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People
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Transport and industry
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War and conflict
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Work and business
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Abstract Expressionism
Abstraction
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Post‐Impressionism
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Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell (1757–1806) c.1795–1803 Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760–1803)

Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell (1757–1806) c.1795–1803 National Maritime Museum
Ali Pasha of Janina (c.1741–1822) Seymour Stokes Kirkup (1788–1880)

Ali Pasha of Janina (c.1741–1822) Royal Cornwall Museum
Woureddy (d.1842) 1834 Benjamin Duterreau (1767–1851)

Woureddy (d.1842) 1834 British Museum
The Emperor 1958 Francis Newton Souza (1924–2002)

The Emperor 1958 County Hall, Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection
The Emperor Rudolph II (1552–1612) Hans von Aachen (1552–1615)

The Emperor Rudolph II (1552–1612) English Heritage, The Wellington Collection, Apsley House
Major James Leith Winning the Victoria Cross 1858 unknown artist

Major James Leith Winning the Victoria Cross 1858 14th/20th King's Hussars Museum
After the Lion Hunt (W. F. Webb and Captain W. Codrington, South Africa) 1857 Alfred Corbould (c.1821–1874)

After the Lion Hunt (W. F. Webb and Captain W. Codrington, South Africa) 1857 Newstead Abbey
Officer of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons 1918 G. Gatehouse

Officer of the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons 1918 York Army Museum
Head of an Arab Hugo Vilfred Pedersen (1870–1959)

Head of an Arab York Museums Trust
Governor John Beecroft (1790–1854), Spanish Governor of the Island of Fernando Po and Her Majesty's Consul for the Bight of Biafra unknown artist

Governor John Beecroft (1790–1854), Spanish Governor of the Island of Fernando Po and Her Majesty's Consul for the Bight of Biafra Whitby Museum
The Return of the Heroes 1887 Robert Alexander Hillingford (1825–1904)

The Return of the Heroes 1887 Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
Brigadier General Arthur Anthony Howell (d.1918) 1936 Ethel Moore

Brigadier General Arthur Anthony Howell (d.1918) 1936 The Fusilier Museum London
Commander Drysdall, Packet Commander unknown artist

Commander Drysdall, Packet Commander National Maritime Museum Cornwall
Presentation of the Colours to the Bank of England Volunteer Corps 1799 Thomas Stothard (1755–1834)

Presentation of the Colours to the Bank of England Volunteer Corps 1799 Bank of England Museum
Portrait of a Military Gentleman British (English) School

Portrait of a Military Gentleman Royal Cornwall Museum
Action at the Malakand Pass 1896 S. W. Lincoln

Action at the Malakand Pass 1896 The Gordon Highlanders Museum
Potentate II 1963 Ithell Colquhoun (1906–1988)

Potentate II 1963 Penlee House Gallery & Museum
'Remember Scarborough' c.1915 Edith Mary Kemp Welch (1870–1941)

'Remember Scarborough' c.1915 Scarborough Town Hall
Princess Maria Elizabeth Amalie Franziska Wagram of Bavaria (1784–1849), Princess Wagram 1832 François Gabriel Guillaume Lépaulle (1804–1886)

Princess Maria Elizabeth Amalie Franziska Wagram of Bavaria (1784–1849), Princess Wagram 1832 Government Art Collection
The Viceroy's Orderly (Ruftadur Valayar Shah) 1915 William Nicholson (1872–1949)

The Viceroy's Orderly (Ruftadur Valayar Shah) 1915 Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery