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Ilfracombe: Southern Railway Poster Design
Leonard Richmond (1889 - 1965)
Portrait of Alton Peters
Craigie Aitchison (1926 - 2009)
John Scott Maclay, Viscount Muirshiel (1905-1992) Secretary of State for Scotland 1957-62
Sir Herbert James Gunn (1893 - 1964)
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) writer and traveller
Carlo Francesco Rusca (1696 - 1769)
Reproduction restricted: copyright holder unknown
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) Prime Minister
Julian Lamar (1893 - 1967)
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Reigned 1837-1901
Heinrich von Angeli (after) (1840 - 1925)
Dorofield Hardy (1853 - 1937)
Queen Victoria
British 19th century unknown
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Reigned 1837-1901
Heinrich von Angeli (1840 - 1925)
Woman’s Sphere (“Echo” after John Gilbert)
Walter Richard Sickert (1860 - 1942)
Elizabeth, Lady Stuart de Rothesay and her Daughters, Charlotte (later Countess Canning) and Louisa (later Marchioness of Waterford)
Sir George Hayter (1792 - 1871)
Marie Elizabeth Amalie Franziska, Princess de Wagram (1784-1849)
François Gabriel Guillaume Lépaulle (1804 - 1886)
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Reigned 1837-1901
John Henry Robinson (1796 - 1871)
John Partridge (1789 - 1872)
Sir George Russell Clerk (1874-1951) diplomat [identity uncertain]
H P Routledge
Man with Dog
Ramsay Richard Reinagle (1775 - 1862)
William Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock (1911-1988) politician; Secretary of State for Scotland 1964-70, 1974-76
Kathryn Kynoch
The Picture Gallery, Stafford House [now Lancaster House]
James Digman Wingfield (1800 - 1872)
About
What is the Government Art Collection?
A working collection
History of the Collection
Staff
Advisory Committee
Explore the Collection
Where can I see the Collection?
Curious facts
Stories that inspire
Representation of the People Project 2018-28
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The Robson Orr TenTen Award
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