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  Adriaen Brouwer (1)

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  • A Picture of Frere Jacques done by the Young Brower at Brussells

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    Year	17 centiury
    Dimensions	10.2 cm × 12.7 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Panel
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Andrea Mantegna (1)

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  • Three Studies for the Dead Christ

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    Year	15 centiury
    Genres	Religious Art
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Antonis Mor (1)

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  • Portrait of an Unknown Man (at one time identified as Andreas Vesalius, 1514–1564)

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    Year	1540
    Dimensions	64.2 cm × 83.3 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Panel
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Archibald Archer (1)

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  • The Trustees in the Temporary Elgin Room, 1819

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    Year	1819
    Dimensions	132.7 cm × 94 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Arthur Ackland Hunt (1)

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  • Hormuzd Rassam (1826–1910)

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    Year	1869
    Dimensions	83.5 cm × 110 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Barthélemy Du Pan (1)

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  • Dr Matthew Maty (1718–1776), Principal Librarian (1772–1776)

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    Dimensions	63.8 cm × 77.2 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Benjamin Duterrau (1)

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  • Woureddy (d.1842)

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    Year	1834
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Benjamin Haydon (1)

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  • Kopf des Pferdes der Selene

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    Year	1809
    Dimensions	76.2 cm × 54 cm
    Materials	Chalk Stick
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Benjamin Wilson (1)

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  • Dr Gowin Knight (1713–1772), Principal Librarian (1756–1772)

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    Dimensions	102.5 cm × 127.5 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Charles Vigor (1)

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  • Sir Austen Henry Layard (1817–1894)

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    Year	1885
    Dimensions	84 cm × 120 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen (2)

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  • Sir Thomas Cotton (1592–1662), Bt

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    Dimensions	70 cm × 85 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Panel
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  • Sir Robert Bruce Cotton (1571–1631)

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    Year	1629
    Dimensions	68 cm × 84.5 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1)

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  • My Lady Greensleeves

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    Year	1859
    Dimensions	18.5 cm × 31.1 cm
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Edward Poynter (1)

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  • Sir Edward Maunde Thompson (1840–1929), Director and Principal Librarian (1888–1909)

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    Year	1909
    Dimensions	91 cm × 116 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Frank Paton (1)

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  • Witness my Act and Deed

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    Dimensions	475 mm × 430 mm
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Frans Pourbus the Younger (1)

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  • Isabella Clara Eugenia of Austria (1566–1633), Infanta of Spain

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    Dimensions	56.1 cm × 72.1 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Frederick Percy Graves (1)

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  • John Winter Jones (1805–1881), Principal Librarian (1866–1878) (after William Salter Herrick)

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    Dimensions	89.7 cm × 102.2 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  George Francis Joseph (1)

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  • Spencer Perceval

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    Year	1812
    Dimensions	61 cm × 73.7 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  George Frederic Watts (1)

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  • Sir Anthony Panizzi (1797–1879), Principal Librarian (1856–1866)

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    Year	1867
    Dimensions	71.6 cm × 91.2 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Gilbert Stuart (1)

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  • Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant, c.1743–1807)

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    Year	1785
    Dimensions	70.2 cm × 80.5 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Godfrey Kneller (1)

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  • Robert Harley (1661–1724), 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer

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    Year	1710s
    Dimensions	122 cm × 149.5 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Gu Kaizhi (1)

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  • Admonitions Scroll

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    Year	700
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Henry Wyndham Phillips (1)

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  • Sir Charles Newton (1816–1894), Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1861–1885)

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    Year	1850
    Dimensions	49 cm × 59 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Jacobus Coelemans (1)

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  • Jacob reproaching Laban

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    Year	1705
    Dimensions	201 mm × 266 mm
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Jacques Rousseau (1)

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  • Jacques (Jean) Rousseau (1630–1693)

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    Dimensions	21 cm × 27 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  James Ward (1)

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  • Three Views of the Head of a Native (probably a Sakalava), Madagascar

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    Year	1815
    Dimensions	78 cm × 60 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Jan Brueghel the Elder (1)

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  • A tazza-shaped vase with flowers tumbling over the bowl

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    Year	1620
    Dimensions	37.3 cm × 28 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint
    Genres	Floral Painting
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  J. M. W. Turner (2)

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  • Lucerne: Moonlight

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    Year	1843
    Dimensions	476 mm × 290 mm
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  • Bridge at Meulan

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    Year	1832
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  John Hayls (1)

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  • Sir John Cotton (1621–1702), 3rd Bt

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    Year	1638
    Dimensions	82 cm × 94 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  John Prescott Knight (1)

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  • Sir Frederick Augusta Barnard (1743–1830), Librarian to George III

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    Year	1823
    Dimensions	100 cm × 123.2 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  John Russell (1)

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  • Dr Andrew Gifford (1700–1784), Assistant Librarian (1756–1784)

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    Year	1774
    Dimensions	73 cm × 86 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  John Sell Cotman (2)

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  • A dismasted brig

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    Year	1808
    Dimensions	30.5 cm × 19.5 cm
    Materials	Watercolor Paint
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  • Greta Bridge

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    Year	1805
    Dimensions	33 cm × 23 cm
    Materials	Watercolor Paint
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  John Shackleton (1)

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  • George II (1683–1760)

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    Year	1762
    Dimensions	147.3 cm × 231.1 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  John Vanderbank (1)

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  • Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753)

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    Dimensions	179.1 cm × 217.2 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  John Wood (1)

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  • Sir Charles Fellows (1799–1860)

