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'A Conversation of Virtuosis...at the Kings Arms' 1735 Gawen Hamilton (1697–1737)

'A Conversation of Virtuosis...at the Kings Arms' 1735 National Portrait Gallery, London
'A Winter's Tale', Act IV, Scene 3, the Shepherd's Cot 1787 William Hamilton (1751–1801)

'A Winter's Tale', Act IV, Scene 3, the Shepherd's Cot 1787 Royal Shakespeare Theatre
'All pass away as the glimmer of day while others as fleet are born' 1888 Lance Calkin (1859–1936)

'All pass away as the glimmer of day while others as fleet are born' 1888 Nottingham City Museums & Galleries
'Anarchist' Alfred James Munnings (1878–1959)

'Anarchist' The Munnings Art Museum
'And brief, good mother, for I am in haste' 1912 M. Kynoch (active 1883–1912)

'And brief, good mother, for I am in haste' 1912 York Art Gallery
'As You Like It', Act I, Scene 2 c.1902 Frederick William Davis (1862–1919)

'As You Like It', Act I, Scene 2 c.1902 Warwick Shire Hall
'As You Like It', Act II, Scene 7 1902 Frederick William Davis (1862–1919)

'As You Like It', Act II, Scene 7 1902 Warwick Shire Hall
'As You Like It', Act III, Scene 2 1902 Frederick William Davis (1862–1919)

'As You Like It', Act III, Scene 2 1902 Warwick Shire Hall
'As You Like It', Act III, Scene 2 c.1902 Frederick William Davis (1862–1919)

'As You Like It', Act III, Scene 2 c.1902 Warwick Shire Hall
'As You Like It', Act IV, Scene 2 1907 Frederick William Davis (1862–1919)

'As You Like It', Act IV, Scene 2 1907 Royal Shakespeare Theatre
'As You Like It', Act V, Scene 1 c.1902 Frederick William Davis (1862–1919)

'As You Like It', Act V, Scene 1 c.1902 Warwick Shire Hall
'Benskins' Public House, Hatfield 1980 Gilbert Jeffries (active 1980–1984)

'Benskins' Public House, Hatfield 1980 Mill Green Mill & Museum
'Broomilaw' with Jockey Up on Epsom Downs, with Horses Being Exercised 1867 Harry Hall (c.1814–1882)

'Broomilaw' with Jockey Up on Epsom Downs, with Horses Being Exercised 1867 National Trust, Mount Stewart
'By hammer and hand, all arts doth stand' (The Forge) William Banks Fortescue (1850–1924)

'By hammer and hand, all arts doth stand' (The Forge) Penlee House Gallery & Museum
'Carlo', Railway Collecting Dog for the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants Orphan Fund c.1912 George Buckly

'Carlo', Railway Collecting Dog for the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants Orphan Fund c.1912 National Railway Museum
'Charlie', the Last British Railways Shunting Horse, at Work with His Driver at Newmarket 1965–1985 R. Tetley

'Charlie', the Last British Railways Shunting Horse, at Work with His Driver at Newmarket 1965–1985 National Railway Museum
'Cock Bear Inn', Wash Lane, Nuneaton, Warwickshire 1923 Charles Jacombs (1872–1926)

'Cock Bear Inn', Wash Lane, Nuneaton, Warwickshire 1923 Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery
'Coffee John' c.1900 unknown artist

'Coffee John' c.1900 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
'Courage's' Brewery, Reading, Berkshire 1981 Christopher Hall (1930–2016)

'Courage's' Brewery, Reading, Berkshire 1981 Reading Museum & Town Hall
'Cruachan II', Regimental Mascot, with Pony Major Lance Corporal A. Sloss Margaret Boden (1912–2001)

'Cruachan II', Regimental Mascot, with Pony Major Lance Corporal A. Sloss The Regimental Museum of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
'Cymbeline', Act III, Scene 4, Imogen Discovered in the Cave c.1770 Edward Penny (1714–1791)

'Cymbeline', Act III, Scene 4, Imogen Discovered in the Cave c.1770 Royal Shakespeare Theatre
'Don Quixote mistakes the wine skins for a giant' 1725–1735 John Vanderbank (1694–1739)

'Don Quixote mistakes the wine skins for a giant' 1725–1735 York Art Gallery
'Elephant Bill' 1956 Marjorie Frances Bruford (1902–1958)

'Elephant Bill' 1956 Penlee House Gallery & Museum
'Farewell!' c.1900 Robert Alexander Hillingford (1825–1904)

'Farewell!' c.1900 National Railway Museum
'Figures' (Achilles and Patroclus) c.1980 Andrew Gibbon Williams (b.1954)

'Figures' (Achilles and Patroclus) c.1980 Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow
'For he had great possessions' 1915 Joseph van Reeth

'For he had great possessions' 1915 Buxton Museum & Art Gallery
'Fury', a Dappled Grey with His Groom 1784 Francis Sartorius I (1734–1804)

'Fury', a Dappled Grey with His Groom 1784 National Trust, Antony
'George' the Blacksmith, Dairycoates Engine Shed, Hull 1949 Harold Whitaker

'George' the Blacksmith, Dairycoates Engine Shed, Hull 1949 National Railway Museum
'Gulliver reprimanded and silenced by his master when describing the horrors of war' c.1805 Sawrey Gilpin (1733–1807)

'Gulliver reprimanded and silenced by his master when describing the horrors of war' c.1805 York Art Gallery
'Hamlet', Act V, Scene 2, Hamlet and Horatio 1870 Victor Müller (1829–1871)

