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Clytie and Autumn Leaves, (detail), 1932, oil on canvas by Mark Gertler (1891–1939), photo credit: Glasgow Museums

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Sappho and Alcaeus, 1881, oil on canvas by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912), photo credit: Walters Art Museum, public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)

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Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965), 1946, bronze by Jacob Epstein (1880–1959), © the artist's estate / Tate Images, photo credit: Gallery Oldham

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Job, 1898, lithograph by Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), photo credit: The Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Dorothy Mead, photograph, © Bryan Long, photo credit: courtesy of Val and Bryan Long

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