Updated November 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 24 works by Charles Thomas Burt in our catalogue
In short
Of all the originals Charles Thomas Burt left, the most famous is Crossing the Sands (1858), in the collection of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham. Close behind it come The Skylark (1874) and Sea Coast (1887). Our catalog holds 24 works by Charles Thomas Burt; the gallery has kept the 17 the world admires most, each shown with its date, its museum and its story.
Crossing the Sands is a landscape painting by Charles Thomas Burt. The work dates to about 1858. It captures a quiet movement across a coastal expanse, where the earth meets the sky in a pale, muted dialogue. The scene focuses on figures on horseback navigating the wet, reflective sands of a beach at low tide.
In "The Skylark" by Charles Thomas Burt, the artist organizes a pastoral landscape into a balanced arrangement of three distinct planes. The composition establishes a clear foreground, a middle ground, and a distant background, which creates a strong sense of depth across the canvas. A small path begins in the lower portion of the scene and leads the eye toward the horizon. The subject matter centers on a group of…
The oil painting titled Sea Coast was created by the British painter Charles Thomas Burt. This work dates to about 1887. The subject matter centers on a rocky coastline where waves meet the shore.
The Pheasant's Home1880
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The Grove, HarborneBirmingham Museums And Art Gallery
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Lundy Island, Devon1857 · Birmingham Museums And Art Gallery
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Team of HorsesWolverhampton Art Gallery
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Near BarmouthWolverhampton Art Gallery
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Moorland Scene, Derbyshire1889
17Farmyard Scene1895 · The New Art Gallery Walsall
The four subjects that come back most often in these originals, each with its finest example.
The 4 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Charles Thomas Burt | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery |
Birmingham | 6 | Crossing the Sands, The Skylark, Sea Coast |
 Birmingham Museums And Art Gallery |
Birmingham | 4 | Metchley Park Farm, Harborne, Near Llanbedr, Barmouth, The Grove, Harborne |
 Wolverhampton Art Gallery |
Wolverhampton | 3 | Going to the Ferry, Appledore, Devon A Squally Day, Team of Horses, Near Barmouth |
 The New Art Gallery Walsall |
Walsall | 1 | Farmyard Scene |
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Crossing the Sands is a landscape painting by Charles Thomas Burt. The work dates to about 1858. It captures a quiet movement across a coastal expanse, where the earth meets the sky in a pale, muted dialogue. The scene focuses on figures on horseback navigating the wet, reflective sands of a beach at low tide.
In "The Skylark" by Charles Thomas Burt, the artist organizes a pastoral landscape into a balanced arrangement of three distinct planes. The composition establishes a clear foreground, a middle ground, and a distant background, which creates a strong sense of depth across the canvas. A small path begins in the lower portion of the scene and leads the eye toward the horizon. The subject matter centers on a group of…
The oil painting titled Sea Coast was created by the British painter Charles Thomas Burt. This work dates to about 1887. The subject matter centers on a rocky coastline where waves meet the shore.
The Farmyard Scene by Charles Thomas Burt is a captivating oil on canvas painting that showcases the artist's ability to depict a peaceful and serene atmosphere. Created in 1895, this masterpiece is currently located at the The New Art Gallery Walsall in the United Kingdom. The painting measures 49 x 75 cm and features a horse standing underneath a thatched roof in front of a barn, with two birds visible…
Crossing the Sands (1858), Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham. The Skylark (1874) and Sea Coast (1887) come next.
35 years old: Crossing the Sands dates from 1858, and Charles Thomas Burt was born in 1823.
Crossing the Sands, The Skylark, Sea Coast, Metchley Park Farm, Harborne, Cottage Scene, Warley, Worcestershire, Lundy Island, Devon, Going to the Ferry, Appledore, Devon A Squally Day, Snowdon from Pensarn, Near Llanbedr, Barmouth and Sea Waves (panel in the Everitt Cabinet). The ranking above gives each one's year and museum.
Our catalog holds 24 works by Charles Thomas Burt, dated from 1845 to 1895.
Mostly in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (Birmingham), Birmingham Museums And Art Gallery (Birmingham) and Wolverhampton Art Gallery (Wolverhampton). The museum table above lists them all.
In 1850s: 4 of the 17 works on this page were made then, Crossing the Sands among them.
On this page, the earliest is Metchley Park Farm, Harborne (1845) and the latest Farmyard Scene (1895).
Sky (3), Sand (2) and Water (2), across the 17 works on this page.
Oil On Canvas, for 2 of the 17 works on this page.
Crossing the Sands, The Skylark and Sea Coast: the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham holds 6 of the works on this page.
