Homer Reciting His Poems is a 1790 history painting by the British artist Thomas Lawrence.

It depicts the classical Greek poet Homer reciting his Iliad to a receptive audience.

It was a rare venture into the genre for the artist, who went on to became known as the leading portrait painter of the Regency era.

Around the same time he also produced a landscape painting A View of Dovedale, displaying his versatility as an artist.

[2] Today it is part of the collection of the Tate Britain in Pimlico, having been acquired in 1975.