Your paintings: the UK's oil paintings The Public Catalogue Foundation and the BBC have completed their project to put images online of all the UK's collection of oil paintings in public ownership. The UK is the first country in the world to create such a catalogue, which is made up of 211, 861 paintings in total. ABOVE: Monarch of the Glen 1851, by Edwin Henry Landseer 1802-1873, oil on canvas, 165.8 x 171.2 cm National Museums Scotland Edwin Henry Landseer's career was a story of remarkable social as well as professional success: he was the favourite painter of Queen Victoria (who considered him "very good looking although rather short") and his friends included Dickens and Thackeray. Monarch of the Glen is among his most famous works. You can see the paintngs at the Your Paintings website