'Hamlet', Act V, Scene 2, Hamlet and Horatio 1870 Royal Shakespeare Theatre
'Hate' and Mathew Todd 1814 Alexander Rudick

'Hate' and Mathew Todd 1814 Berwick Museum & Art Gallery
'Heinkel' Shot Down on High Salvington, August 1940 c.1940 N. O. Brown

'Heinkel' Shot Down on High Salvington, August 1940 c.1940 Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
'Henry IV', Part I, Act I, Scene 3, Hotspur and the Fop 1828 Samuel John Egbert Jones (1797–1861)

'Henry IV', Part I, Act I, Scene 3, Hotspur and the Fop 1828 Royal Shakespeare Theatre
'Henry VIII', Act I, Scene 1, Cardinal Wolsey and Buckingham c.1861 John Gilbert (1817–1897)

'Henry VIII', Act I, Scene 1, Cardinal Wolsey and Buckingham c.1861 Royal Shakespeare Theatre
'Henry VIII', Act IV, Scene 2, Cardinal Wolsey Entering the Abbey of Leicester early 19th C Richard Westall (1765–1836) (after)

'Henry VIII', Act IV, Scene 2, Cardinal Wolsey Entering the Abbey of Leicester early 19th C Royal Shakespeare Theatre
'Henry' Marmaduke C. William Flower (1849–1910)

'Henry' Leeds Museum Discovery Centre, Leeds Museums and Galleries
'Here Comes the Sun' Carol Payne

'Here Comes the Sun' Royal Cornwall Hospital
'Hevva Hevva' 1887 Percy Robert Craft (1856–1934)

'Hevva Hevva' 1887 Penlee House Gallery & Museum
'High Hat' 1961 British School

'High Hat' 1961 National Trust, Chartwell
'Hungerford' 1828 Harry Hall (c.1814–1882)

'Hungerford' 1828 Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery
'In the fitful firelight' c.1900 H. M. Dale (active 20th C)

'In the fitful firelight' c.1900 Pannett Art Gallery
'JEP's' Only Brother Samuel Christopher Herbert Powell (1857–1892)

'JEP's' Only Brother The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate
'Jimmy' James (Mr Ernest William James) (1886–1964) 1916 Albert George Stevens (1863–1927)

'Jimmy' James (Mr Ernest William James) (1886–1964) 1916 Ferens Art Gallery
'King's Arms', Egham James Cleaver (1911–2003)

'King's Arms', Egham Egham Museum
'Macbeth', Act I, Scene 3, Macbeth, Banquo and the Witches c.1760 Francesco Zuccarelli (1702–1788)

'Macbeth', Act I, Scene 3, Macbeth, Banquo and the Witches c.1760 Royal Shakespeare Theatre
'Macbeth', Act I, Scene 3, the Weird Sisters 1820s Samuel John Egbert Jones (1797–1861)

'Macbeth', Act I, Scene 3, the Weird Sisters 1820s Royal Shakespeare Theatre
'Measure for Measure', Act V, Scene 1, Isabella Appealing to the Duke 1907 Frederick William Davis (1862–1919)

'Measure for Measure', Act V, Scene 1, Isabella Appealing to the Duke 1907 Royal Shakespeare Theatre
'Myself when Young', Portrait '06, Beverley Nichols W. McLaren

'Myself when Young', Portrait '06, Beverley Nichols Orleans House Gallery
'Nell' the Rat Hunter 1852 John Whitehead

'Nell' the Rat Hunter 1852 Compton Verney
'Old Red Lion Inn', Fleet Street, Bury, 1861 1901 James 'Clock' Shaw (1836–1915)

'Old Red Lion Inn', Fleet Street, Bury, 1861 1901 Bury Art Museum
'Old Rising Sun' Inn, Derby 1886 Raymund Dearn (1858–1925)

'Old Rising Sun' Inn, Derby 1886 Derby Museum and Art Gallery
'Othello', Act II, Scene 1, the Return of Othello Thomas Stothard (1755–1834)

'Othello', Act II, Scene 1, the Return of Othello Royal Shakespeare Theatre
'Owd Harry' 1957 Charles William Brown (1882–1961)

'Owd Harry' 1957 The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
'Pound Hammer' Kingswell of Luccombe 1850–1900 unknown artist

'Pound Hammer' Kingswell of Luccombe 1850–1900 Carisbrooke Castle Museum
'Prosperity' Frederick John Robinson c.1823 Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830) (attributed to)

'Prosperity' Frederick John Robinson c.1823 Ripon Town Hall
'Remember Scarborough' c.1915 Edith Mary Kemp-Welch (1870–1941)

'Remember Scarborough' c.1915 Scarborough Town Hall
'Richard III', Act II, Scene 4, the Duke of York Resigned by the Queen 1806 John Opie (1761–1807)

'Richard III', Act II, Scene 4, the Duke of York Resigned by the Queen 1806 Royal Shakespeare Theatre
'River Epte' (2) (Oil) 1974 Nicholas Horsfield (1917–2005)

'River Epte' (2) (Oil) 1974 Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
'Rocket' on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 1975 John Edwin Wigston (b.1939)

'Rocket' on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 1975 Durham County Council
'Romeo and Juliet', Act II, Scene 4, Romeo and Juliet with Friar Lawrence c.1805 Mather Brown (1761–1831)

'Romeo and Juliet', Act II, Scene 4, Romeo and Juliet with Friar Lawrence c.1805 Royal Shakespeare Theatre