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“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)
Bust of an Unknown Boy
19th century unknown
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)
Warren Hastings (1732-1818) Governor General of India
Thomas Banks (1735 - 1805)
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827) Commander-in-Chief of the Army; Bishop of Osnabrück; 2nd son of George III
Joseph (after) Nollekens (1737 - 1823)
Sir Francis Chantrey (1781 - 1841)
William Pitt (1759-1806) Prime Minister
Joseph Nollekens (1737 - 1823)
William Windham (1750-1810) politician
Joseph Nollekens (1737 - 1823)
Amor and Psyche
Kaspar Steiner (1734 - 1812)
A Roman Labourer
Henry Tanworth Wells (1828 - 1903)
Pauline Borghese (née Bonaparte), Princess Borghese (1780-1825) sister of Napoleon Bonaparte [probably]
Thomas Campbell (1790 - 1858)
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844) Prime Minister
Sir Richard Westmacott (1775 - 1856)
Francis Hastings, 10th Earl of Huntingdon (1729-1789) courtier and diplomat
Joseph Wilton (1722 - 1803)
The Landing of Aeneas in Italy
Claude Gellee Lorrain (1600 - 1682)
James Mason (1710 - c.1780)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) composer
Giovanni Battista Cipriani ( - 1785)
Francesco Bartolozzi (1727 - 1815)
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![Image of “To my People” [written by King George V from Marlborough House, 22 May 1910, following the death of his father, King Edward VII]](https://artcollection.culture.gov.uk/wp-content/themes/gac/includes/cimage/artworkimage/O10341/0657e90734fe101.34351101.jpg&w=400&crop-to-fit)
![Image of Pauline Borghese (née Bonaparte), Princess Borghese (1780-1825) sister of Napoleon Bonaparte [probably]](https://artcollection.culture.gov.uk/wp-content/themes/gac/includes/cimage/artworkimage/O24358/06624ac7e981631.98139967.jpg&w=400&crop-to-fit)
