Updated October 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 237 works by Daniel Maclise in our catalogue
In short
Of all the originals Daniel Maclise left, the most famous is Snap-Apple Night. Close behind it come And in the First Career they Ran and Henry Viii's First Interview With Anne Boleyn. Our catalog holds 237 works by Daniel Maclise; the gallery has kept the 100 the world admires most, each shown with its date, its museum and its story.
, also known as All-Hallow Eve, is an oil on canvas painting by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise. The work captures a specific moment of folk tradition, born from a Halloween party the artist attended in Blarney, Ireland, in October 1832. It remains a significant record of communal gathering and seasonal ritual.
The scene unfolds within the dramatic composition of And in the First Career they Ran, a work that carries the heavy weight of history through the hand of Daniel Maclise. This painting captures a moment of intense power and submission, frozen in a way that suggests a narrative long since passed. Maclise, an artist whose life spanned the transition of eras, brings a sense of gravity to this specific encounter…
Madeline after prayer is an oil on canvas work by the Irish painter Daniel Maclise. Executed in 1868, the painting belongs to the collection at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.
The Spirit of Justice1850 · Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
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Scottish Lovers1863 · Chazen Museum of Art
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The Ballad Seller1858
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The Sleeping Beauty
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A Scene from 'Undine'1843 · Royal Collection
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First Steps1829
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The reign of King Richard the Third
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John Baldwin Buckstone1836 · National Portrait Gallery
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Macready as Werner1850
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The Loving Cup1859
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King Lear and Cordelia
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Portrait of Thomas Moore (1779-1852), PoetNational Gallery of Ireland
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Portrait of Edmund Kean (1787-1833), Actor, as HamletNational Gallery of Ireland
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Studies after various hands
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Undine
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The Play Scene, Act Iii
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton , Author of 'Pelham'
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The Hall Of Glennaquoich
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George Cruikshank
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Figures
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Drury Lane
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Theodore Edward Hook
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Mr. Apperley
34
Devil's Glen, Wicklow
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The Rev. Francis Mahony
36
Morte d'Arthur
37
William Makepeace Thackeray
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Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby
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Study for The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan 1
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Donnybrook Fair; The Wonderful Tune
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Portrait of Thomas Carlyle, historian and philosopher
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John Constable
43
Washington Irving
44
Self-portrait
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Portrait Of A Gentleman
46
Miners
47
The Holy Well
48
Sketch Of A Bearded Man In Profile In A Letter To David Roberts
49
Sir Bedivere Sees An Arm Catching King Arthur's
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Preliminary drawing for the group caricature, 'The Fraserians'
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Dionysius Lardner
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Antiquaries
53
Crofton Croker
54
Charles Molloy Westmacott
55
Battle Scene
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Charles Dickens engraved by Emden
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Sydney Smith
58
Woman writing
59
James Henry Leigh Hunt
60
George Robert Gleig
61
Robert Macnish
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Donnybrook Fair
63
Farm yard animals
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Michael Faraday
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Illustration for Dicken's 'Chimes'
66
Drawing
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Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
68
Portrait of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet
69
Coronation Of Harold Ii King Of The Anglo-saxons
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Portrait of John Soane
71
Mr. John Maguire
72
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
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Three men
74
Jenny Lind
75
James Justinian Morier
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Cat and children
77
Miss jane porter
78
William Cobbett
79
On board the severn from Cork to Bristol
80
Gravediggers
81
Alaric attila watts
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Donkey and castle
83
Man and Pipes
84
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux 1
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Tydus pooh pooh
86
Artist sketching
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John wilson
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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton 1
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Earl of Munster
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Lady morgan
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Siamese Twins
92
Portrait of Thomas Moore, poet
93
Caroline, Lady Stirling-Maxwell
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Caroline norton
95
Without saddle or bridle
96
Snapp Apple Night
97
Sketch of two Men
98
Portrait of David Wilkie
99
William Jerdan
100
William Dunlop
The four subjects that come back most often in these originals, each with its finest example.
The 7 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Daniel Maclise | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 National Gallery of Ireland |
Dublin City | 7 | A Scene from Gil Blas, Claude Lorrain Sketching, Portrait of Thomas Moore (1779-1852), Poet |
 Royal Collection |
London | 4 | A Scene from Gil Blas, A Scene from Midas, A Scene from 'Undine' |
 National Portrait Gallery |
London | 3 | John Baldwin Buckstone |
 Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki |
Auckland | 2 | The Spirit of Justice |
 National Library of Wales |
Aberystwyth | 1 | D Maclise |
 Government Art Collection |
London | 1 | The Chivalric Vow of the Ladies and the Peacock |
 Chazen Museum of Art |
Madison | 1 | Scottish Lovers |
Pick a decade to see the original that defines it.
Daniel Maclise's “A Scene from ‘Undine’,” painted in 1843, is more than a mere depiction of a fairy tale; it’s a meticulously crafted tableau brimming with Romantic ideals, symbolic weight, and the burgeoning anxieties of Victorian society. This captivating work, now housed within the Royal Gallery at the Palace of Westminster, transports us to a shadowed forest glen, where a young knight, Huldbrand, confronts the elemental forces embodied by Undine,…
Snap-Apple Night. And in the First Career they Ran and Henry Viii's First Interview With Anne Boleyn come next.
Snap-Apple Night, And in the First Career they Ran, Henry Viii's First Interview With Anne Boleyn, Madeline after prayer, A Scene from Gil Blas, D Maclise, A Scene from Gil Blas, A Scene from Midas, The Chivalric Vow of the Ladies and the Peacock and Claude Lorrain Sketching. The ranking above gives each one's year and museum.
Our catalog holds 237 works by Daniel Maclise, dated from 1829 to 1863.
Mostly in National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin City), Royal Collection (London) and National Portrait Gallery (London). The museum table above lists them all.
In 1830s: 6 of the 100 works on this page were made then, A Scene from Gil Blas among them.
On this page, the earliest is First Steps (1829) and the latest Scottish Lovers (1863).
Men (21), Victorian era (13) and Portrait (7), across the 100 works on this page.
Oil On Canvas, for 3 of the 100 works on this page.
Romanticism, judging by the originals on this page.
A Scene from Gil Blas, Claude Lorrain Sketching and Portrait of Thomas Moore (1779-1852), Poet: the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin City holds 4 of the works on this page.
