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Abstract
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Animals and plants
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Arts and entertainment
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- Craft (art)
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Fashion and costume
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- Underwear and nightwear
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Home and family
- Bathing and toilet
- Birth, marriage and death
- Daily life
- Eating and drinking (home and family)
- Furniture and interiors
- Housework and gardening
- Servants
- Sickness and health
Ideas and emotions
- Anger and hate
- Fear and horror
- Greed and gluttony
- Happiness and joy
- Life and death
- Love and desire
- Sadness and grief
- Sex and relationships
- Time
- Virtues and vices
Literature and fantasy
- Creatures
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- Literature
- Myths and fables
- Proverbs and sayings
- Science fiction
Natural world
- Countryside
- Hills and mountains
- Natural disasters
- Night sky
- Rivers and lakes
- Seas and coasts
- Seasons
- Times of day
- Weather
- Wild places
People
- Children
- Family
- Groups
- Men
- Nudes and models
- Self portraits
- Women
Power and politics
- Civil service
- Civil unrest
- Diplomacy
- Empire
- Law and order
- Monarchy and aristocracy
- Parliaments and councils
- Politics
- Social problems and reforms
Religion and belief
- Angels and demons
- Ceremonies and rituals
- Clerics
- Gods
- Jesus Christ
- Magic and the occult
- Objects and symbols
- Places of worship
- Saints and martyrs
- Stories and people
- Worshippers and congregations
Science and knowledge
- Education
- Exploration
- Invention and experiments
- Medicine
- Philosophy and thought
- Sciences
Sport and leisure
- Celebrations
- Eating and drinking (sport and leisure)
- Hobbies and pastimes
- Holidays and travel
- Horseracing
- Hunting and fishing
- Sports
- Toys and games
Towns and buildings
- Bridges and viaducts
- Entertainment venues
- Fortifications
- Gardens and green spaces
- Houses
- Interiors
- Monuments
- Ports and waterways
- Public buildings
- Religious buildings
- Road and rail (towns and buildings)
- Ruins
- Rural buildings
- Stately homes and palaces
- Streets and squares
- Townscapes
- Workplaces
Transport and industry
- Aircraft (transport)
- Computing
- Energy and fuel
- Machinery and tools
- Manufacturing industry
- Road and rail (transport and industry)
- Ships and boats
War and conflict
- Aircraft (war and conflict)
- Armour and uniform
- Battle scenes
- Buildings and fortifications
- Civilians
- Military life
- Servicemen and women
- Vehicles (war and conflict)
- Warships
- Weapons and equipment
Work and business
- Communications
- Crafts
- Emergency services
- Farming and fishing
- Finance
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Office work
- Shops and markets
- Trade and commerce

Abstract Expressionism
Abstraction
Aestheticism
Art Deco
Art Nouveau
Barbizon School
Baroque
British Impressionism
Caravaggism
Caricature
Celtic Revivalism
Constructivism
Cubism
Dada
Early Renaissance
Expressionism
Fauvism
French Impressionism
French Realism
Futurism
Glasgow Style
High Renaissance
Impressionism
Kitchen Sink
Mannerism
Minimalism
Neo-Impressionism
Neoclassicism
Northern Renaissance
Op Art
Orientalism
Photorealism
Pointillism
Pop Art
Post-Impressionism
Pre-Raphaelitism
Renaissance
Rococo
Romanticism
Scottish Colourists
Social Realism
Suprematism
Surrealism
Symbolism
Vorticism

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Virgin and Child William Dyce (1806–1864)

Virgin and Child Nottingham City Museums and Galleries
Right Honourable Edward William Spencer (1895–1950), 10th Duke of Devonshire 1950 Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880–1952)

Right Honourable Edward William Spencer (1895–1950), 10th Duke of Devonshire 1950 The Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Foundling Girls in the Chapel mid-19th C–late 19th C Sophie Anderson (1823–1903)

Foundling Girls in the Chapel mid-19th C–late 19th C The Foundling Museum
Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid (1778–1859), 1st Bt c.1866 Goodman

Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid (1778–1859), 1st Bt c.1866 UCL Art Museum
Sir William Webb Follet (1796–1845), MP for Exeter (1835–1845) c.1835 Frederick Richard Say (1805–1868)

Sir William Webb Follet (1796–1845), MP for Exeter (1835–1845) c.1835 Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Sydney Brown c.1899 Mansel (Miss)

Sydney Brown c.1899 Dorset County Museum
William Scoresby Junior (1789–1857) Edwin Cockburn (1814–1873)

William Scoresby Junior (1789–1857) Hull Maritime Museum
The Reading Lesson R. H. Leidler

The Reading Lesson Wednesbury Museum & Art Gallery
Saint Mark Jacopo Palma il giovane (1544/1548–1628)

Saint Mark Hatton Gallery
Sir William Henry Arnold (1903–1973), KBE, Bailiff of Guernsey (1960–1973) 1974 Leonard Pearman (1912–2003)

Sir William Henry Arnold (1903–1973), KBE, Bailiff of Guernsey (1960–1973) 1974 Royal Court, Guernsey
Be Prepared 1912 Ernest Stafford Carlos (1883–1917)

Be Prepared 1912 The Scout Association
John Wesley (1703–1791) 1827 John Jackson (1778–1831)

John Wesley (1703–1791) 1827 John Wesley’s House & The Museum of Methodism
Robert Boyle (1627–1691) 1689 Johann Kerseboom (d.1708)

Robert Boyle (1627–1691) 1689 The Royal Society
William Lyde Wiggett Chute (1800–1879) 1843 Frederick Richard Say (1805–1868)

William Lyde Wiggett Chute (1800–1879) 1843 National Trust, The Vyne
David James George Hennessy, Lord Windlesham, Principal (1989–2002) 2001 David Hugh Cobley (b.1954)

David James George Hennessy, Lord Windlesham, Principal (1989–2002) 2001 Brasenose College, University of Oxford
The Bookworm and the Butterflies c.1933 Mary Groves (active 1883–1933)

The Bookworm and the Butterflies c.1933 Isle of Wight Council Heritage Service
White Roses Vanessa Bell (1879–1961)

White Roses Government Art Collection
The Artist's Wife, Evelyn, Seated, Reading c.1935 Gerald Gardiner (1902–1959)

The Artist's Wife, Evelyn, Seated, Reading c.1935 The Wilson
Thomas Alexander Patterson as a Child John Charles Swallow (b.c.1835)

Thomas Alexander Patterson as a Child York Museums Trust
Spring Day at Boscastle 1943 Charles Ginner (1878–1952)

Spring Day at Boscastle 1943 Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre