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Melancholia
Gavin Turk (1967 - )
The Guardian
Paula Rego (1935 - 2022)
Colloquy
Michael Ayrton (1921 - 1975)
“Just Pretend it’s not There George….”
Nicholas Garland (1935 - )
“To my People” [written by King George V from Marlborough House, 22 May 1910, following the death of his father, King Edward VII]
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836 - 1912)
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Le Boudoir
Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732 - 1806)
Sigmund Freudenberger (1745 - 1801)
Pierre Maleuvre (1740 - 1803)
Night Bivouac of the British Army at Ferozshah on the 21st December 1845
Henry Martens ( - 1854)
John, III Harris (1811 - 1865)
The Bench
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
Thirsty Work
B W Roland Batchelor (1889 - 1990)
Ataraipu, or the Devil’s Rock
Charles Bentley (1806 - 1854)
John Richard Coke Smyth (1808 - 1882)
Gulliver Reclining
James Millar (1945 - )
Sleeping Statue, London
Howard Jeffs (1944 - )
Divine Arrangement
Peter Standen (1936 - )
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?
Barbara Brownlee (1940 - )
The Bench / Of the Different Meaning of the Words Character, Caracatura and Outré in Painting and Drawing
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
The Trojan Horse (Family Watching Television)
Michael Anderson (1952 - )
A River Scene with Shipping and Troops on the Bank
Dirk Langendijk (1748 - 1805)
Foot of the Duke of York’s Steps, Noon 2 June 1953
Dame Laura Knight (1877 - 1970)
A View of Lord Duncannon’s House in the County of Kent / Vue de la Maison du my Lord Duncannon, dans le Comté de Kent
John Boydell (1719 - 1804)
Spanish Beach
Enid Chauvin (1910 - 2001)
Fairground at Hampstead Heath
Anthony Gross (1905 - 1984)
Aldeburgh
Margaret Green (1925 - 2003)
Greek Women
John Frederick Lewis (1805 - 1876)
“Was That John?”
Chris Orr (1943 - )
Night
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
A View of Lord Duncannon’s House in the County of Kent / Vue de la Maison du my Lord Duncannon, dans le Comté de Kent
John Boydell (1719 - 1804)
Tomb and Sleeping Statue, London
Howard Jeffs (1944 - )
Crowland Abbey, Lincolnshire
Martin Hardie (1875 - 1952)
Missile and Sleeping Figures
Conrad Hafenrichter (1948 - )
Landscape near Torquay, Devon
Thomas, (of Bath) Barker (1767 - 1847)
Baby, Dog, Basket and Bottle in a Landscape
British 19th century unknown
South East View of Land-Guard Fort in Suffolk
Thomas Gainsborough (1727 - 1788)
Thomas Major (1720 - 1799)
Falcon Shore
Michael Ayrton (1921 - 1975)
Guard Relaxing, the Stables, Wynnstay
Patrick Gierth
Bellagio, Lake Como
James Baker Pyne (1800 - 1870)
The Beach at Ventnor
Margaret Green (1925 - 2003)
A Chump at Oxford
Chris Orr (1943 - )
Decorative Beach Scene
Samuel Phillips Jackson (1830 - 1904)
Porter
Amadeo Preziosi (1816 - 1882)
Woman and Child in Greek Dress
Elizabeth Murray (1815 - 1882)
The Bench / Sarah Malcolm
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
Thomas Cook (1744 - 1818)
Resting Horse
Dame Elisabeth Frink (1930 - 1993)
Girl Sleeping
Andrew Forge (1923 - 2002)
Newtown Oval
Jeffrey Smart (1921 - 2013)
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?
Barbara Brownlee (1940 - )
Pauline Asleep on a Large Pillow
Leon Kossoff (1926 - 2019)
The Prospect of Cambridge from the West
British 18th century unknown
Le Lever
Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732 - 1806)
Sigmund Freudenberger (1745 - 1801)
Antoine Louis Romanet (1742/3 - 1810)
Goatherds
Anthony Gross (1905 - 1984)
Sicilian Beach near Pachino: Blanket Bivouac
Leslie Cole (1910 - 1976)
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