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Public House
Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
Porch, Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire
Joseph Nash (1808 - 1878)
Café Bar
Colin Unwin Gill (1892 - 1940)
Thirsty Work
B W Roland Batchelor (1889 - 1990)
Encampment at Scutari on the Bosphorus
Amadeo Preziosi (1816 - 1882)
Plate 6
Chris Orr (1943 - )
South View of Windsor Castle
Samuel Alken (1756 - 1815)
Richard, Jnr Cooper (c.1740 - after 1817)
The South East Prospect of the City of Bath
Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (1696 - 1779)
5: Late Night Conversation I
Nicholas Garland (1935 - )
Chelsea Hospital
Auguste Charles Pugin (1762 - 1832)
Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827)
The Encampment in Hyde Park, 1780
Paul Sandby (1731 - 1809)
The South East Prospect of the City of Bath
Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (1696 - 1779)
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The South East Prospect of the City of Bath
Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (1696 - 1779)
Middle Temple Hall. The Benchers and Members “taking Commons”
Henry Melville
Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1791 - 1864)
Dining Hall, Asylum
Auguste Charles Pugin (1762 - 1832)
John Hill (1770 - 1850)
Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827)
Night
William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
The South East Prospect of the City of Bath
Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (1696 - 1779)
The South East Prospect of the City of Bath
Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (1696 - 1779)
Cottagers
William Ward (1766 - 1826)
George Morland (1763 - 1804)
The Return Home
John Wright (c.1745 - 1820)
George Morland (1763 - 1804)
The Evening Drink
Edward Ardizzone (1900 - 1979)
Waiting at the Stands, Coronation
Edward Ardizzone (1900 - 1979)
North View of Highbury and Canonbury Places
Francis Jukes (1745 - 1812)
Robert Pollard (1755 - 1838)
Robert Dodd (1748 - 1815)
The Encampment in Hyde Park, 1780
Paul Sandby (1731 - 1809)
The Prospect of Cambridge from the West
British 18th century unknown
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Fete and Dinner at Old Castle, Hillsborough, 1837
John R Reilly
Louisa Morris
The Cock Inn, Cheam Common
Richard Wilson (1712/13 - 1782)
8: Man at the Bar
Nicholas Garland (1935 - )
IX: Banquet at Easter in the Hall of the Palace
P Herwegen
Johann Martin Bernatz (1802 - 1878)
Les Quatre Âges de l’Homme: Plate 3: Maturity
Abraham Bosse (1602 - 1676)
“Slow and Steady” Justice Gainford Bruce (1834-1912)
Sir Leslie Matthew ("Spy") Ward (1851 - 1922)
Terrace, Bramshill, Hampshire
Joseph Nash (1808 - 1878)
The Relapse: A Drinking Scene
William Powell Frith (1819 - 1909)
Bay Window in Hall, Bramhall, Cheshire
Joseph Nash (1808 - 1878)
The Glasgow Bear Garden
Elspeth Lamb (1951 - )
Peasants’ Drinking Scene
Giacomo Francesco Cipper (1664 - 1736)
The Chivalric Vow of the Ladies and the Peacock
Daniel Maclise (1806 - 1870)
The Death
Thomas Sutherland (1785 - 1838)
Henry Thomas Alken (1785 - 1851)
The Battle of Alexandria, March 21st 1801 / Bataille d’Alexandrie, le 21 Mars, 1801
William Willermin
Charles Turner (1774 - 1857)
James Mitan (1776 - 1822)
Bar I
Michael Upton (1938 - 2002)
Bachelor’s Hall Plate 6
Francis Calcraft Turner ( - 1846)
Raft
John Hewitt (1955 - )
Chelsea Hospital
Auguste Charles Pugin (1762 - 1832)
John Bluck
Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827)
Hall, Penshurst, Kent
Joseph Nash (1808 - 1878)
Hall, Littlecotes, Wiltshire
Joseph Nash (1808 - 1878)
The Installation Banquet of the Knights of St. Patrick in the Great Hall, Dublin Castle, 17 March 1783
John Keyse Sherwin (1751 - 1790)
The South East Prospect of the City of Bath
Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (1696 - 1779)
Petworth Park, as it appeared at the time of the Annual Dinner given by the late Earl of Egremont, on the 9th of June 1835
William Frederick Witherington (1785 - 1865)
George Sanders (1810 - )
Albion
Chris Orr (1943 - )
6: Late Night Conversation II
Nicholas Garland (1935 - )
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What is the Government Art Collection?
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