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    Year	1850
    Dimensions	104 cm × 129 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Louisa Starr (1)

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  • John Turtle Wood (1821–1890)

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    Dimensions	19 cm × 27 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Panel
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Louis de Silvestre (1)

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  • Augustus II 'The Strong' (1670–1733), King of Poland and Elector of Saxony

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    Dimensions	103.2 cm × 127.6 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Margaret Sarah Carpenter (3)

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  • Richard Payne Knight (1751–1824), Benefactor and Trustee of the British Museum (copy after Sir Thomas Lawrence)

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    Dimensions	64.2 cm × 76.5 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  • Sir Henry Ellis (1777–1869), Principal Librarian (1827–1856)

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    Dimensions	62.2 cm × 75 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  • Self-portrait

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    Year	1812
    Materials	Oil Paint
    Genres	Self-Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Mason Chamberlin (1)

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  • John Arnold (1736–1799)

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    Year	18 centiury
    Dimensions	70 cm × 87 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Matilda Heming (1)

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  • Backwater, Weymouth

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    Year	1840s
    Materials	Oil Paint
    Genres	Landscape Painting
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Michael Dahl (1)

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  • Edward Harley (1689–1741), 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer

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    Year	18 centiury
    Dimensions	122 cm × 150 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Mir Sayyid Ali (1)

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  • Elijah rescuing Prince Nur ad-Dahr from drowning in a river

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    Year	1570s
    Dimensions	61 cm × 81.4 cm
    Materials	Gouache Paint
    Genres	Landscape Painting
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Miskina (1)

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  • The raven addresses the animals

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    Year	1590
    Dimensions	22.2 cm × 29.9 cm
    Materials	Paper, Gouache Paint
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Muhammad Qasim (1)

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  • A picnic at night

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    Year	1650
    Dimensions	26.4 cm × 41.8 cm
    Materials	Gold, Paper, Paint
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Muin Musavvir (1)

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  • Rustam Mourns Suhrab (British Museum 1922,0711,0.2)

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    Year	1649
    Materials	Paper
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Nicholas Hilliard (1)

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  • James I and VI

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    Year	1610
    Materials	Vellum
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Odilon Redon (1)

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  • The Golden Cell

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    Year	1892
    Dimensions	24.7 cm × 30.1 cm
    Materials	Gold, Paper, Chalk, Oil Paint
    Movements	Symbolism
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Percy Carpenter (1)

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  • Montagu House, South-East Corner and Gateway

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    Year	1841
    Dimensions	29 cm × 24 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Peter Paul Rubens (3)

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  • Lion

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    Year	1614
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  • Lion

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    Year	1613
    Dimensions	42.7 cm × 28.1 cm
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  • draft titlepage for Opticorum libri sex by Franciscus Aguilon, circa 1613

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    Year	1613
    Dimensions	191 cm × 305 cm
    Materials	Paper, Ink
    Genres	Textbook
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Richard Tongue (2)

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  • The Double Cromlech at Plas Newydd, Anglesey

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    Dimensions	152.5 cm × 107.5 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  • Stonehenge from the West-South-West

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    Dimensions	240 cm × 180 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Robert Walker (1)

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  • Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658)

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    Dimensions	102.5 cm × 127.3 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Rudolf Lehmann (1)

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  • Portrait of August Riedel

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    Year	1859
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (1)

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  • Bagnigge Wells

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  Spiridione Gambardella (1)

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  • Sir Anthony Panizzi (1797–1879), Principal Librarian (1856–1866)

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    Year	1845
    Dimensions	92 cm × 112 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Theodore Gardelle (1)

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  • 'Voltaire' (François-Marie Arouet) (1694–1778)

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    Dimensions	64.3 cm × 81.8 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Thomas Hill (1)

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  • Humfrey Wanley (1672–1726), Librarian

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    Year	1722
    Dimensions	114.4 cm × 143 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Thomas Lawrence (1)

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  • Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820), President of the Royal Society, Trustee of the British Museum

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    Dimensions	101.6 cm × 127 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Thomas Phillips (2)

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  • Joseph Planta (1744–1827), Principal Librarian (1799–1827)

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    Dimensions	71.1 cm × 91.5 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  • Claudius James Rich (1786/1787–1821)

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    Year	1825
    Dimensions	63.4 cm × 76.5 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  Valentine Walter Bromley (1)

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  • Native North American Medicine Man

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    Year	1876
    Dimensions	160 cm × 130 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  William Blake (3)

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  • The Whore of Babylon

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    Year	1809
    Dimensions	23.3 cm × 26.6 cm
    Materials	Paper, Ink, Watercolor Paint
    Genres	Religious Art
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  • Jacob's Ladder

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    Year	1805
    Dimensions	29.2 cm × 37 cm
    Materials	Paper, Ink, Watercolor Paint
    Genres	Religious Art
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  • The Ancient of Days

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    Year	1794
    Dimensions	16.8 cm × 23.3 cm
    Materials	Paper, Ink
    Genres	Mythological Painting
    Movements	Romanticism
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  William Drummond (1)

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  • Sir Frederic Madden (1801–1873), Keeper of Manuscripts (1837–1866)

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    Year	1837
    Dimensions	80 cm × 95 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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  William Salter Herrick (1)

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  • John Winter Jones (1805–1881), Principal Librarian (1866–1878)

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    Year	1873
    Dimensions	63.6 cm × 76.4 cm
    Materials	Oil Paint, Canvas
    Genres	Portrait
    Copyright	Public Domain

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