W 73.6 cm
Atkinson Art Gallery Collection
Tea Toadler Teapot c.2015
Michelle Erickson (b.1960)
Agate, earthenware, porcelain, indigenous clay & gold enamel
W 21 x D 17 cm
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
The Tea Party 1919
Malcolm Drummond (1880–1945)
Oil on strawboard
H 48 x W 61.3 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Harold Sandys Williamson (1892–1978) and Jordison & Co. Ltd (active c.1926–c.1957) and Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)
Lithograph on paper
H 76 x W 51 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
A Tea Plantation in China: Workers Trimming the Tea Leaves
unknown artist
Gouache on paper (?)
H 33.8 x W 44.8 cm
Wellcome Collection
Grandparents Take Tea, August 1940 2006
Stephen Chaplin (b.1934)
Oil on canvas laid on panel
H 25.4 x W 30.5 cm
Bromley Historic Collections
A Tea Plantation in China: Workers Sifting Tea Leaves
unknown artist
Gouache on paper (?)
H 33.8 x W 44.8 cm
Wellcome Collection
An English Family at Tea c.1720
Joseph van Aken (c.1699–1749)
Oil on canvas
H 99.4 x W 116.2 cm
Tate
Girl at a Tea Table 1882/1884
Beatrix Whistler (1857–1896)
Oil on panel
H 24.6 x W 14.7 cm
The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
George Bernard O'Neill (1828–1917)
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 40.5 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
Tea Ceremony with Japanese Girls 1921–1925
Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864–1933)
Oil on canvas
H 59.7 x W 50.8 cm
National Trust for Scotland, Broughton House & Garden
Tea Time, End of Shift c.1800
British School
Oil on board
H 25.7 x W 29.4 cm
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales
Virginia Water Tea House, Surrey 1905
Francis Vingoe (1879–1940)
Oil on canvas
H 26 x W 36 cm
Chertsey Museum
Hugh Oswald Blaker (1873–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 75.6 x W 74 cm
Gregynog Hall
Keith Henderson (1883–1982) and Johnson, Riddle and Co. Ltd (active c.1927–1945) and Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)
Lithograph on paper
H 102 x W 64 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
Tea in the Hospital Ward 1927–1932
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 105 x W 185 cm
National Trust, Sandham Memorial Chapel
Still Life with Tea Cups 1670–1685
Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraten (1629/1630–1700)
Oil on canvas
H 24.8 x W 36.6 cm
Sheffield Museums
Tea Table in the Garden c.1925
Esther Borough Johnson (1866–1958)
Oil on canvas
H 55.7 x W 47 cm
Brighton & Hove Museums
Tea at Chartwell, 29th August 1927 c.1928
Winston Spencer Churchill (1874–1965)
Oil on canvas
H 63 x W 75.5 cm
National Trust, Chartwell
A Family Being Served with Tea c.1745
unknown artist
Oil on canvas
H 106.7 x W 139.7 cm
Yale Center for British Art
A Girl with a Tea Cup after 1740
Philippe Mercier (1689–1760) (style of)
Oil on canvas
H 55.8 x W 70.5 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
Corby Steelworks, Men on a Tea Break 20th C
unknown artist
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 92 cm
North Northamptonshire Council
A Family of Three at Tea c.1727
Richard Collins (d.1732)
Oil on canvas
H 64.2 x W 76.3 cm
Paintings Collection
Mrs Stoyel Comes to Tea, Summer 1940 2005
Stephen Chaplin (b.1934)
Oil on canvas laid on panel
H 25.4 x W 30.5 cm
Bromley Historic Collections
A Tea Plantation in China: Workers Seated on a Verandah Grade the Tea Leaves by Hand 1800/1850
unknown artist
Gouache on paper (?)
H 9.8 x W 15.8 cm
Wellcome Collection
Still Life with a Tea Pot c.1929
Duncan Grant (1885–1978)
Oil on canvas
H 59.5 x W 49.5 cm
Charleston
A Tea Plantation in China: Workers Water the Young Tea Plants 1800/1850
unknown artist
Gouache on paper (?)
