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The Weaver
Chris Ofili (1968 - )
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Riddle of the Sphinx
Chris Ofili (1968 - )
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Birth of Athena
Chris Ofili (1968 - )
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Narcissus Falls
Chris Ofili (1968 - )
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The Judgement of Paris
Chris Ofili (1968 - )
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The West Wind
Chris Ofili (1968 - )
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The Lovers
Chris Ofili (1968 - )
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Odysseus’ Return
Chris Ofili (1968 - )
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The Golden Fleece
Chris Ofili (1968 - )
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SM as Sparta escapes; saves Giacometti’s victim
Vicky Wright (1967 - )
Sibyl I
Kenneth Armitage (1916 - 2002)
Les Sirenes [The Sirens]
Graham Sutherland (1903 - 1980)
Clio
Margaret Maran (1950 - )
Circe
Henry Cliffe (1919 - 1983)
Perseus Delivering Andromeda
Charles Joseph Dominique Eisen (1720 - 1778)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
Thisbe: “An envious wall the Babylonian maid from Pyramus, her gentle lover, stayed. etc.” – Ovid
Edwin Longsden Long (1829 - 1891)
Gustave Nicolas Bertinot (1822 - 1888)
Mnemonic Device
Joe Tilson (1928 - 2023)
Hercules Overcomes Antæus who Opposes his Passage into Africa
Charles Joseph Dominique Eisen (1720 - 1778)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
Chthonic Box
Joe Tilson (1928 - 2023)
Offering to Jupiter
Michele Rocca (1675 - 1751)
The Metamorphoses Suite
Henry Cliffe (1919 - 1983)
Party (Sing Song)
Peter Blake (1932 - )
Demolition of an Old London Tenement Block / the Ruins of the Transept Crossing and Choir of Lindisfarne Abbey, Holy Island, Northumberland
Karen Gregory (c1945 - )
Hera
Henry Cliffe (1919 - 1983)
Demolition of an Old London Tenement Block / the Terrace of the Temple of Athene Polias, Priene, Greece
Karen Gregory (c1945 - )
The Trojan Horse (Family Watching Television)
Michael Anderson (1952 - )
The Triple Plea
John Collet (c.1727 - 1780)
Thetis Hera
Henry Cliffe (1919 - 1983)
The Nymph Echo, Chang’d into a Sound
Charles Monnet (1732 - 1808)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
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Scale Copy, Queen’s Drawing Room, Hampton Court, Ceiling
William J MacLeod
Apotheosis of Apollo
Sir James Thornhill (1675 - 1734)
Leucothoe, Charmed with the Beauty of Apollo, yields without Resistance
Charles Monnet (1732 - 1808)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
Narcissus Seeing his Reflection in a Fountain becomes Enamoured of Himself
Charles Monnet (1732 - 1808)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
Ceres
Edwin La Dell (1914 - 1970)
Hera
Henry Cliffe (1919 - 1983)
Ceres
Edwin La Dell (1914 - 1970)
Phoenix
Ian Stephenson (1934 - 2000)
Kuan Yin (Seated on a Lion)
Chinese 18th century unknown
Phoenix
Ian Stephenson (1934 - 2000)
Apollo, having overcome Marsyas in a Challenge, orders him to be Flead Alive
Jean-Michel Moreau (1741 - 1814)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
The Rape of Proserpine
Sir James Thornhill (1675 - 1734)
Bacchus and Ariadne
Jacopo Robusti, (After) Tintoretto (1518 - 1594)
The Taking of Freia
Ann Brunskill (1923 - )
Alexander & the Queen of the Amazons, Thalestris
Johann Georg Platzer (1704 - 1761)
The Hall at the Royal Academy, Somerset House
British 19th century unknown
Design for Sacrificial Urn between Sphinxes
Sir William Chambers (1722 - 1796)
Orpheus, by his Voice and Lyre, Attracts the Attention of the Animals, Rocks and Trees
Charles Joseph Dominique Eisen (1720 - 1778)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
The Judgement of Paris
Sir James Thornhill (1675 - 1734)
Two Classical Warriors
unknown
Perdix, the Nephew of Dædalus, Transformed into a Partridge
Charles Monnet (1732 - 1808)
William, I Walker (1729 - 1793)
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