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Three Naval Officers: Edward Russell, Earl of Orford (1652-1727), John Benbow (1653?-1702) & Sir Ralph Delavall (c.1645-1707)
Thomas Murray (1663 - 1735)
The Great Bear
Simon Patterson (1967 - )
Gertrude Bell’s House in Baghdad
Florence Edith Cheesman (1877 - 1964)
Sir Walter Ralegh (1554-1618) courtier, explorer, and author
Jacobus Houbraken (1698 - 1780)
Hippopotamus Shooting, Stanley Pool
Henry Bailey ( - 1907)
Burke and Wills Expedition V
Sir Sidney Nolan (1917 - 1992)
Burke and Wills Expedition IV
Sir Sidney Nolan (1917 - 1992)
Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596) privateer, Admiral and explorer
Jacobus Houbraken (1698 - 1780)
Elephant Shooting on the Kwanga River
Henry Bailey ( - 1907)
Sir Walter Ralegh (1554-1618) courtier, explorer, and author
British 16th century unknown
Kinshassa [sic] Station
Henry Bailey ( - 1907)
View on the Kwanga River with Native in a Canoe
Henry Bailey ( - 1907)
With Scott to the Pole
R B Kitaj (1932 - 2007)
Congo
Henry Bailey ( - 1907)
Sir Thomas Herbert, 1st Baronet (1606-1682) traveller and author
British 17th century unknown
Burke and Wills Expedition III
Sir Sidney Nolan (1917 - 1992)
Sir Francis Drake (1540?-96) privateer, Admiral and explorer
Jacobus Houbraken (1698 - 1780)
Burke and Wills Expedition I
Sir Sidney Nolan (1917 - 1992)
XXIV: Galla Dance of Triumph after Slaying a Buffulo
Johann Martin Bernatz (1802 - 1878)
Anton Muttenthaler (1820 - 1870)
The Great Bear
Simon Patterson (1967 - )
Burke and Wills Expedition II
Sir Sidney Nolan (1917 - 1992)
Charged by a Buffalo
Henry Bailey ( - 1907)
Chessembo Lagoon, Congo
Henry Bailey ( - 1907)
Sir Walter Ralegh and his Son
British 17th century (after) unknown
Elizabeth MacFadgen (1923 - )
Elephant Shooting, Stanley Pool
Henry Bailey ( - 1907)
Feather that went to the South Pole
Cornelia Parker (1956 - )
Sir Francis Drake (1540?-96) privateer, Admiral and explorer
Jacobus Houbraken (1698 - 1780)
Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618) courtier, explorer, and author
Jacobus Houbraken (1698 - 1780)
Charles Leonard Irby (1789-1845) naval officer and traveller
Jean Baptiste Borely (1776 - 1823)
Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894) politician, diplomat and archaeologist
(Mary) Enid Evelyn (née Guest), Lady Layard Layard (1843 - 1912)
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