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Work and business
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Abstract Expressionism
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Men Disguised as Clods 1984 Sonia Lawson (b.1934)

Men Disguised as Clods 1984 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Catch-22: Milo's Cotton 1970s Dick Lee (1923–2001)

Catch-22: Milo's Cotton 1970s IWM (Imperial War Museums)
German Star Shells: Men at the Guns off the German Coast, 11 August 1918 1918 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

German Star Shells: Men at the Guns off the German Coast, 11 August 1918 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Canadian Forces Reach Their Billets 1941 Henry Lamb (1883–1960)

Canadian Forces Reach Their Billets 1941 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
The Drums of the Fore and Aft 1895 Edward Matthew Hale (1852–1924)

The Drums of the Fore and Aft 1895 Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds Museums and Galleries
A Bomb Disposal Squad Digging out an Unexploded Bomb c.1945 Philip Hutton (active 1940–1945)

A Bomb Disposal Squad Digging out an Unexploded Bomb c.1945 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Artillery Drivers in the Snow, Italian Front c.1914–1918 Neville Lewis (1895–1972)

Artillery Drivers in the Snow, Italian Front c.1914–1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Portrait of a Military Gentleman British (English) School

Portrait of a Military Gentleman Royal Cornwall Museum
Captain Melville, Deputy Governor of Pendennis (1796–1811) British (English) School

Captain Melville, Deputy Governor of Pendennis (1796–1811) English Heritage, Pendennis Castle
Queen Elizabeth II at RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire 1962 A. Krause

Queen Elizabeth II at RAF South Cerney, Gloucestershire 1962 Bingham Gallery
Captain Malcolm McLachlan Harper c.1880 William Stewart MacGeorge (1861–1931)

Captain Malcolm McLachlan Harper c.1880 National Trust for Scotland, Broughton House & Garden
An Académie French School

An Académie The National Gallery, London
A Quarrel c.1640 Mathieu Le Nain (1607–1677)

A Quarrel c.1640 National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff
James Frances Edward Keith (1696–1758) 1724 Alexis-Simon Belle (1674–1734)

James Frances Edward Keith (1696–1758) 1724 University of Aberdeen
Sir Thomas Byron (d.1643) 1631 Joachim Ottensz. Houckgeest (c.1585–before 1645)

Sir Thomas Byron (d.1643) 1631 Newstead Abbey
Second Lieutenant W. H. G. Jessup, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, on the Western Front, 1916 Stanley Llewelyn Wood (1867–1928)

Second Lieutenant W. H. G. Jessup, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, on the Western Front, 1916 Cornwall's Regimental Museum
In Their Cellar in Amiens: Captain R. Maude, Department of the Army, Provost Marshal General, Awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French... 1918 William Orpen (1878–1931)

In Their Cellar in Amiens: Captain R. Maude, Department of the Army, Provost Marshal General, Awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French Authorities, and Colonel Du Tiel, Commandant d'Armes, Amiens 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Victoria Station, District Railway 1918 Bernard Meninsky (1891–1950)

Victoria Station, District Railway 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Action at the Malakand Pass 1896 S. W. Lincoln

Action at the Malakand Pass 1896 The Gordon Highlanders Museum
A Tank in Action 1926–1928 Frank Brangwyn (1867–1956)

A Tank in Action 1926–1928 National Museum Wales, National Museum Cardiff