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Oyster Bar
Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
Family Butcher
Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
Sowing Potatoes on a Windy Day
Dame Laura Knight (1877 - 1970)
Old Covent Garden
Joseph van Aken (c1699 - 1749)
Mont Blanc, Glacier des Bossons, Chamonix
John Webber (1752 - 1793)
Market
James Fitton (1899 - 1982)
Women at Market
Hendrik Mommers (c.1623 - 1693)
Girl with Churn in Landscape
Theodore Henry Adolphus Fielding (1781 - 1851)
Young Man Lifted from a River, Apparently Drowned
Robert Smirke (1753 - 1845)
Casa Argotti, Malta
Giovanni Schranz (1794 - 1882)
A Scene in the Forge
Roland Vivian Pitchforth (1895 - 1982)
Landscape with Trees, Cattle and Waterfall
18th century unknown
Shot Silk
Tim Mara (1948 - 1997)
John Bull viewing Billy’s Preparations for his Birthday
Charles Williams
Domestic Scene: Boy with Water Pitcher and Cat
Joseph Bail (1862 - 1921)
Resuscitation by Dr. Hawes of Man Believed Drowned
Robert Smirke (1753 - 1845)
Tower of London
Johann, II Spilberg (1619 - 1690)
Packing, R.A.O.C., Feltham
Karl Hagedorn (1889 - 1969)
The Queen’s Shilling
John Collier (1850 - 1934)
The Old Cobbler, Guildford
Joseph Acheson (1918 - 1994)
Fish Merchant
Viola Paterson (1899 - 1981)
Portrait of a Chimney
Mary Adshead (1904 - 1995)
House and Garden
Frederick Nash (1782 - 1856)
Albion
Chris Orr (1943 - )
La Blanchisseuse
Michael Salaman (1911 - 1987)
The Marriage
British 19th century unknown
Women’s Work: On Munitions – Skilled Work
Archibald Standish Hartrick (1864 - 1950)
Women’s Work: On Munitions – Dangerous Work (Packing T.N.T.)
Archibald Standish Hartrick (1864 - 1950)
A Fishmonger’s Shop
Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767 - 1849)
Working on the Land: Burning Couch-Grass
Sir William Rothenstein (1872 - 1945)
Building Aircraft: Acetylene Welder
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889 - 1946)
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
What’s happening
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The Robson Orr TenTen Award
The Platinum Jubilee
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