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Abstract
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Home and family
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Ideas and emotions
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Literature and fantasy
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People
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Power and politics
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Work and business
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Abstract Expressionism
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Pop Art
Post-Impressionism
Pre-Raphaelitism
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Tristan 1883 Arthur Louis Townsend (1848–1927)

Tristan 1883 Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection
Tam o' Shanter c.1854 Abraham Cooper (1787–1868)

Tam o' Shanter c.1854 University of Dundee Fine Art Collections
Horses, Pigs and Poultry 1852 John Frederick Herring I (1795–1865)

Horses, Pigs and Poultry 1852 Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Lugg Meadows 1906 Brian Hatton (1887–1916)

Lugg Meadows 1906 Hereford Museum and Art Gallery
'Cat and Fiddle' Windmill, Dale, Derbyshire* 1986 Charles Edward Harriman (active 1972–1986)

'Cat and Fiddle' Windmill, Dale, Derbyshire* 1986 Erewash Borough Council
Suffolk Punches, Mares and Foals c.1938 Sydney Charles Seymour Lucas (1878–1954)

Suffolk Punches, Mares and Foals c.1938 Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection
River Orwell from the Strand, Suffolk 1883 John Moore of Ipswich (1820–1902)

River Orwell from the Strand, Suffolk 1883 Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection
Resting at the Ford c.1860 British (English) School

Resting at the Ford c.1860 Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection
Work Harry Fidler (1856–1935)

Work Gallery Oldham
Queen Elizabeth I at Tilbury, 1588 c.1938 Alfred Kingsley Lawrence (1893–1975)

Queen Elizabeth I at Tilbury, 1588 c.1938 Essex County Council
Andermatt, Switzerland 1879/1880 Hopkins Horsley Hobday Horsley (1807–1890)

Andermatt, Switzerland 1879/1880 Birmingham Museums Trust
Eastgate Bridge, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk c.1800 G. Bowring

Eastgate Bridge, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk c.1800 St Edmundsbury Museums
Full Cry c.1831 John Frederick Herring I (1795–1865)

Full Cry c.1831 Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Ipswich Borough Council Collection
Dr John Bowles (1765–1834) 1825 Benjamin Marshall (1768–1835)

Dr John Bowles (1765–1834) 1825 Leicestershire County Council Museums Service
Bramber Flooding Clement Lambert (1855–1925)

Bramber Flooding Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries
Keep My Secret 1897 Samuel Edmund Waller (1850–1903)

Keep My Secret 1897 Museums Sheffield
The Farmyard 1914 Stanley Royle (1888–1961)

The Farmyard 1914 Museums Sheffield
The Return of the Victors 1878–1879 John Gilbert (1817–1897)

The Return of the Victors 1878–1879 Birmingham Museums Trust
Madrid Crowd 1931 Laura Sylvia Gosse (1881–1968)

Madrid Crowd 1931 University of Hull Art Collection
The Challenge of Rodomont to Rogero 1825–1827 Henry Perronet Briggs (1791/1793–1844)

The Challenge of Rodomont to Rogero 1825–1827 Birmingham Museums Trust