Public-domain art from United Kingdom
200 public-domain plates · 17th century to 20th century · 388 attributed
200 public-domain works from United Kingdom spanning the 17th century to 20th century, drawn from museum open-access programmes and released under CC0 or an equivalent public-domain flag. Free to download and reuse. Of these, 388 carry a named artist or maker.
Artists & makers in this set
Subjects covered
Museum sources
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Althaea officinalis L.
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Callitriche truncata Fuss.
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Isolepis fluitans (L.) R. Br.
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Three Barrel Flintlock Boxlock Pistol
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Meles meles
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A Woman Sitting by the Window (“Evening Thou Bringest All”), from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography
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Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the Fiery Furnace
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Tranquil Park Scene
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Angelic Artillery (recto); Battle Scene (verso)
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Evening in Italy—the Deserted Villa
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Portrait of Myself
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The Mirror of Venus
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Study for "A Garden"
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Self-Portrait
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Young Girl in an Orchard with a Basket of Fruit
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Coal Barges Unloading (recto); Sketch of a Building (verso)
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Harlequin Duck
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Black Backed Gull
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Edwin
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Lady Charles Spencer
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Guess My Name
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Guess My Name
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Mont Saleve
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All Soul's College from the Radcliffe Library
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The Grammer School, Christ's Hospital
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Richmond
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Study of a Young Man's Head with Right Arm Outstretched
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Seated Woman in Black Gown
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Study Sheet with Seated Knight (recto); Standing Male Figure in Medieval Dress (verso)
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Portrait of George IV
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The Damned in Hell
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Persecution Portal, Ephesus
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Tudor Cottage
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Three Large Statues by Algardi and Michelangelo
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Venus, Saint Susanna, Mercury by M. Pigalle
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Children by a Door
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Mercury
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Entrance of the Circus of Caracalla
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Temple of Concord at Foot of Campidoglio
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Sketches of Reclining Female Nude and Amorous Couple
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Portrait of Isaac Richardson
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Design for a Chimney Piece
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Un Cativo
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Odostomia carrozzai
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Portrait of B. Reading, Engraver
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Look at This Sword, Was it to Be Resisted?, from Eleanora: from the Sorrows of Werter
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Woman Three-Quarter Length with Crossed Arms
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Classical Interior Scene
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River Landscape with Roman Ruins
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Three Fates (Design for Clock)
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River Landscape with Roman Temple
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The Captive Slave
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View of the City with the Louvre, etc., taken from Pont Marie, from A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris
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View of Pont au Change, the City Theatre, Pont Neuf, Conciergerie Prison, etc. taken from Pont Notre Dame, from A Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views in Paris
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The Captive, from Sterne
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The Light of the World
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Copernicus
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The Angel of Death
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Head of Bearded Man Looking Upwards
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A Romantic Landscape with a Ruined Castle
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Tintern Abbey: South Aisles
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Victoria Memorial at Calcutta
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Old Trees with Old Man, a Girl, and a Dog, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography
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Charge, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography
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Landscape with Large Trees, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography
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Landscape with Old Trees by Water, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography
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The Dance of the Nymphs, from The Tempest
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The Lost Apple, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography
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Young Boy Seated, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography
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Old Tree, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography
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Resting, Men and Dogs Under a Big Tree, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography
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Brockenhurst, New Forest
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Kneeling Figures Huddled Together
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The Captive
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Kneeling Woman, Seated Mother and Child
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Two Women in Interior
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Chalet and Garden below Alps (recto); Village & Glacier du Boissons, Chamix (verso)
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Seated Warrior (recto); Striding Warrior (verso)
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Glen Rossie
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Two Horse Cart at Juncture in Road (recto); Park Landscape (verso)
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Old Tree Trunk (recto); Old Tree Trunk (verso)
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Domed Lookout on Wall in Mountain Landscape (recto); Figures Crossing Bridge before Mountain (verso)
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Aurora in Her Chariot (recto); Three Male Portrait Busts (verso)
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Moon over Cottage by Waterfall (recto); Tower and Thatched-Roof City House (verso)
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Panorama of a Wooded Grove (recto); Landscape with Woods at Right (verso)
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Hand of Centaur Grasping Head of Lapith (after One of Metopes from Parthenon, British Museum)
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View Along Stream and Wooded Banks
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Assembly of Gods and Goddesses on Mount Olympus
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Wooded Landscape with Cows in Foreground
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Cart on Road Flanked by Inn and Windmill
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Rocky Pool
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Indian Village Beside Stream
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Mercury Watching Sunset
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Half-Length Portrait of Woman (in profile to left) Reading by Opera Window
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Wooded Landscape with Gypsies Gathered Round a Fire
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Miss Kitty Dressing
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Francis I and the Duchess d'Étampes
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Cow Herd Driven to River
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Mountain Landscape
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Sketches of Travelers
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Cottage on the Shore
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Sketches of Men and Cows
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Naples with Vesuvius
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Arab of the Desert
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Dutch Sailor, Carrying an Anchor
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Grotto Scene
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Cringleford Meadows-Morning
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Portrait of Seated Man with Newspaper
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An Old Maid on a Journey - The Eccentric Miss Banks
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Sailor Boy
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Sketch of Battle Scene (recto); Frigate (verso)
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Pyramus and Thisbe (recto); Three Male Figures with Mausoleum Floor Plan (verso)
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Profile of Woman Facing Left
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Leslie, R.A.
