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People
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Science and knowledge
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Sport and leisure
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Towns and buildings
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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
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Pop Art
Post-Impressionism
Pre-Raphaelitism
Renaissance
Rococo
Romanticism
Scottish Colourists
Social Realism
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Symbolism
Vorticism

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The Arrival of the Mail Coach at the 'Black Bull', Edinburgh William Turner (active 1767–1831)

The Arrival of the Mail Coach at the 'Black Bull', Edinburgh City of Edinburgh Council
Old Greenwich 1930s Jesse Dale Cast (1900–1976)

Old Greenwich 1930s UCL Art Museum
Old Glasgow Bridge c.1817 John Knox (1778–1845)

Old Glasgow Bridge c.1817 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
Peasants before a Cottage Barend Gael (c.1635–1698)

Peasants before a Cottage Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
The Demolition of Ayr Jail William Drummond Bone (1907–1979)

The Demolition of Ayr Jail Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
Glasgow Cross from the Saltmarket 1871 William Glover (1836–1916)

Glasgow Cross from the Saltmarket 1871 Riverside Museum
The Piazza di San Marco, Venice c.1734–1735 Canaletto (1697–1768)

The Piazza di San Marco, Venice c.1734–1735 Sir John Soane’s Museum
Flats, 1960 Philip Henry Smith (1924–2008)

Flats, 1960 Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
Cathedral from Weller Street, Toxteth, Liverpool 1986 Sheila Christine Ann Turner (b.1941)

Cathedral from Weller Street, Toxteth, Liverpool 1986 Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
Boston Stump, Lincolnshire Norman Ellis (1913–1971)

Boston Stump, Lincolnshire New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester Arts and Museums Service
Chamber of the House of Commons: Bomb Damage c.1940–1945 Roland Vivian Pitchforth (1895–1982)

Chamber of the House of Commons: Bomb Damage c.1940–1945 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
View of Glasgow and the Cathedral c.1840 John Adam Houston (1812–1884)

View of Glasgow and the Cathedral c.1840 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
Trongate, Glasgow 1891 J. Nicol (active late 19th C)

Trongate, Glasgow 1891 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
Sundown 1973 Lilian Douglass (1903–1982)

Sundown 1973 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
Village Street with Poultry Louis Adolphe Hervier (1818–1879)

Village Street with Poultry The Burrell Collection
Garnethill Tapestry: First Sketch 1976 Alasdair Gray (b.1934)

Garnethill Tapestry: First Sketch 1976 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
End of Arcadia Street 1977 Alasdair Gray (b.1934)

End of Arcadia Street 1977 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
The Pokey Hat Man c.1956 Thomas McGoran (b.1927)

The Pokey Hat Man c.1956 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
Boys Playing at See-Saw c.1775–1799 Francisco de Goya (1746–1828)

Boys Playing at See-Saw c.1775–1799 Pollok House
Carpet Beaters c.1956 Thomas McGoran (b.1927)

Carpet Beaters c.1956 St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art