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Writing a Letter 1966 John Lessore (b.1939)

Writing a Letter 1966 Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
Writer in Eighteenth-Century Dress Seated at a Desk 1845 British School

Writer in Eighteenth-Century Dress Seated at a Desk 1845 Walker Art Gallery
Woman Writing at a Secretaire 1932 James McBey (1883–1959)

Woman Writing at a Secretaire 1932 Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Woman Writing at a Desk John Lessore (b.1939)

Woman Writing at a Desk The University of York
Woman Writing a Letter 1939 Rupert Shephard (1909–1992)

Woman Writing a Letter 1939 Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
Winston L. S. Churchill (1874–1965), MP for Oldham (1900–1905) c.1900 George William Fish (1876–1930?)

Winston L. S. Churchill (1874–1965), MP for Oldham (1900–1905) c.1900 Gallery Oldham
William Willoughby Cole (1807–1887), 3rd Earl of Enniskillen 1873 John Lucas (1807–1874)

William Willoughby Cole (1807–1887), 3rd Earl of Enniskillen 1873 National Trust, Florence Court
William Wailes (1808–1881) c.1845 John Oliphant (active 1832–1847)

William Wailes (1808–1881) c.1845 Shipley Art Gallery
William Smith, Advocate 1910 Allan Newton Sutherland (c.1885–1918)

William Smith, Advocate 1910 Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
William Oakes Hunt (1795–1874) 1873 I. F. Ward

William Oakes Hunt (1795–1874) 1873 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
William Marsden (1796–1867) 1850 Thomas Henry Illidge (1799–1851)

William Marsden (1796–1867) 1850 Royal Free Hospital
William Kirk, Station Master, Liverpool Central, Cheshire Lines Committee 1909 Charles Dudley (active from 1906)

William Kirk, Station Master, Liverpool Central, Cheshire Lines Committee 1909 National Railway Museum
William Huntley Buist (1876–1940), Lord Provost of Dundee (1932–1935) 1935 Herbert James Gunn (1893–1964)

William Huntley Buist (1876–1940), Lord Provost of Dundee (1932–1935) 1935 Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)
William Howe (1814–1879) 19th C unknown artist

William Howe (1814–1879) 19th C Chesterfield Museum & Art Gallery
William Henry Tee (1928–1990) 1990 Rebecca Douglass Whatley (b.1949)

William Henry Tee (1928–1990) 1990 Reading Museum & Town Hall
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (1738–1809), 3rd Duke of Portland 1782 John Powell (active 1769–1785)

William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (1738–1809), 3rd Duke of Portland 1782 National Trust, Dunham Massey
William Grainge c.1870 Thomas Holroyd (1821–1904)

William Grainge c.1870 Harrogate Library
William Ernest Henley (1849–1903), Poet and Literary Agent Francis Dodd (1874–1949)

William Ernest Henley (1849–1903), Poet and Literary Agent The Crypt School
William Coles Pendarves (b.1841), JP, Chairman of the Council (1907–1919) 1918 Samuel Henry William Llewellyn (1858–1941)

William Coles Pendarves (b.1841), JP, Chairman of the Council (1907–1919) 1918 New County Hall
William Claxton, Master (1836), Treasurer (1841–1873) 1872 Samuel West (c.1810–after 1881)

William Claxton, Master (1836), Treasurer (1841–1873) 1872 Merchants Hall, Society of Merchant Venturers