About
What is the Government Art Collection?
History
Advisory Committee
Reports & policies
Explore the Collection
Where can I see the Collection?
Stories from the Collection
Curious facts
Representation of the People Project 2018-28
Partnership projects
The Robson Orr TenTen Award
Number 10 Museum in Residence: Glynn Vivian
Art X-UK
Learning
For ages 14 and up
For younger ages and families
Menu
Home
Artworks
GAC subject terms
Transport & industry
agriculture
agricultural objects & tools
shovel/spade
About
What is the Government Art Collection?
History
Advisory Committee
Reports & policies
Explore the Collection
Where can I see the Collection?
Stories from the Collection
Curious facts
Representation of the People Project 2018-28
Partnership projects
The Robson Orr TenTen Award
Number 10 Museum in Residence: Glynn Vivian
Art X-UK
Learning
For ages 14 and up
For younger ages and families
Explore: Subjects > shovel-spade
Surprise me
Stories
Where can I see the Collection?
Search
Hardware
Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
Dudley Castle Gate
Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812)
Shakespeare Cliff and Pilot House
William Burgess (1748/9 - 1812)
No.11: Blessings of Britain – or – Swarm of Tax-Gatherers. “All with United Force Combine to Drive the Lazy Drones from the Laborious Hive” (Virgil)
Charles Williams
Port Scene
Reinier (Nooms, Reinier) Zeeman (c.1623 - c.1668)
Agriculture, or Husbandry
Richard Blome (c.1660 - 1705)
Plate 5
Chris Orr (1943 - )
St. Dunstan’s and Fleet Street
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803 - 1874)
A View of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Palace at Lambeth, in the County of Surry [sic] / Vue du Palais de l’Archeveque de Canterbury / à Lambeth, dans la Comté de Surry
George Robertson (1742 - 1788)
Wilson Lowry (1762 - 1824)
Reproduction restricted: copyright holder unknown
Cottage
Malcolm J Thomson (c1950 - )
The Battle of Alexandria, 1801
William Willermin
James Mitan (1776 - 1822)
Charles Turner (1774 - 1857)
The Bank, looking towards the Mansion House
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803 - 1874)
The Bank Looking Towards the Mansion House
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803 - 1874)
The Town of Inverness
John Clark
Hyde Park Corner
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803 - 1874)
Brick Makers
William Henry Pyne (1769 - 1843)
The Mail Coach in a Drift of Snow
James Pollard (1792 - 1867)
G Reeves
The Bank Looking Towards the Mansion House
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803 - 1874)
Lord Grosvenor’s Gallery, Park Lane
Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1791 - 1864)
William Deeble (1791 - 1861)
The Bank Looking Towards the Mansion House
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803 - 1874)
St. Dunstan’s and Fleet Street
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803 - 1874)
Shakespeare Cliff, and Pilot House [Dover]
William Burgess (1748/9 - 1812)
Coal Heavers
William Henry Pyne (1769 - 1843)
Micklegate Bar
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803 - 1874)
Figure against Dark Sky
Josef Herman (1911 - 2000)
Meeting of the Monied Interest
James Gillray (1756 - 1815)
Villa in the Regent’s Park
Thomas Hosmer Shepherd (1791 - 1864)
William Wallis (1796 - )
Calcutta
Henry Salt (1780 - 1827)
Daniell Havell (1785 - 1826)
Gate of Carisbrook Castle
Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812)
Ruskin’s Room
Chris Orr (1943 - )
At the Coal Face
Nicholas Evans (1907 - 2004)
Hyde Park Corner
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803 - 1874)
Old London Bridge No. 1
Thomas Lindsay (c1793 - 1861)
Reproduction restricted: copyright holder unknown
Elm at Barford
Walter James Roberts (1907 - )
Suez Canal
William Simpson (1823 - 1899)
Architecture
Richard Blome (c.1660 - 1705)
The Battle of Alexandria, March 21st 1801 / Bataille d’Alexandrie, le 21 Mars, 1801
William Willermin
Charles Turner (1774 - 1857)
James Mitan (1776 - 1822)
The Piazza or Square of Saint Mark in Zante
Joseph Cartwright (1789 - 1829)
Robert, Snr Havell (1769 - 1832)
Robert, Jnr Havell (1793 - 1878)
Gate of Carisbrook Castle
Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812)
William Pickett
Alcheringa 4 – Earth
Joe Tilson (1928 - 2023)
Dudley Castle Gate
Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812)
William Pickett
Folkestone, Kent
Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 - 1851)
Robert Wallis (1794 - 1878)
The Bank Looking Towards the Mansion House
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803 - 1874)
Hyde Park Corner
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803 - 1874)
The Bank Looking Towards the Mansion House
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803 - 1874)
The East View of the Seat of Sir Gregory Page Turner (late Sir Gregory Page’s) on Blackheath in the County of Kent
George Robertson (1742 - 1788)
Thomas Morris
The Bank Looking Towards the Mansion House
Thomas Shotter Boys (1803 - 1874)
Skating in Hyde Park
Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812)
Last Minute Decorations [for the Coronation]
Kenneth Rowntree (1915 - 1997)
The Teatime Nursery
Rupert Allen Shaw (1950 - 1995)
Page 1 of 2
1
2
»
About
What is the Government Art Collection?
History
Advisory Committee
Reports & policies
Explore the Collection
Where can I see the Collection?
Stories from the Collection
Curious facts
Representation of the People Project 2018-28
Partnership projects
The Robson Orr TenTen Award
Number 10 Museum in Residence: Glynn Vivian
Art X-UK
Learning
For ages 14 and up
For younger ages and families
Enter a search term...
Search
or select a popular query...
Show me some art!
What works of art are in Downing Street?
How did the Collection begin?
How can I contact you?
![Image of A View of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Palace at Lambeth, in the County of Surry [sic] / Vue du Palais de l’Archeveque de Canterbury / à Lambeth, dans la Comté de Surry](https://artcollection.culture.gov.uk/wp-content/themes/gac/includes/cimage/artworkimage/O12888/065a38834880021.96676247.jpg&w=400&crop-to-fit)
![Image of Shakespeare Cliff, and Pilot House [Dover]](https://artcollection.culture.gov.uk/wp-content/themes/gac/includes/cimage/artworkimage/O17208/065a3848db8c313.38240145.jpg&w=400&crop-to-fit)
![Image of Last Minute Decorations [for the Coronation]](https://artcollection.culture.gov.uk/wp-content/themes/gac/includes/cimage/artworkimage/O29211/06608fd54c8ee61.04719447.jpg&w=400&crop-to-fit)
