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People
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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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Portrait of a Local Man British (English) School

Portrait of a Local Man Haworth Art Gallery
Alderman William Bell Joseph M. Bulfield (active 1894–1912)

Alderman William Bell Lancaster Town Hall
Cardinal Infante Fernando of Austria (1609–1641) c.1639–1641 Gaspar de Crayer (1584–1669) (and studio)

Cardinal Infante Fernando of Austria (1609–1641) c.1639–1641 Pollok House
John Owen y Fenni (1867–1960) 1935 John David Emerson Owen

John Owen y Fenni (1867–1960) 1935 Abergavenny Museum
Percy Shaw Jeffrey unknown artist

Percy Shaw Jeffrey Whitby Museum
Sir David Mason (1862–1940), Lord Provost of Glasgow (1926–1929) c.1930 Samuel Henry William Llewellyn (1858–1941)

Sir David Mason (1862–1940), Lord Provost of Glasgow (1926–1929) c.1930 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
James Reid (1823–1894), of Auchterarder and Hydepark Locomotive Works c.1890 George Reid (1841–1913)

James Reid (1823–1894), of Auchterarder and Hydepark Locomotive Works c.1890 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
James Hozier (1851–1929), 2nd Lord Newlands c.1908 George Reid (1841–1913)

James Hozier (1851–1929), 2nd Lord Newlands c.1908 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
George Kilgour, Slater, Partickhill c.1890 unknown artist

George Kilgour, Slater, Partickhill c.1890 Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (GMRC)
Alderman W. N. Briggs, JP, DL 1919 Robert Edward Morrison (1851–1924)

Alderman W. N. Briggs, JP, DL 1919 Lancaster Maritime Museum
Portrait of an Unknown Mayor of Neath unknown artist

Portrait of an Unknown Mayor of Neath Neath Town Hall
Humphrey de Burnaby 1648 unknown artist

Humphrey de Burnaby 1648 Leicestershire County Council Museums Service
William Bedford 1905 Clara Olive Thistlethwaite

William Bedford 1905 Boston Guildhall
Frank Barrett, Mayor of Grimsby (1908 & 1924) Thomas Benjamin Kennington (1856–1916)

Frank Barrett, Mayor of Grimsby (1908 & 1924) Grimsby Town Hall
Heroes of the XXth Century: Stalin 1995 Eric Mayen (b.1953)

Heroes of the XXth Century: Stalin 1995 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Lytton Strachey c.1913–1914 Henry Lamb (1883–1960)

Lytton Strachey c.1913–1914 The Fitzwilliam Museum
William Byrd of Stondon Place, Composer and Musician (1558–1625) c.1938 Henry Rushbury (1889–1968)

William Byrd of Stondon Place, Composer and Musician (1558–1625) c.1938 Essex County Council
William Gilberd of Colchester, Pioneer of Electrical Science (1540–1603) c.1938 Henry Rushbury (1889–1968)

William Gilberd of Colchester, Pioneer of Electrical Science (1540–1603) c.1938 Essex County Council
Archibald McLelland 1896 Alexander S. Mackay (1832–1899)

Archibald McLelland 1896 The Dick Institute
Charles George Shaw of Ayr 1895 John Henry Lorimer (1856–1936)

Charles George Shaw of Ayr 1895 The Baird Institute