H 9.3 x W 15.8 cm
Wellcome Collection
Thruppence-Worth O' Aul' Tea Breed 1977
Andrew Scott Craig (1917–1985)
Oil on canvas
H 49.3 x W 39 cm
Bangor University
A Tea Plantation in China: Workers Load Boxes of Tea for Export onto Rafts 1800/1850
unknown artist
Gouache on paper (?)
H 9.6 x W 15.7 cm
Wellcome Collection
A Tea Plantation in China: Women Picking and Sifting Tea Leaves
unknown artist
Gouache on paper (?)
H 33.8 x W 44.8 cm
Wellcome Collection
A Tea Plantation in China: Workers Carrying and Picking Out Tea Leaves
unknown artist
Gouache on paper (?)
H 33.8 x W 44.8 cm
Wellcome Collection
Tea Painting in an Illusionistic Style 1961
David Hockney (b.1937)
Oil on canvas
H 232.5 x W 83 cm
Tate
A Tea Plantation in China: Workers Grinding Tea and Rolling It into Balls 1800/1850
unknown artist
Gouache on paper (?)
H 10 x W 16 cm
Wellcome Collection
Tea-Drying in Mr Hölle's Establishment, Java c.1876
Marianne North (1830–1890)
Oil on board
H 24.9 x W 35.5 cm
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Anna Todd (b.1964)
Acrylic on board
H 214 x W 122 cm
Withington Community Hospital
The Cromwell and Thornhill Families Taking Tea c.1730
Charles Philips (1708–1747)
Oil on canvas
H 71 x W 89 cm
Cromwell Museum
Indian Tea in a UK Warehouse 1930
Keith Henderson (1883–1982) and Johnson, Riddle and Co. Ltd (active c.1927–1945) and Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)
Lithograph on paper
H 102 x W 152.5 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
Tea Plant (Camellia Sinensis): Flowering Stem
unknown artist
Watercolour on paper (?)
H 38.9 x W 30.5 cm
Wellcome Collection
First class ladies tea room, including fireplace 1906
Robert John Welch (1859–1936) and Harland & Wolff (founded 1861)
Glass plate negative
National Museums NI
Tea Break, Joinery Works, Shardlow, Derbyshire 1956
John Fineran (1935–2011)
Oil on paper
H 38.5 x W 56.5 cm
Derby Museums
Tea Gathering in Mr Hölle's Plantation at Garoet, Java c.1876
Marianne North (1830–1890)
Oil on board
H 28.9 x W 50.7 cm
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
A Chinese Ceremony with Tea and Rice Bowls c.1850
unknown artist
Gouache on rice paper
H 10 x W 32 cm
Wellcome Collection
Two Ladies and an Officer Seated at Tea c.1715–1720
Dutch School (attributed to)
Oil on canvas
H 63.5 x W 76.2 cm
Paintings Collection
Thomas Smith (1699/1700–1744), and His Family at Tea 1733
Robert West (d.1770)
Oil on canvas
H 59.5 x W 89 cm
National Trust, Upton House
Empire Tea from India, Ceylon and East Africa
Harold Sandys Williamson (1892–1978) and Jordison & Co. Ltd (active c.1926–c.1957) and Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)
Lithograph on paper
H 102 x W 152.5 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
The Burleigh Family Taking Tea at Wilbury Crescent, Hove c.1947
Charles Henry Harrison Burleigh (1869–1956)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 76.7 cm
Museum of the Home
Six Scenes from a Tamil Village and Neigbouring Tea Plantation c.1889
John Percival Gülich (1864–1898)
Pen, ink & blue pencil on paper (?)
