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People
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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
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Scottish Colourists
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Vorticism

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The Royal Army Medical Corps at Messines during the 1917 Offensive c.1919 Gilbert Rogers (1881–1956)

The Royal Army Medical Corps at Messines during the 1917 Offensive c.1919 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
The Schoolmaster 1645 Gerrit Dou (1613–1675)

The Schoolmaster 1645 The Fitzwilliam Museum
Englishman 1903 Henrie Pitcher (active c.1880–1904)

Englishman 1903 Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Highgate Ponds 1 1953 James Boswell (1906–1971)

Highgate Ponds 1 1953 Burgh House and Hampstead Museum
The Cornish Riviera Louis Burleigh Bruhl (1862–1942)

The Cornish Riviera National Railway Museum
Untitled 1972 Ken Donaldson (b.1949)

Untitled 1972 Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University
James Gibbs (1682–1754), Architect c.1750 Andrea Soldi (c.1703–1771)

James Gibbs (1682–1754), Architect c.1750 National Galleries of Scotland, Scottish National Portrait Gallery
A River Landscape with a Horseman on a Road Aelbert Cuyp (1620–1691)

A River Landscape with a Horseman on a Road National Trust, Ascott
Gypsy Encampment with Horses and Cattle 1877 Charles Collins II (1851–1921)

Gypsy Encampment with Horses and Cattle 1877 Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre
John Bankes II (1692–1772), MP 1764 Richard Roper (c.1730–c.1775)

John Bankes II (1692–1772), MP 1764 National Trust, Kingston Lacy
Landscape John White Abbott (1763–1851)

Landscape Plymouth City Council: The Box
Alex Ballingall, Lord Provost of Dundee (1714–1716) unknown artist

Alex Ballingall, Lord Provost of Dundee (1714–1716) Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)
Sir Thomas Fermor Hesketh, Chairman of the Hospital Management Board (1931–1943) 1946 Murray McNeel Caird Urquhart (1880–1972)

Sir Thomas Fermor Hesketh, Chairman of the Hospital Management Board (1931–1943) 1946 Northampton General Hospital
Cardiff Castle from the Taff early 19th C British (English) School

Cardiff Castle from the Taff early 19th C Cardiff Castle
Sir Richard Temple (1675–1749), 4th Viscount of Birmingham 1738–1742 Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684–1745)

Sir Richard Temple (1675–1749), 4th Viscount of Birmingham 1738–1742 Birmingham Museums Trust
Sir Robert Murray Keith (1730–1795), Diplomat and Ambassador to Denmark Nathaniel Dance-Holland (1735–1811)

Sir Robert Murray Keith (1730–1795), Diplomat and Ambassador to Denmark Government Art Collection
Thomas Lobb Chute (1721–1790) mid-18th C British (English) School

Thomas Lobb Chute (1721–1790) mid-18th C National Trust, The Vyne
Landscape 1808 Joseph Barker (1782–1809)

Landscape 1808 Victoria Art Gallery
Colonel George William Blathwayt (1797–1871) 1850 William Salter (1804–1875)

Colonel George William Blathwayt (1797–1871) 1850 National Trust, Dyrham Park
Benjamin Agar (1793–1858) 1808 William Higgins (b.1759)

Benjamin Agar (1793–1858) 1808 York Museums Trust