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Mother and Child c.1775 Francis Wheatley (1747–1801)

Mother and Child c.1775 Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries
Old Man and a Young Girl Learning to Read 1866 Paul Constant Soyer (1823–1903)

Old Man and a Young Girl Learning to Read 1866 Bradford Museums and Galleries
Springtime c.1927 Sine MacKinnon (1901–1996)

Springtime c.1927 Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
The Seaside c.1920 Alice Maud Fanner (1865–1930)

The Seaside c.1920 Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries
La rue Cousine, Dieppe, France c.1930 Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968)

La rue Cousine, Dieppe, France c.1930 Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries
Jane Shore Led in Penance to Saint Paul's 1775–1776 Edward Penny (1714–1791)

Jane Shore Led in Penance to Saint Paul's 1775–1776 Birmingham Museums Trust
The Eternal Door (Cairate, Lombardy) 1876 Louisa Starr Canziani (1845–1909)

The Eternal Door (Cairate, Lombardy) 1876 Birmingham Museums Trust
A Scene in Southam Street, North Kensington, London 1959 Christopher Hall (b.1930)

A Scene in Southam Street, North Kensington, London 1959 Museum of London
Gainsborough Lane, Ipswich 1889 Henry George Todd (1847–1898)

Gainsborough Lane, Ipswich 1889 Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection
Landscape with a Boy and Cattle 1857 James Walsham Baldock (1822–1898)

Landscape with a Boy and Cattle 1857 Bassetlaw District Council
The Annual Fête of the Licensed Victuallers' School 1831 E. F. Lambert (c.1790–1846)

The Annual Fête of the Licensed Victuallers' School 1831 Museum of London
The Introduction 1882 Ernest Albert Waterlow (1850–1919)

The Introduction 1882 Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
The Village Well 1871 Hugh Cameron (1835–1918)

The Village Well 1871 Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Ragdale Hall, Leicestershire 1876 John Fulleylove (1845–1908)

Ragdale Hall, Leicestershire 1876 Leicestershire County Council Museums Service
The Goose Girl 1879 Edward Hargitt (1835–1895)

The Goose Girl 1879 Museums Sheffield
A Frugal Meal 1872 Howard Helmick (1845–1907)

A Frugal Meal 1872 Museums Sheffield
Francis Graham c.1774 Tilly Kettle (1735–1786)

Francis Graham c.1774 Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries
Kathleen 1898 Robert Brough (1872–1905)

Kathleen 1898 Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
A Classical Landscape 1736 James Norie (1684–1757)

A Classical Landscape 1736 Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Down the Garden 1912 Spencer Gore (1878–1914)

Down the Garden 1912 Museum of London