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Overside Discharge into Barges at Malta October 1943
Bernard Hailstone (1910 - 1987)
“Here Lived Edmund Burke”
Clifford Ellis (1907 - 1985)
Trooper Juneau (Canadian Forces)
Henry Lamb (1883 - 1960)
A Panzer Collection
Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925 - 2006)
Iceland: Reykjavik, September Afternoon 1943
Thomas Hennell (1903 - 1945)
St. Stephen’s, Vienna
Carel Weight (1908 - 1997)
Glider Construction, Fitting Undercarriages
Leslie Cole (1910 - 1976)
Ponte della Vittoria, Verona
Carel Weight (1908 - 1997)
A Creek Scene with the Local Means of River Conveyance
Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989)
Torpedo Boat Shop
Roland Vivian Pitchforth (1895 - 1982)
Screwing the Breech End
Roland Vivian Pitchforth (1895 - 1982)
A scene in the Tribal Area of Sheik Sharif Al-had, head of the Bani Hutait Tribe, Iraq
Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989)
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Tiger! TIGER!!
Ivan Polley
Women’s Land Army in Hampshire
Archibald Standish Hartrick (1864 - 1950)
In the Temple Garden
Henry Marvell Carr (1894 - 1970)
A Fashionable Street in Vienna: Lobkowitzplatz looking towards the Albertina, October 1945
Carel Weight (1908 - 1997)
Waterfront, Algiers
Henry Marvell Carr (1894 - 1970)
Scene in Front of the Cathedral, Perugia
Carel Weight (1908 - 1997)
Troops Playing with Children, Borghese Gardens, Rome
Carel Weight (1908 - 1997)
Iceland: Stormy Afternoon, Akureyri, September 1943
Thomas Hennell (1903 - 1945)
Ravenna. The Main Road from the 8th Army Battlefield where it enters Ravenna at the Porta Safia
Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989)
Destroyer in Thick Mist
Robert Butler (1916 - )
Tank Park
Roland Vivian Pitchforth (1895 - 1982)
Fowey Harbour in Wartime
John Piper (1903 - 1992)
Gunboats on Patrol
Roland Vivian Pitchforth (1895 - 1982)
Turn Table
Colin William Moss (1914 - 2005)
Rear Armament on Motor Gun Boats, Weymouth
Roland Vivian Pitchforth (1895 - 1982)
Encampment in the Orchard
Thomas Hennell (1903 - 1945)
Checking the Diameter of the Bore of a 4.5 AA Gun
Roland Vivian Pitchforth (1895 - 1982)
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Antwerp (3) 1944
Sir Walter Thomas Monnington (1902 - 1976)
Liberty Ship Loading Scrap at Alexandria
Bernard Hailstone (1910 - 1987)
Deuxieme Compagnie de Meharistes at Night in the Syrian Desert near Deir ez Zor
Anthony Gross (1905 - 1984)
Sergeant Edwin Albert Scutt, Grenadier Guardsman
Reginald Grenville Eves (1876 - 1941)
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Six Escort Carriers at the Tail of the Bank
Stephen Bone (1904 - 1958)
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Convoy Leaving Anchorage at Sunrise 1943
Stephen Bone (1904 - 1958)
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A Street in the Town 1943
Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989)
A Scene in the Forge
Roland Vivian Pitchforth (1895 - 1982)
Merchant Seaman
Bernard Hailstone (1910 - 1987)
A Turada (Large Mash-huf) near Shaikh Hammuda Al-Muzai’il’s Mudhif
Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989)
Penjwin, View of the Village
Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989)
An Arabian Valley
Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989)
The Chamber, House of Commons
Roland Vivian Pitchforth (1895 - 1982)
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Tromsø Sound 1945
Stephen Bone (1904 - 1958)
Troops in Gardens, Perugia 1945
Carel Weight (1908 - 1997)
Bombed House of Commons Chamber
William Washington (1885 - 1956)
Tank Park
Roland Vivian Pitchforth (1895 - 1982)
Seascape with Royal Naval Ships, c1943
Charles King (1912 - )
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Icelandic Patrol Boat “Sudin” in repair quay, Reykjavik. Evening, with aurora 1943
Thomas Hennell (1903 - 1945)
Anti-Aircraft Post in Iceland
C A Salisbury
Street Scene, Perugia
Carel Weight (1908 - 1997)
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