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Abstract
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Home and family
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Ideas and emotions
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Literature and fantasy
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Natural world
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People
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Power and politics
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War and conflict
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Work and business
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Abstract Expressionism
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Pointillism
Pop Art
Post-Impressionism
Pre-Raphaelitism
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Scottish Colourists
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Burt's Close, Perth James Crichton MacIntyre (active 1867–c.1911)

Burt's Close, Perth Perth & Kinross Council
A Portrait Henry Pollard (1895–1965)

A Portrait Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
Bianca 1869 William Holman Hunt (1827–1910)

Bianca 1869 Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
Castleford Miner 1973 Peter Neal (b.1937)

Castleford Miner 1973 National Coal Mining Museum for England
The Old Mill Robert Edward Morrison (1851–1924)

The Old Mill Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
Portrait Study of Donald Hughes, Esq., MA, JP, Headmaster of Rydal School, Colwyn Bay Stanley Reed (1908–1978)

Portrait Study of Donald Hughes, Esq., MA, JP, Headmaster of Rydal School, Colwyn Bay Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
The Fishing Lesson James Campbell (1828–1893)

The Fishing Lesson Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
Pit Ponies at Grass Winifred Wilson (1882–1973)

Pit Ponies at Grass National Coal Mining Museum for England
Kimberworth, South Yorkshire 1902 Henry A. Smitheman (1861–1938)

Kimberworth, South Yorkshire 1902 Rotherham Heritage Services
The Duke of Norfolk's 'Prince' 1860 Henry Wright (1823–1871)

The Duke of Norfolk's 'Prince' 1860 Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
The Manor Farm, Bury 1932 Vernon Wethered (1865–1952)

The Manor Farm, Bury 1932 Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
A Quiet Evening at Fairlie James Lawton Wingate (1846–1924)

A Quiet Evening at Fairlie Perth & Kinross Council
First Floor Landing (4, Walmer Villas) 1954 Frank Johnson (1917–1998)

First Floor Landing (4, Walmer Villas) 1954 Bradford Museums and Galleries
Self Portrait 1960 Richard Young (1921–2003)

Self Portrait 1960 Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
Landscape 1827 Thomas Allport (1804–1879)

Landscape 1827 Rotherham Heritage Services
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane c.1640 Italian School

Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane c.1640 Rotherham Heritage Services
The Right Honourable William Adam 1828 Colvin Smith (1795–1875)

The Right Honourable William Adam 1828 Perth & Kinross Council
Barn Interior Terence John Michael Goode-Smeeth (b.1929)

Barn Interior Leominster Library
Liscard Village, Junction with Manor Road, Wirral 1900 Harold Hopps (1879–1967)

Liscard Village, Junction with Manor Road, Wirral 1900 Williamson Art Gallery & Museum
Wallasey, Wirral, Claremount Road, c.1895 Harold Hopps (1879–1967)

Wallasey, Wirral, Claremount Road, c.1895 Williamson Art Gallery & Museum