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Nights through Dreams Tell the Myths Forgotten by Day, 2012, acrylic on polyester by Melanie Wotton (b.1962), © the artist, photo credit: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

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Pointillist Abstract. oil & crushed eggshells (?) on canvas by Martin Hodder (active 1970s). © the copyright holder. photo credit: Exhall Grange Specialist School & Science College

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Framed print of 'Flowers in a Vase'. 1919, oil on canvas by Roger Eliot Fry (1866–1934). Photo credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries

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Untitled (Head E). 1981, pencil & ink on paper by Victor Newsome (1935–2018). © the artist's estate. Photo credit: British Council Collection

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Mary Jane Seacole, née Grant. 1869, oil on panel by Albert Charles Challen (1847–1881). Photo credit: National Portrait Gallery, London

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Works on Paper. (detail), 2009, acrylic gouache on paper by Peter McDonald (b.1973). © the artist & Kate MacGarry Gallery. Photo credit: Government Art Collection

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