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Dr. Johnson
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Frieze of Warriors
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Tom Jones
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Pont d'Orio in the North of Italy
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Tree Trunk I
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Thalia
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Blondel and Richard Coeur de Lion
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Singer and Lute Player
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Bolten Abbey, Wharfdale
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Design for Monument with Britannia and Neptune
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Marshy Landscape
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Congregation of Ships in Port
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Couple Holding Hands in a Field
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Manor House Seen from Pond
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Harbor before Fortified Town
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Man, Woman and Child in Churchyard Cemetary
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River in Rocky Valley
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Two Three-Mast Ships on Stormy Sea
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West India Hurricane
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Gnarled Tree
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Barzon's Wake Lake, Lancashire
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Mountain Town by Bridge Spanning Rapids
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Head of a Man (recto); Head of a Woman (verso)
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Sketches of Doorway, Figures, Building with Side Entrance to Church (recto); Sketch of Spire (verso)
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Sketches of Kitchen Utensils, Bent Arm (recto); Historical Scene (verso)
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Sketches of Grazing Bull, Cow's Head (recto); Seated Cow in Profile (verso)
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Grazing Cow (Turned to Right) (recto); Hindquarters of a Horse (verso)
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Cow Lying on Haunches (recto); Head of a Woman and Sketch of Horse's Head (verso)
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Cow Grazing (recto); Head of an Animal (verso)
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Gothic Church Portal
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Bridge North in Shropshire
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Cow Lying on Haunches
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Fisher Row and the Bridge over the River on the New Road
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Horse and Man in Armour
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Britannia Distributing Civic Crowns
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Cheltenham Cottage, Hoxfield
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Staircase...Green Court, Canterbury
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Dunleavy
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Man and Child on Tree-Lined Path
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View of Dilston
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The Tired Sportsman
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Political Cartoon
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St. Thomas's Chapel Newcastle
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Frontal and Side Views of Statue of Boy Dressed in Toga
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Girl of Claddagh or Fishing Suburb, Galway
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Eruption of Vesuvius
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Bromly Hall
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Views of Bethany and Bethlehem
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Sketches After Sculptures and Reliefs, Mainly Egyptian
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Aiguebelle
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Mont Blanc from the Jura
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Steam Baths of Nero Near Baiae
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Saint Martin, in the Sallenche Valley, Looking Towards Mont Blanc
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View of the Village of Chamonix, and the Bossons Glacier
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Part of the Old Manor House, Toybridge
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North View of Broom Hall, Sheffield
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Rattery Church, East End and the new Vicarage House
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View of Jura Mountains
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Little Pond in Woods
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Mountainous Landscape with Watermill
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Mountainous Landscape with Artist Sketching in Foreground
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View of Lake with Cliffs in Foreground
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Watermill Beside Stream, with Clothes on Line
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Lane Scene, Dorking
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Wooded Landscape with Watermill beside Stream
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Mountainous Landscape with River
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Cottage Beside Winding Road in Wooded Landscape
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Wooded Landscape with Cottage Beside Pond with Standing Cows
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Wagon Passing Group of Houses Beside Stream
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View of Mountain Lake
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Landscape with Stone Bridge in Foreground and Cows on Hillside
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Rolling Hills with Windmill and Sheep
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Mountainous Landscape with Two Figures in Foreground
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Mountainous Landscape with Ruins
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Winter Festival Outside Scandinavian Town
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Panoramic View of Seaside Town
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Bust of Youth
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Seaport with Fishing Boats
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Adoration of the Magi
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Interior of a Cathedral
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Villa in Bristol
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Samson Killing a Philistine
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Smoking Sea Captain
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Staubbach in Switzerland Bernese Oberland
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Boy in Historical Dress Bearing Object
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Sleeve
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