H 52.1 x W 34.7 cm
Wellcome Collection
Portrait of a Lady and Maid with a Cup of Tea
Georges van Houten (1888–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 106 x W 85.5 cm
Examination Schools, University of Oxford
Tea on the Lawn in front of Wonford House Hospital, Devon
unknown artist
Oil on board
H 35.9 x W 56.3 cm
Wonford House Hospital
Dr Johnson and Sir Joshua Reynolds Taking Tea with Mrs Thrale 1848
Edward Matthew Ward (1816–1879) (attributed to)
Oil on canvas
H 95 x W 119 cm
University of Sheffield
unknown artist
Gouache on rice paper
H 16.4 x W 25.2 cm
Wellcome Collection
Reconstructed View of the Mazawattee Tea Warehouse on Tower Hill, c.1860 2002–2003
Ivan Lapper (b.1939)
Acrylic on paper
H 58 x W 76.5 cm
Tower of London – Historic Royal Palaces
unknown artist
Gouache on paper (?)
H 26.2 x W 33.8 cm
Wellcome Collection
unknown artist
Gouache on rice paper
H 16.3 x W 25.2 cm
Wellcome Collection
unknown artist
Gouache on paper (?)
H 9.8 x W 15.7 cm
Wellcome Collection
unknown artist
Watercolour & pencil on paper
H 16.5 x W 19.5 cm
Wellcome Collection
unknown artist
Gouache on paper (?)
H 9.7 x W 15.6 cm
Wellcome Collection
unknown artist
Gouache on paper (?)
H 9.6 x W 15.7 cm
Wellcome Collection
The Market Garden of the Tropics – Ceylon Tea 1930
Edgar Ainsworth (1905–1975) and Johnson, Riddle and Co. Ltd (active c.1927–1945) and Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO)
Lithograph on paper
H 102 x W 152.5 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
Tea Party at Lord Harrington's House, St James's 1730
Charles Philips (1708–1747)
Oil on canvas
H 102.2 x W 126.4 cm
Yale Center for British Art
Granny, Uncle Albert and May, Tea-Time, 1909–1911 1966
May Stephenson (active c.1950–1974)
Oil on board
H 38 x W 61 cm
The Dock Museum
A Chelsea Pensioner Sipping Tea out of a Saucer
Michael William Sharp (1777–1840)
Oil on panel
H 22 x W 17.8 cm
The Royal Hospital Chelsea
Two Ladies Taking Tea in the Vicarage Garden at Bierton, Buckinghamshire 1940
Rex Whistler (1905–1944)
Oil on canvas
H 30 x W 40.5 cm
Buckinghamshire County Museum
Lady with Teacup 1952
Georges van Houten (1888–1964)
Oil on canvas
H 73 x W 60 cm
Examination Schools, University of Oxford
The Grand Walk, Vauxhall Gardens, London c.1751
Canaletto (1697–1768)
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 76 cm
Compton Verney
Couple Having Tea 1830–1840
unknown artist
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 73 cm
Southampton City Art Gallery
Still Life 1918
Edward Hartley Mooney (1877–1938)
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 61 cm
Manchester Art Gallery
Teatotalism 1795
Edward Bird (1772–1819)
Oil on panel
H 15 x W 12.5 cm
Wolverhampton Arts and Heritage
Four Chinese Figures, Two Drinking Tea, Two Packing Boxes c.1850
unknown artist
Gouache on rice paper
H 24 x W 35 cm
Wellcome Collection
The Village Gossips c.1828
Rolinda Sharples (1793–1838)
Oil on canvas
H 73 x W 59 cm
Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Portrait of an East India Company Captain c.1690
British (English) School
Oil on canvas
H 127 x W 101.5 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich
East India Company Ships at Deptford c.1660
British (English) School
Oil on canvas
H 91.5 x W 186.7 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich
John Fraser (1858–1927)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 116.8 cm
Royal Museums Greenwich
Louis Galliac (1849–1934)
Oil on canvas
H 122 x W 105 cm
Kinloch Castle, Rum (NatureScot)
A Glass of Milk 1923
Stanley Cursiter (1887–1976)
Oil on canvas
H 40.6 x W 45.7 cm
Museums & Galleries Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council
Coupons Required 1941
Leonora Kathleen Green (1901–1966)
Oil on canvas
H 40.5 x W 51 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)