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Map of Nowhere
Grayson Perry (1960 - )
Charge of the 3rd King’s Own Dragoons at the Battle of Chillienwallah, January 13th, 1849
John, III Harris (1811 - 1865)
Henry Martens ( - 1854)
Sir William Sidney Smith (1764-1840) Admiral, at Acre
Antoine Cardon (1772 - 1813)
John Eckstein
Emperor Baba’s Garden, Caboul
W L Walton
Robert Sale (19 September 1782 - 21 December 1845)
Priscilla Barbara Elizabeth Bertie, 21st Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, Lady Gwydyr (1761-1828)
Sampson Towgood Roch (1759 - 1847)
Interview with the Viceroy of Egypt, at his Palace, Alexandria, May 12th 1839
Louis Haghe (1806 - 1885)
David Roberts (1796 - 1864)
Macry with the Ancient Theatre of Telmessus
Sir George Scharf (1820 - 1895)
W L Walton
Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789 - 1850)
Merville, 1 December 1914
Herbert Arnould Olivier (1861 - 1952)
The Slave Market
William James Müller (1812 - 1845)
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View of Constantinople
Luigi Mayer (c.1755 - 1803)
Distant View of Kandahar
W L Walton
Robert Sale (19 September 1782 - 21 December 1845)
Panoramic View of Sydney
Jacob Janssen (1779 - 1856)
Horsemen in Combat; Man with Pistol
Jacques, (Le Bourguignon) Courtois (1621 - 1676)
The Tomb of Nathar Shah near Trichinopoly
Francis Swain Ward (c1734 - 1794)
Kelat-I-Ghilzie
W L Walton
Robert Sale (19 September 1782 - 21 December 1845)
Fortress and City of Caboul
W L Walton
Robert Sale (19 September 1782 - 21 December 1845)
The Bosphorus, Anglo-French Fleet at Anchor 1854
Joseph Schranz (1803 - )
Pilaff
Amadeo Preziosi (1816 - 1882)
Porter
Amadeo Preziosi (1816 - 1882)
A South Indian Temple
Robert Home (1752 - 1834)
Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (1776-1839) traveller
Robert Jacob Hamerton
Charles Joseph Hullmandel (1789 - 1850)
Tiger Hunting in the East Indies
Richard Earlom (1743 - 1822)
Johann Zoffany (1733 - 1810)
Kurd Festival at Aiu Divar – Duck’s Bill, Syria
Anthony Gross (1905 - 1984)
The Saluting Battery, Line Wall, Gibraltar
Thomas Coleman Dibdin (1810 - 1893)
J M Carter
A Mandarin or Magistrate of Turon attended by his Pipe-Bearer
James Caldwall (1739 - c.1823)
William Alexander (1767 - 1816)
Dinner Given by Grand Vizir to European Ambassador
Antonio, & Studio Guardi (1699 - 1760)
Silk Bazaar
Amadeo Preziosi (1816 - 1882)
Sultan Bayazit’s Courtyard
Amadeo Preziosi (1816 - 1882)
Turkey No.1
Joseph Nash (1808 - 1878)
Interior of a Coffee House
Amadeo Preziosi (1816 - 1882)
Suez Canal
William Simpson (1823 - 1899)
Mediterranean Coast Scene
Nicholas Pocock (1740 - 1821)
Oriental Phantasy
Jose Maria Sert (1876 - 1945)
Map of the River Danube
Willem (Guillaume) Blaeu ( - 1638)
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Sulaimaniyah. The Rice Harvest 1943
Edward Bawden (1903 - 1989)
Adoration of the Magi
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (1682 - 1754)
Oriental Phantasy
Jose Maria Sert (1876 - 1945)
Public Petition Writer
Amadeo Preziosi (1816 - 1882)
Oriental Phantasy
Jose Maria Sert (1876 - 1945)
Citadel, Old Kandahar
W L Walton
Robert Sale (19 September 1782 - 21 December 1845)
George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824) poet
Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845)
Sir Robert Shirley, Count Shirley in the papal nobility (c.1581-1628) diplomat, traveller and adventurer
William Nelson Gardiner (1766 - 1814)
A Birrell (c.1770 - c.1820)
Elizabeth, Lady Stuart de Rothesay and her Daughters, Charlotte (later Countess Canning) and Louisa (later Marchioness of Waterford)
Sir George Hayter (1792 - 1871)
Italianate Landscape
John Wootton (c.1682 - 1765)
Battle Scene from the Wars of the Ottoman Empire in Europe
Jan van Huchtenburg (1647 - 1733)
The Royal Exchange
Thomas, jnr Malton (1748 - 1804)
Scene on the Ganges, probably in Bihar
William Melville
Ancient Pool of Siloam, near Jerusalem
Luigi Mayer (c.1755 - 1803)
Scene on the Ganges, probably in Bihar
William Melville
Maria Callcott, Lady Callcott, née Dundas (1785-1842) traveller and author
Sir Augustus Wall Callcott (1779 - 1844)
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